let's discuss: fatboy slim

I hadn't listened to anything by him since the late 90's, around the same time that i fell victim to the wanky pretensions of idm. but if you listen to his notable songs, the Rockefeller Skank, Gangster Trippin, Everybody Loves A Carnival, and his many remixes (especially Brimful of Asha and Don't Let The Man Get You Down), it's hard to reach any conclusion other than him being pretty awesome.

hate if you will. but dude is great with a sampler and turntable, makes kick ass beats, and didn't go vegan gay like Moby. I'm satisfied with that.

percy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unF1QIdwdfs

I still love this track!

Between the Gutter and the Stars is essential.

you might like this thread

from that:

  On 7/28/2011 at 6:29 PM, vamos scorcho said:

anybody interested in reading an example of 'Good Music Criticism' look no further.

 

from PopMatters, a review of Fatboy Slim's Greatest Hits.

build it up... dah dahnah nah nah nahnah... tear it down!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxHjytBY7Z8

who could ever forget this pre fatboy slim classic!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ehden6aPl0

  On 8/19/2011 at 1:27 AM, autopilot said:

percy

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unF1QIdwdfs

still fucking love this one omg!

it's possible that none of you would be dealing with my watmm posts without ol' fatboy. in the beginning i mostly knew rock bands. i was intrigued by electronic music, but i never quite got off my ass until.... i heard "rockefella skank" on the radio. this was right when MP3s showed up, and i got some fatboy slim MP3s. then prodigy. then aphex......

fatboy slim may not have the intensity and massive construction of aphex, but he's good vibes all the way down. you could still play most of his tracks and get away with it.

Fatboy is fantastic. I really never liked The Rockafeller Skank, but Fucking in Heaven and many others are fantastic.

Gah, I'm too tired to figure out how to post youtube links with the new format, so here's a link to "The Weekend Starts Here".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YP2psRuwO0k

Edit: Oh Bitchin! It does it automatically. Anyways, I play this a lot after I get out of my last class of the week.

Fatboy slim has never been cool.

Never liked a single track of his. In fact I really hated - along with the rest of the bland funkless "bigbeat" scene rubbish - pretty much every track he ever made from day 1 (including the Beats International SOS band cover/murder) . Genuine Lowest Commom Denominator dancepop that takes formulaic to the nth degree. However - he's very good mates with someone I know and apparently a very very nice bloke. I have heard some multiLOL drug related anecdotes over the years and would dearly have loved to have been on the sesh with them years ago.

edit: also just read that he is partly responsible for Dr Hat being here

if they chose to go double-barreled with their surnames when they got married, would zoe ball subsequently be known as mrs zoe fat-ball-boy slim-cook?

can't say i ever liked anything of his but i respect the fact he looks like he's enjoying himself.

that's the problem with idm. it somehow tricked us into thinking that there's something wrong with being a party rocker. fuck that.

i don't give a monkeys how much he's enjoying himself or not. His records are bland and devoid of funk.

I rate Better Living Through Chemistry. I will never stop liking Acid 8000 too, people very much like to dance to this in my experience and I don't think you would identify it as a Fatboy Slim track until the vocal comes in.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHBAEYXgviA

  On 8/19/2011 at 12:02 PM, LOL Alzado said:

that's the problem with idm. it somehow tricked us into thinking that there's something wrong with being a party rocker. fuck that.

speak for yourself dude

moust of the proper idm style parties and gigs i've gone too have been (or got) pretty messy

back OT and with an okish third album and shite forth album you knew Mr Cook had had his day

his music defined that peak of the dance culture era and belongs there imho

it reminds me too much of back in the day whenever i hear it and because of that its something i'll never tend to reach for on the shelf anymore but its nice when you hear it out and about

  On 8/19/2011 at 1:01 PM, soundwave said:

his music defined that peak of the dance culture era

speak for yourself dude.

all of you are wrong

is he still a raging coke fiend?

I'd never listen to his stuff at home but I've seen him live three times and each time was awesome fun.

bird of prey+1

it's a beast of a track. kind of reminds me of black dog's "it felt like it". which is also high on my list.

just biked in to say that Brimful of Asha remix is one of the worst, most contrived, cringingly awful pieces of utter throwaway meaningless shit i've ever had the displeasure not to be able to avoid listening to.