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April 15, 2023 8:14 PM Subscribe
Former bassist for The Housemartins, soon after that reborn as a world-famous DJ, Fatboy Slim did a 90 minute set at Austrian music festival Snowbombing 2022, just about a year ago. It's a witty, joyous set of beats, and Norman Cook seems to be enjoying the show as much as the audience.
Plus, it seems if you're Fatboy Slim, you get all the coolest stems to play around with.
Plus, it seems if you're Fatboy Slim, you get all the coolest stems to play around with.
I saw this since it came up in my YouTube recommendations. Highly recommend it, the fella still has it.
If you're interested in watching live DJ sets, YouTube has a lot of high quality shows.
posted by fiercekitten at 8:53 PM on April 15, 2023 [2 favorites]
If you're interested in watching live DJ sets, YouTube has a lot of high quality shows.
posted by fiercekitten at 8:53 PM on April 15, 2023 [2 favorites]
The Housemartins had some really good tunes. London 0 Hull 4 is a solid album.
posted by the christopher hundreds at 10:20 PM on April 15, 2023 [6 favorites]
posted by the christopher hundreds at 10:20 PM on April 15, 2023 [6 favorites]
I randomly skipped to the middle and came across some sort of diss track blasting covid protocols and encouraging listeners to take their mask off?
I mean, I'm pretty lax these days but the in your face aspect of it threw me for a small loop.
posted by keep_evolving at 11:13 PM on April 15, 2023 [2 favorites]
I mean, I'm pretty lax these days but the in your face aspect of it threw me for a small loop.
posted by keep_evolving at 11:13 PM on April 15, 2023 [2 favorites]
I had no idea that Fatboy Slim was in the Housemartins and it's blowing my mind a little right now
posted by vibratory manner of working at 12:01 AM on April 16, 2023 [11 favorites]
posted by vibratory manner of working at 12:01 AM on April 16, 2023 [11 favorites]
There's a funny sub current of Christian socialism the UK got to enjoy. I wish it was more prevalent. Happy Hour is a kind of #metoo precursor calling out the ol' "happy hour where women get harassed" culture of, I guess, business everywhere.
posted by abulafa at 12:54 AM on April 16, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by abulafa at 12:54 AM on April 16, 2023 [2 favorites]
I randomly skipped to the middle and came across some sort of diss track blasting covid protocols and encouraging listeners to take their mask off?
I feel like there's a good post somewhere about conspiracy theories in hip-hop.
posted by solarion at 3:07 AM on April 16, 2023 [3 favorites]
I feel like there's a good post somewhere about conspiracy theories in hip-hop.
posted by solarion at 3:07 AM on April 16, 2023 [3 favorites]
Back around 2000, my friends and I went to a Fatboy Slim show in Chicago. We were really hyped. We loved his entire style and a lot of his output, not just his radio tunes. We had bootlegs of his live sets that we loved. We were looking forward to a great evening of live music from the man himself.
He put on the most phoned-in show imaginable. He was on a little stage and just played records off a laptop. It was completely uninspired and he just stood there while the crowd attempted to enjoy the show. He didn't do anything interesting or clever or great like I had heard in any of his live sets. It was a very generic sounding set of dance music with very little orchestration. We left genuinely pissed off.
Maybe it was just a bad night, but it left a terrible taste in all of our mouths. They weren't cheap tickets, either.
posted by SoberHighland at 8:22 AM on April 16, 2023 [3 favorites]
He put on the most phoned-in show imaginable. He was on a little stage and just played records off a laptop. It was completely uninspired and he just stood there while the crowd attempted to enjoy the show. He didn't do anything interesting or clever or great like I had heard in any of his live sets. It was a very generic sounding set of dance music with very little orchestration. We left genuinely pissed off.
Maybe it was just a bad night, but it left a terrible taste in all of our mouths. They weren't cheap tickets, either.
posted by SoberHighland at 8:22 AM on April 16, 2023 [3 favorites]
SoberHighland -- yeah, I'm thinking that era of when DJs would actually mount a tour and do night after night on the road wasn't the best way to see such acts. I saw a Sasha & Digweed / The Chemical Brothers double show, and S&D were mindblowingly amazing and CB were so boring we actually left the show early. I've seen CB another time and they were really electric. The only difference is, I think, one show was late in the tour, and one was early.
I've seen a few other DJs doing more one-off things and they've always been good in those settings.
posted by hippybear at 10:09 AM on April 16, 2023 [1 favorite]
I've seen a few other DJs doing more one-off things and they've always been good in those settings.
posted by hippybear at 10:09 AM on April 16, 2023 [1 favorite]
His set from Brighton a few years back is always a go-to in our household when we need some energy. He’s coming to Seattle this summer and I may just need to see that show.
posted by grumblemf at 10:31 PM on April 16, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by grumblemf at 10:31 PM on April 16, 2023 [2 favorites]
Yeah, I once saw the Orb play The Orb's Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld. By which I mean, they stood behind a bank of equipment while the album played. It was underwhelming.
posted by Hogshead at 4:13 AM on April 17, 2023
posted by Hogshead at 4:13 AM on April 17, 2023
This is great. Thanks!
posted by freakazoid at 2:47 PM on April 17, 2023
posted by freakazoid at 2:47 PM on April 17, 2023
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