TS: Portishead's "Glory Box" vs. Zep's "Dazed & Confused"

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Because they're undeniably two sides of the same coin, just created a quarter century apart.

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Friday, 10 September 2004 19:55 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah, but "Glory Box" never reverts to guitar soloing overdrive and sustains the chill. So it wins.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 10 September 2004 20:49 (twenty-one years ago)

"Dazed" is from the guy's pov, though, so the masturbatory solo section is requisite.

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Friday, 10 September 2004 20:57 (twenty-one years ago)

Beth Gibbons: "I just want to be ... a woman ... "

Robert Plant: "Ah, but that would involve your soul being CREATED BELOW!"

― Neil Willett (Neil Willett), Friday, 10 September 2004 21:02 (twenty-one years ago)

"Dazed" is from the guy's pov, though, so the masturbatory solo section is requisite.

Good point, actually.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 10 September 2004 21:02 (twenty-one years ago)

Also, "Daze..." has a great deal more menace to it, where "Glory Box" is just more about remorse.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 10 September 2004 21:03 (twenty-one years ago)

Remorse always trumps menace in my book.

― ian g, Friday, 10 September 2004 21:10 (twenty-one years ago)

I'd like to read it then.

― oops (Oops), Friday, 10 September 2004 21:30 (twenty-one years ago)

Well...I like "Glorybox". Like Beth Orton's singing, that tiny little baby-bird voice, the way she turns "temptress" into a 3-syllable word. And there's even a genuine guitar sololso I like But we're talking Zep here, and asking me to compare anything at all to Led Zeppelin is a rigged fight, the outcome is inevitable. So as a consolation prize, I'll just say that I like "Glorybox" better than the half-hour "Song Remains The Same" version of "Dazed And Confused" and leave it at that.

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Saturday, 11 September 2004 13:21 (twenty-one years ago)

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