Yes, I was being nitpicky, sorry.
Spot on.
This was because her house in Salcombe, Devon was slowly slipping down the cliff it was perched on. The firm I worked for tendered for the design of the stabilisation works. It was going to be enormously expensive.
I’m surprised that nobody has mentioned Glaswegian band Deacon Blue. Obviously the name came from the Steely Dan song. They were/are pretty famous over here in the 80s and 90s: everyone would know their hits “Dignity” or “Real Gone Kid”. They are still touring over here and occasionally put a new album out. I saw them in Plymouth in 2012. My 10-year old daughter loves them, and their first album, “Raintown” is one of both her and my favourites!
I was going to say Horslips (an Irish band).
Please tell me these two bands were successful: Portishead and Massive Attack?
Massive Attack was, if only because “Teardrop” is one of the biggest, if not the biggest, hits in that genre in America.
Portoisehead was huge at my college. I git so sick of hearing that album (Dummy). Masisive Attack less so,
Phew. Great!
This gig in New York is actually one of my absolute youtube favs. For the uninitiated, flick through to Glory Box at 51:30: Portishead - Roseland New York City - YouTube
Yeah, I think it also depend on region. But that whole Bristol trip-hop thing was pretty common in coffeeshops around here, college campuses, etc. I also remember Sneaker Pimps “6 Underground” and DJ Shadow (OK, neither were Bristol, but part of that chill down-tempo breakbeat trip hop sound) as being part of my college soundtrack . In my circle, Portishead was the biggest act from this genre, but, years later, I find Massive Attack the one I keep going back to, although I wasn’t as familiar with their work as Portishead’s back in the day.
I hada tickets for that gig in 2012, in the Pavillions, but I couldn’t go because of some reason I can’t remember now and gave my tickets to someone else. My wife is a big fan.
For a long time, I thought Gary Numan and Gary Oldman were the same person, it never connected in my brain that their names were, in fact, different.
The way to tell the difference is that one of them does a really shit impersonation of Winston Churchill.
That said, it never cracked the Top 100 chart (making it to #10 on Billboard’s “Bubbling Under Hot 100” list). So, “among the biggest hits in that genre” doesn’t look to have translated to “a big hit overall in the US.”
I’ve heard of both band, but couldn’t identify any of their music. My suspicion is that, like a lot of the others that have been suggested on this list, they were pretty popular among a college / alternative / niche audience in the US, but didn’t make much (if any) of a mark in the broader consciousness.
Yeah, I have very little recollection of them getting radio play. I want to say I’ve heard both Portishead and Sneaker Pimps on Q101 back in the day, but I can’t swear to it.
Of course, “Teardrop” (Massive Attack) has had a second life over the past decade, or whenever it was that House came out, as it’s the theme song. I personally did not get into Massive Attack until about 2001/2002. I just downloaded “Teardrop” from Napster, was blown away, and bought the Mezzanine album. Still one of my favorite “mood” albums. That said, I still have no recollection of ever hearing “Teardrop” on the radio here.
I don’t know House but hopefully it’s Teardrop with Liz Fraser.
It was a brilliant gig. Ricky Ross is a great showman.
Fun fact: Gary Numan is thirteen days older than Gary Oldman! Coincidence: Gary Oldman’s 60th birthday is today.
It’s an instrumental edit—doesn’t get to the vocals, but it’s the Massive Attack recording. That said, I’ve heard at least one fantastic cover of it by Jose Gonzalez. I thought that song was uncoverable, but he does a great job with it, IMHO.
'nother fun fact: I played pool with him for a while, in the afternoons upstairs in a pub at Worlds End, Chelsea. Way back in the day (1992-ish). We were both quite good 
I’ll check that out. The vocal is so important, the whole ethereal thing …
I was a huge Protection lover. I have mentioned here before that my drummer in my last band co-wrote and produced Tricky’s Maxinquaye. I loved the Bristol bands and lots of trip hop. Morcheeba was a favorite.
Oh, he doesn’t try to ape her articulation. Which is a good thing. Only Beth can do Beth. Plus I don’t want to hear copies when it comes to covers.
How well is Kylie Minogue known in the US? She’s been pretty huge for 20 years in the UK