Monday, April 19, 2004
April 18: Fatboy Slim - You've Come a Long Way, Baby
Listening to all this grunge this month made me think about those late-'90s days when the media were swearing up and down that "electronica" was the next big thing. Remember Prodigy? Chemical Brothers? Apollo 440? Crystal Method? Fatboy Slim?
Alas, electronica did not take off in America, because Americans are inherently uncool and, therefore, do not like to dance. Your average American would prefer to headbang, or stand against the wall staring nervously at girls.
So Fatboy Slim didn't become a rock star. But this album does have some decent songs. If I had a complaint five years later, it's that everything is too repetitive. It's one thing for a dance song to be repetitive, it's another to take dance music to make a pop song with one lyric repeated for FOUR MINUTES. (I'm talking to you, "Rockefeller Skank!")
What is the next big thing? What will finally replace those unlovable bastard sons-of-grunge, nü-metal, mall-punk and screamo? My vote's for polka.
Alas, electronica did not take off in America, because Americans are inherently uncool and, therefore, do not like to dance. Your average American would prefer to headbang, or stand against the wall staring nervously at girls.
So Fatboy Slim didn't become a rock star. But this album does have some decent songs. If I had a complaint five years later, it's that everything is too repetitive. It's one thing for a dance song to be repetitive, it's another to take dance music to make a pop song with one lyric repeated for FOUR MINUTES. (I'm talking to you, "Rockefeller Skank!")
What is the next big thing? What will finally replace those unlovable bastard sons-of-grunge, nü-metal, mall-punk and screamo? My vote's for polka.
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