LAST LISTENED TO yesterday
CHANCE OF WAKING TO IT pretty good
RATING
Unlike many music lovers, i've got a soft spot for Fatboy Slim (AKA Norman Cook). There is just something really up about his music that i can't help but enjoy. It's the kind of music that is impossible to sit still through. His popularity reached its zenith around the time of the single Rockafeller Skank and the following album You've Come a Long Way, Baby, both of which were a global hits. For his next album Halfway Between The Gutter And The Stars, he made a consious move away from his populist style of bigbeat towards more club-oriented sounds.
Weapon Of Choice is a collaboration with muddy funking bassist Bootsy Collins, who is best known for his work with both James Brown and Funkadelic. It features the mish mash of samples and big beats that are Cook's trademark, over which Collins' stream of consiousness lyrics fit wonderfully. I particularly enjoy his referencing of Dune with the lyrics 'If you walk without rhythm, you won't attract the worms'.
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