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The Something Awful Forums > The Finer Arts > No Music Discussion > The Fat of the Land - The Prodigy's iconic album turns 20
 
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david_a
Apr 24, 2010




Megamarm
I kinda agree? (Edit: to HJBs post) At the time I really liked it but in the back of my mind I sorta realized there were only a couple of songs on the album I really liked. It is admittedly pretty short to begin with, too. My high school years was when I was still discovering music that was completely unlike anything I had heard before so for me it gets graded on a curve based on that.

I don't think I had heard of Prodigy before Fat but it did introduce me to their back catalogue as CDs were traded around. "Have you heard Jilted? It's way better!" Jilted seemed "scarier" and cooler back then since it felt a bit more underground and less overtly mainstream.

david_a fucked around with this message at 20:43 on Feb 14, 2017

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david_a
Apr 24, 2010




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buildmorefarms posted:

One thing which always puzzled me; was there any reliable (i.e. liam, I suppose?) sources on how much keith/maxim/leeroy contributed to the tracks? I always wondered how much creative input they had.
I always thought Leeroy was kind of weird - a member of the band that was just a dancer? I can't think of another band like that. I mean, is Prodigy actually a "band" or is it just Liam doing 99% of everything?

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david_a
Apr 24, 2010




Megamarm
You guys have all seen the Musicless Video, right?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDXNfe2W8c8
There's one for Breathe too but it's not as good.

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david_a
Apr 24, 2010




Megamarm

HJB posted:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmHDhAohJlQ

The album opens with a bit of a one-two combo, doesn't it? Back when I was young and impressionable (as opposed to youngish and impressionable now) I recall Breathe having a bigger impact on me than Firestarter, at least musically. Obviously it's another heavy banger, but it's the dual vocal dynamic that sets it apart from most. It's the one of the three singles that isn't as fondly remembered by many, largely due to the video, but I've gotta say watching it back now for the first time in forever it's still pretty good, if creepier than I remembered. Maxim's looking drat legendary too.
I always thought that the song doesn't quite live up to the opening guitar riff. That riff gives you a menacing, exotic feeing right away and is instantly recognizable years later. The song itself doesn't really build on it too much, though - maybe the chorus is a bit too generic? By the end of the song has become a bit tedious and I'm not really left wanting more of it, just more of that twangy guitar.

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david_a
Apr 24, 2010




Megamarm
Any interesting stuff about Narayan? It's probably my favorite off the album, probably because it reminds me the most of Experience.

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david_a
Apr 24, 2010




Megamarm

facebook jihad posted:

(see the out of space video)
Holy poo poo Liam looks like JeffK in that video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4eav7dFvc8

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david_a
Apr 24, 2010




Megamarm
I remembered the news about him writing porn music but I didn't know any of the details. I thought he wrote an entire album, not just a single song.

Song seems pretty good from skipping through it.

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david_a
Apr 24, 2010




Megamarm
I can't say I disagree with that either. I'll have to check out the Poison single now...

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david_a
Apr 24, 2010




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Easily my favorite track on the album. It feels like it builds off of tracks like Weather Experience and the Narcotic Suite.

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david_a
Apr 24, 2010




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Firestarter gave us one of the best musicless videos too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDXNfe2W8c8

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