Man Next Door

I always play this song loud enough to annoy my neighbors, just in case they get the joke.

It's creepy how distressed Horace Andy sounds.

I feel like there's a slight Jekyll and Hyde feel to this song. Why is he so obsessed with this man next door?

even without me really liking his voice, this is easily one of my top three MA songs.

As someone said, this is a cover of an old Reggae song. But in this album's context it's about Paranoia. As I see it, Mezzanine is all about various mental disorders - obsession (Angel), depression (Dissolved Girl)...

I believe the song's about a drug dealer in the neighbourhood. I adore Horace Andy as a reggae singer. There is an interesting delay sequence used on the drums at the beginning and throughout the track that sounds superb combined with Horace's vocals. He also sang "One Love" from Blue Lines, which is also a simple yet effective track. Massive Attack have the power to produce very simple tracks that always pulls the right strings.

How could anyone dislike this song? FFS

Can't believe people don't appreciate the brilliance of this tune.

And I actually can't comprehend that people don't like Horace's voice. He is definitely right up there along side the best reggae vocalists.

The only version I've heard is by Dennis Brown, and I love it. I agree it's very straightfoward. A man want's to raise his family in peace and quite and is frustrated by his noisy and maybe abusive neighbors. Beautiful song.

If you compare the lyrics with the actual video of the song, you will notice that the song does not actually describe an annoying/abusive neighbor, but a schizoid man which probably has experienced trauma with the break up of his family... really sad... but what can I say, art is special; there is nothing disgusting or bad with this, just a matter of taste and/or understanding/establishment of the song.

this song is really trippy and amazing.the whole album is good.MA dont have any bad ones