Over a 12-months spell between 1998 and 1999 Fatboy Slim dominated the UK singles charts:-
The Rockafeller Skank - #6, June 1998
Gangster Trippin' - #3, October 1998
Praise You - #1, January 1999
Right Here, Right Now - #2, April 1999
All four songs were lifted from the LP You've Come A Long Way Baby, a work which did much took that form of dance music that leaned on sampling out of the clubs and into popular culture. It was incredible to think that Norman Cook had first come to our attention in the mid-80s as part of The Housemartins whose sound was about as far removed from that of Fatboy Slim as can be imagined. And yet, if I'm anything to go by, I bet a lot of indie-kids who danced to the fourth best band in Hull also found themselves dancing to the biggest selling album of the 90s by someone from Brighton.
The songs were also accompanied by a series of memorable promos, with that for Praise You being the one that took all the plaudits.
Directed by Spike Jonze, who also tarred in it under the pseudonym Richard Koufey, along with a fictional dance group, the Torrance Community Dance Group, it was a daring effort shot outside a cinema without the consent of the owners and to the complete bemusement of most of the crowd waiting to go into the theatre.
Seemingly, the video came about because Jonze had turned down making a promo for The Rockafeller Skank due to other commitments, and as an apology to Slim/Cook, filmed his own solo dance video to Skank as a gift. Slim/Cook loved it so much that he asked for the concept to be developed for the next single.....the rest is history.
mp3 : Fatboy Slim - Praise You
mp3 : Fatboy Slim - Sho Nuff
mp3 : Fatboy Slim - The Rockafeller Skank (Mulder's Urban Takeover Mix)
Sho Nuff in particular is annoyingly catchy. It has a sample from Jeans On which was a massive one-hit wonder for David Dundas way back when I was but a small child.
Happy Listening.
The Rockafeller Skank - #6, June 1998
Gangster Trippin' - #3, October 1998
Praise You - #1, January 1999
Right Here, Right Now - #2, April 1999
All four songs were lifted from the LP You've Come A Long Way Baby, a work which did much took that form of dance music that leaned on sampling out of the clubs and into popular culture. It was incredible to think that Norman Cook had first come to our attention in the mid-80s as part of The Housemartins whose sound was about as far removed from that of Fatboy Slim as can be imagined. And yet, if I'm anything to go by, I bet a lot of indie-kids who danced to the fourth best band in Hull also found themselves dancing to the biggest selling album of the 90s by someone from Brighton.
The songs were also accompanied by a series of memorable promos, with that for Praise You being the one that took all the plaudits.
Directed by Spike Jonze, who also tarred in it under the pseudonym Richard Koufey, along with a fictional dance group, the Torrance Community Dance Group, it was a daring effort shot outside a cinema without the consent of the owners and to the complete bemusement of most of the crowd waiting to go into the theatre.
Seemingly, the video came about because Jonze had turned down making a promo for The Rockafeller Skank due to other commitments, and as an apology to Slim/Cook, filmed his own solo dance video to Skank as a gift. Slim/Cook loved it so much that he asked for the concept to be developed for the next single.....the rest is history.
mp3 : Fatboy Slim - Praise You
mp3 : Fatboy Slim - Sho Nuff
mp3 : Fatboy Slim - The Rockafeller Skank (Mulder's Urban Takeover Mix)
Sho Nuff in particular is annoyingly catchy. It has a sample from Jeans On which was a massive one-hit wonder for David Dundas way back when I was but a small child.
Happy Listening.
** Songs removed cos of dreaded DMCA notice......
1 comment:
So if the Housemartins are the 4rth best, who's the other 3? I only know 1 more from that shit hole which is Hull (no offence meant to Hull folk, I'm from brid ;-) )
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