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Originally Posted by Glice
Really? Prodigy Experience and Jilted... are seminal records for people of a certain generation. Fat of the Land was just the beginning of a big, boring stadium rave band. There are quite a few ex-rave (-ish) bands whose live show shits on Prodigy's. Surprisingly, in the case of Basement Jaxx.
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Well yeah, I guess I can't understand Experience too much because I was just born when it was released, and therefore didn't live the rave scene when it did happen. I really love Music For The Jilted Generation though, but Experience I just can't get into.
I really love post-Fat Of The Land Prodigy too, but then again maybe it's because it's the Prodigy I grew up with ... Firestarter brings back memories of playing Wipeout on Playstation with my uncles, etc. I consider it as a fucking masterpiece. The next one (Always Outnumbered blahblah) ain't too shabby either if you ask me, I think it's kind of underrated. There are some great tracks on there - You'll Be Under My Wheels, Get Up Get Off, Spitfire, Girls, etc. The new one really sucks though.
I would agree with you on the live show point though - even though I've never seen them live, on the videos I've seen on the Internet (I know you should never judge live performances based on internet videos but hey...) they really sound shitty. It looks like they could just play the CD in the background with the two singers being howling clowns over it (note that I don't mean that because it is electronic music ; I'm actually more into electronic music now than I'm into rock music, and I've loved tons of electronic shows I've witnessed, but I do appreciate when an artist does a bit more than playing note by note, and always exactly with the same timing, volume, etc, as the studio version; on the case of prodigy it's so similar it almost sounds like playback)