Word: vocals
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Come a Long Way, Baby begins with the backward strings of "Right Here, Right Now," an ethereal track marked by oscillation between synthetic string arrangements and a soothing, choir-like vocal sample to sharp beats and cyber sounds. The song serves as an excellent demonstration of Fatboy Slim's integration of a wide and diverse variety of musical genres into his mixes, instead of relying solely on any particular sound. Fatboy keeps the beats interesting and unconventional at any tempo and consistently resists the urge to fall into static patterns in a musical genre that is notorious for relentless repetition...
...first track fades away into a monotone distortion that is unexpectedly disturbed by a radio sample ripped directly from the airwaves of Boston's own WBCN, a moment early in the album that shows the unique and hilarious humor characteristic of Fatboy's vocal sampling. The dialogue between a DJ and a caller serves as an interesting intro to the album's first single, "The Rockafeller Skank." The caller requests a song by Fatboy Slim, who he claims is "the band of the nineties," yet he can't even name the track that he wants to hear, except the continuously...
...roots in remixed funk and soul, rather than techno. This is why it is so difficult to restrict Fatboy Slim to a certain category or musical genre. Instead, he utilizes every genre in the strangest and most appealing combinations. In "Gangster Tripping," he blends a hip-hop beat and vocals with a big band brass arrangement and a Caribbean steel drum. At times, there are so many diverse elements to a song thatmany of his innovations can only be appreciated ifcarefully heard three or four times. In sharpcontrast, on the very next track, "Build itUp--Tear at Down," cyber distortion...
Although the description of the elements ofeach song sounds as distasteful and cacophonous asa peanut butter and venison sandwich, the endresults are imaginative, innovative andsuccessful. "Kalifornia" is the mosttechno-influenced track on the album, relyingheavily on vocal distortion and cyber sounds. Asample that sounds like a whining robot babyunites the menagerie of synthetic noises. The onlyrecognizable lyrics are the repeatedtongue-in-cheek phrase "Kalifornia is drugee,drugee." The album then takes a major U-turn in"Praise You," sporting a funky bass line, a pianoaccompaniment that sounds like it was written byBilly Joel and emotional soul vocals. Fatboy Slimkeeps...
...brain aneurysm during the Monster Tour, translates itself into an exotic mixture of spacey beats on several tracks. Screaming Trees drummer Barret Martin and Beck's Joey Waronker add occasional human drumming, but in reality, the drumming doesn't play too major a role in the guitar and vocal-driven group...