TheProdigy

realized that life should not be lived by the rule book and that you shouldn't care about other peoples thoughts towards you

ComeSmackUpMyBitch wrote:

Yes it did lead me to like-minded early 1990s rave tracks. I'm not new to that type. But the thing about my fascination with the Prodigy led me to doing stories with characters based on them. The one that I am working on is called Death of a A Close Friend which is about the death of a family friend, particularly some old college professor named Keira Kincaid is to the Rileys, an Irish immigrant family. Sean is a lot like Liam: he looks like a younger Liam (but he has blue eyes and reddish brown hair), acts like him (cursing when offended, usually silent and solitary, focused and likes horror films) and is a friend to a bloke born to Jamaican immigrants. That lad would be Keith Campbell as in Keith Palmer or better known as Maxim Reality. He's quiet and poet so they have a lot in common. There's a lad who's teasing Sean and he goes by the name of Leeroy. The character with the least resemble to a Prodigy member (I'm talking about Keith Flint here) is Muireal Edmondson. She visually recalls a younger Keith Flint (with long hair and all) but behaviourally and geographically, she isn't related to him. First off, she comes from Orkney in Scotland where the local culture has more to do with Iron Age and early medieval Norwegians because it used to be part of it. Second, she's a more responsible person, interested in biology as in fishing and farming.

I'll show you pictures of these characters.

I sucked but then I discovered The Prodigy.

Then I was awesome.

Didn't have that much categorized taste in music before really getting into The Prodigy. I was thirteen and I listened to a couple of bands, nothing special. Somehow the name Prodigy came in my mind from somewhere, then I started listening some tracks on Youtube and literally that was a changing moment. I listened mainly to the singles at first but they blew my mind. Almost the next day I went looking for the Singles collection. Now I'm almost eighteen years old, The Prodigy has been a huge part of my life since I first truly discovered them. Also my taste in music has widened a lot and now I'm into many types of music, mostly electronic. Through The Prodigy I have found many other brilliant electronic artists. I don't really have a clue what I'd be listening now without The Prodigy. Conclusion: The Prodigy has made me a better person, thank you!

Mowgli wrote:

I had to check that I didnt post that when i read it, its literally like recounting my own discovery of the prodigy

The band itself had a minor impact on my life, other than the dominance factor of blaring it in front of friends when they're arguing about Tiesto and Scooter. It silences them usually.

But from the inside, being a 'real' band, their independence and refusal to give in to the mainstream is admirable, and because of that they're only still around for one reason, and that's the biggest impact it has for me; Liam's musical skill; in the big picture book of FOTL there's a pic of Liam, on what is by today's standards a 'pretty old shitty' computer. He's got an old version of Cubase running too, and that pic, for me, epitomizes effort=reward.

The thought of piecing SMBU together bit by bit with no secrets or shortcuts, but old fashioned 'eyes burning at 4am' effort is pretty motivational for me.
Here it is



Kids today (I know I'm young myself, shut it) focus way too much on bigger and more. I used to be the same, picking up synths and things left and right, but fuck, the standards of software/hardware today shits on the software/hardware used back then, so people need to sit down and think about how Their Law or even Charley came about, before forking out thousands on shit they can't use.

^ Great post man! Smack My Bitch Up's sampling is so good you don't even notice how many samples there are. When I saw the Jim Pavloff Ableton remake video, I thought the guy was brilliant remaking the track. Then I realised: Holy shit. Liam has made the same thing sound many times better with old hardware like 14 years ago or so. Figured all those sample modifications by himseld without modern computer toys. I didn't even no he sampled Bulls on Parade, it was awesome! And Charly, also one of my favourites. Liam made it in 1990 or so with a couple of synths? Damn, the production and sounds are perfect. You can't even think about the effort making those tunes, since now it is so easy to pull up with a quick tune made on Fruity Loops. Liam is god. Hell, I love this guy

Martinstatic, you are wise for one so young.

with prodigy i dropped 20 pounds, i learned a foreign language and i gained confidence with the ladies

Dunno how they've changed my life, but there's no one else who's music I listen to constantly and will never get bored of

Eee... it is so difficult question. Please next one.

Valtiel wrote:


Very good

well it got me through all of my tattoos and piercings..and an operation ive had.. there music somehow gives me immense confidence

I've been known to go manic around the time of a new album, so when the next one does arrive, it will be a case of take me to the hospital :shock: