Bells & Circles Ft. Iggy Pop
 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmJWD9jQvhc
Underworld & Iggy Pop - Bells & Circles

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Whoa. That was unexpected and brilliant. Banging track with some bizarre spoken word.

Bells & Circles Ft. Iggy Pop
 

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...and again - nothing on iTunes

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Well, at least you can download it via Amazon... I was worried it was going to be a streaming-only track.

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Okay - I guess I was just being impatient. It's on iTunes / Apple Music.

Re: Bells & Circles Ft. Iggy Pop
 

Fun backing track by Rick and Karl utterly ruined by a gross, sexist rant from Iggy Pop. I can’t believe how vastly misfired that was.

Re: Bells & Circles Ft. Iggy Pop
 

Available for purchase on Google Play and Amazon Music. I imagine it will make its way to other retailers soon.

Re: Bells & Circles Ft. Iggy Pop
 

not too sold on the vocal track but i like the rest of the sounds.

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Single up on Apple Music. Art says Tea Time Dub Encounters...album title?!
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/be...gle/1386840122

Re: Bells & Circles Ft. Iggy Pop
 

Tea Time Dub Encounters
This is on the YouTube artwork. Album title?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Awqd76nNeM

Re: Bells & Circles Ft. Iggy Pop
 

Downloaded from Napster.

Not crazy about some of Iggy's sentiments, but, dang... Rick can still bring it with the beats and bass!

Re: Bells & Circles Ft. Iggy Pop
 

I kept thinking of The Chemical Brothers "Golden Path"

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I wish Iggy's vocals didn't distract me so much from every other part of this fantastic song. I don't know quite how I feel about Iggy's part, yet, but it's definitely conflicted.

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Uh oh. With ya there, this was a poor poor effort. Drums we nice tho.

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This was Iggy getting in front of the #metoo movement :P

The track really went nowhere. Drums were nice but with little to no variation. Hope this was a little One-off type of thing.

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Love it.

Iggy Pop bring something different to the party:D

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I'm not defending him, but Mr. Pop is of another time. The situations he describes are antiquated and inappropriate. It comes across as jaded and dated and not defensible.

As for the music... Listen again, and hear the build. I'm of the opinion that we haven't heard this level of sustained techno bombast since The Riverrun.

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THIS! You just jogged my memory! This echoes the unreleased 2005 live track from Heineken I think with Rick singing, "Sometimes all I can do is count...."

Re: Bells & Circles Ft. Iggy Pop
 

Available in FLAC on TIDAL here:

http://tidal.com/us/store/album/89140096

Bit expensive though. I imagine it will be available in FLAC soon on 7digital and Qobuz.

Re: Bells & Circles Ft. Iggy Pop
 

THIS!!! except Golden Path had more of a 'payout' for me

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Esme is credited for additional vocals on this track.

Is this the first Underworld track/collaboration with a guest vocalist? I can't think of any others. There's Moon in Water where Danielle did the vocals, but that was a replacement for the MacinTalk Vicki track. I guess maybe Eclipse counts too, but we don't know who that vocalist is.

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Well, that was "5 Foot 5", a Pricey track, from the Akademik gig.

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I don't think anyone mentioned this yet, but in the post-gig interview on the radio, Karl mentioned that this track came out of collaborations with Iggy that were done for possible use in T2, but ultimately were not. But they recorded this with him, as well as some other tracks that might be forthcoming.

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Makes a lot more sense in the T2 context. That’s a film about deeply flawed people getting older and living in a modern world that’s evolved beyond their abilities to keep up. Think of Renton’s rants in both films and you can sort of justify Iggy’s as a similar rant from another angle. Which is not to say it’s any good. The substance is still an old man complaining about he can no longer do destructive things to himself and other people without consequences, which runs directly against the cultural moment in which the song finds itself.

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...can I get an instrumental on this? I like Iggy, but seriously... khouri is right, this is just an old man's rant set to the background of some amazing music by Rick. Not sure if I'm willing to dish out cash for this and I pretty much buy everything underworld... when it comes to audio.

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The Iggy Pop rant is cringey and dumb. The music is okay but nowhere close to what they're capable of doing. So this is a thumbs down for me.

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I tired again. Love the drums, hate the Iggy part.

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no thank you.

later
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Song should 've ended with wear sunscreen.... :)

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If they give us an instrumental version I am happy...

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Not sure why people are getting their knickers in a twist about Iggy Pop. It's Iggy Pop. He's an old rock star. A rebel. Wasn't rock and roll supposed to be anti-PC? About "misbehaving"? Having fun? He talks about hitting on a stewardess. Oh my, how terribly sexist.

Sure it's a "rant" from a guy from another time but this #MeToo sensitivity can go too far you know.
I was happy though that some more Underworld-y vocals came in later in the track with the "sunlight on my wings" refrain.

Fun track. Would listen again. I actually like the video this time too.

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Which basically describes every person on the planet. Including you and me at some point in the future. (not saying we're all flawed to the same extent as some of the characters in Trainspotting of course but you get my meaning).


And we must not have music that goes against the current cultural norms of course. I'd have to say they timed this song quite well, almost like they did it on purpose.

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Because his part kinda sucks; content and delivery.

Re: Bells & Circles Ft. Iggy Pop
 

Isn't this the basis of near all other Underworld tracks ;)

Re: Bells & Circles Ft. Iggy Pop
 

Nah. It would feel even more wrong of Karl sang it. Banging drums with awkward lyrics layered on.

Re: Bells & Circles Ft. Iggy Pop
 

First listen on a phone. Tracks is mwoah. Second listen car stereo: man this track rocks! Great vibe and at thirst I found the Karl lyrics a bit off but it grows and love the whole track. Also live this is a great banger. Finally!

Re: Bells & Circles Ft. Iggy Pop
 

totally agree

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Love the track. Very dubnobass vibes.

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Bass recalls "Dark and Long"

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I like it.
First song in a long time that gave me that classic Underworld Dub/STITI vibes. I miss that driving beat/bass they were ace at.

I hope we get more!

Re: Bells & Circles Ft. Iggy Pop
 

Great argument.