List of all the songs by massive attack, heard in movies and tv shows. Either one or both of these songs were originally written with tracey thorn in mind to sing them, before. Their debut album blue lines was released in 1991, with the single unfinished sympathy reaching the charts and later being voted the 63rd greatest song of all time. Massive attack are an english trip hop group formed in 1988 in bristol, consisting of robert 3d del naja and grant daddy g marshall. Karmacoma is a song by british trip hop collective massive attack, released as a third and final single from their second album protection on 20 march 1995. Find similar albums to protection massive attack on allmusic. Oct 08, 2017 massive attack are an english trip hop group formed in 1988 in bristol, consisting of robert 3d del naja, grant daddy g marshall and formerly andy mushroom vowles mush. One of the most enduring english singersongwriters, tracey thorn began making music with stern bops and then, more notably, marine girls, a minimalist pop group that released a pair of albums inspired by young marble giants and the raincoats. Protection was widely considered a disappointing followup to massive attack s groundbreaking debut, blue lines. Mad professor was contacted by massive attack after protection was released to remix a song for a single. Massive attack to complete european tour by train to fight.
Karmacoma 2006 digital remaster licensed to youtube by. Massive attacks art of darkness music the guardian. With music streaming on deezer you can discover more than 56 million tracks, create your own playlists, and share your favorite tracks with your friends. The opening title track is pure excellence, with melancholy keyboards, throbbing acid lines, and fragmented beats perfectly complementing the transcendent vocals of. I just wrote it as a complete piece of music, without a song in mind, then we. Listen to both songs on whosampled, the ultimate database of sampled music, cover songs and remixes. Anthems for your party in this new electro beats playlist. While marine girls were active, thorn released a distant shore, a relatively moody, if similarly skeletal solo album, on cherry red in 1982. Music video for protection by massive attack and tracey thorn. The bristol group commissioned some of the most talented independent film directors around to choose a song from the album and produce a short film on their chosen subject to accompany it. Protection, a 2000 film directed by bruce spangler. Most of us where so glad to be able to place massive attack at the top if our then current music scene and watch them reap the rewards of their.
Anyway, 3d who was an admirer of del toros previous films, got massive attack involved in an interesting crossover for the film with the american rapperactor known as dante smith a. All collections of this type give punters the chance to look back at what was once futuristic and is now commonplace and how well an acts music has aged. It reached number 14 on the uk singles chart, staying in the chart for four weeks, and also peake. Our fullybaked picks for the 40 best stoner albums ever range from 1970s blacklight warhorses to keyboarddrenched, slowtoke faves from the. Massive attacks mezzanine tour includes guest singers and video footage in. Their debut album blue lines was released in 1991, with the single unfinished sympathy reaching the charts and later being voted the 63rd greatest song of all time in a poll by nme. Thus, there are songs across the two albums that largely share the same lyrics entitled overcome. Stream the complete massive attack discography now on spotify. Protection 1994 is bristolbased triphop collective massive attack s second album. Protection, delivered in 1994 by pretty much the same people grouped under the banner of massive attack not only did not disappoint us, but in many ways reinforced and upgraded the original feeling. Its been two decades since massive attack stood sweating it out on las west. One of the better films on this list and surely one of the best uses as well of any massive attack song in a film. Collected is a compilation album by british trip hop collective massive attack, released on 27 march 2006. The title track from the bands second album, protection is a collaboration between massive attack and tracey thorn, the lead singer of british duo everything but the girl.
With the new album, weve given the directors a song each and complete control. The duo are considered to be progenitors of the trip hop genre. Massive attack the protection video shoot was the most agonising by far. Massive attack revisits, and rethinks, its classic album mezzanine. Cd, album, opt wild bunch records, wild bunch records, circa. Massive attack are an english trip hop group formed in 1988 in bristol, consisting of robert 3d del naja and grant daddy g. Continually challenging themselves, massive attack are now set to turn heligoland into a series of ambitious short films.
Massive attack have announced they will complete their european tour by train in a bid to fight climate change the band have been outspoken supporters for the anticlimate change movement. As the genesis point of the triphop movement, massive attack originated the genres hypnotic sound. The album was preceded by the release of the single live with me on march. It collects most of the bands singles up until this point. Mar 06, 2009 official video of massive attack performing protection from the album protection. The soulful voice of shara nelson has been replaced with the melancholic voice of tracey thorn, reggae legend horace andy features again, craig armstrong adds a classical touch on keyboard on a couple of tunes, and this is trickys final venture with the group. Hosh, 1979 midnight the hanging tree official video ft. Tricky also recorded his own version of karmacoma, renamed overcome for his debut studio album, maxinquaye. The group created some of the most influential and trendsetting sounds of their era with the groundbreaking albums protection 1994 and mezzanine 1998, informing decades worth of. It contains rap vocals from band members 3d and tricky. Listen free to massive attack protection protection, karmacoma and more. Robert del naja, andrew vowles, shara nelson, jonathan sharp, grant marshall. Dj mad professor remixed the album in 1995 under the name no protection.
Also features a sample from the james brown track the payback. Protection is a collaboration between massive attack and everything but the girl singer tracey thorn, that appeared on massive attack s second album protection on cd and 12 in 1994 as a second single. Apr 02, 20 anyway, 3d who was an admirer of del toros previous films, got massive attack involved in an interesting crossover for the film with the american rapperactor known as dante smith a. And the stage production, featuring films that del naja collaborated on with. By using our website and our services, you agree to our use of cookies as described. Protection was the title song of the same album and released as its second single in january 1995. Click on a year below to be taken to the archived list for that years shows. Protection by massive attack and tracey thorn sampled james browns the payback. I know you want to live yourself but could you forgive yourself if you left her just the way you found her. Jan 11, 2015 massive attack are an english musical group from bristol consisting of robert 3d del naja and grant daddy g marshall, formed in 1988. Protection shes a girl and youre a boy sometimes you look so small, look so small youve got a baby of your own when your babys gone, shell be the one to catch you when you fall i stand in front of you ill take the force of the blow protection i stand in front of you ill take the force of the blow protection youre a girl and im a boy x4. The camera moves in and out of the windows and the lives of various people in an apartment building. Massive attack protection emi uden pressing, cd discogs.
Tracey thorn in a oneoff performance of protection on bbcs top of the pops back. This girl i know needs some shelter she dont believe anyone can help her shes doing so much harm, doing so much damage but you dont want to get involved you tell her she can manage and you cant change the way she feels but you could put your arms around her. The remainder of the wild bunch andrew mushroom vowles and grant grant daddy g marshall, and robert 3d del naja who formed massive attack as evidenced by these tracks, all have their place. A benefit for the national association to protect children, a 2005 punk album. In single terms, it proceeded sly and preceded karmacoma. The cuts are nearly equally divided between the albums blue lines, protection, mezzanine and 100th window. Protection is the second studio album by english electronic music group massive attack, released on 26 september 1994 by circa and virgin records. Post jobs, find pros, and collaborate commissionfree in our professional marketplace. Massive attack picture massive attack are an english trip hop group formed in 1988 in bristol. The use of craig armstrongs sweeping and emotional orchestral backgrounds, together with tracy thorns lush voice make for an utterly stunning chill out album, that has more than stood the test of time. Still, from the first two songs protection sounds worthy of their debut. Three other massive attack albums, blue lines, no protection and mezzanine would also receive similar japanese reissues in deluxe minilp sleeves. Massive attack and antenna studios, bristol, england.
Mar 06, 2009 official video of massive attack performing unfinished sympathy from the album blue lines. Official video of massive attack performing false flags from the album collected. As expected but perhaps not hoped for, virgin dishes fans this best of, collected, as massive attack are buying time to complete weather underground, their next album to be released hopefully within the calendar year 2006. Perhaps thats the reason why mad professors remix of the album, no protection, was welcomed with open arms by both massive attack fans and critics. The director of film welcome to sarajevo, michael winterbottom specially commissioned massive attack to contribute to the soundtrack to the film while he was lensing the picture back in 1996 wire and dissolved girl were composed roughly at the same time together in 1997 with sara jay. This is probably massive s most beautiful and etheral album. Massive attack are an english musical group formed in 1988 in bristol, consisting of robert 3d del naja, grant daddy g marshall, and formerly andy mushroom vowles mush. The following is the complete list of all 26 movies and tv shows that massive attack have been heard or featured in. Best version of the massive attack s collected, in a deluxe digipack with a beautiful booklet that contains a litle of each massive s albuns art made by names like nick knight, also contain a full collection of videos more complete that massive s eleven promos, in this are more 5 videos special cases, butterfly caught, live with me, live with me alternative version and false flags. Another massive attack classic that was unfairly criticised upon its release. Top 10 massive attack tracks on the big screen massiveattack.
Many credit everything but the girls music becoming more dance and electronic music orientated directly as a consequence of their collaboration with massive attack on protection. Protection was released as a single sep 26 1994 and features tracey thorn from everything but the girl on vocals. Del naja echoes this, and adds that writing for film is a very different process, because it. Blue lines and protection, to generate hits and to help establish. Massive attacks dj set in paris 2011 promo video by jr and guillaume. Massive attack v mad professor no protection discogs.
The last 30 events that massive attack played live are listed on this page. The result was the basspounding i against i, in my opinion still the best output the band put out in the period in between mezzanine and 100th window. Massive attack protection promo video now with annotations. Complete your massive attack v mad professor collection. Massive attack s sophomore effort could never be as stunning as blue lines, and a slight drop in production and songwriting quality made the comparisons easy. A playlist featuring massive attack we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. Official video of massive attack performing karmacoma from the album protection. Protection is a collaboration between massive attack and everything but the girl singer tracey thorn, that appeared on massive attacks second album. After the single was remixed, the band asked mad professor to listen to more of the album to explore the possibility of further remixes. Discover more about this classic song and the protection album here. Click on a archived event to see any available video or pictures from that show. After falling out with shara nelson over wages and her decision to make a solo record, massive attack brought in tracey thorn as a new vocalist.
The single of protection contains an ethereal remix by brian eno. Massive attack are an english musical group from bristol consisting of robert 3d del naja and grant daddy g marshall, formed in 1988. This perfectly describes what bristol band massive attack have done. Andrew vowles was a founding member, next to robert del naja and grant marshall, but decided to leave in 1999 because of the differences of opinion. Songs protection donna summer song, 1982 protection. We were lucky to work with michel gondry but i can safely say it was the start of all my back problems in. Tricky failed to complete a number of lyrics for the massive attack album protection and gave the band some of the lyrics he had written for maxinquaye instead.
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