Oh, how I love this song. The accompanying commentary and creative insights are splendid. And yet, I have never watched the music video.
To explain why, we must rewind to c.1996. I'm a teenager at home watching E.R. with my mum. It's our comfort show. Sure, the gore level is generally high, but it's not like we ever witness the accidents or medical emergencies themselves.
Until one episode, that is. Our antihero, Dr Romano, is on the hospital's roof, ready and waiting to greet the landing craft and whisk off the patient for emergency surgery. This precise scene has played out countless times on the show without incident. Not this time. One second, Dr Romano is delivering some sarcastic quip to a colleague, and the next the HELICOPTER ROTORBLADE HAS CHOPPED HIS ARM CLEAN OFF!!!! Wtaf.
My mum and I both screamed. The trauma was real. I have never been able to watch any hospital- or medical-based show since. And watching Final Destination (about which I knew nothing when I bought the damn ticket) is genuinely the most terrified I have ever been in a cinema.
Back to the song, though: it's one I really hope to see Iive one day. And those descending harmonies in the demo are indeed luscious...
“The innocuousness of the fail is inversely proportional to the gore of the fallout” is an inspired line to include in a creative brief.
The video to Dumb Luck is among my favourites and as much as I’d have loved to have seen a fencing related injury in it, you were right to keep it out. Perhaps keep that one on the back-burner in wait for the right video.
This is a great song and one of my favourite videos of all time. It always makes me laugh so much, even if I do sometimes have to watch through my fingers. I love the list of scary moments - I’m glad so many of them made it into the video, especially the basketball hoop which is my personal favourite.
I enjoyed your discussion of the demo too. It is always a treat to hear where a song started out. This one in particular made me realise how much I like the drums on the final version.
You know, at this point, I think I've memorized that guitar solo more than the actual lyrics. Like, I can vocalize that guitar solo more than the first verse. This is just another way of me saying, thank god you kept it in! I don't know what else I would have been singing back at you circa 2014.
I’ve only been able to watch the video all the way through once because I couldn’t stop cringing at everything. Just a little too much for my sensitive nature.
Nah, the Tom Savini course would have been a waste! Your acting and the DIY spatter-fest mystery props guy came up with is way funnier 👏 Would also say it's one of my all time favourites
I’ve just been thinking about what Keith said about Dumb Luck being a big track on this record but being out of step with the general vibe and I think it’s a really good observation. I love it but it’s always felt like something of an outlier. Honestly, I think part of what I love about this album is that it feels very coherent in terms of its sound but it’s also quite hard to quantify.
Been listening to Dumb Luck so often over the past six months, walking round Larkhall Park in South London. The solo into the intense drum riff is phenomenal. Next time you're down you should come visit the park - it has regular reggae festivals, an air ambulance flew in the other week, and third thing. Also Keith owes me a pint from when we played Articulate at a hotel bar in Bath in around 2014 and there's a lot of great pubs to choose from
Oh, how I love this song. The accompanying commentary and creative insights are splendid. And yet, I have never watched the music video.
To explain why, we must rewind to c.1996. I'm a teenager at home watching E.R. with my mum. It's our comfort show. Sure, the gore level is generally high, but it's not like we ever witness the accidents or medical emergencies themselves.
Until one episode, that is. Our antihero, Dr Romano, is on the hospital's roof, ready and waiting to greet the landing craft and whisk off the patient for emergency surgery. This precise scene has played out countless times on the show without incident. Not this time. One second, Dr Romano is delivering some sarcastic quip to a colleague, and the next the HELICOPTER ROTORBLADE HAS CHOPPED HIS ARM CLEAN OFF!!!! Wtaf.
My mum and I both screamed. The trauma was real. I have never been able to watch any hospital- or medical-based show since. And watching Final Destination (about which I knew nothing when I bought the damn ticket) is genuinely the most terrified I have ever been in a cinema.
Back to the song, though: it's one I really hope to see Iive one day. And those descending harmonies in the demo are indeed luscious...
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One of my favourite songs, and possibly my favourite video. The gorier the better!
“The innocuousness of the fail is inversely proportional to the gore of the fallout” is an inspired line to include in a creative brief.
The video to Dumb Luck is among my favourites and as much as I’d have loved to have seen a fencing related injury in it, you were right to keep it out. Perhaps keep that one on the back-burner in wait for the right video.
This is a great song and one of my favourite videos of all time. It always makes me laugh so much, even if I do sometimes have to watch through my fingers. I love the list of scary moments - I’m glad so many of them made it into the video, especially the basketball hoop which is my personal favourite.
I enjoyed your discussion of the demo too. It is always a treat to hear where a song started out. This one in particular made me realise how much I like the drums on the final version.
Keep ‘em coming. Can’t wait for the next one!
You know, at this point, I think I've memorized that guitar solo more than the actual lyrics. Like, I can vocalize that guitar solo more than the first verse. This is just another way of me saying, thank god you kept it in! I don't know what else I would have been singing back at you circa 2014.
I’ve only been able to watch the video all the way through once because I couldn’t stop cringing at everything. Just a little too much for my sensitive nature.
Digging the 60s garage band feel of the demo.
Nah, the Tom Savini course would have been a waste! Your acting and the DIY spatter-fest mystery props guy came up with is way funnier 👏 Would also say it's one of my all time favourites
I’ve just been thinking about what Keith said about Dumb Luck being a big track on this record but being out of step with the general vibe and I think it’s a really good observation. I love it but it’s always felt like something of an outlier. Honestly, I think part of what I love about this album is that it feels very coherent in terms of its sound but it’s also quite hard to quantify.
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Been listening to Dumb Luck so often over the past six months, walking round Larkhall Park in South London. The solo into the intense drum riff is phenomenal. Next time you're down you should come visit the park - it has regular reggae festivals, an air ambulance flew in the other week, and third thing. Also Keith owes me a pint from when we played Articulate at a hotel bar in Bath in around 2014 and there's a lot of great pubs to choose from