October 5 - Teardrop

Since we did go to England yesterday when we found US3, I thought maybe it wouldn't be a bad idea to play another British band, this time one that has been linked to trip hop, which is a slightly more "out there" version of more traditional hip hop. Atmospherics are important - the use of electronica and ambience over pretty distinct rhythms really opened for a lot of experimentation. One of the main trip hop bands was Massive Attack, and while their debut album, Blue Lines from 1991 is widely recognized as their best, I came aboard with their 1998 album Mezzanine. The song Teardrop should sound familiar to most of you, as it was used as the intro music to the great tv show House MD, starring the great Hugh Laurie.