Massive Attack "Teardrop" | One Song Podcast - Full Episode
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Published 2024-04-10
Love is a verb, love is a doing word: And this week on One Song Diallo Riddle and LUXXURY are not short on things to say about Massive Attack’s trip-hop anthem, Teardrop. Join the fellas as they trace the group’s history from curious kids to electronica pioneers, take a look inside the song’s haunting melody, and the “voice of God” vocal supplied by Elizabeth Fraser.
Come for the teardrops on the fire, stay for the breakdown one of 90s pop music’s greatest what-ifs: What would it have been like if, as one of Massive Attack’s producers intended, Madonna had sung the track.
New here? On each episode of this music podcast friends Diallo Riddle (Emmy-nominated star and creator of HBO Max’s South Side and IFC’s Sherman’s Showcase) and Blake ""LUXXURY"" Robin (Music Producer & TikTok creator) will hilariously break down ONE SONG from the pop music canon that you know - or need to know - but have never heard quite like this.
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All Comments (21)
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I came up in the 80s and 90s. I only know this as trip hop. Was very sad when it mostly died out in the early 00s. There have been some spiritual successors coming out for the last decade. Missio, two feet, phantogram, purity ring and a bunch of others with a smaller number of stand out tracks per artist. These sound different, but they’re as close to trip hop as I’ve found. Two Feet - Go F Yourself Missio - Twisted Purity Ring - Repetition Phantogram - When I’m Small Hermitude - Midnight Terrain Rosenfeld - Do It For Me Erotic Cafe, Syndel - Waxx Chloe Black - Waterbed There’s a quick little playlist for what sure sounds like modern trip hop to me.
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My two favorite M. A. songs are definitely, Teardrop and Protection.
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Love how much music knowledge you guys have and good insight on the history around it too
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Also, you guy's musicology knowledge is mind-blowing... PLEASE do a Portishead episode 🥺😎🥺
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This deserves more comments. Love this song. 🎵. The space makes this song.
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Thanks to both for sharing the insight and loving opinion. Much appreciated
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I had a similar experience at Criminal Records in Atlanta around 1998 -- heard amazing music playing over the store speakers, asked them what it was: The K&D Sessions. It's still one of my favorite albums ever.
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Wait wait but Madonna and Massibe Attack DID make a song together: a cover of “I want you” by Marvin Gaye - and it’s fantastic.
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Shout out Pratt Pits for putting me on to teardrop back in the day. As soon as the site would load, teardrop would play. Personally I thought teardrop was a popular song until I saw this, it could just be my bias
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In 2000, I heard it playing in my local record store. I was instantly hooked. I agree that the term "trip hop" is ridiculous. One of my favorite groups.
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Plug 1 is DEFINITELY a guitar plug with some distortion and echo.
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Massive Attack rulezzzz — Unfinished Sympathy, Safe From Harm, Paradise Circus, I Against I, and the mesmerizing Protection ft. Tracey Thorn!
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Diallo, we played it A LOT at Criminal Records!
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If you guys like Elizabeth Fraser, I'd suggest checking out Frazey Ford (September Fields or Azad for instance).
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Incredible, love that this is on YouTube now. I first heard the song from the original Assassin’s Creed commercial and have been hooked since.
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Great song. How do you get those isolated tracks? vocals etc?
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That producer Nelly Hooper must have been involved with Bedtime Stories😮 edit: yup, just looked it up.
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I think Ramin Djawadi took inspiration from this song for the opening theme to Westworld. It has that same kind of piano sound.
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House MD
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Honestly the AI Ariana really makes me want her to cover the song.
