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Forum => The Social => Topic started by: Ben_j on Mar 10, 2017, 14:55

Title: Fatboy Slim
Post by: Ben_j on Mar 10, 2017, 14:55
Norman Cook released his first real new track in years. It's... Ok, I guess ? Not that I had any real expectations.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZu98Vws1lY
Title: Re: Fatboy Slim
Post by: Wolkenkrabber on Mar 10, 2017, 18:07
^ Yep it's track 3 on his Beats1 radio show of 09/09/16 which I mentioned in the Big Beat thread (https://forum.thechembase.com/index.php/topic,312.msg8635.html#msg8635) (the show, not the track). Was pretty un-excited about the track at the time so I didn't bother highlighting it. I'm still un-excited about it now, alas.
His Beats 1 shows are good though.

ps: How do I make the above link go specifically to reply #28 in the Big Beat thread?
Title: Re: Fatboy Slim
Post by: MadPooter on Mar 10, 2017, 21:02
We've come a long way, baby. And where we've arrived, there's unfortunately not much.
Title: Re: Fatboy Slim
Post by: Csar on Mar 10, 2017, 21:36
Quote from: Skyscraper on Mar 10, 2017, 18:07

Ps: How do I make the above link go specifically to reply #28 in the Big Beat thread?
You need to right-click on your post's date and copy its link address and then paste it into the link menu as usual. I changed it for you.

Quote from: Skyscraper on Mar 10, 2017, 18:07

Was pretty un-excited about the track at the time so I didn't bother highlighting it. I'm still un-excited about it now, alas.
Quote from: MadPooter on Mar 10, 2017, 21:02

We've come a long way, baby. And where we've arrived, there's unfortunately not much.
Yeah, it's nothing special. It's more of a feel good song that you would play in the background while doing something else, like cleaning your place or doing the dishes etc. It's not annoying but it's nothing to remember either. Pretty forgettable.
Title: Re: Fatboy Slim
Post by: Wolkenkrabber on Mar 10, 2017, 21:51
Quote from: Csar on Mar 10, 2017, 21:36
I changed it for you.
That takes it to the top of the page but not to reply #28. I'm pretty sure I saw you do a link directly to a specific reply/post recently Csar...
Title: Re: Fatboy Slim
Post by: Csar on Mar 10, 2017, 21:55
Quote from: Skyscraper on Mar 10, 2017, 21:51

That takes it to the top of the page but not to reply #28. I'm pretty sure I saw you do a link directly to a specific reply/post recently Csar...
Sorry, that was my bad. I overlooked that you wanted #28 to be referred to. Should be working now. I think you almost had it right as well but only had "new" added to the post's link address tail for some reason.
Title: Re: Fatboy Slim
Post by: Bosco on Feb 17, 2018, 07:23
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG4XbK8GJ1E

awesome idea for packaging. I'm going to say this with every deluxe re-release I see. They needed to add the singles in individual 7 inch format.
Title: Re: Fatboy Slim
Post by: Explud on Feb 18, 2018, 00:50
Meh... i've got this album on cd and vinyl for a years, i'm not interested about it.
Norman, fuck you, such a lazy ass, just make a new music.
Title: Re: Fatboy Slim
Post by: Enjoyed on Feb 18, 2018, 01:53
Agreed. No B-sides compilation, or demos or even any hastily scrambled together remixes.
Very lazy.
Title: Re: Fatboy Slim
Post by: MIKL on Feb 18, 2018, 11:43
He recently did a beach show in Melbourne. There were posters around for it where I live but I wasn't the slightest interested and this new song which I'm sure he played confirmed I didn't miss much. He would be the type that would attract a horrible festival crowd you try to avoid now too. Live shows are expensive these days and you really have to make tough decisions as to who you just can't live without seeing compared to I'll go just cause its the weekend.
Title: Re: Fatboy Slim
Post by: Stefan on Feb 18, 2018, 15:48
Quote from: Bosco on Feb 17, 2018, 07:23

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG4XbK8GJ1E

awesome idea for packaging. I'm going to say this with every deluxe re-release I see. They needed to add the singles in individual 7 inch format.
I don't know. Anything that's in a pizza carton that's not pizza is going to be a dissapointment, per default.
Title: Re: Fatboy Slim
Post by: ThePumisher on Feb 18, 2018, 16:14
Thing is that this is just the regular album but in a nicer package. If you buy one of the special editions (UK-version (https://www.discogs.com/de/Fatboy-Slim-Youve-Come-A-Long-Way-Baby/release/145072) or japanese-version (https://www.discogs.com/de/Fatboy-Slim-Youve-Come-A-Long-Way-Baby/release/118343)) from 1998 or the 10th-anniversary edition (https://www.discogs.com/de/Fatboy-Slim-Youve-Come-A-Long-Way-Baby/release/1483505) you get plenty of bonus tracks.
Title: Re: Fatboy Slim
Post by: androidgeoff on Feb 18, 2018, 22:11
I am happy for his sobriety, but like Keith Flint, it definitely gave him an edge that has been lost.

Long live Norman Cook, he is punk in the UK for life
Title: Re: Fatboy Slim
Post by: ThePumisher on Feb 20, 2018, 13:05
Quote from: androidgeoff on Feb 18, 2018, 22:11

I am happy for his sobriety, but like Keith Flint, it definitely gave him an edge that has been lost.

"because he's Keith from The Prodigy, and he can do whatever the fucking hell he likes"
Title: Re: Fatboy Slim
Post by: ThePumisher on Sep 28, 2019, 20:58
https://youtu.be/GvMWeEj3bhk
Title: Re: Fatboy Slim
Post by: Wolkenkrabber on Mar 05, 2020, 19:21
Does anyone else sing Sunset (Bird Of Prey) by Fatboy every time they see an ad for the Harley Quinn movie? Or just me?

It's being reissued on orange vinyl for this year's Record Store Day (https://recordstoreday.co.uk/releases/rsd-2020/fatboy-slim/) with a new Horse Meat Disco remix.

I remember when it came out (20 years ago!) someone said it was a re-issue of an old track, and I assumed they meant the Jim Morrison vocal. But no, there was actually a pre-"Fatboy" version of this track (without Sunset in the title), which Norm released under the name Yum Yum Head Food in '95. As far as I can see, it only came out on a record comprised entirely of Norm's pseudonyms before he hit big as Fatboy: Southern Fried House (https://www.discogs.com/Various-Southern-Fried-House/master/342152) 

Yum Yum Head Food - Bird Of Prey. Aceeeed!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNSEvHHiBvw
Title: Re: Fatboy Slim
Post by: Ben_j on Mar 11, 2020, 01:52
Quote from: Wolkenkrabber on Mar 05, 2020, 19:21

Does anyone else sing Sunset (Bird Of Prey) by Fatboy every time they see an ad for the Harley Quinn movie? Or just me?

It's being reissued on orange vinyl for this year's Record Store Day (https://recordstoreday.co.uk/releases/rsd-2020/fatboy-slim/) with a new Horse Meat Disco remix.

I remember when it came out (20 years ago!) someone said it was a re-issue of an old track, and I assumed they meant the Jim Morrison vocal. But no, there was actually a pre-"Fatboy" version of this track (without Sunset in the title), which Norm released under the name Yum Yum Head Food in '95. As far as I can see, it only came out on a record comprised entirely of Norm's pseudonyms before he hit big as Fatboy: Southern Fried House (https://www.discogs.com/Various-Southern-Fried-House/master/342152) 

Yum Yum Head Food - Bird Of Prey. Aceeeed!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNSEvHHiBvw

I love this version so much ! I wish it was part of the RSD release...
Title: Re: Fatboy Slim
Post by: ThePumisher on Apr 12, 2020, 12:14
https://youtu.be/oEutbPu2YwI
Title: Re: Fatboy Slim
Post by: Wolkenkrabber on Jul 07, 2020, 17:58
Horse Meat Disco remix of Sunset. There's a shorter edit on YouTube.
https://m.soundcloud.com/mixmag-1/premiere-fatboy-slim-sunset-bird-of-prey-horse-meat-discos-clouds-in-the-sky-remix
Title: Re: Fatboy Slim
Post by: MadPooter on Mar 25, 2022, 21:26
I had to search through the dregs of YouTube to find a (less-than-quality) stream of Fatboy Slim's Big Beach Boutique I.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPN5GF1PQ3g

Seems like that album has largely been scrubbed from the Internetz (which makes me sad because I no longer have a copy of it).

I'm pleased to see Norman continuing to hit it behind the decks, though. Gonna catch him in SF next month. :)
Title: Re: Fatboy Slim
Post by: Enjoyed on Mar 25, 2022, 22:20
Quote from: MadPooter on Mar 25, 2022, 21:26

Seems like that album has largely been scrubbed from the Internetz (which makes me sad because I no longer have a copy of it).

Dude. I have my 192 (shhhhh) rip of the CD. Listen to it regularly. Happy to share!

There's also a flac rip I could point you in the right direction of...
Title: Re: Fatboy Slim
Post by: 𝒥𝑅𝒮𝒵 on Mar 26, 2022, 19:07
Quote from: MadPooter on Mar 25, 2022, 21:26

I had to search through the dregs of YouTube to find a (less-than-quality) stream of Fatboy Slim's Big Beach Boutique I.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPN5GF1PQ3g

Seems like that album has largely been scrubbed from the Internetz (which makes me sad because I no longer have a copy of it).

I'm pleased to see Norman continuing to hit it behind the decks, though. Gonna catch him in SF next month. :)

Well, I think, that it's because of sample/track licences, etc.
That's what makes all of those compilations, etc really rare nowadays :/
Title: Re: Fatboy Slim
Post by: MadPooter on Mar 27, 2022, 21:56
Quote from: JRSZ on Mar 26, 2022, 19:07

Well, I think, that it's because of sample/track licences, etc.
That's what makes all of those compilations, etc really rare nowadays :/

You're absolutely correct, sadly.
Title: Re: Fatboy Slim
Post by: ThePumisher on Jan 22, 2023, 17:16
Quote
As part of 6 Music Goes Back the the 90's we're putting a spin on Steve Lamacq's 6 Music Album Club, by asking artists to mix up a seminal record of theirs from that time. Our guests can be as creative as they like with their own work - free to change up the order, tempos and structure of the album. It's a new piece of work made from their own classic album.

Today, Fatboy Slim has mixed up his 1998 classic album 'You've Come a Long Way, Baby', which celebrates it's 25th anniversary this year. Hitting number one in the UK Albums Chart, the album generated four singles: "The Rockafeller Skank", "Gangster Tripping", "Praise You", and "Right Here, Right Now" - becoming a seminal dance music record of it's time.


https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001gvr7
Title: Re: Fatboy Slim
Post by: Wolkenkrabber on Jan 22, 2023, 18:53
Quote from: ThePumisher on Jan 22, 2023, 17:16
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001gvr7


I've been meaning to post this but you beat me to it. Essential listening for hardcore Fatboy fans, complete with a Greta Thunberg edit of Right Here Right Now.

Fatboy chucks in a couple of Rolling Stones tracks too. One of which he officially remixed back in 2003. (https://www.discogs.com/master/54274-The-Rolling-Stones-Sympathy-For-The-Devil-Remix) I sometimes wonder if that's where the Chems got the parts from for the SFTD bits in the live version of TPPR. Maybe they just picked up the phone and went: NORM!

(https://media.giphy.com/media/hKkq55rFNjODK/giphy.gif)

There are also reworked versions of a couple of other albums that may interest Chems fans:

Coldcut (https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001gmfn)

Hot Chip (https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001h27x)
Title: Re: Fatboy Slim
Post by: MadPooter on Jan 22, 2023, 20:22
10/10 will listen again.
Title: Re: Fatboy Slim
Post by: ThePumisher on Jan 23, 2023, 19:01
Quote from: Wolkenkrabber on Jan 22, 2023, 18:53
Fatboy chucks in a couple of Rolling Stones tracks too. One of which he officially remixed back in 2003. (https://www.discogs.com/master/54274-The-Rolling-Stones-Sympathy-For-The-Devil-Remix) I sometimes wonder if that's where the Chems got the parts from for the SFTD bits in the live version of TPPR. Maybe they just picked up the phone and went: NORM!
You think? I don't know if that's so easy. And on top of this, we all know how strict the Stones (or the Management) are when using samples from their music => Bitter Sweet Symphony anyone? (https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-48380600)
Title: Re: Fatboy Slim
Post by: Wolkenkrabber on Jan 23, 2023, 20:55
Quote from: ThePumisher on Jan 23, 2023, 19:01
You think? I don't know if that's so easy. And on top of this, we all know how strict the Stones (or the Management) are when using samples from their music => Bitter Sweet Symphony anyone? (https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-48380600)
Yeah they are strict but that hasn't stopped the Chems using bits of "Sympathy" in the live Reel.
If you were a professonal remixer/producer like Fatboy, would you quietly keep the parts sent to you by the artists you remixed or would you be a good boy and delete them?
I noticed Skream put a picture on Instagram a while ago of the DVDr of the parts he was sent for La Roux's In For The Kill. So he still has those. But yes, I know the Stones are a bit different...
Title: Re: Fatboy Slim
Post by: gfa2001 on Jan 24, 2023, 13:00
Quote from: ThePumisher on Jan 22, 2023, 17:16
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001gvr7
Thanks for this - great listen!
Title: Re: Fatboy Slim
Post by: Wolkenkrabber on Feb 04, 2023, 12:20
"If that had been an Oasis gig, we would have been fucked."
Dance music saves lives (well, apart from the two people who died).

https://twitter.com/guardiang2/status/1621657674239856640

https://twitter.com/jackseale/status/1621802192465272837

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dH2V62kI_nE
Title: Re: Fatboy Slim
Post by: ThePumisher on Feb 04, 2023, 14:10
anyone able to get a copy of the film and share some pm's?
Title: Re: Fatboy Slim
Post by: actionjackson780 on Feb 04, 2023, 16:03
Quote from: ThePumisher on Feb 04, 2023, 14:10
anyone able to get a copy of the film and share some pm's?
Also interested if someone has it!
Title: Re: Fatboy Slim
Post by: Enjoyed on Feb 09, 2023, 01:03
Quote from: actionjackson780 on Feb 04, 2023, 16:03
Also interested if someone has it!
Samesies! Or if someone can point me in the direction of a place to stream it.
Might have to try and bum my parents' sky log in otherwise.
Title: Re: Fatboy Slim
Post by: kosek on Feb 10, 2023, 11:01
Quote from: Enjoyed on Feb 09, 2023, 01:03
Might have to try and bum my parents' sky log in otherwise.

I'm interested in your parents' sky login too
Title: Re: Fatboy Slim
Post by: Enjoyed on Mar 08, 2023, 01:26
This is pretty fun.

This guy was doing a live stream, reconstructing 'Praise You' and who should show up in the chat, but Norman himself! Answering questions about the production, sampling, the famous 'Fatboy Slim cymbal' (which
Spoiler
he apparently doesn't remember the source of
), along with just generally being a cool supportive guy!

https://www.youtube.com/live/gV9r4n0RYAk?feature=share
Title: Re: Fatboy Slim
Post by: Csar on Mar 17, 2023, 14:31
Apparently Norm is going to do a VR sort of live stream "rave" gig on Facebook's engagexr platform (whatever that is?) on March 30th. So, if you've got the means, check it out.

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=4096732870544651

https://www.facebook.com/engagexr/videos/1631872680660139/
Title: Re: Fatboy Slim
Post by: ThePumisher on Jun 25, 2023, 18:25
Praising You feat. Rita Ora (Glasto 2023)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2PFL7A1ODY



Insomnia (Glasto 2023)

https://twitter.com/SannyR1985/status/1672741695438323712
Title: Re: Fatboy Slim
Post by: ThePumisher on Jun 25, 2023, 18:39
and for those inside the uk:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001n9yr/glastonbury-fatboy-slim?seriesId=b007r6vx-68-glasto-dance-party
Title: Re: Fatboy Slim
Post by: shakermaker on Jun 27, 2023, 08:01
Quote from: ThePumisher on Jun 25, 2023, 18:25
Praising You feat. Rita Ora (Glasto 2023)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2PFL7A1ODY



Insomnia (Glasto 2023)

https://twitter.com/SannyR1985/status/1672741695438323712
woah! the live vocal is great.

lol @ the people recording it on their phones while it is being recorded professionally.