05. Telepath (1:32)

Fireal420 · Post by **Fireal420** » Mon Jul 15, 2013 5:32 pm

great fan made video someone made for telepath

warphead · Post by **warphead** » Mon Jul 15, 2013 6:37 pm

This sequence in the movie freaked the *shit* out of me as a kid. Something about that static-distorted voice just sounds so futile, so ominous. The reveal at the end (when they ultimately show the end of the transmission) is terrifying in the context of the movie.
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Agreed. This movie sequence always resonated with me, and always firmly creeped me out. There's something here that really fucks with my brain.

orion · Post by **orion** » Sat Jul 27, 2013 8:05 pm

um DID NO ONE SEE THE SIMILARITIES BETWEEN THIS SONG AND AUTECHRES PERLENCE SUNS???!1?????!??!?!!!!!!????

Skyraider · Post by **Skyraider** » Fri Sep 06, 2013 11:30 pm

Reminded me of this:

ambreakups · Post by **ambreakups** » Mon Sep 30, 2013 8:29 pm

Forgive me if I overlooked something, but I haven't seen anyone mention the actual lyrical content of the Madonna song. Here's a YouTube with the lyrics in the info section. It is essentially the very same concept that the album has unfolded to be about. Very clever, boys. That's no coincidence.

egbdf · Post by **egbdf** » Tue Oct 01, 2013 11:06 am

ambreakups wrote:Forgive me if I overlooked something, but I haven't seen anyone mention the actual lyrical content of the Madonna song. Here's a YouTube with the lyrics in the info section. It is essentially the very same concept that the album has unfolded to be about. Very clever, boys. That's no coincidence.

But I think the consensus is that it probably isn't sampled from that song. It's just the same or a similar 80's sounding synth (calliope), and a similar, but different descending group of notes. The interval between the first two notes is the same, but it's different after that.

I'm not saying this dismisses the connections you think might be there, but I'm wondering whether you're suggesting it based on the belief that it is actually sampled from the Modanna song?

Cyclosa · Post by **Cyclosa** » Thu Oct 10, 2013 8:35 pm

has anyone stumbled across the original sample of Vincent Price yet?

dana · Post by **dana** » Thu Oct 17, 2013 9:56 pm

For me its two guys messing about with one of those effects (ring modulator i think) that they used for the daleks on doctor who.

whoever is in the background further away this is what i can make out what he says in some kind of pirate voice lol:

0:20 - wallaby give you triumph
0:43 - talk louder
0:53 - lift the bandpass - there it is! doctor tardis

Lens Larque · Post by **Lens Larque** » Fri Oct 18, 2013 8:30 pm

ambreakups wrote:Forgive me if I overlooked something, but I haven't seen anyone mention the actual lyrical content of the Madonna song. Here's a YouTube with the lyrics in the info section. It is essentially the very same concept that the album has unfolded to be about. Very clever, boys. That's no coincidence.

Nice catch.

The truth is never far behind
You kept it hidden well
If I live to tell
The secret I knew then

sunshine recorder · Post by **sunshine recorder** » Tue Dec 03, 2013 3:08 pm

reminds me of "nova scotia robots" off of old tunes

Zwei Kreise · Post by **Zwei Kreise** » Mon Jan 06, 2014 1:08 pm

After the guy in the background says "give me a count", I keep hearing "At the start of the day ? No..." for some reason. Not that it makes much more sense in context though.

Love this track to death. It has quickly proven to be one of my favorite vignette tracks from them...

energywarning · Post by **energywarning** » Mon Jan 06, 2014 4:12 pm

While this is a gem, it makes me think that it's not Vincent Price's voice.

Stickyfingers72 · Post by **Stickyfingers72** » Tue Jan 07, 2014 1:07 pm

Everybody harps on about a possible code in Cold Earth, how bout the numbers in Telepath? Not that I really give a hoot or can be asked to look into it.

green calx · Post by **green calx** » Wed Jan 08, 2014 7:41 pm

after last number (1:07) - quiet "listen" (same like in Reach for the Dead)

arvy · Post by **arvy** » Sat Jan 18, 2014 7:23 pm

Stickyfingers72 wrote:Everybody harps on about a possible code in Cold Earth, how bout the numbers in Telepath? Not that I really give a hoot or can be asked to look into it.

I think it's possible, the word "answer" is used very clear, but with a lot of different numbers it's hard to pick something

green calx wrote:after last number (1:07) - quiet "listen" (same like in Reach for the Dead)

yes, I can def hear something like "listen"

THE BOB · Post by **THE BOB** » Sat Jan 18, 2014 10:43 pm

and here's a nagging thought of late..

the burst of static near the end right after the end of the speech samples (1:08/9, someone said it sounded like a rocket going off), seems to fade to a weird pulse or tremelo effect which kind of sounds like the 'alarm' pulse from the beginning of transmissiones ferox sped up. then in that track the same static burst again about 10 seconds in, but slowed or drawn out as the sample fades. not sure what it is for, maybe different perspectives on the same transmission(s). it's also like a weird reflection or mini palindrome around cold earth, with all the samples being unintelligible between the static bursts, and the samples outside of this little bracket being more fit for our consumption.

lankydoom · Post by **lankydoom** » Tue Jan 21, 2014 10:45 am

dana wrote:For me its two guys messing about with one of those effects (ring modulator i think) that they used for the daleks on doctor who.

whoever is in the background further away this is what i can make out what he says in some kind of pirate voice lol:

0:20 - wallaby give you triumph
0:43 - talk louder
0:53 - lift the bandpass - there it is! doctor tardis

0:53 - lift the bandpass - there it is! doctor tardis.

100%. i have thought from the first time i heard it i could hear that. nice!

arvy · Post by **arvy** » Sun Apr 27, 2014 10:59 pm

I actually notice that I enjoy concentrate more on a melody and those vocal samples just fall in to my mind, while the melody floating around me from left to right. It really can be mind blowing, especially if you listen to it on a good pair of headphones.

polarbear · Post by **polarbear** » Mon Apr 28, 2014 4:54 am

Fireal420 wrote:great fan made video someone made for telepath

is the best video for telepath..

w31rd numb3r · Post by **w31rd numb3r** » Mon Apr 28, 2014 2:44 pm

Used to put Telepath on repeat by around 50 times per day. I stopped when I listened the album 'til the end, sadly.