if i were to somehow get on a hip-hop station and put on PiL's "Fodderstompf," do you think I'd get away with it?

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i think that if i were to do the above, this would become a big hip-hop hit. esp. if i did some tweaking beforehand!

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 06:01 (twenty-one years ago)

― bad jode (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 07:07 (twenty-one years ago)

The instrumental version (bside on Death Disco 12") might help. (It's on the "Plastic Box" anthology as "Mega Mix")

― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 09:43 (twenty-one years ago)

Fucking TUNE! I've played it along with stuff like The Herbaliser and Shadow in the past, works dead well even with Lydon's vox.

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 10:21 (twenty-one years ago)

You'd be my hero.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 14:41 (twenty-one years ago)

I went to see DJ Shadow do an in-store with Grandmaster Flash about 7-8 years ago, and Shadow did a schtick where he'd flip a few beats from any records the audience handed him. He did some loosey-goosey stuff with a marching band record, gave a knowing nod to the kid that handed up an ultramagnetic mc's vinyl; but after 30 seconds of fruitless futzing with PIL's Flowers of Romance, he handed it back and said "There's nothing that can be done with that, sorry." I left.

― Ian Christe (Ian Christe), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 14:49 (twenty-one years ago)

Ha!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 15:58 (twenty-one years ago)

Wow. Trounced by PiL. That might be the greatest anecdote ever!!!!

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 16:00 (twenty-one years ago)

three months pass...

Considering how tight and spot on Atkin's drumming is on that record, this says more about Shadow than PiL.

― donut bitch (donut), Thursday, 18 March 2004 06:30 (twenty-one years ago)

That's what I thought...

― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 18 March 2004 10:08 (twenty-one years ago)

What other songs do people think they could get away with, how do you think Renegade Soundwave's "Kray Twins" would go?

― Jedmond (Jedmond), Thursday, 18 March 2004 10:15 (twenty-one years ago)

If you can find King Butcher's 'Spud-U-Like', (one off single featuring Gang of Four and Stooges members), you might get away with that. And also early Gary Numan - any track.

― the music mole (colin s barrow), Thursday, 18 March 2004 10:17 (twenty-one years ago)

Oh yeah, I think you might get away with RSW too. You'd get a laugh at least.

― the music mole (colin s barrow), Thursday, 18 March 2004 10:20 (twenty-one years ago)

pwobbubwy a wobbewy

― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 18 March 2004 10:24 (twenty-one years ago)

When is "Spud-U-Like" from?, and anybody know how to write down the chicken insanity in "Kray Twins".

― Jedmond (Jedmond), Thursday, 18 March 2004 10:30 (twenty-one years ago)

A bi' uh' skull duggewy!

Jedmond wrote: When is "Spud-U-Like" from?"

From about 1986 I think. It kind of blew my mind at the time. Incredibly funky, minimalist hard rock track which is mostly just drums and a very sparse, solid riff, and very silly, simple lyric - doggerel that just sounds good really, from Gang of 4 vocalist. No-one here's heard it, I asked about a year ago.

― the music mole (colin s barrow), Thursday, 18 March 2004 10:43 (twenty-one years ago)

Sounds cool, all I have to do is track it down, download it, and then pretend I've known the track for years (proving your above answer wrong).

― Jedmond (Jedmond), Thursday, 18 March 2004 12:58 (twenty-one years ago)

four months pass...

you'd be surprised just how out of time atkins is as a drummer. if only he'd used a click-track.

― frenchbloke (frenchbloke), Tuesday, 3 August 2004 06:16 (twenty-one years ago)

Oh, and also, no.

― David Allen (David Allen), Tuesday, 3 August 2004 06:46 (twenty-one years ago)

seconded.

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 3 August 2004 06:56 (twenty-one years ago)

tut tut

― frenchbloke (frenchbloke), Tuesday, 3 August 2004 09:32 (twenty-one years ago)

Is that the click track you mentioned?

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 3 August 2004 09:35 (twenty-one years ago)

nine months pass...

I love that this song was made into a sing-along whenever they played it at Studio 54.

"Yr City's a Sucker" seems to be rather indebted to "Fodderstompf". The 1/2 mix of "Death Disco" is tearing my head off in a wonderful way.

― Ian Riese-Moraine only wanted to be loved! (Eastern Mantra), Thursday, 26 May 2005 14:13 (twenty years ago)

Old School station, or Undie (sic)? Or are we talking the Hot 97 digital sound? You might fare reasonbly well with the first two.

I mean, I learned of Liquid Liquid and Art of Noise from my Hip-Hop circles back in the daze. Granted, they're seen as Hip-Hop history now, but at the time...

― PappaWheelie (PappaWheelie), Thursday, 26 May 2005 14:21 (twenty years ago)

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