The following is possibly another new deep cut chems reference I came upon today while record hunting.
I found Art of Noise - Legs 12" Single while digging at my local shop. First thing that struck me was the similarity to the Hoops "Kick Ass" Donkey on the cover as seen below.
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Flipped over checking the track listing finding the second track on the b-side was "Hoops and Mallets". Wait, what?
Pull up youtube on the phone for "Legs", "Legs (Inside Leg Mix)", and "Hoops and Mallets"
Legs (Inside Leg Mix)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaowG0QvlCMHoops and Mallets
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wIIUWw4X04&t=141sIn the Legs (Inside Leg Remix), the animation is clearly there for the "kick ass" at 0:48 and other points in the video. The only frame that I couldn't see is when the donkey has it's front legs up. Here's Hoops from Fuji '02 as reference.
https://youtu.be/SWHmcElMLVs?t=1173The video for the original Legs also has the animation but it is covered by animated borders.
Digging down the rabbit hole, found that the original animation is one of Eadweard Muybridge's animations. I think they have come up before on the forum as Muybridge's animations for the Pelican, Elephant, etc.. (extra note, found out my landlord was the producer on a Muybridge biopic).
https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/work-of-art/mule-bucking-and-kicking-ruthhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmrtBuAu0nkMy hypothesis is that Tom, Ed, and Adam were influenced by Art of Noise and Eadweard Muybridge's animations in using the "Kick Ass" animation. They potentially were further influenced by the track "Hoops and Mallets" to name the CWU track Hoops.
This is all very speculative on my part. Hoops / EBW6 live is one of my most cherished experiences. I had the Kick Ass chems shirt years ago but have no idea where it ended up.
Anyone is free to contribute to / poke holes in my theory.
That would have blown my mind. If I had a mind.