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Offline Hyperspeed

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Re: The Prodigy
« on: July 11, 2006, 01:00:04 AM »
Always Outnumbered - Never Outgunned: the track called 'Girls' when you first hear it makes you think "What the hell?"... the cheesy 80's hip-hop then gets some meaty bass and the vocals keep repeating. This is old skool Prodigy genius in my opinion.

Still, my favourite album is The Prodigy Experience. The videos were classic, especially Out of Space with the ostriches and fly-by of Saturn.

Liam Paris Howlett is classically trained, this is why I think Prodigy music is smarter. The rythms and melodies have intelligient patterns and humour. The samples have mischief and soul and the obligatory instrumental tracks such as Climbatize and Weather Experience are beautiful symphonies of the 20th century.

There was probably too many collaborations on Always Outnumbered and I think the choice of artists was ropey. I was slightly dissapointed that it was generally a very aggresive and angry sound, unlike 'Experience.

I prefer the Chemical Brothers album 'Come With Us' if just for the Richard Ashcroft song 'The Test' (with a nice video too). It proves you can be soulful and calm and still have a sense of rythm and cool.

Remember '97 when they put Firestarter into WipEout 2097? Possibly the defining moment for the console's image.

As for Smack My {bleep} Up, I think there is a limit to what I'd like young children exposed to at an early age. It was never intended to be broadcast on Childrens BBC. Scenes of drinking and vommitting perfectly reflect the sad nature of British weekend life however.

The later single 'Baby's Got A Temper' with the lyrics "We take rohypnol!" (the date rape drug) was blatantly disgusting and hypocritical considering Howlett scorned The Shamen's Ebeneezer Good (for the "Es are good!" lyric).

To sum up - the earlier stuff is more tuneful, the later stuff aggresive. Oh, and I don't think Firestarter sounded out of place alongside the other No.1 single 'Breathe' - not to mention 'Fuel My Fire'.

EDIT: Talking of censorship notice the {bleep}... ?

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