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Faithless — No Roots
Album: No Roots
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Released: 2004
Length: 5:24
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[Maxi Jazz]
My love is generations old,
I was there when trees died as the world went cold
Still there when my people were bought and sold
What's going on? What's going on?

[Dido]
Your love is on a grand scale
Mine is in the detail
Your love is to change the world
We just want to have to hold

Two hearts, both forgiving
Two ways to see the same thing
One house there's room for all
We just want to have to hold (2x)

[Maxi Jazz & Dido]
No roots, no tree, no family, no me

[Maxi Jazz]
Our first fuck was more planning than luck
I had a deep understanding of what makes you (hot)
I did my homework till my dome hurt, I was a stone flirt
Hustling for some prone work, and I don't stop
I knew that you were good for me,
You 'n I fit together so beautifully
But only for three years were we in harmony

I've ended up part you, part me,
Love that we agree, not be ugly
And now that we're free to create our own destiny
You will always be a friend to me
My love persists over land and sea, through centuries
I'll fill you up like rice and peas,

Like the breeze, Cool ya skin, fill your hair,
Even when I'm not there.
Like the breeze, Cool ya skin, fill your hair,
Even when I'm not there.
Like the breeze, Cool ya skin, fill your hair,
Even when I'm not there.
Like the breeze, Cool ya skin, fill your hair,
Even when I'm not there.
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 soneill4920941 wrote:

Ignore the haters. William, thank you for playing Faithless. They filled a gaping hole in the Trip Hop Genre as Massive Attack was winding down. They were truly genre bending. I would call them progressive Trip Hop. No Roots was a brilliant thematic masterpiece.  Rhythmic and driving but also very melodic. Great vocals from Maxi Jazz (RIP) and Dido. Later albums included mesmerizing vocals by Zoe Johnston. What ever happened to her anyway? BTW, I'm a 60s plus white dude so don't assume. 



Dido...I mean ditto! I am also 60 and have loved this group from the beginning. Smart music.
I have loved this group since 1996. RIP Maxi Jazz. 
 hippiechick wrote:

I like this! Kinda like Tricky and Maria, Rollo and Dido. Nice combo!

Might have missed out Sister Bliss in that list

They were an incredible band live enhanced with a disco biscuit. May have written this somewhere else but would love to have Insomnia in the playlist 
Nice Groove 
Love this
RIP Maxi Jazz, Your music lives on. Your voice will always move me.
Ignore the haters. William, thank you for playing Faithless. They filled a gaping hole in the Trip Hop Genre as Massive Attack was winding down. They were truly genre bending. I would call them progressive Trip Hop. No Roots was a brilliant thematic masterpiece.  Rhythmic and driving but also very melodic. Great vocals from Maxi Jazz (RIP) and Dido. Later albums included mesmerizing vocals by Zoe Johnston. What ever happened to her anyway? BTW, I'm a 60s plus white dude so don't assume. 
RIP Maxi Jazz.

"He was also a lovely human being with time for everyone and a wisdom that was both profound and accessible. It was an honour and, of course, a true pleasure to work with him.

"He was a brilliant lyricist, a DJ, a Buddhist, a magnificent stage presence, car lover, endless talker, beautiful person, moral compass and genius."

From Maxi Jazz' Instagram account, signed by former bandmates.

 AliGator wrote:

Jesus Christ. Get over yourself. Or whatever. You're probably a bot.

Laughing. Can I please use this: "You're probably a bot." 
I stub my toe
It hurts joe
why, don't know
bonnet with a bow
friend or foe
A kokomo
high, or low
water does flow



Wow. Look Ma...I'm a rap song writer now!!!!! 
And it only took me 10 seconds. 

Now...where is my #%@!^&* pay check
you mother $%^**&!
 2020xradio wrote:

A 1 because of profanity






I actually sorted by least popular to give and extra thumbs down.  
 spigolli wrote:

Does their drum machine not have any other pattern besides the one they programmed?


I would really hope that the drum machine doesn't become sentient and start playing its own riffs...cause Skynet...and oh oh...
 fredriley wrote:
This had me until the rapper kicked in, then the volume went way down. Ok, it's not aggressive gangsta rap or nuthin', but it still gets on my tits. I've just one thing to say to rappers: learn to feckin' sing! Either that, or ditch the music and be poets.

 
Who made you Vice President of Expression?
 2020xradio wrote:
A 1 because of profanity
 

Fuck that.
 2020xradio wrote:
A 1 because of profanity
 
Jesus Christ. Get over yourself. Or whatever. You're probably a bot.
was hearing Massive Attack's Safe From Harm, there - suppose it's a basic bass line
 middle-aged-hipster wrote:
Always amazed after many years of listening I'm still hearing new stuff to my ears. I'm liking this one!
 
I agree between this station and the current out if Minnesota, KEXP out if Seattle and WFMU out if jersery city i have discovered such great music
Always amazed after many years of listening I'm still hearing new stuff to my ears. I'm liking this one!
A 1 because of profanity
heading over to spotify to hear the album.....
 hippiechick wrote:
I like this! Kinda like Tricky and Maria, Rollo and Dido. Nice combo!
 

I always ask if this is Dido also! 
Delicious groove! (Groove is a thing right?)

Faithless meets Dido meets Massive Attack!
 cafortier wrote:
Wow.  this is really catchy.  The female vocalist - sounds like Dido
 
Not 100% sure, but I think it is... she's listed under "associated acts" on the wiki info
 ChrisInCT wrote:
Judging by the album art this isn't "happy" music is it?
 
Happy one day, Sad the other,

Do you have hope?
 hippiechick wrote:
I like this! Kinda like Tricky and Maria, Rollo and Dido. Nice combo!
 
Exactly!

Wow, no mistaking Dido's voice! Can't wait to get my hands on her new album this year :)
Just great
I think i heard 90% of their releases and i still love it. There is soooo much more than Insomnia 
Tearin orf tights wiv ma teef.
 ScottishViking wrote:
Wow. How old are you , 95? This is Tricky, probably one of the easiest-to-listen-to MCs out there. If you can't take him, you probably don't like people talking either. I'm glad I don't live in your "sing or shut up" universe. It's probably very small and shouty. 



Gee fred.  This one must hurt coming from un verdadero Scottish Viking (though ya never know, his genes could come from all over Europe).

I am good with the spoken word in music.  Leonard Cohen, perhaps?  Steven Wilson does spoken word in his rock ballads rather well but hey I could be partial.  

I am not that fond of most 'rap'.  Must be going on 97 .....
 
For sung words, try one of the most famous revolutionary ballads in Latin America: Cantata de Santa María de Iquique.
{#Dancingbanana_2}
Bray Head, 1990s
 
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The Cars' Moving In Stereo > All Mixed Up could follow this...
very nice .... 
 ziakut wrote:
Love the music and backing vocals. Lead vocal sounds a bit too much like Dido for my tastes.

 
Rollo Armstrong, a member of Faithless, is Dido's brother. So yes, those are Dido's vocals; she's been in other work by him as well, and he helped her with her first 3 albums.
Their best tune by far
L{#Smile}VE
Could do with some Insomnia, I need waking up!!
Wow have not heard these guys since 90s when they released "Insomnia"
Turns out some pretty decent stuff this Faithless!!
Great song! Great album!

I've heard this live in Munich some years ago - great performance and super sound!
Under that burning
Ether that falls
Down on these walls
Burnin' my arms
I've been alone
When I sat by you

For every word I could undo
I've been uncrossed
and I've been untrue
I've been the thorn
I've been the hunt

With a heart of my own
Burn it down low
The light in your verse
And the shadow between
The way that I was when I used to roam"

Girl's got game.


I had to check and see if this wasn't The Cat Empire
Is this hip hop?

Where's my can of pop?
 
Do pigs really eat slop?

Shop until you drop!

She just did a flop.

Beep but no bop.

Slow down...it's a cop.
Hey....where's my check for another great rap song!!!!   
Floating!
Love me some Faithless.
Love the music and backing vocals. Lead vocal sounds a bit too much like Dido for my tastes.
Love this!
Second listen.......I love this....it follows a ten song set that has been killer.....I swear RP you play better stuff at night.
Faithless is not a rap band, really. Faithless are artists. No one whinges about U2 "rapping" on Bullet the Blue Sky. Possibly because U2 are white.
It's not Tricky, dimwits, its Faithless' own Maxi Jazz, much more positive than the paranoid claustrophobic ramblings of the diminutive Bristolian, though I like his stuff for a contrasting mood to this one, at this end of the r'hood. {#Propeller} What's Gong on here...
 fredriley wrote:
I've just one thing to say to rappers: learn to feckin' sing! Either that, or ditch the music and be poets.
 
Stop liking what I don't like!!!
{#Bananasplit} My generation is old?  No way!

 ScottishViking wrote:
 I'm glad I don't live in your "sing or shut up" universe. It's probably very small and shouty.

Actually, I suspect it's rather melodic.

(Tricky may be easy to listen to, but the man can't hit the beats here without extensive overdubbing.) 

 fredriley wrote:
This had me until the rapper kicked in, then the volume went way down. Ok, it's not aggressive gangsta rap or nuthin', but it still gets on my tits. I've just one thing to say to rappers: learn to feckin' sing! Either that, or ditch the music and be poets.  

Wow. How old are you, 95? This is Tricky, probably one of the easiest-to-listen-to MCs out there. If you can't take him, you probably don't like people talking either. I'm glad I don't live in your "sing or shut up" universe. It's probably very small and shouty.

This had me until the rapper kicked in, then the volume went way down. Ok, it's not aggressive gangsta rap or nuthin', but it still gets on my tits. I've just one thing to say to rappers: learn to feckin' sing! Either that, or ditch the music and be poets.

Nice trip-hop electronica at the end, mind, which was worth turning the sound up again for.
Nice acoustic groove
Great acoustic intro. I recall seeing Faithless playing live drums and acoustic guitar over the top of electronic beats at a show years ago, and it really worked.


 bokey wrote:
It kind of twitched there at the end.Kind of like a really bad comedy where somebody just won't die no matter how many times they are shot,run over ,stabbed ,etc.
  Scary Movie?


Gotta give another listen to this...
interesting... so far. how is it i never heard this before? sounds like Gil Scott Heron meets Dido
sorry. . .(mute)
very very good Album...i like it
 ziggytrix wrote: 
Looks like Bill junked that one 4 years ago...{#Yes}
 lmic wrote:
I know Bill plays another song with Maxi Jazz on lead vocals...what is it, what is it?{#Frustrated}
 
https://www.radioparadise.com/content.php?name=songinfo&song_id=37557  ?

I like it! I am a sucker for a really good continuous acoustic guitar riff!{#Bananajam}
Not a genre I normally like, but this is okay.
I like this! Kinda like Tricky and Maria, Rollo and Dido. Nice combo!
7==>9
 cafortier wrote:
Wow.  this is really catchy.  The female vocalist - sounds like Dido
 
It is.  She's Rollo Armstrong's sister.

Does their drum machine not have any other pattern besides the one they programmed?
I know Bill plays another song with Maxi Jazz on lead vocals...what is it, what is it?{#Frustrated}
YES! Nice groove, superb song, not a ten but a SOLID NINE.
 mgkiwi wrote:
Cool tune - is that Dildo singing in the background.
 

Better watch where you put that name! {#Lol}

they just play damm good music here,ah

 . . . Different, catchy, shiny . . . got that new car smell.


Wow.  this is really catchy.  The female vocalist - sounds like Dido
I am curious if this tune is from one of the Bourne trilogy soundtracks?  Sounds very familiar...I like it.{#Chillpill}
Keep it up RP! {#Sunny}
Awesome!!!
veeerrygood!!!
Like it! With Dido who is Rollo's lttle sista.
ChrisInCT wrote:
Judging by the album art this isn't "happy" music is it?
doesn't really go with the Grapes of Wrath though
mgkiwi wrote:
Cool tune - is that Dildo singing in the background.
"Dildo?" LOL!
Cool tune - is that Dildo singing in the background.
Trippy. Great for late night zonage.
This reminds me of "For My Culture" with Robbie Williams and some other guy. I'm experiencing the after-lunch slump - sorry!
It kind of twitched there at the end. Kind of like a really bad comedy where somebody just won't die no matter how many times they are shot,run over ,stabbed ,etc.
Just wonderul. I also like this album much more than the new one - which is far from being bad, too.
Digging it. Reminded me a bit of Ian Brown, too. And I also like Dido. Reading the comments here makes me feel like actually buying anything from them would be risky, though. On the other hand, buying Ian Brown was a great decision.
Judging by the album art this isn't "happy" music is it?
zakfoy wrote:
any relation/connection to massive attack? sounds like it
I think you hear Tricky, who has worked w/Massive Attack too - "Karma Coma"....but I speculate...
... why did TripHop have to die so early?
Thank god it's gone! Ug!
zakfoy wrote:
any relation/connection to massive attack? sounds like it
Both British, Faithless is more light hearted and poppier...
any relation/connection to massive attack? sounds like it
bigstory wrote:
I think this song speaks for itself.
Over-rated, like most of Faithless. Occasional gems but a lot of repetitious unremarkable stuff too. I guess it says a lot about their opinions of themselves that they included two of their songs when they did a 'Back to Mine' compilation ...
Keeps surprising. Dido with Faithless sounds good too.
Cool -- I hear shades of Les Negresses Vertes and flashes of Ian Brown and those sexy sultry Dido vocals that send me into a righteously nice place...
... ...
MsJudi wrote:
Is that Imogene Heap on female vocals?
Faithless was lead by Dido's brother. it is in fact her singing.
Dave_Mack wrote:
Is Ian Brown in this band too?
Sure sounds like him.
Is Ian Brown in this band too?
borderlessworld wrote:
... why did TripHop have to die so early?
I think this song speaks for itself.
YEAH!! This is a magnificient band ... haven't head them in ages but they rule! Like the guitar ... ... why did TripHop have to die so early?
Love these guys.....don't know for sure if that is Imogen Heap.
"I'll fill you up like rice & beans..." Now this guys really know how to talk to the ladies!
MsJudi wrote:
Is that Imogene Heap on female vocals?
It's probably Dido.
The guitar at the start grabs me, but I find there's no real substance to this song.
Is that Imogene Heap on female vocals?
I had the pleasure of seeing Maxi and Sister Bliss live last year. Fantastic. Just fantastic. 10.
Brilliance-too cool.
First time I've heard this. Very Nice...
tg3k wrote:
I don't listen to much techno/trance/whatever this is outside of RP, but I like the sounds of this one. May have to check more out from these people.
Maybe you like it cuz this is nowhere NEAR Trance, or even Techno. I happen to like Trance (just as I like RP's portfolio of music) and think I know a little bit about it. This ain't the same shit dude! 8) This song could be classified as dance with (some) trance elements. Like it nevertheless!! What I particularly love about RP is that they do mix and match and cover so many different aspects of modern (in the sense of the last 40 years) music...
I don't listen to much techno/trance/whatever this is outside of RP, but I like the sounds of this one. May have to check more out from these people.
I'm a fan of both Dido's voice and the quirky music of Kristine W, so this works for me :D
Nice song, but their early stuff is much better. Unfortunately they became a bit worse with every album, yet.
Danny_G wrote:
:nodhead:
Annoying band ... good in spots, especially early stuff, but have become v. self-important and self-regarding. I think they really believe that 'God is a DJ'.
the beginning sounded like that unkle song (in a state), which i like. never heard this one.. very nice groove :)
If you're in to Faithless, you may want to give 1 Giant Leap a spin. They were started by a founding member of Faithless and have been on heavy rotation on my CD player for about a year now. Details on the group are available at https://www.palmpictures.com/albums/1giantleap.html cheers, -T