A couple of posts by other blogger's yesterday is responsible for today's track. First up was SA's over at the Bagging Area where he had posted a belter of a track (aren't they all) by Beastie Boys which got me thinking about Luscious Jackson and then I headed over to the Swede's bit where he had an excellent bit of Scandi Kosmiche called Propeller Propulsion by Swedish four piece Automatism. So after I turned off the lap top I rooted around in the Indie/Hip/Hop/Baggy 12" single cupboard for the Propellerheads heads remix of Naked Eye by the first signing to the Beasties Grand Royal label.
If the truth be told I was rather underwhelmed after playing it, it's alright don't get me wrong but just not as good as I remember it being. That could have something to do with the intervening 23 years, fuck, TWENTY FUCKING THREE years! Unless my memory is totally screwed I did always prefer the British Big Beat duo's remix but now the original mix is the one that's doing it for me. Tastes change I suppose.
Tomorrow I'm going to give Fever In Fever Out, the album Naked Eye comes from a spin. It the present time I have no recollection of any of the other tracks from it! Old age does not come itself.
Luscious Jackson - Naked Eye ( Propellerheads remix)
Luscious Jackson - Naked Eye
I remember enjoying their first three albums at the time, but, like you, right now I'm a bit foggy as to what they actually sound like. I believe that they're all still downstairs on the shelves (although I could be wrong), so I might catch up with one of 'em myself later on.
ReplyDeleteI should do some LJ catch up too.
ReplyDeleteI do hope that your pressing of 'Fever' isn't as crap as mine, Drew ... one of the worst pressing in (the poor rests of) my collection ...
ReplyDeleteI can top that, Dirk. I own the worst copy of this single...
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