My dad has this attachment to 50s rock and roll and he rightly believes everything in pop music was invented in the 50s and possibly the 60s.

I remember most of these songs (the british ones) coming out and me being fascinated by what could be done differently to what was then the mainstream. However pop quickly devolved through the 80s and I found myself meandering back in time, from late to early Talking Heads, from late to early Genesis and Floyd and Yes and Jethro Tull and Mike Oldfield and Fleetwood Mac, discovering the Beatles and the Beach Boys were actually good at some point, finding out Frank Zappa was a thing and discovering that yes, the guy who made late 20th century pop music up in his garage, with his searches for new sounds and writing his own music and lyrics was indeed one Buddy Holly in the 50s.

Anyway I found myself listening to a rather childish track by Basement Jaxx years later and could not quite put my finger on what made that one track work for me. All these bands that only have one really good track... Anyway what was going on was a Gary Numan sample.

So I went back and listened to some of this old stuff and I was really surpised that some of it still works.

But back in 1980 if you heard Numan, early Midge Ure Ultravox minus the ubiquitous title track of the album, Visage, or a couple of years later the Eurythmics you would hear a sound that was strikingly new and different.

Thinking back Peter Gabriels 3rd solo album (although itself very electronic) took me out of the electronic pop bandcamp and more into alternative rock. That and lucking into a friend who had an older brother who had all the old Genesis records also as sheet music including lyrics. That or David Byrne.

The main point is the music you like is the music you liked when you were 13.

dupe http://videosift.com/video/Basement-Jaxx-Wheres-Your-Head-At

Basement Jaxx ftw.

While I don't like all their songs Basement Jaxx have no equal when it comes to the better third of their songs. All their songs are worthwhile just for the sound they produce though.
-karl

>> ^FlowersInHisHair:
Ah, Rollins is just displaying his ignorance. For every terrible run-of-the-mill dance track or mindless slab of Eurodisco, there's something amazing by Orbital, Massive Attack, Chemical Brothers, Lemon Jelly, Portishead, Basement Jaxx, Leftfield...


How could you forget Royksopp? You make me a sad panda.

In reply to this comment by FlowersInHisHair:
Ah, Rollins is just displaying his ignorance. For every terrible run-of-the-mill dance track or mindless slab of Eurodisco, there's something amazing by Orbital, Massive Attack, Chemical Brothers, Lemon Jelly, Portishead, Basement Jaxx, Leftfield...
you forgot zero 7,gotan project,dead can dance,amon tobin,sneaker pimps.
those are actual bands...they play instruments..trip hop is amazing.
again,as i stated..i like techno,but i do not agree that having the ability to use reson or acid pro should be a validation of supremacy over actual musicianship.
talented?creative? of course.
more relevant than actual musicians? never.
the bands you posted are just that...bands.
oh..and i am in LOVE with beth gibbons!!!!

Ah, Rollins is just displaying his ignorance. For every terrible run-of-the-mill dance track or mindless slab of Eurodisco, there's something amazing by Orbital, Massive Attack, Chemical Brothers, Lemon Jelly, Portishead, Basement Jaxx, Leftfield...

Oh I just love Basement Jaxx.
*promote

I remember the first time I saw this video. Really, really well done, and a perfect compliment to the track.

Its the real-life version of that Basement Jaxx video for Red Alert - http://www.videosift.com/video/Basement-Jaxx-Red-Alert

lol thanks!

In reply to this comment by Krupo:
Didja see your shout-out?

http://www.videosift.com/video/Basement-Jaxx-Red-Alert#comment-226171

Didja see your shout-out?

http://www.videosift.com/video/Basement-Jaxx-Red-Alert#comment-226171

In reply to this comment by looris:
yeeeee take your forks fellow citizens! take your torches, let's march!

In reply to this comment by Krupo:
Yeah, let's torch their server!

Thank you for the promote!

In reply to this comment by jonny:
Dance bot! *promote!

I'm assuming it's because I promoted 6 months ago... weird though. Tell dag!

In reply to this comment by jonny:
time to dance sifty - *promote

I just noticed that my red alert promote came just a bit over 4 days after James' promote. Heh.

I still consider Red Alert my fav of these two.

Don't want to burst bubbles, but the artist being theived from most likely does not have the time, patience, or money to defend a lawsuit against Geffen Records (and their bevy of copyright attorneys). I'd love to be proven wrong, though.

Not like this is the first time this has ever happend, although this is almost a remix, its so entirely based on the earlier song...

... I'm somewhat saddened because Timbaland was an inovative producer who contributed very much to driving hip-hop and rnb into more complicated and interesting places. (I remember the Basement Jaxx having a huge man-crush on him.) I bet the original composer would have been ecstatic to just get flown out to Timbaland's studio, maybe taken to dinner or a party, and given like 2grand in compensation.