KLF imports and remixes
This is something that occurred to me today while watching some old Pet Shop Boys videos ... (one for maybe the older members of the group who were buying KLF records "back in the day"? (1) How did the KLF come to remix "So Hard"/"It Must Be Obvious"? Anyone know? Were they asked by Neil and Chris after hearing the blatant PSB homages on "Kylie Said to Jason", or did the KLF remix "So Hard" first, unofficially, then the PSB heard it, liked it, and put it out? Anyone who how these things work? Were Depeche Mode big KLF fans before the "Policy of Truth" remix??? (2) Why did the KLF plump for EMI to release the "Stadium House" video, when they released "Waiting" themselves on KLF Communications? All their records were released in the UK independently, of course, so why was the video released through a corporation? Also, the KLF have dealt worldwide with so many labels - Rough Trade Europe, Possum, Benelux, Dance Pool, TVT, Wax Trax, Arista, EMI, Blast First etc. etc. - how did they choose which one for which release? Presumably, as owners of the rights to all their own records - with no record company involvement other than themselves - they could have licenced each import record out to a different company, if they'd wanted to. Again, anyone know? (Also, thanks so much for people's generous Ebay bids on my CDs. £90 for the Swiss "Shag Times"! Whew! And good to finally "meet" Lazlo/Ernie as he has one of one my auctions - I feel like I've just been given an MBE!) :-)))
One thing.... Money. Remember, the goal of the JAMS/KLF was to make a boatload of cash, while sticking it to the major record labels at the same time. Bill and Jimmy weren't making the music for charity, they still had to get food on the table. So if you ask me, I think they went with all the different labels and such because they wanted the best deal possible. As for the Pet Shop Boys, yes PSB were noted in the press as being big fans of the KLF. So I think that had something to do with it. But money comes back into the picture as well. I think PSB was still quite popular back then, so doing a remix for them would of probably netted them some nice cash. Same thing for the Depeche Mode remix of Policy of Truth that they did. I don't think I have heard of Depeche Mode being big fans of the KLF, so maybe Bill and Jimmy did the remix just to make some money. Either that, or they themselves were big fans of Policy of Truth, and wanted to do a remix for it. Adam Wolfson -----Original Message----- From: klf-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:klf-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of John Milne Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 2:22 AM To: All bound for Mu-Mu Land. Subject: [KLF] KLF imports and remixes This is something that occurred to me today while watching some old Pet Shop Boys videos ... (one for maybe the older members of the group who were buying KLF records "back in the day"? (1) How did the KLF come to remix "So Hard"/"It Must Be Obvious"? Anyone know? Were they asked by Neil and Chris after hearing the blatant PSB homages on "Kylie Said to Jason", or did the KLF remix "So Hard" first, unofficially, then the PSB heard it, liked it, and put it out? Anyone who how these things work? Were Depeche Mode big KLF fans before the "Policy of Truth" remix??? (2) Why did the KLF plump for EMI to release the "Stadium House" video, when they released "Waiting" themselves on KLF Communications? All their records were released in the UK independently, of course, so why was the video released through a corporation? Also, the KLF have dealt worldwide with so many labels - Rough Trade Europe, Possum, Benelux, Dance Pool, TVT, Wax Trax, Arista, EMI, Blast First etc. etc. - how did they choose which one for which release? Presumably, as owners of the rights to all their own records - with no record company involvement other than themselves - they could have licenced each import record out to a different company, if they'd wanted to. Again, anyone know? (Also, thanks so much for people's generous Ebay bids on my CDs. £90 for the Swiss "Shag Times"! Whew! And good to finally "meet" Lazlo/Ernie as he has one of one my auctions - I feel like I've just been given an MBE!) :-))) _______________________________________________ KLF mailing list KLF@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/klf Report list abuse to list-abuse at studio-nibble.com
On 9 Jun 2008, at 17.58, Adam Wolfson wrote:
As for the Pet Shop Boys, yes PSB were noted in the press as being big fans of the KLF. So I think that had something to do with it. But money comes back into the picture as well. I think PSB was still quite popular back then, so doing a remix for them would of probably netted them some nice cash. Same thing for the Depeche Mode remix of Policy of Truth that they did. I don't think I have heard of Depeche Mode being big fans of the KLF, so maybe Bill and Jimmy did the remix just to make some money. Either that, or they themselves were big fans of Policy of Truth, and wanted to do a remix for it.
i think that bill and jimmy might have been into DM more than PSB, because their DM remix is a lot closer to the original than the PSB remix(es). --- micah stupak micah@benthic.cc oblique strategy: from nothing to more than nothing
not sure if this indicates a special taste for mode.... when I got round listening to it I found the excitement seeing KLF mentioned on the sleeve was bigger than the actual listening. So the effort they made in remixing PSB was way bigger imho. micah stupak schrieb:
On 9 Jun 2008, at 17.58, Adam Wolfson wrote:
i think that bill and jimmy might have been into DM more than PSB, because their DM remix is a lot closer to the original than the PSB remix(es).
--- micah stupak micah@benthic.cc oblique strategy: from nothing to more than nothing
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On 10 Jun 2008, at 15.52, cars10 wrote:
not sure if this indicates a special taste for mode.... when I got round listening to it I found the excitement seeing KLF mentioned on the sleeve was bigger than the actual listening. So the effort they made in remixing PSB was way bigger imho.
hm, i thought it was a pretty good remix. best remix of that track, at least. --- micah stupak micah@benthic.cc oblique strategy: change instrument roles
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