Story by Mark
Hearing this
song regardless of what environment I am in always takes over me and I feel
immersed within it's dark awkward
groove. There is this sadistic feel for this song that Daddy G and 3D
express with an amount of distaste and frustration within their almost
whispering vocals. To me this song is about disconnectedness between two people,
disjointed attractiveness and belief. A feeling I connected with teenage
romance and and angst that came with it
The synths
within it feel twisted and uneasy- I remember first hearing it in year 10 or
something and everyone was very much in to Teardrop and which follows on from
Rising Son but I just wanted to always "replay one" and not continue
in to the blissful beauty which Teardrop is. I suppose it first got me in to
Massive attack and got me interested in older massive attack and as a result,
Tricky, which lead to greater exploration of hip hop in general.
It's a personal song to me off a
personal album that I would immerse in to with head phones on with no one else
around enjoying the sense of sound!
Favourite line
in song is: Why you want to
take me to this party and breathe, I'm dying to leave.
When I saw
Massive Attack live in Manchester a couple of years ago I went berserk when
they played Rising Son and wanted to be around everyone and it wasn't personal
at all! Amazing live act!!!!
Artwork by Karin
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Thanks Karin, I love the piece that you have created. Really captures what my feeling was around this song.
ReplyDeleteMark :)