The Friday Canon: ORBITAL v THE ORB

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

A double-header for your delectation this week! Between them, Orbital and The Orb have racked up 15 UK Top 40 hits, so you get just FIVE ticks spread over the lot. Strap a torch to your head and get ticking!

[Poll #1032733]
The Kinks: (link)
1. Waterloo Sunset
2. You Really Got Me
3. All Day And All Of The Night
4. Lola
5. Sunny Afternoon
6. Dedicated Follower Of Fashion
7. Victoria
8. Days
9. Dead End Street
10. Tired Of Waiting For You

EDIT: B0LL0CKS for some reason everyhit didn't show Orbital's last 6 singles when I first searched. Arrrrrrrrrgh :(

Comments

[boyofbadgers.livejournal.com]

Argh, hardest canon ever!

BTW, Radiccio EP was the one with the original version of Halcyon.

[whalefish.livejournal.com]

Only five! That is cruel.

I got kicked out of an RE class in Year 9 for playing the intro to Satan* through mini speakers at the back of the class.


*although, isn't that whole intro nicked off a Butthole Surfers song?

[braisedbywolves.livejournal.com]

Yep. It differs sharply after the sample :)

Drugs snobbery revealed

[braisedbywolves.livejournal.com]

Basically I knew lots of people who loved Orbital but never took E, and no-one who liked non-Clouds Orb without the help of dope.

Re: Drugs snobbery revealed

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld is one of the best records ever made. I'm not saying I've never smoked weed, mind you, but I liked the Orb for about 2 years before I did!

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

The Orb had two tracks on Rave '92, Orbital had none. From thence my preference arose! I listened to Blue Room and Assassin hundreds of times and wore the tape out. BONUS FAKT: The Opus III track sampled on Halcyon WAS on Rave '92 and hence it always feels a bit strange listening to it backwards. Strange but GOOD.

[ninebelow.livejournal.com]

Wait a minute, didn't Style chart too?

Perpetual Dawn WARNING

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

The hit single version of Perpetual Dawn is a STINKER - it has the woman going "Perpetual Dawn....infinite sunriiiiise" inna Bodyform style.

(The album version is totally awesome obv and an easy tick)

[ninebelow.livejournal.com]

In fact, didn't lots of their later stuff chart?

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

SHIT SHIT SHIT

CRAP CRAP CRAP

I HAVE FVCKED UP THE ENTIRE CANON

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

Easiest canon ever - the five current leaders are obvious stand-outs
(unless there are awesome tracks on those anonymous-sounding Orbital EPs I'm overlooking or something)

I ticked "Satansatansatansatan (live)" rather than the other Satan since that's the version I own.

B0LL0CKS

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Shall I re-do the poll?

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

Don't worry about it, my votes would stay the same!

Re: B0LL0CKS

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Nah, tough luck baldies.

Unless they put their Doctor Who theme out as a single.

Re: B0LL0CKS

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

I don't know how it happened! Stupid everyhit.

Re: Perpetual Dawn WARNING

[damnspynovels.livejournal.com]

didn't the omen chart? the one between Chime and III (the one with Satan on it)?

Re: Perpetual Dawn WARNING

[damnspynovels.livejournal.com]

oh yeah... didn't it have that guy going "dawn is raging... OOH YEAH...". Awful.

Re: Drugs snobbery revealed

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

do you know i'm not sure that i've got ABTU. i have ufORB on vinyl (opened, sadly), and i think i had a tape of remixes of ABTU, rather than the proper version...

Top Five Things About The Orb (Other Than Their Music Being Good)

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

1. 3D Space Chess on TOTP (thanx poll for reminding me of this)
2. "Clitus, I'm BORED. What PLAYTHING can you offer me today?"
3. Their "huge ever growing..." title has become 1x grebt MEME
4. Explaining that their album title Live Orb 93/Evil Bro 39 was a reference to H1TLER!
5. Finding said live album on a grumpy pub landlord's jukebox that summer and putting an entire 70 minute ambient disc on for a quid.

Re: Drugs snobbery revealed

[boyofbadgers.livejournal.com]

ABTU is usually £3 in HMV sales nowadays. I picked it up for that much a couple of years back when I finally came to terms with the fact that my ancient tape copy was lost forever.

Re: Drugs snobbery revealed

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

ABTU is the record C120 tapes were designed for!

MOAR OARB

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Has anyone heard any of their MINIMAL stuff on Kompakt etc? I think I heard a track once and was sort of underwhelmed.

Ans:

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Yes. It's not bad but like you say, nothing earth shattering.

Re: MOAR OARB

[boyofbadgers.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's nothing out of the ordinary. Thomas Fehlmann's schaffel stuff was pretty boshing tho.

Re: Top Five Things About The Orb (Other Than Their Music Being Good)

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

6. Randomly listening to Doctor Fox*'s Jukebox on Capital FM, when 8-year-old girl rings up and requests George Michael for her mum. Doctor Fox asked her what she would have picked for herself, patronisingly prompting her with "come on, what's your favourite song at the moment?". Girl replies "Toxygene by The Orb!" Fox is rendered speechless for a moment before saying "Really??".

*NB I don't think he's a real doctor.