Balls and Walnuts
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The first
“Sour Times” was the first Portishead song to ever catch my ear. I’ve long had the problem of hearing songs I like and having no way to track down the artist — and “Sour Times” was one of those songs. Came out on Portishead’s debut album, Dummy, in 1994, and it only occurred to me while listening to their 1997 album Portishead that maybe, just maybe, they were the same band who recorded “that song.”
Yup, they are.
I found them through Pandora, and figured this whole thing out only a couple of weeks ago. Seventeen years, give or take, between hearing the song and putting a name (and band) to it.
Dummy is one great CD, by the way. If you like “Sour Times,” you’ll like Dummy.
D.
omg, the number of times i got laid while that cd played… “it could be sweet”, and the last three songs – “pedestal”, “biscuit” and (the total humdinger) “glory box” all just kill me. just a wonderfully performed and produced record. listen to it on headphones sometime, esp “gb”. the popping and crackling of a record needle gets me every time 🙂
I can only imagine that if I’d gotten laid numerous times listening to Dummy, I’d love it even more.