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Question: What does Mike say about 6 seconds into Platinum? :: Total Votes:59 Poll choices Votes Statistics "Platinum" 30  [50.85%] "Guitar" 4  [6.78%] "Kids' stuff" 2  [3.39%] "Catch it" 11  [18.64%] Something else (please specify below) 12  [20.34%] Guests cannot vote

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Ugo Group: Members Posts: 5495 Joined: April 2000 Posted: Nov. 30 2004, 18:57 In one of the latest topics, c_haese said: "Maybe there should be a poll about this..." - well, here it is. -------------- Ugo C. - a devoted Amarokian Back to top

hiawatha Group: Members Posts: 2391 Joined: Mar. 2004 Posted: Nov. 30 2004, 21:35 It's a half-suppressed sneeze. -------------- "In the land of the Dacotahs, Where the Falls of Minnehaha Flash and gleam among the oak-trees, Laugh and leap into the valley." - Song of Hiawatha Back to top

familyjules Group: Members Posts: 1190 Joined: May 2004 Posted: Dec. 01 2004, 06:26 You left out "cat shit"!  I demand a recount! Jules -------------- I like beer and I like cheese Back to top

hiawatha Group: Members Posts: 2391 Joined: Mar. 2004 Posted: Dec. 01 2004, 08:10 Is that like the lyric in the middle of "Music from the Balcony" that says "Bat sh*t! Bat sh*t!" ? Seriously, if you know what it really says, let me know (in the "Heaven's Open" thread if you want). This is what it sounds like to me anyway. -------------- "In the land of the Dacotahs, Where the Falls of Minnehaha Flash and gleam among the oak-trees, Laugh and leap into the valley." - Song of Hiawatha Back to top

Sir Mustapha Group: Musicians Posts: 2802 Joined: April 2003 Posted: Dec. 01 2004, 08:56 I don't think there are any words in Music From The Balcony at all. In fact, the song is so aggressive and antagonic, I wouldn't be surprised if Mike inserted a bunch of anti-words somewhere inbetween the instruments. I don't think it says anything. Will you stop being so obsessed with swear words? -------------- Check out http://ferniecanto.com.br for all my music, including my latest albums: Don't Stay in the City, Making Amends and Builders of Worlds. Also check my Bandcamp page: http://ferniecanto.bandcamp.com Back to top

hiawatha Group: Members Posts: 2391 Joined: Mar. 2004 Posted: Dec. 01 2004, 09:05 As long as "Platinum" and "Guitars" are on the list of votes, might as well add "The Songs of Distant Earth" and "QE2" along with the other album titles. -------------- "In the land of the Dacotahs, Where the Falls of Minnehaha Flash and gleam among the oak-trees, Laugh and leap into the valley." - Song of Hiawatha Back to top

EeToN Group: Members Posts: 845 Joined: Sep. 2001 Posted: Dec. 01 2004, 13:36 Quote (hiawatha @ Dec. 01 2004, 14:10) Is that like the lyric in the middle of "Music from the Balcony" that says "Bat sh*t! Bat sh*t!" ? I always heard that as "Backflash! Backflash!" but I'm not as sure in that case as I'm in "Platinum". (Anyway, it's at 14:22.) -------------- If I were music, I would be Enigmatism. Back to top

c_haese Group: Members Posts: 83 Joined: Nov. 2003 Posted: Dec. 01 2004, 14:01 Okay, I'm converted. I've already voted for "Guitar" but I'd like to change my vote to "Platinum." I've downloaded the clip that EeToN posted elsewhere and slowed it down to half speed. Upon doing that, it becomes almost painfully obvious that the voice is indeed saying Platinum. -Carsten Back to top

hiawatha Group: Members Posts: 2391 Joined: Mar. 2004 Posted: Dec. 01 2004, 15:30 Quote (EeToN @ Dec. 01 2004, 13:36) I always heard that as "Backflash! Backflash!" Even more than my earlier guess. I think it might even be "Batfish!, Batfish!". A Batfish is a kind of submarine (for real, not like the Alan Parsons Project is a kind of hovercraft). It is also a term used for manta ray, seen on the cover art of TSODE. -------------- "In the land of the Dacotahs, Where the Falls of Minnehaha Flash and gleam among the oak-trees, Laugh and leap into the valley." - Song of Hiawatha Back to top

EeToN Group: Members Posts: 845 Joined: Sep. 2001 Posted: Dec. 01 2004, 16:35 Quote (hiawatha @ Dec. 01 2004, 21:30) I think it might even be "Batfish!, Batfish!". I thought it to be "Backflash" also because it fits with the concept of Heaven's Open. -------------- If I were music, I would be Enigmatism. Back to top

iancampbell79 Group: Members Posts: 83 Joined: April 2002 Posted: Dec. 02 2004, 04:48 Sounds like 'Pizza' to me..... But then slowing it down I can't decide between that and 'Guitar'. Back to top

Sir Mustapha Group: Musicians Posts: 2802 Joined: April 2003 Posted: Dec. 02 2004, 07:22 After hearing the slowed-down clip, I have little doubt that it's "Platinum". The last two syllabes kind of melt into one thing, so it's hard to make it out in normal speed. -------------- Check out http://ferniecanto.com.br for all my music, including my latest albums: Don't Stay in the City, Making Amends and Builders of Worlds. Also check my Bandcamp page: http://ferniecanto.bandcamp.com Back to top

Jammer Group: Members Posts: 643 Joined: April 2000 Posted: Dec. 02 2004, 14:34 Interesting. I don't have too much trouble hearing three quick syllables, but I only have a digital recording from an LP of it rather than a proper CD release. It could have been some discrepancies in the EQ? Back to top

TubularBelle Group: Members Posts: 1487 Joined: April 2004 Posted: Dec. 10 2004, 06:32 I must have exceptional hearing because it was always obvious to me, I could just never get anyone to agree with me. Thanks guys for taking the trouble to discuss this and vote on it, I hope we can get a few more votes to tip the scales all the way. Thanks again. Tracy. -------------- I hate getting up early. I didn't even realise there were two 6 o'clocks in one day! Back to top

familyjules Group: Members Posts: 1190 Joined: May 2004 Posted: Jan. 05 2005, 09:31 I've changed my mind.  I think he's saying "fatty bum". Jules -------------- I like beer and I like cheese Back to top

familyjules Group: Members Posts: 1190 Joined: May 2004 Posted: Jan. 05 2005, 09:32 On second thoughts, it's definitely "platypus" he's saying! Jules -------------- I like beer and I like cheese Back to top

torbenyj Group: Members Posts: 377 Joined: Jan. 2003 Posted: Jan. 05 2005, 10:07 can't anyone make a loop and slow down the words and place it in here - please. Otherwice we have to ask MO - since we must have know this:-) Back to top

raven4x4x Group: Members Posts: 1535 Joined: Jan. 2002 Posted: Jan. 05 2005, 19:12 I think it sounds like "put-chik" or "put-shik". I don't know how any of you can make out a word. -------------- Thank-you for helping us help you help us all. Back to top

familyjules Group: Members Posts: 1190 Joined: May 2004 Posted: Jan. 06 2005, 04:24 Quote (raven4x4x @ Jan. 05 2005, 19:12) I think it sounds like "put-chik" or "put-shik". Maybe it's "bull-shit". Jules -------------- I like beer and I like cheese Back to top

ATTMO Group: Members Posts: 79 Joined: June 2004 Posted: Jan. 06 2005, 09:25 I guess it is Platinum but not said as   [plae tie num] but as [pla tshinm] -------------- "Such is life; and we are but as grass that is cut down, and put into the oven and baked" - Jerome K Jerome Back to top

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