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The new PRODIGY single!!!
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The Prodigy are set to return with a new single entitled 'Baby's Got A Temper'. The song, which features a vocal part from Keith Flint, will be released in July, followed by another single later in the year, most likely titled 'Nuclear'. Howlett also talks about the recording process.
"There are two main differences on this new record. I haven't used my record collection as a source of sounds and samples, and I've tried to bring in other musicians and play a lot of instruments myself."
"The lyrics on the last album didn't have much of a direction. This time the lyrics and the music have more of an equal role. We've come from a dance scene where lyrics aren't very important. We've really tried on this record to make and ask ourselves what we're about."
'Baby's Got A Temper' is described by vocalist Keith Flint as a "very aggressive track"
Yes you CAN hear the 50 second long preview of it HERE!!
http://theprodigy.info/download/audio/BGAT.rm
How in' cool is that?
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| djthunderbird |
| VERY COOL!! I hope theyr new single will ROCK :D Cant play realaudio streams though :( |
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| Raccoon |
| Finally, new from Prodigy. Hehe, they look like punk rockers! :stongue: |
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| HyperFreak |
Wow.. this is cool :)
I'm an old Prodigy fan :p
I'm looking forward to the release... |
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| Nastarte |
| i heard 'Nuclear pt 1,2 in the live set they did. not bad. though it was hard to tell since the bootleg was sub-par, |
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| Fir3start3r |
Sweeeeet!
Thanks! :crazy: |
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| Prodigy |
Why? cuzz the song is eventually about a drug, Rohypnol...
Rohypnol is a brand name for a drug manufactured by Roche. The name of the substance is Flunitrazepam. It is similar to Valium, but 10x more powerful, and therefore often abused as 'date rape drug'.
Flunitrazepam causes partial amnesia; individuals are unable to remember certain events that they experienced while under the influence of the drug. This effect is particularly dangerous when flunitrazepam is used to aid in the commission of sexual assault; victims may not be able to clearly recall the assault, the assailant, or the events surrounding the assault.
While flunitrazepam has become widely known for its use as a date-rape drug, it is abused more frequently for other reasons. It is abused by high school students, college students, street gang members, rave party attendees, and heroin and cocaine abusers to produce profound intoxication, boost the high of heroin, and modulate the effects of cocaine. Flunitrazepam is usually consumed orally, is often combined with alcohol, and is abused by crushing tablets and snorting the powder
Lyrics:
you see me coming from a mile off,
once again ignite the skyline,
she's gonna be pretty on money,
just like your royal family,
this time there could be no funeral,
oh baby, can you feel me?
we love rohypnol,
she got rohypnol,
we take rohypnol,
just forget it all.
This baby got a temper,
This baby got a temper,
This baby got a temper,
you’ll never tame her.
you can see me going out on paralell,
well about time you're not worthy.
last time I'll be your prisoner,
no name no number.
shoots you through the trapdoor,
nothing dont matter anymore.
oh baby, can you feel me?
A few quotes from the recent interview:
Keith Flint: "I don't know its true medical title. Have I tried it? Oh yeah, absolutely. That's what the song's about. It's a reflection on going out, maybe doing cocaine, then doing downers. Y'know, some people do all manner of downers and Rohypnol is one of them."
Keith Flint: "If I wanted Rohypnol, I could get it off girlfriends of mine, so I wrote about that, how punk they are. I respect that. A lot of girls I know are more out there than guys. The song is just thoughts summoned up about nights out, getting high, bringing yourself down again. In its original format, it was quite a slow, drugged-out sort of song. Almost smacked out - which I wasn't doing myself, at all. But That's where it was coming from."
Keith Flint (about radio ban): "I don't really care. If I'm writing a tune, I have to visualise it onstage, not on Radio 1."
According to NME, Radio 1 commented on the single: "We always take a responsible approach to the records that we play."
Liam Howlett: "We've literally just finished it so it will be a couple of weeks until that stage. We know where we're coming from and we're not trying to change our story. This is what the record is. It's a reflection on what goes on in Keith's mad head and his mad world. The overall feel is like, Keith gets ed up, goes out with these girls, comes back and writes a song reflecting on his nights out with these girls. he came to me with those lyrics and I'm like, 'ing cool'. I like it. Have I tried Rohypnol? Absolutely, yeah. It's like modern day Valium."
Keith Flint (about the lyrics 'she's gonna be pretty on money/ just like your royal family / this time there could be no funeral' in connection with the death of Queen Mum): "That was good luck, wasn't it? But that lyric is actually a statement about how hardcore these girls are."
Liam Howlett (about new Prodigy album, expeted 2003): "I've got 80 per cent of the album somewhere in my studio. I've just got to assemble it. The other 20 per cent is going to be collaborations and stuff." |
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| phl1979 |
I've downloaded the single today and I must say I'm a bit disappointed. I've been a Prodigy fan from the first hour and have bought all their albums, which are all great (I still consider Music For The Jilted Generation their best until now). I have always been kind of sceptical as far as their transition towards a more "rock oriented" style is concerned, but I have grown to appreciate their efforts to move forward and add new edges to their music. They have managed to produce three albums, each with its own distinct style, but always recognizable as The Prodigy. But if this single is characteristic of their forthcoming album, I'm afraid this is where it ends for me. First of all, I'm not too fond of Keith's vocals. Second, I'm missing the fat breaks that brought The Prodigy to where they are now. Breaks are their trademark and I wanted them to be more present than they are in Baby's Got A Temper. Third, I would liked have heard either a more "housey" track or a crossover between house and rock. This song is just too far away from what I consider The Prodigy's musical origins.
I know there will be plenty of people who will not agree with me, but this is just how I feel about it.:sadgreen: ;) |
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| G K Murray |
Its not this Indie/rock is it???
If it is, why cant they bring back the good old days!!!!! |
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| DamnDirtyApe |
| "Baby's Got a Temper" is just sad. Did it take them 4 years to figure out that they could just re-use the sample in Firestarter??? |
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| Prodigy |
It's just "take it or leave it...". It's a bit of something new 'n something different man...I like the new single a lot. Yes it does sound ed up, Liam himself admits it but it's a great tune.
They have never been in the music industry just cuzz of money unlike all the gay-groupies stamping albums every week and it takes a while for good to come out y'know? |
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