Portishead’s “Dummy” was released in 1884. Photo courtesy of @portisheadofficial/Instagram Welcome to Ear 2 Da Sky! Each week, I will be going over topics within music culture and reviewing albums and ...
On , the album that would make Portishead a name in music was released to the world. “Dummy,” a moody, brooding mix of songs using hip-hop techniques like sampling, announced the ...
Portishead's landmark trip-hop album Dummy turns 30 today, and the band members are celebrating it (or not celebrating it) in very different ways. Multi-instrumentalist Geoff Barrow rejected the whole ...
NJ.com: Innovative band Portishead’s critically acclaimed ’90s album turns 30. Co-founder: ‘Who cares.’
Innovative band Portishead’s critically acclaimed ’90s album turns 30. Co-founder: ‘Who cares.’
Portishead are reissuing their landmark debut LP, 1994’s Dummy, on 180 gram heavyweight vinyl to honor the trip-hop classic’s 20th anniversary. The trio announced the news on Monday via Twitter and ...
Exclaim!: Portishead Can't Decide Whether or Not They're Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of 'Dummy'
Portishead Can't Decide Whether or Not They're Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of 'Dummy'
Paste: Move Over and Give Us Some Room: Portishead’s Dummy at 30
The word "dummy" carries with it the connotation of the verb "dummy" (to trick by pretending to pass a ball), so the additional connotation of dummy, that idiot doesn't have, is "a person who is easy to deceive".
"Dummy it refers to nothing at all; it simply serves a grammatical function. In other words, dummy it has a grammatical meaning but no lexical meaning." Here, there are clear meanings and referents: a movie and a reading. (Note, "a reading" usually means a passage that is read, like in a worship service or as a homework assignment.