Smackin’
OK, I’ve got a very serious question for all of you out there. I’m serious. I want answers. I want opinions. I’m seriously not fishing for a high number of comments on this post or anything, I actually want to know the answer to the following question.
Is the Prodigy song “Smack My Bitch Up” one of the greatest songs recorded since the 1960s?
If I were to make a Top 10 list of my favorite songs (list making not being something I do regularly), it would easily be in the Top 10, and probably in the Top 5 (with #1 taken by Stevie Wonder’s “Superstition). “Smack My Bitch Up” would be up there.
This is one of those “don’t listen to in the car unless you want to get a speeding ticket type songs.” I love this song. The highs of the opening, the cool down with the exotic operatic singer, and just great sounds. It’s an emotional song that brings about a response through music, not the four words that brought the song lots of attention (for those unfamiliar with the song– and I know there are some of you out there who haven’t heard it– the lyrics consists of only four words: smack my bitch up).
This last Friday I attended Vanguard in Hollywood and saw Carl Cox (a physically bigger techno DJ I’ve never seen) spin till 4:00 in the morning. He put on a great set. It was about 5 minutes before he was to go on stage, so I walked out to the middle of the dance floor to see how he was going to open the sucker. See, right before the new DJ takes the stage you have a high probability of something cool or interesting happen. What Carl did was start his set simply with “Smack My Bitch Up.” Now, I’ve heard this song played in small dance clubs before, but never in a warehouse style building with a fantastic sound system, plus 1000 of your closest friends.
The moment that first beat was heard, the number of people on the dance floor swelled. It seemed like everyone was running into the building to hear this song. And man were people excited. Hopping all over the place like mad fuck fiends. Fists pumped in the air towards the DJ. All while Carl remixed the song live for a good 10 minutes or so. It really was quite fantastic. And hearing that song, that loud, with that much base and all those crazy mother fuckers, well, that’s the goodness.
As of that opening, big fan of Carl. Big Fan!
So, what’s the answer to the question is Prodigy’s “Smack My Bitch Up” one of the greatest songs written since the 1960s?
