Hi, hmmm, I think the whole Blacksmoke stuff is of a love-it-or-leave-it kind. In my eyes, the comparison of FFF with the Utah Saints' "Power to the beats" is very fitting. The only point for me personally is that FFF is what 'PowerTTB' should have sounded like! I'm a big Utah Saints fan, too, and thus had bought the album and in particular stumbled upon Power To The Beats. But the only downer was that this track sounded so flat! I listened to it a couple of times and then dropped it from my list. Blam! Then I heard FFF and thought WOW! That's great stuff. Absolutely fat and driving. Utah Saints bye bye. Furthermore I have never been into Metallica but Jimmy's interpretation of that riff is pure genius IMHO. After all I've heard nothing better than USA USA or especially BLACKSMOKE RISING for a long long time. I hope the whole album will get a proper release soon as I presume lots of Prodigy, Junkie XL, Chemical Brothers etc. fans will love the stuff. Just a thought! :) Dan --- a.k.a. Kuta, KLF Online (www.klf.de)
What? No Blacksmoke in the list?
Well, let's see: I think Jimmy is the greatest for what he's done on KLF and Space. But as Blacksmoke....I thought the Gimpo Gimpo track ruled, till I heard the "F*** the f***ing f****ers" track. It's the SAME. And worse, it's a clear rip-off from Netalluica's "Enter Sandman". This re-mix/re-edit or anything was done by the Utah Saints, who did a track called "Power To The Beats", mixed together Metallica plus Chuck D. from Public Enemy, to a much higher effect. Blacksmoke isnt my music, I think. Or maybe six r seven years later I'll recognize it's a twisted genius' work... Electrix Six rules but I didn't bought their album, it wasn't as "big" to me as the latest Shivaree release... Let's see again, that Eletric Six:Danger High Voltage kinda stuff was done by Revolting Cocks on "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy". It has averything that the E6 track: saxophone solo, nonsense lyrics and production. Though Eletric Six's clips always made me laugh more than RevCo's music, I must admit. But now I have become more of a bitter cynic so I only buy weird music like Shivaree, Negativland and so on... And for a good laugh I always turn to the JAMs, especially "Whitney" or "Downtown". The 1987 album is funny and thought-provoking at the same time. Often imitated, never bettered... The only thing as worthy as early JAMs stuff is the first album by Pop Will Eat Itself...
Peace a Gyerek
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