Original video located here. Accessed 19th April 2019
Song title: Firestarter
Artist: The Prodigy
Year: 1996
Why I like this song:
Spike vs The Prodigy: Introduction (Round 0)
I've decided to set myself a challenge: Listen to the first three albums from The Prodigy. It's something I've been meaning to do for a while (and totally not inspired through Keith Flint's recent passing)/ What this means is that I will spend the next few weeks doing this challenge, exploring new territory with my musical tastes and posting my progress as I go (as well as sharing some of own experiences with these nutters).
I was in high school when the Prodigy hit big: First with the Jilted Generation album in 1994 and going from strength to strength and finally hitting monumental heights with Fat of the Land in 1997. And like most people, they came, to my attention with the success of Firestarter. I thought Firestarter was great but otherwise, The Prodigy always struck me as a band who i didn't know what to make of. Was I more into the Chemical Brothers? Was the ferocity that The Prodigy became known for a turn off? Was the interest in this band based around the fact that they looked and sounded like they came from the rough side of Electronic/Dance town, where songs about robots and Autobahns decline to tread out of fear of being curb-stomped?
Regardless, the journey starts here. Stay tuned....
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