Pffft, I'd rather not lie to look trendy. :p:

New single free download. It's not very good :(

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the prodigy could go pop and still be great. They've made enough good music to concrete their status.

No trust me, the track is not good at all.

No i am saying if the prodigy made music that sounded like nsync they'd still be considered great. It would take alot of bad music for that opinion to change. They had great music from 92 to 04

Of course. The Prodigy are a great band but I expected much more. Still it's only one song. I will still give the album my utmost attention.

i thought the album with firestarter and breathe was pretty cool, honestly thought their earlier stuff was trash and everything after that too.. I just love how they got Kool Keith on the track Diesel Power.... love that rap

Genius. Liam Howlett did The Dirtchamber Sessions Vol. 1 in like '98 (Most likely wrong on the date, could be closer to '00) He's incredible as a DJ as well as composer. If you don't have that album, get it now.

i agree with you on the Kool Keith track
"cords of mics hangin like spring leaves"
the "smack my bitch up" line was inspired by the Ultramagnetic MCs, and Kool Keith was a member!

I think I'd err on the side of saying the Prodigy are pathetic... never really enjoyed them as great deal, or found their music anything inventive - to me it all sounds like fairly standard electronic music of its era. The only thing that maybe made them stand out was their attitude? Which to me doesn't make them particularly special or accomplished in any way... they always struck me as a bit of atyle and attitude over substance sort of group...

From "The fat of the land" onwards, I'd say they're pretty crap. I actually enjoyed "Music for the Jilted Generation", though

I'd agree with that - they seem pretty played out by now, in my opinion...

Their last album did have my favourite song by them though - Girls.

I acturally liked their cd "always outnumbered never outgunned" I am also bias towards it because my boss hated it back when I did painting and i would crank it to erk him.

Nothing like a bit of conflict over an album to really galvanise your opinions on it - I usually find that if someone starts ragging on an album I even only slightly like, my interest in said album tends to increase, just because I feel like I have a cause to fight for... I dunno maybe my brain just wsorks funny like that!

i think what killed the prodigy's popularity is the fact that it took them most of a decade to finally release a legitimate follow up to 'fat of the land'.

does anyone else remember the lead off single for the original follow up? the one with the cows in the video and the wicked moog solo?

i remember hearing that it got shelved because it was moving towards more of an 'experimental' electro rock direction, like add n to (x). either way by the time AONO came out it already sounded horribly dated, it was like a late 90s big beats re-hash.

I think its a bit funny that everyone gives prodigy a hard time for apparently 'changing their sound'.

if you listen to prodigy's tunes, they are normally producing a sound 5 years before everyone else.

5 Years after their album the fat of the land, That particular breakbeat sound was huge and has now influenced a lot of producers to merge certain styles of music together (like rock, drum and bass, breakbeat, psytrance).

Liam has done something unique with producing and is really ahead of his time.

Smack my bitch up was awesome, other than that a total F-- on that band in my opinion.

Hey my ears!!!!!!!!! :mad:

I love the Prodigy! Depsite the poor reception for the Always Outnumbered album, it was the first single from the album, Girls that got me into them. Big fan, love their stuff.

Oh my God thats the funky sh1t!

Old hat? This still blows the hell out of my speakers:

I've never listened to that much of their music. But I thought I'd mention I saw the Firestarter video the other day and it's wacky wacky wacky!

Here in Europe, The Prodigy are stale. Not many people like them. I hear they are popular in America among ravers and dance clubbers now. Sort of revival. However, The Prodigy had their time to shine in 1997. Their mass appeal is lost here in Europe. "Breathe" is the best song of theirs. "Spit Fire" is also okay. The rest of their songs use too much looping and repetitive beats. Plus, they seem to overcompensate for their lack of creativity with a ridiculous image -- remember Keith?

I'm defo a fan (L)

Keith Flint did not have a ridiculous image! He had the epitomal image of the 90s british raver!

They may have lost their mass of appeal, but their music is still original, the Always Outnumbered album was different, definitely, but the rave scene and their audience had changed, I think it was fitting for the time it was released.

They've got a new single out called 'Omen', it's released in the UK, around the begining of Febuary. You can hear it on Xfm, the first play was on there.

I'm looking forward to the rest of the album, I don't think its going to be visionary, but its certainly catchy!

I have to admit that anything new by them will probably fly past my radar without being caught... I always thought of them as more of a "fad" type band than anything else... and now they're past their fad use by date...

I think they are amazing, always have been and am loving the new stuff!

i respect all musicains in their pursuit, this does not mean i like their sound.

There was a lot of prodogy played to me in my youth, can't escape it.

I'm not a big fan of Prodigy - I don't really listen to that much electronica at all, but these opinions seem rather uneducated to me. You write off their music as unimaginative with too much looping and repetitive beats. Hum ..

You could listen to Fire (sunrise version), Poison, 3 kilos, Diesel Power, Climatize .. just to mention some songs off the three first albums. They all sound rather different to me. As for beats, don't forget that The Prodigy, at least the music from the first three albums (don't know the last one very well) is largely supposed to be danceable.

I liked their Girls single from Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned. It also has a sound quite different from the examples I posted.

Perhaps it is their very danceability that turns me away from them.... I am, *ahem* not a great dancer, so i guess I don't seek out music of a highly danceable nature... I probably should listen with mor eopen ears, yet this is somewhat tricky given my preferences lay somewhere well away from this genre...

Basically, I'm probably biased...

I dug their high energy electro hard-core! But Fat of the Land was the only one I owned. 'Smack my Bitch Up' caused such a controversy! Then that video really helped put it into perspective.

Oh yeah, they thrived on controversy for a while there.... but, unfortuantely, they really weren't able to maintain that dramatic side of their career, and when musical styles had shifted, it all looked kinda ho hum...

I love Fat of the Land & Music For the Jilted Generation, but past that it's all rubbish IMO.

Awesome in the 90's. Smack My Bitch Up era...

Genius
 

Prodigy is amazing. I never get why people simply seem to have not liked anything since fat of the lamb. I mean Fat of the lamb was AWESOME, but Always Outnumbered Never Outgunned, was equally as Awesome. Anyway, In march "Invaders Must Die" is coming out. Im expecting to get head damage from bobbing my head in march.

Rock On!

they got some good songs, but well...

I do confess to actually finding a certain fascination with the "Smack My Bitch Up" video and its ironic twist...

I am a fan of theirs! Their new album sounds pretty good imo. There is a good mashup called Smack My Derb which is just their song Smack My Bitch Up with Derb's song Derb. It's not for everyone but if you like hardstyle, it's great!

Their newer album gets back to their roots a little bit, which is really cool. But I never stopped liking them. Their style adapted as the years went on, which is awesome.

Prodigy have more very good songs