His best work in my opinion all began with 98's 'The Rockafeller Skank' and 'Praise You' from the album 'You've come a long way, Baby' and other massive choons 'Right Here, Right Now', 'Push the tempo', 'Star 69' and 'Sunset (Bird of Prey)'. As well as producing Blur's 'Crazy Beat' from 'Think Tank' he remixed the better known for Cornershop's 'A Brimful of Asha', the Beastie Boys' 'Body Movin' and Groove Armada's 'I See You Baby'. My personal favourite track of his has got to be 'Weapon of Choice' taken from 2000's 'Halfway between the gutter and the Stars'; the video to which, starring Christopher Walken is possibly the best ever made!
My choice for this weeks track of choice is not only my favourite Fatboy track but one of my favourite songs EVER! 'Don't Let The Man Get You Down', sampling Canadian's the Five man Electrical band's smash hit 'Signs', which in itself is a masterpeice. Turn it up, tune out and relax...
Something New...
Last Monday the Arctic Monkeys, who need no introduction (read my thoughts on their work here), released there 4th studio album. 'Suck it and See' maybe a really crap name for an album in my opinion but it may surprise you, more vintage than the previous album it has some brilliant work on.
The lyrics deal with much darker issues but are hidden amongst chirpier, pop melodies that make them instantly likeable aswell as not being so overproduced as previous work. Alongside the singles 'Brick by brick' and 'Don't Sit Down 'cos I've moved Your Chair' and another track that leaps out at you from the album 'All my own stunts' which Josh Homme provides BVs on, always a sure fire way to become cool again. My favourite tracks have to the brilliant 'Hellcat Spangled Shalalalala', 'Black Treacle' and the utterly genius 'Reckless Serenade', as performed on Later with Jools Holland enjoy...
Something Borrowed...
The curve ball has been thrown when I heard the awesome Little Roy's version of Nirvana's 'Sliver'. Easily my favourite Nivana track, taken from one of my favourite albums of all time 'In Utero'; Jamaican born reggae legend Roy's unusual vocals lend themselves perfectly and he pulls off the version impeccably, Ride that Riddum...
Something Blue...
The legendry gospel, R&B and motown soul superstar Sam Cooke is not only considered one of the pioneers of soul music but he is commonly known as the king of Soul for his unmatched vocal abilities and his influence on modern music. His contribution in pioneering soul music led to popularizing Otis Redding and James Brown aswell as the rise of Aretha Franklin, Al Green, Curtis Mayfield, Marvin Gaye and the genius that is Stevie Wonder.
Cooke's tragically short career spanned only 7 years (1957-64) but includes 29 top 40 hits including the fantastic 'Wonderful World', 'Bring it on Home to Me' and 'Chain Gang'. The perfect choice for this weeks 'Something Blue...', is probably Cooke's best known song 'A change is gonna come' which was released shortly after his death in 1964. Aged only 33 he was fatally shot by the manager of the Hacienda Motel in LA but this track later became the track that would exemplifiy the 60's civil rights movement and will forever be imortalised in history...
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