ROCK Sex is 'left with memories of yesterday'.
Today's cultural relay is about Portishead's "Sour Times".
It interpolates a theme that reknowned score composer Lalo Schifrin did for the "Mission: Impossible" TV series called "The Danube Incident".
Schifrin is revered for his classic scores for "Mission: Impossible", "Bullit", and "Enter the Dragon".
LALO SCHIFRIN -"The Danube Incident" (1968)
Portishead was in the forefront of acts who melded hiphop and soundtrack motifs into moody dance music.
Kindred spirits included Massive Attack, Morcheeba, Bjork, Hooverphonic, Tricky, Barry Adamson, and The Propellorheads. They were often blanketed with the term TripHop which is actually very apt.
Listen for some of chameleonic singer Beth Gibbons' Billie Holiday influence at 1:36...
PORTISHEAD -"Sour Times" (1994)
"Sour Times" has been covered by The Vitamin String Quartet, Bryn Christopher, The Blank Theory, Marsha Ambrosius, Skydive Trio, The Vapor Caves, and this moody duo.
THE CIVIL WARS -"Sour Times" (2013)
"Sour Times" has becomes such a standard that it now templates other songs, like this adolescent dramarama.
ALESSIA CARA -"Here" (2015)
The popularity of "Sour Times" has made "The Danube Incident" a recurring standard, as well.
THE TREMOLO BEER GUT-"Danube Incident" (2013)
Mysteries of our disguise revolve...
'Cause nobody loves me, it's true
Not like you do"
© Tym Stevens
See Also:
• JOHN BARRY: The Influence Of The JAMES BOND Sound On Pop Music, with 2 Music Players
• How SPAGHETTI WESTERNS Revolutionized Rock Music!, with 3 Music Players!
• "Walk On By" - Dionne Warwick > Isaac Hayes > The Stranglers > Hooverphonic > Mono > Pete Rock
• Rolling Stones > The Clash > Garbage
• "Push it real good!" - Beach Boys > Salt-n-Pepa > Garbage
• The Real History of Rock and Soul!: The Music Player Checklist
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