Aug 28, 2025
the avalanches yukari warmup:)
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the avalanches yukari warmup:)
avalanche rock / birthday.
yup, it’s my birthday today too. i’m 22! and i’m gonna be spinning this album since it’s such a classic.
since i left you
i found the world so new
Do you like this song? #232
Yes I like it, I already know it
Yes I like it, first time listening
No I don't like it, I already know it
No I don't like it, first time listening
The Avalanches - Frontier Psychiatrist 2000
"Frontier Psychiatrist" is a song by Australian electronic music group the Avalanches, that was released on 21 August 2000 as the second single from the group's debut album Since I Left You. It is built around several elements sampled from other music; Avalanches members Robbie Chater and Darren Seltman sampled music from several vinyl records in the production and creation of Since I Left You. The prominent orchestral sample heard throughout the track is sourced from a recording by the Enoch Light Singers of the 1968 composition "My Way of Life". The track also contains several vocal samples of Canadian comedy duo Wayne and Shuster, the most prominent of these samples taken from the duo's comedy routine "Frontier Psychiatrist", as well as the John Waters movie Polyester.
Only the aforementioned samples are credited in the liner notes of Since I Left You; various other uncredited samples are used in the track, with sources ranging from Harvey Mandel's 1968 cover of the spiritual "Wade in the Water", and comedy routines by Flip Wilson, sketches from Sesame Street, and Maurice Jarre's main theme from Lawrence of Arabia. The closing mariachi band plays "El Negro Zumbón", first performed by Flo Sandon's, who doubles Silvana Mangano in the 1951 movie Anna.
Upon release, it peaked at number 18 on the UK Singles Chart and number 49 in the group's native Australia, becoming their first single to enjoy commercial success. "Frontier Psychiatrist" was well received by music critics, who praised the Avalanches' use of samples.
The "Frontier Psychiatrist" music video, directed by Tom Kuntz and Mike Maguire, was the runner-up in the "Best Music Video" category at the 2002 Rushes Soho Shorts Film Festival. Pitchfork Media placed the video at number 19 on their list of the "Top 50 Music Videos of the 2000s". An alternative video was made, featuring actors acting out the 'dialogue' of the track in various scenes, including a psychiatrist's office and "Dexter's" bedroom. In addition, Rorschach ink-blots are animated to reflect various samples in the track.
"Frontier Psychiatrist" received a total of 73,2% yes votes!
Scrapbook
Take a note here, sun in Spanish
G in English
And accomplished in mind
Pair it up with a silly sound
A little ticklish,
And another bit of lime
Then mix it up with rum
And coke
And a country will be free
Now serve me three or four,
And make a melody,
Now pass me a different bar,
We’ll go bar hopping,
And our love will have a song
And the gardens have a tree
How many of them 'till it’s a forest?
Their fruit is apple red,
And it’s the accents of a picture
And a crunchy leaf is brown,
A mix of both,
A bit of all,
And now this town turns its page sideways
As it crushes me and you and figure round
And streak in sky is apple now
And we lament the loss of our father
And the father laments the loss of man
And we forget entranced in the water, clear
And the fireworks enter a bull fight chant
And now all of it seems dull, I cant
I cant close my eyes, the stars will appear
And astronomer becomes me
And I stop to be
And then, Ill have a dream
To ride on me, just the same
King Houdini And His Calypso Parliament - Bobby Sox Idol (1947)
Calypsonian tribute to Frank Sinatra from Wilmoth Houdini. The Avalanches sampled this recording. Fun stuff.
You have a perfect voice to sing Calypso
Round 5:
Which COVER do you like better?
A Broken Frame (Depeche Mode)
Since I Left You (The Avalanches)
Remember you're voting for the cover artwork NOT the musical content or artist!
