Song you'd play in a car chase

[Saulaac]

That talk about gallopbury the other day got me thinking about the gallop versus the canter.

This is what I would call a tune which canters along, with the drums and bass operating on a syncopated two-note theme, i.e. quaver then dotted crochet, quaver then dotted crochet etc. (as a cantering horse would move).

Compare the above to a three-note theme (i.e. two semi-quavers then quaver, two semi-quavers then quaver etc. (in the spirit of William Tell, as a galloping horse would move).

This tune is a bit romantic but imo it contains enough jazzy tension to justify using it in the context of crime and car chase. All encompassed in Italian charm and romance. Beautiful! 

They didn't call them Italian Stallions for nothing, ya know. Those guys knew their canter from their gallop!

[tristan_geoff]

[DJChameleon]

[Saulaac]

Listened to the 3 songs posted above by tristan and DJ and they were brilliant! All a bit different, and thanks for posting them in a short space of time so I could click on them all conveniently.

"Death Grips" was quite Hard Techno, to which I'm no stranger, having raved a few times in Manc in the 90's. The vocals "Gotta live my life, gotta live my life!" is poignant.

"She Wants Revenge" reminded me a lot of Bowie. The vocals are very strong.

N.E.R.D was really nice as well. The bridge at 2 minutes, lasting about 30 seconds where they go through a range of scrunchy chord progressions and rhythmic syncopation is, well, nutritious to say the least. Detected a bit of Santana in there, and I'm sure I missed a lot of other references.



 

[Buckeye Randy]

It would need to be a semi-cheesy retro crime thriller.

[Lisnaholic]

^ Five top-quality selections on this page already! My equal-first-place favourites are:

Death Grips: Feels Like A wheel - with a female voice that reminded me of Yellow And Black Taxi Cab
She Wants Revenge: Tear You Apart - Yep, Saulaac, now you mention it, the vocalist does sound like Bowie. What I first noticed, though, was how the song borrows (or builds on) a "Motorik Beat". Given the unofficial name for their style, how have we missed putting something by Neu in this thread so far ?!
Criminal$: The Cops Are Coming - nice car whizzing sounds front and back, but then the piano breaks away completely and refuses to be chained down to the chase metaphor. Good (obscure) call.

^ Not a high-speed urban car chase: this is the song you want to listen to when it's a long cross-country chase and you're just keeping sight of the car ahead by the dust plumes it throws up.

^ Perhaps it's more for cruising than chasing, but surely at least one track from Neu's first album (1972) deserves a place in this thread.

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[SGR]

^ Well that all sounds very intriguing, Saulaac ! In the meantime, here's some good old, driving rock: (best version of this song I've ever heard) :-

I popped back into this thread specifically to see if Radar Love had been posted. 

[SGR]

"She Wants Revenge" reminded me a lot of Bowie. The vocals are very strong.

It's a good tune, but it's a rip-off of Interpol's style who themselves aped Joy Division.

[Saulaac]

Now this speaks my language, ᑕᐧᔐᔫᓂᑯᒑᔥ. I didn't know this Pat Williams track. It's a big band @{#~%{(ffg! funky jamboree! 

His work on the Columbo soundtracks was solid and I have his 'Streets Of San Francisco' CD on my shelf.

I popped back into this thread specifically to see if Radar Love had been posted. 

Yep, Radar Love has a great groove. Didn't pick up on Lisna's earlier post, but I tend to miss a lot of what pure rock has to offer.

It's a good tune, but it's a rip-off of Interpol's style who themselves aped Joy Division.

Joy Division defo   

Who is that other band who you have posted about in the past @SGR ? You know, the band who was picked up by John Peel in the late 90's with the three white guys and the black guy. There is a lot of funk bass in there, and defo aligned with early 70's crime punk funk imo.

[SGR]

Joy Division defo   

Who is that other band who you have posted about in the past @SGR ? You know, the band who was picked up by John Peel in the late 90's with the three white guys and the black guy. There is a lot of funk bass in there, and defo aligned with early 70's crime punk funk imo.

Hmm you might have me stumped - when you talk about groups I post about related to John Peel, I immediately think about The Fall (no black guys, picked up by John Peel long before the late 90s). But late '90s with three white guys and a black guy? I'm not entirely certain. Massive Attack almost fits that bill - but they were three black guys and a white guy. And they were never picked up by John Peel.

[Saulaac]

Just remembered them. Fonky as fock. These geysers, you were talking about.

[Buckeye Randy]

[Saulaac]

Hmm you might have me stumped - when you talk about groups I post about related to John Peel, I immediately think about The Fall (no black guys, picked up by John Peel long before the late 90s). But late '90s with three white guys and a black guy? I'm not entirely certain. Massive Attack almost fits that bill - but they were three black guys and a white guy. And they were never picked up by John Peel.

You're absolutely right, Peel and A Certain Ratio were indeed late '70s instead of the '90s. I was only out by a couple of decades tho. (Whata mistaka to maka.) Sorry about that, @SGR. I was tired.

Also thanks @Buckeye Randy for suggesting Turnstile. You know your album covers! A heavy track but one which is growing on me quite quickly.

[SGR]

You're absolutely right, Peel and A Certain Ratio were indeed late '70s instead of the '90s. I was only out by a couple of decades tho. (Whata mistaka to maka.) Sorry about that, @SGR. I was tired.

No problem buddy. Your only other problem was that I've never talked about A Certain Ratio at all. I've never heard of them until now. The closest band I've heard of is A Perfect Circle.