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DJ Shadow — Mongrel Meets His Maker
Album: The Private Press
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Released: 2002
Length: 5:08
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Don't hate me...I'm not special like you
Posted 3 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
Anyone else hear Metallica in here? Guitar?
Posted 3 years ago by bdwhitepm    [ Reply ]
 SamWanderer wrote:
 
Well, that's just your opinion man...of course you have the right to dislike but not to label it like that. Repetitive music is a existing style with artists like Philip Glass for instance.



I'm with Mr. Monotony.
Posted 3 years ago by dwlangham    [ Reply ]
 Michael_in_Paradise wrote:
      B R I L L I A N T    ! ! !
Sad, But True...
       


Posted 3 years ago by mjbaumann    [ Reply ]
Super gute Musi!
Posted 3 years ago by Buergermeister    [ Reply ]
A friend of mine played trombone, professionally.  When people asked him what he did for a living, he replied I blow bone.  
Posted 3 years ago by baylees    [ Reply ]
Sounds so much like porcupine tree
Posted 3 years ago by Oxen1morale    [ Reply ]
one of my faves

Posted 3 years ago by bsmith1    [ Reply ]
 guielmo wrote:
Rilynn wrote:
i was listening to this and not paying attention to the artist, thinking it was something from Porcupine Tree/Steven Wilson, sure sounds like his riffs
 

I would say it sound a lot like  Porcupine Tree - Don't Hate Me
 
This is too simplistic for Porcupine Tree.  One continual repetition.
Posted 4 years ago by pinto    [ Reply ]
 Rilynn wrote:
i was listening to this and not paying attention to the artist, thinking it was something from Porcupine Tree/Steven Wilson, sure sounds like his riffs
 

I would say it sound a lot like  Porcupine Tree - Don't Hate Me
Posted 4 years ago by guielmo    [ Reply ]
Posted 4 years ago by cob427uk1    [ Reply ]
i was listening to this and not paying attention to the artist, thinking it was something from Porcupine Tree/Steven Wilson, sure sounds like his riffs
Posted 4 years ago by Rilynn    [ Reply ]
This is a no-go for me.
Really boring.
Posted 4 years ago by 2Hawks    [ Reply ]
 Unripe wrote:
monotony defined
Well, that's just your opinion man...of course you have the right to dislike but not to label it like that. Repetitive music is a existing style with artists like Philip Glass for instance.
Posted 5 years ago by SamWanderer    [ Reply ]
monotony defined
Posted 5 years ago by Unripe    [ Reply ]
 t0m5k1 wrote:
Need More
Dj S h a d o w 
 
I'm with you there....in fact any artist that has "Hip Hop" in their Genres listing on Wiki (even if this isn't Hip Hop) is cool with me....good groove on this one and I'm gonna go 7 to 8 on this today...Long Live RP!!
Posted 5 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
LOL!! The Eagles suck up the radio with their wimpy crap!!!!

 

Posted 5 years ago by redmileslaw    [ Reply ]
 Teko wrote:
Shadow's a talented guy, but I fear that he peaked with Endtroducing.
 
I agree!
Posted 5 years ago by matadorsuns    [ Reply ]
Need More
Dj S h a d o w 
Posted 5 years ago by t0m5k1    [ Reply ]
      B R I L L I A N T    ! ! !

       
Posted 6 years ago by Michael_in_Paradise    [ Reply ]
 pankman wrote:
Some would say it's stolen from "Strange About Your Hands", the original by the italian prog-band "Sensations Fix". 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xa0uF8waZ2Q

 
"Stolen" he says... it's a song composed of samples, as much hip-hop is.

You are correct about Strange About Your Hands, but there's more, partial list here:
https://www.whosampled.com/DJ-Shadow/Mongrel...Meets-His-Maker/
Posted 6 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
 Rilynn wrote:
the riffs from this tune sound very familar, Porcupine Tree or Steven Wilson tune?
Anyone else getting that? 

 
Yup - made me walk across the room to double check! Saw SW in Melbourne last year - a real treat and a full night.

Posted 6 years ago by MM_Oz    [ Reply ]
For a second, I thought this might be a remix of Poe's "Dolphin", from her Hello album....
Posted 6 years ago by guthrieandme    [ Reply ]
 oldsaxon wrote:

It goes somewhere but you aren't ready for the journey.

 
so true. i am surfing a wave of endorphins and boogie sauce whilst listening to this. destination: satisfaction
Posted 6 years ago by mthomaspdx    [ Reply ]
 jagdriver wrote:
This would be a lot better if it went somewhere.

 
It goes somewhere but you aren't ready for the journey.
Posted 6 years ago by oldsaxon    [ Reply ]
Some would say it's stolen from "Strange About Your Hands", the original by the italian prog-band "Sensations Fix". 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xa0uF8waZ2Q
Posted 7 years ago by pankman    [ Reply ]
 SquiddlyDiddly wrote:
How utterly brilliant this is being played here! 

The diversity of Radio Paradise keeps me coming back. . . and back and back. 

I have been here for over 14 years.

Here's to another 14 :) 

 
 I agree !
Posted 7 years ago by Azrica    [ Reply ]
the riffs from this tune sound very familar, Porcupine Tree or Steven Wilson tune?
Anyone else getting that? 
Posted 7 years ago by Rilynn    [ Reply ]
 SquiddlyDiddly wrote:
How utterly brilliant this is being played here! 

The diversity of Radio Paradise keeps me coming back. . . and back and back. 

I have been here for over 14 years.

Here's to another 14 :) 

 
I firmly agree. Discovered RP in the early 2000's and have never listened to radio or any other station since. Everything I have on my iPhone or on iTunes has come from this station or the forums or links I followed from a song to other artists.

I could live with either presidential candidate, as long as I have RP in my life. Long Reign RP!!!
Posted 8 years ago by passsion8    [ Reply ]
Opening bars caught my attention - thought I heard a whiff of PT style and then continued to listen in... great mood music. Thanks RP
Posted 8 years ago by MM_Oz    [ Reply ]
How utterly brilliant this is being played here! 

The diversity of Radio Paradise keeps me coming back. . . and back and back. 

I have been here for over 14 years.

Here's to another 14 :) 
Posted 8 years ago by SquiddlyDiddly    [ Reply ]
Good to work to...I'm groovin' and productive!
Posted 9 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
 CoYoT51 wrote:
Quite repetitive, but still great mood, great style, I love this!

Thanks RP!
 
Wrote this 8 years ago... Dittoo.
Posted 10 years ago by CoYoT51    [ Reply ]
 Muffy wrote:


I always thought Shadow was Trip Hop :p
 
He's a bit more eclectic than that, but if you had to pigeon-hole him, that would be a reasonable label.  If yo haven't, try to see a live show.  He's very diverse, and brings a proper skills based performance in this day and age of DJs who are all style and no substance.
Posted 11 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
 jools wrote:
Our cousins across the Atlantic don't seem to get dance, trance, drum and bass.
 

I always thought Shadow was Trip Hop :p
Posted 12 years ago by Muffy    [ Reply ]
Love the Shadow. More (anything?) from Endtroducing would be ace too. Or, dare I suggest (it's long, but awesome), the "What does your soul look like" EP.
Posted 12 years ago by Eniac    [ Reply ]
 jools wrote:
Our cousins across the Atlantic don't seem to get dance, trance, drum and bass.  Keep on educating your compadres Bill!
 
I probably don't know your specific cousins over here, but plenty of people get this sort of dance/trance stuff on the western side of the Atlantic - DJ Shadow is from California.  I think a lot of RP's listeners (or at least the ones who post comments) don't care for trance, trip-hop, and electronica - it doesn't sound like that 1960s and '70s music (i.e., Classic Rock) that many of them seem to regard above all else.  It seems like it's largely a generational thing in the US - who knows?
Posted 12 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
This would be a lot better if it went somewhere.
Posted 12 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
A song and artist I first heard on RP . . . a song I now own.

Amazing how that happens, eh?
Posted 12 years ago by grant    [ Reply ]
Awesome! Good to hear DJ Shadow on RP. <3 the Shadowsphere!!
Posted 13 years ago by annie_fannie    [ Reply ]
Love this so much!!
Posted 13 years ago by jools    [ Reply ]
 jools wrote:
Our cousins across the Atlantic don't seem to get dance, trance, drum and bass.  Keep on educating your compadres Bill!
 
This cousin totally gets it jools, but you're so right about us!  We need you Bill!

Posted 13 years ago by neldamartinez    [ Reply ]
Our cousins across the Atlantic don't seem to get dance, trance, drum and bass.  Keep on educating your compadres Bill!
Posted 13 years ago by jools    [ Reply ]
Shadow's a talented guy, but I fear that he peaked with Endtroducing.
Posted 14 years ago by Teko    [ Reply ]
man, this is bad.

and they say there's no such thing as perpetual motion!
Posted 14 years ago by dedawson    [ Reply ]
Tim_in_N_FL wrote:
Not diggin' it...{#Snooty}


Dont' worry I'll take up the slack.

Posted 15 years ago by vit    [ Reply ]
Promising start and then the song repeats itself until it falls into oblivion
Posted 15 years ago by openears    [ Reply ]
Hopefully we'll be back to the music soon....
Posted 15 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
Not diggin' it...{#Snooty}
Posted 15 years ago by Tim_in_N_FL    [ Reply ]
Monotony must be the theme tonight.
Posted 16 years ago by LawrenceSheppard    [ Reply ]
8 ++++ 9.
Posted 16 years ago by venus_df    [ Reply ]
jah_blessed wrote:
Actually, I code (C++) mostly to reggae.
Reggae is fine for coding. Sometimes I even find myself in the mood for classics (Mahler, Mozart) while I'm coding (C#).
Posted 16 years ago by prickelpit96    [ Reply ]
He rules doesn't he? Midnight in a Perfect World What is that?
Posted 16 years ago by aragon    [ Reply ]
i was just thinking yesterday how much i miss hearing Shadow lately. thanks bill.
Posted 16 years ago by venus_df    [ Reply ]
I'm not getting "Mongrel's or makers" here..
Posted 16 years ago by EssexTex    [ Reply ]
prickelpit96 wrote:
...and then: don't bogart that bong my friend.
Meet me in Amsterdam My Friend
Posted 16 years ago by a_genuine_find    [ Reply ]
taterflatpicker wrote:
Posted 16 years ago by a_genuine_find    [ Reply ]
Little God?
Posted 16 years ago by morgsy67    [ Reply ]
Posted 16 years ago by taterflatpicker    [ Reply ]
a_genuine_find wrote:
somebody pass me the bong
...and then: don't bogart that bong my friend.
Posted 17 years ago by prickelpit96    [ Reply ]
Dang, another excellent one!! Good groove, keep it rolling!
Posted 17 years ago by Ahnyer_Keester    [ Reply ]
somebody pass me the bong
Posted 17 years ago by a_genuine_find    [ Reply ]
How many damn times did they repeat that riff! 1/10. Must be more more inventive!
Posted 17 years ago by highwindows    [ Reply ]
Quite good.
Posted 17 years ago by davin    [ Reply ]
Yawn
Posted 17 years ago by Roddy912    [ Reply ]
Quite repetitive, but still great mood, great style, I love this! Thanks RP!
Posted 18 years ago by CoYoT51    [ Reply ]
turnergirl1of2 wrote:
... however it's still got a bit of chair-dance quality.
...
Posted 18 years ago by weevilkinevil    [ Reply ]
I like DJ Shadow ...great music for ...Coding, prepress, photoshopping...
Posted 18 years ago by jdorn1    [ Reply ]
More Shadow please! Something from Endtroducing would be a nice place to start...
Posted 18 years ago by RhodesWarrior    [ Reply ]
deadline wrote:
Mongrel Mon"grel, n. The progeny resulting from a cross between two breeds, as of domestic animals; anything of mixed breed. --Drayton. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Thanks for your reply on the question, 'who the heck is Mongrel?' Deadline, though it's "a little" (three years after I asked that question) belated
Posted 18 years ago by Johray63    [ Reply ]
andersja wrote:
You probably play a lot of Video games.
I find it quite boring; what,what... and play no video games, by the by. I would classify this as noise and not music.
Posted 18 years ago by MylenerHead    [ Reply ]
It never ends! Over and over! Argh! It's like a 6/8 techno Phillip Glass. Please, no more!
Posted 18 years ago by jone_ston    [ Reply ]
This has got to be on some soundtrack, somewhere... otherwise, where to file it?
Posted 18 years ago by MinMan    [ Reply ]
Wait a second, I just realized that this is not Porcupine Tree...
Posted 18 years ago by Kevstar    [ Reply ]
Awesome, just awesome.
Posted 18 years ago by Gish05    [ Reply ]
usually any 'artist' that has "DJ" or "MC" in their name is an absolute SuckFest waiting to happen....but DJ Shadow proved me wrong this time....
Posted 18 years ago by crowhog2000    [ Reply ]
Grooooovy.
Posted 18 years ago by DarkPriestess    [ Reply ]
michaelc wrote:
need we say more
Oh, settle down.
Posted 18 years ago by technohippybiker    [ Reply ]
SigmaBetaTooth wrote:
Great coding music! Any programmers out there will understand. I'm in the zone !!!
Actually, I code (C++) mostly to reggae.
Posted 18 years ago by jah_blessed    [ Reply ]
Actually, I'm quite fond of DJ Shadow. And while this isn't one of my most favorite tracks (Uptown Bollywood Nights probably holds that honor), however it's still got a bit of chair-dance quality.
Posted 18 years ago by turnergirl1of2    [ Reply ]
need we say more
Posted 19 years ago by michaelc    [ Reply ]
I thought my computer had contracted a cookie from somewhere and was playing me the Bougyes Telecom ad. Or maybe it's the Gaz de France one. Parce que le monde bouge. French will understand.
Posted 19 years ago by livegirl    [ Reply ]
You probably play a lot of Video games.rolf wrote:
Kind of... boring
Posted 19 years ago by andersja    [ Reply ]
Kind of... boring
Posted 19 years ago by rolf    [ Reply ]
Nice! I haven't heard DJ Shadow in forever...
Posted 19 years ago by pdevor    [ Reply ]
Mega ...
Posted 19 years ago by tony99    [ Reply ]
ColdBear wrote:
Casse couilles French will understand 1
Effectivement c'est tres clair ;-)
Posted 19 years ago by bernard    [ Reply ]
Great coding music! Any programmers out there will understand. I'm in the zone !!!
Posted 19 years ago by SigmaBetaTooth    [ Reply ]
I feel like I'm hovering in space alone in my tiny spaceship...this song is sooooooo wicked...
Posted 19 years ago by ploafmaster    [ Reply ]
more shadow please! :propeller.gif:
Posted 19 years ago by MisterVErb    [ Reply ]
crowhog2000 wrote:
questo Ú la musica molto buona Italians will understand
Non sono d'accordo. (although I'm not actually an italian, )
Posted 19 years ago by tiger_town_trumpet    [ Reply ]
Love this, but I thought it was part of Conjure one or Delerium. I guess that's how deluded I am?
Posted 19 years ago by Shesdifferent    [ Reply ]
:sunny.gif:
Posted 19 years ago by pdjpirate    [ Reply ]
Every time I hear this, I keep expecting Patty Griffin to break into "Little God" . . .
Posted 19 years ago by ccordova    [ Reply ]
questo Ú la musica molto buona Italians will understand
Posted 19 years ago by crowhog2000    [ Reply ]
Jonas_the_Bold wrote:
Yeah! Go Mongrel! Woo! Nah, Mongrel totally ate it. Still, WOO!
Well, mongrels DO eat some pretty interesting stuff....
Posted 19 years ago by trekhead    [ Reply ]
Casse couilles French will understand 1
Posted 20 years ago by ColdBear    [ Reply ]
very moody, atmospheric, dark, edgy -- makes me nervous. i love it.
Posted 20 years ago by rah    [ Reply ]
masterhead wrote:
They place this stuff at soft jazz 101.1 in Sacramento...give me a break here...Thid DJ should have stayed in the shadows...
Shadow is one of the most talented DJs of all time and has pushed the boundries of hip hop and electronic music to some awesome levels. If you dig any DJs you should delve a little deeper into this guys stuff. If you dislike all DJs then give it a miss, along with all the other innovative and exciting hiphop/electronic music that's been released in the last few decades. Your loss.
Posted 20 years ago by shua    [ Reply ]
Platypus wrote:
Shadow and "generic" - like oil and water. get real.
Agreed. I respect the right of that other guy not to like this but his criticism didn't make any sense and makes me think he doesn't give this music a fair go. More Shadow and UNKLE!
Posted 20 years ago by shua    [ Reply ]
I suddenly feel really anxious after that
Posted 20 years ago by Skippy    [ Reply ]
Yeah! Go Mongrel! Woo! Nah, Mongrel totally ate it. Still, WOO!
Posted 20 years ago by Jonas_the_Bold    [ Reply ]
downbylaw wrote:
i tried to upload a bunch of stuff off of "endtroducing" and "preemptive strike", but was denied. this song is aight, but endtroducing is his masterpiece. it is nice to see some good hiphop in here, even if it is disguised as "electronica" (is that term passe? who cares).
i'm with you, man... the newest album is great stuff, but i'd still love to hear a lot of the tracks from Preemptive and Endtroducing. High Noon and Organ Grinder come to mind. either way, i'm glad to hear any shadow in the mix here at RP. check out his website - click here - for some videos, more audio, etc. Shadow is the man. (pimp)
Posted 20 years ago by Platypus    [ Reply ]
downbylaw wrote:
i tried to upload a bunch of stuff off of "endtroducing" and "preemptive strike", but was denied. this song is aight, but endtroducing is his masterpiece. it is nice to see some good hiphop in here, even if it is disguised as "electronica" (is that term passe? who cares).
i know what you mean buddy. why would they reject his early stuff? and whats with the ignorance here, shadow is only the grandfather to hip-hop and single-handedly shaped it to what it is. i suppose RP listeners could give a shit about about that. what i would give to hear flat out hip-hop on RP.
Posted 20 years ago by lolitampeg    [ Reply ]
They place this stuff at soft jazz 101.1 in Sacramento...give me a break here...Thid DJ should have stayed in the shadows...
Posted 20 years ago by masterhead    [ Reply ]
i tried to upload a bunch of stuff off of "endtroducing" and "preemptive strike", but was denied. this song is aight, but endtroducing is his masterpiece. it is nice to see some good hiphop in here, even if it is disguised as "electronica" (is that term passe? who cares).
Posted 20 years ago by downbylaw    [ Reply ]
I was listening, and I was awake. Then this song came on. Then I started drifting, drifting, eyelids heavy... closing... Then the song ended and I woke right up. File under 'S' for sleep aides.
Posted 20 years ago by DBCinCA    [ Reply ]
Chunk wrote:
Die generic pop beat, die!
Shadow and "generic" - like oil and water. get real.
Posted 20 years ago by Platypus    [ Reply ]
Die generic pop beat, die!
Posted 20 years ago by Chunk    [ Reply ]
9-volt wrote:
i heard shadow's track 'organ donor' on a mix a friend made, groooovy. i am generally not a fan of electronic, but his stuff is delicious!
i once read a dj shadow interview where he said that everytime he went into a record store and saw his album 'Endtroducing' in the electronic section, he'd move it to the hip hop section.
Posted 20 years ago by mlsully7    [ Reply ]
i heard shadow's track 'organ donor' on a mix a friend made, groooovy. i am generally not a fan of electronic, but his stuff is delicious!
Posted 20 years ago by 9-volt    [ Reply ]
does anyone have an mp3 of that j.ralph tune this is reminding me of? would be a nice seque out of this one (1 million miles away is the song i'm thinking of)...
Posted 20 years ago by rah    [ Reply ]
I dig this stuff ! Keep'em coming...
Posted 20 years ago by MTL_Robbie    [ Reply ]
Just lisenig to the tune but its seems ok but not my style, different I'd say :-s
Posted 20 years ago by Peter_g    [ Reply ]
Hairfarmer wrote:
'Shadow Rocks!!! I love everything I've heard the guy do. I"ve got one of the 45's mixes he did with Cut Chemist("Product Placement") and it's just unreal.
Shadow's other project UNKLE is phenomenal too.
Posted 21 years ago by Platypus    [ Reply ]
Never heard it but I like it already.
Posted 21 years ago by Thistle    [ Reply ]
'Shadow Rocks!!! I love everything I've heard the guy do. I"ve got one of the 45's mixes he did with Cut Chemist("Product Placement") and it's just unreal.
Posted 21 years ago by Hairfarmer    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by Johray63: Who the heck is Mongrel?!
Mongrel \Mon"grel\, n. The progeny resulting from a cross between two breeds, as of domestic animals; anything of mixed breed. --Drayton. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Posted 21 years ago by deadline    [ Reply ]
Nice track, and a great afternoon of tunes. Thanks!
Posted 22 years ago by Neuf    [ Reply ]
thank you, thank you, thank you. i\'ve been hoping there would be a little of this amazing performers art showing up on RP, and here it is.
Posted 22 years ago by nook    [ Reply ]