The weird, ridiculous lyrics and John McCrea’s lazy, deadpan delivery are why many people dislike Fashion Nugget, and CAKE’s music in general. The weird, ridiculous lyrics and John McCrea’s lazy, deadpan delivery are exactly why I absolutely love this album, on top of the excellent and wide ranging influences and ability this band has. This album spawned two radio hits (The Distance and the cover of Gloria Gaynor’s I Will Survive) for this alternative rock band from Sacramento and it’s very high on my list of albums I hope to somehow have in my possession if I find myself marooned on a deserted island. (It goes without saying that I must have a CD player on hand if I find myself marooned on the said deserted island, but I digress…)
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When Let’s Get Killed came out in the late 90s, Irishman David Holmes never got the fanfare and radio play that his contemporaries, like Fatboy Slim, garnered. His quality and talent (especially evident in This Film’s Crap, Let’s Slash The Seats and his Essential Mix compilation) was/is far superior to some of the electronic music that was all the rage back in the day.
Every track on this album opens with sampled sounds and conversations from New York and segues into the music, much like a soundtrack for an imagined movie about the city. All in all, it is a very groovy, eclectic, if disjointed, mix of music. Radio 7 is a standout track and should have really been used in some way in some Bond movie (or parody).
A testament to Holmes’ enduring quality, my friends, must be the fact that he is still producing quality stuff while his contemporaries of the past decade have, to put it mildly, faded.
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What made this song so awesome in 1990? The mullets? The high cut shoes? The awful freestyle dancing?
It’s all so gross now that I look at it again.
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A mildly depressing song from Blur’s 1991 album Leisure, Sing also appeared in the Trainspotting soundtrack. Despite the melancholy, it’s a beautiful track. Sad, but uplifting in a weird way…
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