Lifting melodies at will, twists the past to serve his purpose, gleefully diving into the gutter with stories of cheap drugs and threesomes, convinced that god made it easy on him, and blessed with that knowledge, happy to traumatize his girlfriend's kid by telling them that he only went with his mother cause she was dirty. Pills Thrills And Belly Aches Original Cover.And may be responsible for the sound of, certainly more than the band, which almost seems incidental to this meticulously arranged album, but is the heart and soul of the album, the one that keeps the a dirty, filthy rock & roll outfit. Although it's unrecognizable in sound and attitude, 'Step On,' the big hit from, is a de facto cover of ' 'He's Gonna Step on You Again,' 's 'Lady Marmalade' provides the skeleton for 'Kinky Afro,' but these are the cuts that call attention to themselves the rest of the record is draped in hooks and sounds from hits of the past, junk culture references, and passing puns, all set to a kaleidoscopic house beat. Where were proudly pop classicists, styling themselves after the bright pop art of the '60s, the were aggressively modern, pushing pop into the ecstasy age by leaning hard on hip-hop, substituting outright thievery for sampling. As with, a switch in producers re-focuses and redefines the, as and replace the brittle, assaultive production with something softer and expansive that is truly dance-club music instead of merely suggestive of it. The apex of their career (and quite arguably the whole baggy/Madchester movement), pulsates with a garish neon energy, with psychedelic grooves, borrowed hooks, and veiled threats piling upon each other with the logic of a drunken car wreck. At their peak, were hedonism in perpetual motion, a party with no beginning and no end, a party where was continually pumping.
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