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Underworld — Trim
Album: A Hundred Days Off
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7

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Total ratings: 1657









Released: 2002
Length: 3:13
Plays (last 30 days): 1
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He-he-heat in your skin
Pull up a chair and unwind
Dog we don't share
The taxi left us behind
Silhouette of a psychic reader in the market
And the straw wrapped around a bottle to take home
Barbeque chicken oil in a drum, double strong rum
Here comes the horn you call for
Woman in a box with her head in her box
Speaks french when spoken like a tourist french
Hey classic Coca-Cola in a can when you wanna cool down

Heat, she move up the street in waves
Sugar, sugar, clear your mind leave it all behind
Get in the boat and float
Join in on a high spot and ride, ride
Put on some smile
Stay for a while

Heat, she move up the street in waves
Sugar, sugar, clear your mind leave it all behind
Get in the boat and float
Join in on a high spot and ride, ride
Put on some smile
Stay for a while
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Underworld on radio paradise? ❤️
Posted 9 months ago by huib    [ Reply ]
 Ok_Sobriquet wrote:

I'm pretty sure this song is about getting laid. 

First time hearing. Interesting lyrics and rhyming. I liked it.



I don't know about you but when I'm horny just about every song is about getting laid.
Posted 10 months ago by johnfiva    [ Reply ]
oh I love hearing this again…
Posted 1 year ago by tm    [ Reply ]
 joejennings wrote:



Sometimes "weird" is good!   
Weird is oftentimes freaky, interesting and different which depending on your state of mind can be very good.

Posted 1 year ago by ick    [ Reply ]
I like it - now 7
Posted 1 year ago by tm    [ Reply ]
 topcat99 wrote:

I hear a strong resemblance of the vocals with XTC singer Andy Partridge. Weird :) 




Sometimes "weird" is good!   
Posted 1 year ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
Always a class act.
Posted 1 year ago by nicknt    [ Reply ]
I hear a strong resemblance of the vocals with XTC singer Andy Partridge. Weird :) 
Posted 2 years ago by topcat99    [ Reply ]
First time I hear Underworld here I believe! ♥️
Posted 2 years ago by huib    [ Reply ]
heard the percussion and thought of Pink's I'm Comin' Up
Posted 2 years ago by xcranky_yankee    [ Reply ]
Far from their best, a catchy tune anyway. Love them.
Posted 2 years ago by nicknt    [ Reply ]
One of the all time great pioneers and purveyors of electronic music.

This track is nowhere near any of their best work, in my opinion, but still funky - I'll take Underworld music anywhere I can hear it 👍
Posted 2 years ago by CCSandman    [ Reply ]
 Jelani wrote:

This sounds like that other guy.

Jose' Gonzales?

Posted 3 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
I'm pretty sure this song is about getting laid. 

First time hearing. Interesting lyrics and rhyming. I liked it.
Posted 3 years ago by Ok_Sobriquet    [ Reply ]
 Jelani wrote:
This sounds like that other guy.
 
This is better.
Posted 3 years ago by tinypriest    [ Reply ]
This sounds like that other guy.
Posted 4 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
Long time, regular listener here, somehow never heard this band... yet another cool find I'll have to learn more about. Thanks Mr. Bill!
Posted 4 years ago by bluematrix    [ Reply ]
dig it  
Posted 4 years ago by jahgirl8    [ Reply ]
4am 3rd bottle of Chard lyrics; where's that guitar? Ramp up the Acoustica drum machine. We got a single!
Posted 4 years ago by tinypriest    [ Reply ]
 ziggytrix wrote:


*not autotune
 

Was (Not Was) ?
Posted 4 years ago by tinypriest    [ Reply ]
 lizardking wrote:
great tune despite the use of auto-tune ;-)
 

*not autotune
Posted 5 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
Liked Underworld for a long long time.
Posted 5 years ago by t0m5k1    [ Reply ]
Feeling a bit of a J.J. Cale vibe there.  Very nice.
Posted 5 years ago by AhhtheMusic    [ Reply ]
 
Always a nice surprise to hear Underworld, especially on RP..... more please!
(I had a laugh at FRP's location: douchland....)

FRP wrote:
What a nice surprise to hear Underworld here at RP ... more please!

 


Posted 6 years ago by carsonstuart    [ Reply ]
Haven't heard this in awhile, and I just upped it from an 8 to a 9. Nice!
Posted 6 years ago by mbolch30307    [ Reply ]
 oldsaxon wrote:

I think that's called a "snare drum" Maybe I missed something.

 
Yep, a snare would do that for you nicely. Although if you had a shoe to hand, and some wet gravel, about half an inch in diameter, you could probably make the same effect. :-D
Posted 8 years ago by nostradamuszen    [ Reply ]
 Huey wrote:
Bumping to an 8....liking this more 

 
I am, as well.  Underworld is under heard gem in my musical world.
Posted 8 years ago by ScottN    [ Reply ]
Bumping to an 8....liking this more 
Posted 9 years ago by Huey    [ Reply ]
Not bad, but different to their early stuff!
Posted 9 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
What a nice surprise to hear Underworld here at RP ... more please!
Posted 10 years ago by FRP    [ Reply ]
 rudden1 wrote:
I liked the song but what was that annoying instrument every other second or so? sounded like a wet shoe and was distracting as heck!


 
I think that's called a "snare drum" Maybe I missed something.
Posted 10 years ago by oldsaxon    [ Reply ]

10


Posted 11 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
 Jörg_Asmussen wrote:
... and Underworld used to be Freur ... way back. Quite some transformation.
 
Whoa!  I am a HUGE fan of Underworld and I never knew!  I have always loved "Doot Doot" and even the early Underworld "Underneath the Radar".  Dubnobasswithmyheadman remains my all time favorite (esp Cowgirl).  I was so totally happy they got some play during the London Olympics opening ceremony.  Guess Danny Boyle is a fan too!  He had them on his Trainspotting soundtrack way back when.
Posted 12 years ago by socalhol    [ Reply ]

NEXT 10!


Posted 12 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
I guess I wasn't in the mood for this last time I heard it, because I had it at a 5.  For some reason this morning it really caught me and now it's an 8.  Nice groove. :)
Posted 12 years ago by zair99    [ Reply ]
... and Underworld used to be Freur ... way back. Quite some transformation.

https://www.radioparadise.com/content.php?name=songinfo&song_id=32939 
Posted 12 years ago by Jörg_Asmussen    [ Reply ]
I liked the song but what was that annoying instrument every other second or so? sounded like a wet shoe and was distracting as heck!

Posted 13 years ago by rudden1    [ Reply ]
does jj cale know about this?
Posted 13 years ago by rp1125    [ Reply ]
Bill, you're reading my mind today! Most excellent. Thank you!
Posted 13 years ago by Dangerpussy    [ Reply ]
 midreaming wrote:

cool. down low and chilly


 
Yeah, I like it as well. 7.

Posted 13 years ago by Huey    [ Reply ]
actually, any singer who does that electronic thing to their voice gets a great big fat fail
Posted 13 years ago by ploba    [ Reply ]
I actually like this, reminds me of Ian Brown.
Posted 13 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
 revsully wrote:
Whoever invented that icky vocal effect needs a punch in the throat.
 
you got that right -yuck

Posted 13 years ago by ploba    [ Reply ]
I gave it a decent, but my parakeet loves it!
Posted 14 years ago by gatorade    [ Reply ]
 revsully wrote:
Whoever invented that icky vocal effect needs a punch in the throat.
 
{#Lol}

Posted 14 years ago by crockydile    [ Reply ]
 pugifat wrote:
Why am i thinking that this guy deserves someone like Fever Ray?
 
{#High-five} A match made in...the Underworld?

Posted 14 years ago by crockydile    [ Reply ]
Fun with d-minor and an auto tuner!
Posted 14 years ago by pkimbrel    [ Reply ]
Why am i thinking that this guy deserves someone like Fever Ray?
Posted 15 years ago by pugifat    [ Reply ]
Yeah! Love hearing Underworld on RP! Maybe something from Beaucoup Fish or one of the earlier albums next time? :) 
Posted 15 years ago by annie_fannie    [ Reply ]

cool. down low and chilly


Posted 15 years ago by midreaming    [ Reply ]
 andrewimft wrote:
I like the banjo and guitar, the synth is ok but the drum machine was a bad idea. Get a drummer, please, it would improve the tune greatly. Sounds amateurishly sloppy and repetitively irritating with that cruddy drum machine setting. Makes me yearn for New Order or Yaz or Erasure, at least they know how to use drum machines properly.
 
Haha, you are honestly comparing that drum programming to Underworld's?  You must be new..

Posted 15 years ago by davin    [ Reply ]
Wow... I just came here to add a comment about the icky vocal effect... and I see I already did it. Still feelin' the same way.
Posted 15 years ago by revsully    [ Reply ]
 revsully wrote:
Whoever invented that icky vocal effect needs a punch in the throat.
 
{#Yes}


Posted 15 years ago by spraehbuer    [ Reply ]
Whoever invented that icky vocal effect needs a punch in the throat.
Posted 16 years ago by revsully    [ Reply ]
I like the banjo and guitar, the synth is ok but the drum machine was a bad idea. Get a drummer, please, it would improve the tune greatly. Sounds amateurishly sloppy and repetitively irritating with that cruddy drum machine setting. Makes me yearn for New Order or Yaz or Erasure, at least they know how to use drum machines properly.
Posted 16 years ago by andrewimft    [ Reply ]
Does noboy get the subtle changes ere? The synth that comes in gradualy mixes so well with the tone of his singing.. makes the heart warm... And as for this being an Ad for Coca Cola... jnhashmi wrote:
It's interesting that they can say "Classic Coca Cola" and no one seems to mind, but if (insert hated teen singer of the moment here) said "Classic Coca Cola" in a song everyone would cry "sellout!" But because this song sounds like it does, somehow it's ok. Not for me - I don't want to hear ads in my songs and this is an ad, same as any (insert hated teen singer of the moment here) song. Cool doesn't make it ok.
The method used by Karl Hyde when writing his lyrics, is not based on anything but the result of his random brain functions it seems, and it would be pretty much impossible for anyone to try and succesfuly work out why he sings some things.. his lyrics are often completely incoherent (as in much of this song) and the result of his everyday life (much like his photography) furthermore, he was at that time a brand spanking new recovering alcoholic and when you consider lyrics like "lager lager lager lager lager" (Born slippy) to "Oh classic Coca-cola in a can when you wanna go down" its plainly obvious this isnt an Ad..its his new life but really its impossible to know...its not an ad.. give underworld some credit!
Posted 16 years ago by dunwho    [ Reply ]
Ohhhh noooooo!
Posted 16 years ago by TexasAggies    [ Reply ]
It's interesting that they can say "Classic Coca Cola" and no one seems to mind, but if (insert hated teen singer of the moment here) said "Classic Coca Cola" in a song everyone would cry "sellout!" But because this song sounds like it does, somehow it's ok. Not for me - I don't want to hear ads in my songs and this is an ad, same as any (insert hated teen singer of the moment here) song. Cool doesn't make it ok.
Posted 16 years ago by jnhashmi    [ Reply ]
Sorry dude, can't help you here. Drum loop or no drum loop, anything by Jose G. gets at least an 8 from me... Daniel_Pittenger wrote:
every time that drum loop repeats, i smash my face with a skillet. It's getting very, very painful...
Posted 16 years ago by xkolibuul    [ Reply ]
kinda cool. I'm in the mood
Posted 16 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
ZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzz
Posted 16 years ago by EssexTex    [ Reply ]
ooohhh nooooo, mister biiillll
Posted 16 years ago by sukilau    [ Reply ]
Not one mention of Jose? He may very well be our generations Nick Drake (well, maybe not Nick Drake, but the closest we're gonna get today)
Posted 17 years ago by bobringer    [ Reply ]
Daniel_Pittenger wrote:
every time that drum loop repeats, i smash my face with a skillet. It's getting very, very painful...
I guess some people get it, and some don't. To me, the whole song is trying to sound distant and disconnected, not unlike Beck. It's a style that I used to find difficult to listen to, but now I get it. Yeah...the drum loop is pretty obvious but it fits with the overall abstract mood. This is not something that is easily done in a studio. TAKE NOTE: That any song near or above 7.0 is a pretty good song according to the RP audience. At the time of this writing, this one is sitting at 6.9--So there!
Posted 17 years ago by cleverguy    [ Reply ]
love this--something about the insistent beat that makes me groove.
Posted 17 years ago by bodhisattva1031    [ Reply ]
every time that drum loop repeats, i smash my face with a skillet. It's getting very, very painful...
Posted 17 years ago by Daniel_Pittenger    [ Reply ]
shmooooovvvv; 8 9
Posted 17 years ago by vandal    [ Reply ]
...so...sick of...hearing this song...
Posted 17 years ago by soja    [ Reply ]
Mangoman wrote:
Cool, but suffers from poor engineering. The obvious loops/samples diffuse the emotion.
Hahahaha.. underworld and "poor engineering" .. it's all by design.
Posted 17 years ago by davin    [ Reply ]
Michael Penn, The Charlatans, Underworld....oh I get it YawnFest '06
Posted 18 years ago by crowhog2000    [ Reply ]
Joyfulchristine wrote:
I have no clue what they're singing about, but I really like it and I love how they say "shooger, shooger." :)
And I love how they say "Classic Coca-Cola in a Can".
Posted 18 years ago by hcaudill    [ Reply ]
Quick, somebody wake up the singer!
Posted 18 years ago by mojoman    [ Reply ]
Trim it from the playlist.
Posted 18 years ago by jah_blessed    [ Reply ]
obercool!
Posted 18 years ago by hackbraten    [ Reply ]
I assume you mean from Arrested Development. Gimme that banana shack groove thang! Pilgrim301 wrote:
the bass line and drum beat is identical to a George Michael song ...
Posted 18 years ago by MojoJojo    [ Reply ]
GOOD STUFF!!!
Posted 18 years ago by spek10    [ Reply ]
I never tire of the strong beat in this track. It's ace when the volume is cranked quite a bit up
Posted 18 years ago by maLeFunKtion    [ Reply ]
Cool, but suffers from poor engineering. The obvious loops/samples diffuse the emotion.
Posted 19 years ago by Mangoman    [ Reply ]
Many thanks to RP for helping me "find" Underworld. A very enjoyable album. Excellent tune.
Posted 19 years ago by Roverfish    [ Reply ]
Normally I'd be upset at an Underworld song off of "A Hundred Days Off", but this is one of the few exceptions. Cool stuff. Very trim, indeed. Massive Attack and Underworld, back to back? This takes me back to the mix tapes I used to make in 1996!
Posted 19 years ago by eurotransient    [ Reply ]
Why do I *always* think this is the Moody Blues whenever I hear it? (That's not a bad thing, BTW, I like this song.)
Posted 19 years ago by Thea    [ Reply ]
love the vocals, like a blanket of fog over over the coastal waters, yum.
Posted 19 years ago by th3boon    [ Reply ]
thank you soooo much for playing underworld.
Posted 19 years ago by mildersoap    [ Reply ]
stubbsz wrote:
Listened to it, rated it: 4 Don't know what you all see it in. Any song with someone singing through tubing* is gonna suck a little. * that's what it sounds like to me.
Well, what I see in it, or hear in it, is a great beat, subtle phrasing, a great little repetitive guitar riff, cool lyrics and wonderful synth percussion. I like the distortion in the voice. I gave it a 10. I always feel good when I hear it.
Posted 19 years ago by Gregorama    [ Reply ]
stubbsz wrote:
Wow everyone seems to like it. At least that's the gist from the coments. It was really bugging me. I will refrain from rating it til I've heard it a few times. I've been wrong before.
Listened to it, rated it: 4 Don't know what you all see it in. Any song with someone singing through tubing* is gonna suck a little. * that's what it sounds like to me.
Posted 19 years ago by stubbsz    [ Reply ]
the_circe wrote:
same thing would prolly happen if i re-watched Xanadu. hehe.
One of the local theaters had a showing of Xanadu a month or two ago.. I got together a bunch of folks (12, I think?) to go see it en masse. We rocked. We rolled. It's truly an over-the-top, amazing thing. It turns out I really love two of the songs, too..."Dancin' Round and Round" and "Whenever You're Away From Me." I actually got home around midnight that night and immediately ordered the CD from Amazon. Am I banned from RP now?
Posted 19 years ago by ginathelintqueen    [ Reply ]
Haven't heard this in a while.... man, still lovin' it - love the groove!
Posted 19 years ago by ciscochasbro    [ Reply ]
This song grows on ya. :)
Posted 19 years ago by brewgoat    [ Reply ]
This song cracks me up!
Posted 19 years ago by ObsidianInfinity    [ Reply ]
These guys are the best. Nobody could strut like Freddy
Posted 19 years ago by NiceGuy2005    [ Reply ]
...Dot? Are you still out there? I miss your witty banter!
Posted 19 years ago by trekhead    [ Reply ]
This seems comparable to JJ Cale from half a lifetime ago, but not quite as creative.
Posted 20 years ago by tictocsailor    [ Reply ]
johkir wrote:
Actually, 'Underneath The Radar' was their first album, back in '88, not that its anything like this.
i bought the cassette tape of 'radar' in '88.... i really dug it, course i was 16. so i thought that i would pick up the CD last year to rekindle all those great feelings i had about it back then. didn't happen. same thing would prolly happen if i re-watched Xanadu. hehe.
Posted 20 years ago by the_circe    [ Reply ]
lotus_65 wrote:
(pimp) My kinda stuff. 8)
Moi aussi.
Posted 20 years ago by Patrick    [ Reply ]
(pimp) My kinda stuff. 8)
Posted 20 years ago by lotus_65    [ Reply ]
Hm, I like it! Given the other comments, I'll buy the CD. I recommend Second Toughest for the Infants, which I like from beginning to end. The first track has four movements linked by great transitions, and if you dig up the live version, it's different and no less great. Good catch by johkir on Underworld's first album; I vaguely recall it as a clone of INXS.
Posted 20 years ago by resonator    [ Reply ]
The back beat draws you in and takes two-stepping to the next level
Posted 20 years ago by ghevlana    [ Reply ]
Underworld=Genius!
Posted 20 years ago by cpn    [ Reply ]
the undercurrent bass sounds like George Michael's Hand to Mouth. I think that's the name of the song. Definitely George, though. Sad to think I know this sooooo well.
Posted 20 years ago by Pilgrim301    [ Reply ]
Not sure I get the high rating. Sounds like an entry at a high-school talent show to me. The drum-machine beat might make for some good dancing but my computer can kick that out. Maybe that's why I don't like it - some music only translates well if your dancing to it and don't have to pay close attention to it's substance (or lack there-of)
Posted 21 years ago by justlistening    [ Reply ]
Patrick wrote:
Ooma gooma. :2dancingbananas:
What's the banana in back doing to the one in front?
Posted 21 years ago by cherylg4    [ Reply ]
RichardPrins wrote:
Try some tracks from the first 3 albums...
agreed. I dig these new tracks a lot, but they barely hold their own in comparison to the earlier Underworld stuff.
Posted 21 years ago by Platypus    [ Reply ]
Love this song.... Goovacious! :bananabanger:
Posted 21 years ago by chasbro    [ Reply ]
Try some tracks from the first 3 albums...
Posted 21 years ago by R_P    [ Reply ]
I've heard this song plenty of times... unfortunately I can't get past the vocals -- just sounds poor to me. :roll:
Posted 21 years ago by DaWiz    [ Reply ]
anamacha wrote:
good song ... I liked it at first but now am getting slightly tired of it. Oh well ...
How can you EVER get tired of this song! I LOVE this song - and Classic Coca-Cola. :2dancingbananas: :2dancingbananas:
Posted 21 years ago by BQHsMom    [ Reply ]
Ooma gooma.
Posted 21 years ago by Patrick    [ Reply ]
I have no clue what they\'re singing about, but I really like it and I love how they say \"shooger, shooger.\" :)
Posted 21 years ago by Joyfulchristine    [ Reply ]
smmmmmooooovvvvvvvveee
Posted 21 years ago by marezcharz    [ Reply ]
catchy. i like it.
Posted 21 years ago by firesign    [ Reply ]
I highly recommend their first album, "dubnobasswithmyheadman".
Actually, 'Underneath The Radar' was their first album, back in '88, not that its anything like this.
Posted 21 years ago by johkir    [ Reply ]
sounds _more_ like Beta band to me :p
Posted 21 years ago by silverpoet    [ Reply ]
Wow everyone seems to like it. At least that\'s the gist from the coments. It was really bugging me. I will refrain from rating it til I\'ve heard it a few times. I\'ve been wrong before.
Posted 21 years ago by stubbsz    [ Reply ]
another Underworld song sounding good to me
Posted 21 years ago by ladyj    [ Reply ]
This is the BEST song I have heard yet on RP.
Posted 21 years ago by BuddhaPhilhole    [ Reply ]
(pimp)
Posted 21 years ago by kcarr224    [ Reply ]
Only song I\'ve ever heard making explicit mention of BBQ chicken.
Posted 21 years ago by rgj13    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by Platypus: definitely a killer album. but get "beaucoup fish" first.
I highly recommend their first album, "dubnobasswithmyheadman". It stayed in my CD rotation for over a year. Second lp "second toughest of the infants" is fairly good too.
Posted 21 years ago by marci28    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by Roach: Oooo, I like this. Reminds me, I need to work more JJ Cale into my home rotation...
Yes exactly!
Posted 21 years ago by kimmer    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by Leslie: Reminds me a little of Val Davis.
I agree . . . I think it's the doubled vocal tracks that help create the similarity.
Posted 21 years ago by tg3k    [ Reply ]