Chapter 10: Loss
“Biscuit” — A creative transformation — Sick of love — Song of the South — Genre exhaustion — The problem with trip-hop — The Bristol scene — The denial of tea — Ducking — A martial art — Mono — The trappings of success — The rules — Doubt — A way out — Portishead — Films shot through cymbals — Burnout — Another strange record
In this chapter:
- "Biscuit"
- Over-exposure
- The exhaustion of Dummy's innovations
- Hating the 'trip-hop' label; rejecting the 'Bristol scene'
- Ducking
- Stereo
- Producing Portishead (1997)
- Roseland NYC Live (1998)
- Breaks and other directions: 1998-2008
- Third (2008)
Johnnie Ray – "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" (iTunes), 1959
British comedian Bill Bailey performing "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" in the style of Portishead, 2004.
Portishead – "Half Day Closing", performed live on Later With Jools Holland, 1997
Portishead – "Sour Times" from Roseland NYC Live (iTunes)
McKay – "Tell Him", 2003. From the 2003 album McKay, produced by Geoff Barrow and Tim Saul.
Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man – "Spider Monkey" (iTunes), performed in 2002