Ex 90s UK raver I can tell u, prodigy were pioneers in the early days of rave And Lex, she needs to watch a live festival video of these guys... The energy is on a while other level
I know having the videos is a hassle with copyright, but there are established ways to do it without being demonetized, and I say this only because this is one of the most iconic music videos of all time. you two react to a lot of songs that are very famous for their music videos, and just reacting to the song feels like it's missing a crucial ingredient. it's not quite like reacting to the video without the music, but it's like, 75%
100% agree. There is so much music from the 80's and 90's that the videos are very often direct companions to the songs themselves. I can't name all the songs that when I hear them images from the music video are instantly conjured in my mind.
Great song if you went clubbing in 1997 '98 this song went off but to truly understand this song you have to watch the music video the ending is a trip and it makes sense to the song title
@@cyberash3000 cyberash3000 yes it was I remember going to clubs here in NY leaving Brooklyn to go to Manhattan this song was one of those granted songs that when it comes on the whole club is going crazy great times in the late '90s lol
Can relate to this. The Prodigy are from my county, Essex and the club scene was pretty mental back then This video uses the song perfectly. Another east end/Essex boy legend ua-cam.com/video/2TVgkCN_1aE/v-deo.html
In this episode of Brad & Lex, the low distorted repetitiveness of synth, muffled bass and restricted drum beats create anticipation as well as a "double dutch bop" upon a giddy Lex who shortly after catching the hard rhythm, continues along producing an array of "bops" including the classic "bobble, "metronome", the "spell caster", "crossfit" and "river hands". Lex later describes the 1997 chart topper as "spinny" while a very grounded Brad displays a slight "sway".
These guys and the Chemical Brothers were my favorite main-stream EDM from the 90's. Diesel Boy, Bad Boy Bill, Freaky Flow and DJ Funk were my favs to see live at parties back in the day..
i know its common in the us but calling them EDM gives me the creeps. ;) but thanky for reminding me about Dieselboy (together, Diesel Boy was a punk band) i listened too less drum n bass in the last years. one of my favorite dnb producers is Spor btw.
@@gonzo2495 Yea The Chemical Bros have grazed over a vast pasture of musical genres, including EDM among many; whereas, say a band like Pendulum is squarely EDM.
I F'ing swear the internet is full of the most annoyingly picky people on the planet. God forbid using a catch all genre like EDM and not the specific sub-genre..
I had just graduated when this album came out and I had it cranked in my car all the time, but especially this song. I was mostly into metal, alternative, and industrial music, but Prodigy somehow connected with me. You should definitely check out the highly controversial, but amazing video for this.
Same.. I was mostly into metal when prodigy was coming out with all this stuff.. but I really loved it.. still do.. it takes me back to that time every time I hear it.
They were phenomenal live. A dance act with punk energy, with a lot of snarling. Watching them live it was easy to see how they could get a crossover crowd.
me too!! metal head thru and true and I still love Prodigy to this day. My boyfriend at the time customized trucks and cars for dealerships and people looking for the latest cool thing for their vehicle. at the time he had an Oldsmobile 98. the trunk space was huge because the car was a tank. he put a sound system in it and Prodigy was one of the CDs we'd play in his car and it sounded AMAZING! It sounded so good, when customers would come in for stereo systems the audio guys would take them out to his car so they could hear his system. he collected many noise ordinance tickets. decibel levels were out of control. anyway, he eventually sold the car because he was going to lose his license for too many tickets. it was too tempting to keep. eventually got to see then in San Antonio and they did not disappoint. good times! great memories.
Yes!!! We still have this CD 😊. My husband used to blast this in the car; this song and “Firestarter”; our son was about 4 at the time and he’d get so amped up in his booster seat 😂. He’s 29 now; a conscientious well adjusted bad ass that appreciates all kinds on music genres 🤣
Hell yeah, I remember being around 4 myself and my aunt, who was in her senior year of high school at the time, had this burned on a CD. We listened to it quite a bit when she babysat lol, she had one of those old school, fat leather CD wallets so she’d let me pick the music. I’ll be 28 this year.
Dance music that metalheads can like as well....I had the honor of seeing them live a few times on some big festivals in Europe: Pinkpop, Lowlands, Sziget. Imagine hearing and seeing 40.000+ people singing and dancing along with this.
Yes, definitely. Being mainly a rock/metal/punk fan, I really like the most part of The Prodigy music. Especially I love this album (The Fat of the Land). It's a masterpiece.
I saw this band in 1992 after I got off work in LA, at about 9 PM. My friend picked me up and we drove from location to location getting bits and pieces of a treasure map to where the concert was located. It took us about 1.5 hours to find the secret venue and then the band played about two hours after that. Yes, everyone was on ecstasy as you mentioned.
Prodigy lyrics are just to enhance the music. It's all about being in the moment and letting the music (and whatever drug(s) you are on) take you to another place. This is peak rave scene music so it is designed to be consumed in a live setting but can be just as fun to listen to on your own or with some friends.
@@nodaysback1 It happens with every popular underground scene. Promotors and investors get involved and it turns into more of a money making machine than art.
Whole stadiums of people freaking out every damn time this track dropped. Full on mass hysteria and energy displacements like tidal waves with every kickdrum. #Epic
Not for a club.... for a field. This stems from the days of illegal raves in farmers fields, pay the farmer a small fee, set up a soundsystem and some lights, sell some tickets and give out cryptic clues to were it was (to avoid the police) , i spent a few nights waiting outside service stations (truckstops) waiting for directions to some random field in the middle of the night, but when you found it...what a trip. Although this track came after the illegal raves had died away, the band became festival regulars and once again this music sounded amazing... in a field. I seen them live one time in a massive circus tent, that was an amazing experience, when they play live those massive bass drops shake the ground, you can feel it through your whole body from the feet up.
I saw The Prodigy live in 2002. They opened with this song, stage was pitch black until the Bass dropped, and just an explosion of light and energy from Keith & Maxim. Single most awe inspiring moment of live music I've experienced.
Although it does play towards the audience's obvious reaction, the lyrics actually say "Change my pitch up, smack my bitch up", and is about turning the volume right up while djing.
Lol - there’s a little more to it than that. The bassline and some of the lyrics are sampled from the 1988 track "Give The Drummer Some" by The Ultramagnetic MC's, where Kool Keith raps: "Change my pitch up, smack my bitch up like a pimp." So the meaning of the lyrics originally was given by the Ultramagnetics. Kool Keith was Prodigy's favorite rapper. He and the other Ultramagnetics received a composer credit for their sample. Prodigy say that to them it is about doing everything with vigor. Of course the video confuses the public cuz there is actual drug fueled sexual assaults happening but there’s a nice twist at the end.
I'll never forget the experience of seeing The Prodigy at the Reading Festival in the UK back in 1996, before "Fat of the Land" was released. They opened their set with this. I was a Prodigy fan but this was brand new material at the time. I recall a friend thinking Maxim was shouting "Smash My Picture" and we walked around for months after that shouting "Smash my picture, Change my picture" at random people until we finally heard the official album release in 1997. The original video is worth seeing, but it's hard to find these days. The ending spells it all out! I may be 49 now, but we had some crazy stuff back in the 90's that I still love dearly. Plenty of new music I enjoy too.
Hey. I was there in the crowd for this too. The thing I remember most clearly about that set was bouncing with the whole crowd and then, what looked like a 13 yr old boy comes pushing through the crowd with a tesco carrier bag shouting, "anyone want any speed?.. Anyone want any speed?"
Oh man, this really takes me back to high school. The winter pep band drumline arranged a section of this for our solo and it was genuinely the most fun I ever had playing the bass drum.
The Prodigy sort of took the world by storm in the mid 90's. They came out of nowhere and brought the underground to the mainstream with a sound that noone had heard before and while they were pretty influential i can't recall any other artist that sounds like them. :)
There was a rave act called Acen who sounded pretty close to their early sound. They were both doing a similar thing at around the same time. He was excellent in his own right. And at around the time of their 3rd album The Fat of the Land there was a degree of similarity with some of The Chemical Brother's songs, due to the Big Beat sound being prominent at that time. Junkie XL also did some Prodigy inspired stuff around the time of The Fat of the Land.
The 90s was an era of major musical experimentation and genre bending groups. For every bubbly pop group and boy band you had these other groups making the craziest sounds. It was a party! No matter if you mainly liked rap or rock or metal or pop or industrial or techno, you still found yourself enjoying music from artists way outside of your typical genre. Some of these electronic groups were heavier than some of the rock bands. Prodigy had that gritty punk energy and phat break beats. Their music was infectious. I was a teen when they came out and their music both shocked me and pumped me up haha
So many reactors are reacting to the Prodigy from this period in their career. It would be worth reacting to one of their early rave tunes to give you some idea of where they evolved from and how their music changed. You probably don't realise no one had hardly heard Keith singing until Firestarter was released some 7 years into their life as a band. Check out Charley says or Everybody in the Place, their first two singles.
Out Of Space is another early often looked over piece of mastery...and yes most assume Keith was the singer, not knowing he was simply a groupie at the start then got promoted to hype man/dancer for many years before finally getting some vocals wayyy down the track in their career.
I remember hearing an early version of smbu live at livingston forum in Scotland. Was absolutely epic. So glad you liked this. If you haven't seen them live them make a point to do so. If they tour again then go. The Prodigy are hands down one of the best live acts of all time.
I could not even imagine listening to that song on fentanyl!!! I was given that opioid pre-op last week to help relax me before surgery, and boy did it!! I was floating 3 feet above my body; I couldn’t even Imagine my reaction in an uncontrolled environment
This song brings me back to my NY clubbing days in the 90’s .. DJ’s would spin this in their mix… Plus it was in a fight scene in the film “Charlie’s Angels” the one from 2000 with Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu and Cameron Diaz…
I think their,” No Good( start the dance) “,was their best track. Sampled from Kelly Charles’ You’re no good for me. You should check that one out. Love from Liverpool
But there is no tune... just a looping bass line and breakbeat with sound effects. Try to imagine a busker on a street corner attempting a cover version of this song... lol
@@scramblesthedeathdealer Yeah, it's definitely a banger, but there is no "tune" or melody to speak of, except maybe for the sample of the female Indian vocal part in the middle. Here, check out this awesome drum cover. The guy is amazing! ua-cam.com/video/wERiNjiue2c/v-deo.html
"Change my pitch up, smack my btch up" is a sample taken from a rap song called Give the drummer some by Ultramagnetic MC's. Almost everything in this song is samples of other songs highly modified. There's no deep meaning to it and it's dumb that this song gets all kinds of virtue signaling hate when the song it sampled from is rarely, if ever mentioned as being 'problematic'
Massive Tune back in the day, Love to watch Lex “let go” into the music. Music is meant to move you, make you feel, however it makes you feel. Try “Insomnia” by FAITHLESS, a big tune of the time. 👍👍👍 Good work Guys!
The best electronic dance music was from the 90's, particularly Britain. The vocal sample is from a US group, the Ultramagnetic MC's "Give the drummer some". "Change my pitch up, smack my bitch up" because Liam has sampled and "pitched" the vocal up. Superficially, the song sounds misogynist, until you watch the videoclip, which reveals an irony at the end. ;)
You have to see them live, the break beat, drum and bass tones are second to none. Drive the crowd into a frenzy. The gig in Moscow's red square amazing... then you have to go to Chemical brothers, and Orbital both amazing.
The phrase "Smack my bitch up" translates to: "Request another to inject you with Heroin or get you high. The phrase does not mean to hit your girlfriend, nor does it advocate violence toward women as it literally implies. "Bitch" being slang for the main vein running down your arm in which heroin is usually injected.
RIP Keith. Hope you found some peace. When asked about the direction The Prodigy was moving in he said that if you must hang a label on it just call it Electronic Punk. Trust me, they were not cheerleaders for domestic abuse - try to think of them as hater baiters Boys & Girls you really need to find the un-edited video - fits the track like a glove.
@@lilmouse1903 - many thanks for the offer - already got it. Many apologies for lateness of my reply. It rarely occurs to me to check if anyone has taken any notice of my ramblings. Love & kisses from the UK.
I used to be a metal/rock guy as a teen (i still am ) and i remember watching a movie called Hackers back in 94 i think it was and holy shit it had fire soundtrack but best thing i ever discovered was Prodigy and been listening to them ever since. It also expanded my music taste by a million for simply accepting the fact no matter what genre of music you love there is plenty more of amazing music to discover.
The Prodigy, and later on Pendulum, have been a gateway for so many metal/rock fans getting into electronic music and broadening their horizons in general
lol i can't remember the films off-hand, but i know this song has been in multiple films. maybe like mortal kombat 2 or something like that. very popular and total 90's rave song.
Takes me back to when we were kids, blasting this out on a JVC boombox in a self-made nightclub in my mate's garage. The sound of the metal garage door rattling to the bass on this was deafening in itself 🤣
I think it's funny Brad won't say "bitch" even if it's in the title of a song or the lyrics. Also the fact that they're not listening to the edited version so we're still hearing the word.
Yes this was a vibe. You should check out some of their older videos where they are dancing rave dancing with their particular flavor of it. - Yes lots of ecstasy and other stuff.
Haven't heard this for years. Ofra Hza sample at 3:46 I think. Video is impressive, the Prod sound reminds me of the mixes pirate radio stations (like Fantasy) used to put out in the UK in Acid House days (especially 89-91) - they started out that time. We're back we're back we're on the Attack.
Fudge! You're right. It's been 25 years! Damn, now my day is shot but gotta get home to pull out all my rave CDs and chill out for the rest of the night to turn it back around!
Canadian here I have U.K first cousins. Took my annual U.K summer holiday. My younger cousin's said you gotta see this group live. Loved the energy became an instant fan of the genre. Bought all the music they had put out, came home too Canada friends where like what is this. I coached my son's lacrosse team for 7 years , used Prodigy too pump the team up just before the game started.
The video to this was banned by MTV when it came out. The way The Prodigy put it themselves, was "Smack my bitch up" was to "Do something with great vigor or intensity" and had nothing to do with violence towards women. The video explains this fully.
Another sample of Art of Noise - Close to the Edit used in this song and others off this album shows who the band was inspired by. My all-time favorite mountain biking song.
Once again, I would love to rave with Lex...she may not know the music, but she gets it! She would absolutely love the Glastonbury Festival in England for sure.
Nothing slapped harder than this when it first came out. It was just different. The original video garnered a lot of controversy and was banned from MTV for depicting violence and drug use. I think you can find it with images blurred out. It may have been blocked if you tried to do it. But there are some amazing live performances of this band playing everywhere from Dublin, Ireland to Moscow. The energy and intensity of the shows are off the charts with the crowds just going wild. Tragically their lead singer is now passed.
I first heard Trugoy from De La Soul say the phrase “Change my pitch up, smack my bitch up…” in the 1993 song Ego Trip. I always figured Prodigy took the phrase from there (not as a sample but just the words) and ran with it. But I don’t know if De La Soul were the first to use it or not.
I haven’t heard their song, but Wikipedia says it’s the sample so it must be them. Makes sense, as I knew it wasn’t sampled from De La. I’ve liked hearing the Prodigy song when it was on but never bought it or downloaded it so I wasn’t an expert on them.
Yayyyy the rave scene! Great band here and maybe another interesting song for you would be Born Slippy (Nuxx) by Underworld. Great reaction guys and gals.
you guys are awesome. as others have mentioned, you should watch the original uncut video that was banned from MTV. also, you guys should do a reaction to janes addiction - three days. epic song. i think you guys would really like it. it's my favorite song of all time.
The Prodigy guys had a very punk attitude and got a kick out of causing controversy, simply because it amused them. They certainly didn't hate women or condone violence.
It is about knowing the kind of fun your dearest and yourself administering it gonna have for the next couple of, on soo many levels, outdoing last time, time and time again
Prodigy are British legends ! 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧 I'm a twisted FIRESTARTER! Even my mum danced to this drunk back in the day Ey yo, guy on the left. What you doing? Move your bodeh
Another fun fact, the girl in the video getting the hassle used to work for me teaching fitness classes. I remember asking her about the schedule and she said that she couldn’t work that week as she was doing the video for this track, wild days.
i like watching these guys reeacting to music, very varied. good couple aswell brad seems the quite kinda where as lex is wild haha they suit each other
In 90-th I had Sony Walkman cassette player, and album "The Fat Of The Land" was one of my favorite. This song is the first on the album. I feel those feelings yet, after so many years
Ex 90s UK raver
I can tell u, prodigy were pioneers in the early days of rave
And Lex, she needs to watch a live festival video of these guys...
The energy is on a while other level
Early days of Raves was 80s
This
@@JohnJohn-cu7nk
Indeed...
I never suggested otherwise
I only stated the era I raved in bro ✌️👊❤️
@@Disco_Breakin
PLUR ✌️❤️
@@JohnJohn-cu7nk Prodigy formed in 1990, Given the scene is over 25 years old I think this can be allowed as 'early'?
Fun fact: The day before we got married we went to the hotel to check everything was in place and The Prodigy were sat having tea in the garden. 😂
lmao that's awesome. Had to have been a sight.
@@ninja_tony It was very surreal!
@@daz_nI wouldve taken a quality soundbar & base unit,setup shop and start /with Diesel Power
You know it's an an absolute BANGER when Brad sways a little side to side!
True
@@peterr.devries4199 na he’s almost the same , he just hides his emotions , and that makes them fit even better when you look at them both 😂
XD
he almosted managed to show the signs of a pulse in this one.
@@krusher74are you sure he isn't a wax doll?
This whole album Fat of the land was a banger not a bad track on it! this was third and final song released from that album.
Diesel Powerrr
Love prodigy but album was pretty trash
@@marjon83utdwhat a ludicrous comment
OMG, THAT'S THE FUNKY SH*T!
I know having the videos is a hassle with copyright, but there are established ways to do it without being demonetized, and I say this only because this is one of the most iconic music videos of all time. you two react to a lot of songs that are very famous for their music videos, and just reacting to the song feels like it's missing a crucial ingredient. it's not quite like reacting to the video without the music, but it's like, 75%
100% agree. There is so much music from the 80's and 90's that the videos are very often direct companions to the songs themselves. I can't name all the songs that when I hear them images from the music video are instantly conjured in my mind.
Yeah, the official video was great and worth y try for that reaction. Maybe it was not family friendly enough.
Yah. Plenty of others are able to make it happen. Not using the video for this is criminal.
Explains the whole concept of the song Jethro, with you on that one
Sadly, the video isn't even on UA-cam. It is on Daily Motion tho✌️
Killer song, killer group.
So much good stuff from the 90s/early 2000s, Fatboy Slim, Faithless, Daft Punk and the chemical brothers!
100%
True man
The Crystal Method. 👍👌
Great song if you went clubbing in 1997 '98 this song went off but to truly understand this song you have to watch the music video the ending is a trip and it makes sense to the song title
I was working in a pop nightclub in blackpool when this came out and it was so popular
@@cyberash3000 cyberash3000 yes it was I remember going to clubs here in NY leaving Brooklyn to go to Manhattan this song was one of those granted songs that when it comes on the whole club is going crazy great times in the late '90s lol
The video is amazing, however it has nothing to do with the songs meaning.
Can relate to this. The Prodigy are from my county, Essex and the club scene was pretty mental back then
This video uses the song perfectly. Another east end/Essex boy legend ua-cam.com/video/2TVgkCN_1aE/v-deo.html
@@benabel7326 Ben Abel what is the meaning because the song title make sense with the POV in the music video
She’s adorable when she grooves to the music ❤
Lex has definitely partied, she gets the flow of the tune very quickly 😀
Her boyfriend certainly doesn't feel the groove
@@leob4403 hes enjoying it man, shes just another level lmao !
@@lfloyd__1134 hes analyzing the lyrics like it was Shakespeare or something
@TalorcMacAllan-x5q 110 mate, love the rampant lion !
Nothing glorious about drugs though. I wish I never did them my biggest regret in life
This takes me back to the club and driving around with friends in the late 90's. Lol. damn I'm getting old.
Same....this and old school Oakenfold
In this episode of Brad & Lex, the low distorted repetitiveness of synth, muffled bass and restricted drum beats create anticipation as well as a "double dutch bop" upon a giddy Lex who shortly after catching the hard rhythm, continues along producing an array of "bops" including the classic "bobble, "metronome", the "spell caster", "crossfit" and "river hands". Lex later describes the 1997 chart topper as "spinny" while a very grounded Brad displays a slight "sway".
River hands, haha
🤣🤣🤣🤣⚰️
In my day it was just pills no guff
All Brad does is sway.
"Brad displays a slight sway"
That could be said about 95% of their reactions 😂
These guys and the Chemical Brothers were my favorite main-stream EDM from the 90's. Diesel Boy, Bad Boy Bill, Freaky Flow and DJ Funk were my favs to see live at parties back in the day..
B&L will need to watch "Dare" at some point. Requisite song.
i know its common in the us but calling them EDM gives me the creeps. ;) but thanky for reminding me about Dieselboy (together, Diesel Boy was a punk band) i listened too less drum n bass in the last years. one of my favorite dnb producers is Spor btw.
@@gonzo2495 Yea The Chemical Bros have grazed over a vast pasture of musical genres, including EDM among many; whereas, say a band like Pendulum is squarely EDM.
EDM?! Are you crazy??? 😬🙄😵💫😵🤯
I F'ing swear the internet is full of the most annoyingly picky people on the planet. God forbid using a catch all genre like EDM and not the specific sub-genre..
I had just graduated when this album came out and I had it cranked in my car all the time, but especially this song. I was mostly into metal, alternative, and industrial music, but Prodigy somehow connected with me. You should definitely check out the highly controversial, but amazing video for this.
First they gotta score some ex, then crank this up.
Same.. I was mostly into metal when prodigy was coming out with all this stuff.. but I really loved it.. still do.. it takes me back to that time every time I hear it.
Sounds like a lot of us from back then. For me it was Prodigy, Underworld and Aphex Twin that pulled me into electronic anything.
They were phenomenal live. A dance act with punk energy, with a lot of snarling. Watching them live it was easy to see how they could get a crossover crowd.
me too!! metal head thru and true and I still love Prodigy to this day. My boyfriend at the time customized trucks and cars for dealerships and people looking for the latest cool thing for their vehicle. at the time he had an Oldsmobile 98. the trunk space was huge because the car was a tank. he put a sound system in it and Prodigy was one of the CDs we'd play in his car and it sounded AMAZING! It sounded so good, when customers would come in for stereo systems the audio guys would take them out to his car so they could hear his system. he collected many noise ordinance tickets. decibel levels were out of control. anyway, he eventually sold the car because he was going to lose his license for too many tickets. it was too tempting to keep. eventually got to see then in San Antonio and they did not disappoint. good times! great memories.
Yes!!! We still have this CD 😊. My husband used to blast this in the car; this song and “Firestarter”; our son was about 4 at the time and he’d get so amped up in his booster seat 😂. He’s 29 now; a conscientious well adjusted bad ass that appreciates all kinds on music genres 🤣
My 6 year old used to get really into this one. 🤣 I imagine we will be having a lot of talks about 90's music lyrics in the future 😁
@@mhampton737 Haha!
Hell yeah, I remember being around 4 myself and my aunt, who was in her senior year of high school at the time, had this burned on a CD. We listened to it quite a bit when she babysat lol, she had one of those old school, fat leather CD wallets so she’d let me pick the music. I’ll be 28 this year.
@@skyofthelivingdead Hahaha! That’s a great memory of your Aunt; so cool!!
Dance music that metalheads can like as well....I had the honor of seeing them live a few times on some big festivals in Europe: Pinkpop, Lowlands, Sziget. Imagine hearing and seeing 40.000+ people singing and dancing along with this.
Exit festival Novi Sad,Serbia
Yes, definitely. Being mainly a rock/metal/punk fan, I really like the most part of The Prodigy music. Especially I love this album (The Fat of the Land). It's a masterpiece.
I saw this band in 1992 after I got off work in LA, at about 9 PM. My friend picked me up and we drove from location to location getting bits and pieces of a treasure map to where the concert was located. It took us about 1.5 hours to find the secret venue and then the band played about two hours after that. Yes, everyone was on ecstasy as you mentioned.
That vocal break is epic. Legendary track this one.
Prodigy lyrics are just to enhance the music. It's all about being in the moment and letting the music (and whatever drug(s) you are on) take you to another place. This is peak rave scene music so it is designed to be consumed in a live setting but can be just as fun to listen to on your own or with some friends.
The drug(s) comment makes this post 100% legit. Someone has been there.
Unfortunately, soon after this, the real rave surfaced out of the underground and got killed.
@@nodaysback1 It happens with every popular underground scene. Promotors and investors get involved and it turns into more of a money making machine than art.
Good driving music, too.
Damn, I miss ecstasy.
Whole stadiums of people freaking out every damn time this track dropped. Full on mass hysteria and energy displacements like tidal waves with every kickdrum. #Epic
Not for a club.... for a field.
This stems from the days of illegal raves in farmers fields, pay the farmer a small fee, set up a soundsystem and some lights, sell some tickets and give out cryptic clues to were it was (to avoid the police) , i spent a few nights waiting outside service stations (truckstops) waiting for directions to some random field in the middle of the night, but when you found it...what a trip.
Although this track came after the illegal raves had died away, the band became festival regulars and once again this music sounded amazing... in a field.
I seen them live one time in a massive circus tent, that was an amazing experience, when they play live those massive bass drops shake the ground, you can feel it through your whole body from the feet up.
I saw The Prodigy live in 2002. They opened with this song, stage was pitch black until the Bass dropped, and just an explosion of light and energy from Keith & Maxim. Single most awe inspiring moment of live music I've experienced.
You guys should react to…
Prodigy - Out Of Space
🎸🤘
i hope they do, i have also suggested this multiple times :) it's a completely different vibe from this album
I wish they'd react to some of these songs with the videos which go with them. But I understand if they are fearful over copyright concerns.
Charly would really confuse them
thats the one
Out Of Space
Everybody is in the place
Charles
actually almost everything they have made
Although it does play towards the audience's obvious reaction, the lyrics actually say "Change my pitch up, smack my bitch up", and is about turning the volume right up while djing.
Lol - there’s a little more to it than that. The bassline and some of the lyrics are sampled from the 1988 track "Give The Drummer Some" by The Ultramagnetic MC's, where Kool Keith raps: "Change my pitch up, smack my bitch up like a pimp." So the meaning of the lyrics originally was given by the Ultramagnetics. Kool Keith was Prodigy's favorite rapper. He and the other Ultramagnetics received a composer credit for their sample. Prodigy say that to them it is about doing everything with vigor. Of course the video confuses the public cuz there is actual drug fueled sexual assaults happening but there’s a nice twist at the end.
@@christoffesedao3579 Always wondered, but never bothered. Thanks for the info :)
"smack my bitch up" literally refers to increasing the BPM of the song, not the volume.
It’s about using heroin.
This song and most of their music takes me back to a field, 3am, Glastonbury mid 90's still fucked up. Loving life. You two need to try a festival.
I'll never forget the experience of seeing The Prodigy at the Reading Festival in the UK back in 1996, before "Fat of the Land" was released. They opened their set with this. I was a Prodigy fan but this was brand new material at the time. I recall a friend thinking Maxim was shouting "Smash My Picture" and we walked around for months after that shouting "Smash my picture, Change my picture" at random people until we finally heard the official album release in 1997. The original video is worth seeing, but it's hard to find these days. The ending spells it all out! I may be 49 now, but we had some crazy stuff back in the 90's that I still love dearly. Plenty of new music I enjoy too.
Hey. I was there in the crowd for this too. The thing I remember most clearly about that set was bouncing with the whole crowd and then, what looked like a 13 yr old boy comes pushing through the crowd with a tesco carrier bag shouting, "anyone want any speed?.. Anyone want any speed?"
@@dansegelov305 classic 90s Reading.
Oh man, this really takes me back to high school. The winter pep band drumline arranged a section of this for our solo and it was genuinely the most fun I ever had playing the bass drum.
The CHANGE MY PITCH UP/ SMACK MY BITCH UP is actually a sample from the song GIVE THE DRUMMER SOME by the ULTRAMAGNETIC MCs was Kool Keith singing it
I have watched quite a few reactions from you guys... Lex's smile is just so contagiously entertaining. Love it.
The Prodigy sort of took the world by storm in the mid 90's. They came out of nowhere and brought the underground to the mainstream with a sound that noone had heard before and while they were pretty influential i can't recall any other artist that sounds like them. :)
There was a rave act called Acen who sounded pretty close to their early sound. They were both doing a similar thing at around the same time. He was excellent in his own right.
And at around the time of their 3rd album The Fat of the Land there was a degree of similarity with some of The Chemical Brother's songs, due to the Big Beat sound being prominent at that time.
Junkie XL also did some Prodigy inspired stuff around the time of The Fat of the Land.
The 90s was an era of major musical experimentation and genre bending groups.
For every bubbly pop group and boy band you had these other groups making the craziest sounds.
It was a party! No matter if you mainly liked rap or rock or metal or pop or industrial or techno, you still found yourself enjoying music from artists way outside of your typical genre.
Some of these electronic groups were heavier than some of the rock bands.
Prodigy had that gritty punk energy and phat break beats. Their music was infectious. I was a teen when they came out and their music both shocked me and pumped me up haha
So many reactors are reacting to the Prodigy from this period in their career. It would be worth reacting to one of their early rave tunes to give you some idea of where they evolved from and how their music changed. You probably don't realise no one had hardly heard Keith singing until Firestarter was released some 7 years into their life as a band.
Check out Charley says or Everybody in the Place, their first two singles.
Spot on. Everybody in the Place was excellent. The track that hooked me came not long after, No Good (Start the Dance).
Out Of Space is another early often looked over piece of mastery...and yes most assume Keith was the singer, not knowing he was simply a groupie at the start then got promoted to hype man/dancer for many years before finally getting some vocals wayyy down the track in their career.
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@@danv9872 did you tell your mummy before coming on here? 😋
Still, maybe the best live band I've seen. It was just madness 😀
The 90's as a decade was madness.
100%, saw them at reading festival and the crowed went so crazy I truthfully thought I might die.
This made my soul smile I discovered this band in high school In 2001
I remember hearing an early version of smbu live at livingston forum in Scotland. Was absolutely epic. So glad you liked this. If you haven't seen them live them make a point to do so. If they tour again then go. The Prodigy are hands down one of the best live acts of all time.
This girl is fire! I love her reactions, she makes me smile
7:21 - Lex inadvertently sounding exactly like another Prodigy song!
I could not even imagine listening to that song on fentanyl!!! I was given that opioid pre-op last week to help relax me before surgery, and boy did it!! I was floating 3 feet above my body; I couldn’t even Imagine my reaction in an uncontrolled environment
This song is made out of samples from Public Enemy and the video its one of the most iconic, controversial music videos ever made.
This song brings me back to my NY clubbing days in the 90’s .. DJ’s would spin this in their mix… Plus it was in a fight scene in the film “Charlie’s Angels” the one from 2000 with Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu and Cameron Diaz…
Lex in her own little mini festival 🤣
She is absolutely right. I rolled my ass off to this song many of times in the day.
I thought he said snap my picture back when this broke on much music. Soon realized what he really said. Lolz
I think their,” No Good( start the dance) “,was their best track. Sampled from Kelly Charles’ You’re no good for me. You should check that one out. Love from Liverpool
100%… Would always get me on the dance floor back in the day… Another great video as well.
Yep, that's my favourite Prodigy track as well👍
The whole MFTJG albus is legendary 🔥🔥
No good was the last of the breakbeat sound that made them famous. Last time we see Leroy and Kieth shuffle dancing. End of an era.
3:17 Defo the vibe in the offcial video.
Great tune guys.. R.i.p Keith Flint the singer sadly took his life not long ago.. rave in heaven Keith
But there is no tune... just a looping bass line and breakbeat with sound effects.
Try to imagine a busker on a street corner attempting a cover version of this song... lol
@@carlmarks8170 I beg to differ, this is a banger!
@@scramblesthedeathdealer Yeah, it's definitely a banger, but there is no "tune" or melody to speak of, except maybe for the sample of the female Indian vocal part in the middle. Here, check out this awesome drum cover. The guy is amazing! ua-cam.com/video/wERiNjiue2c/v-deo.html
@@carlmarks8170 🤣 as soon as I clicked the link, I saw that I had already hit the 👍 button! Yeah, that's a good cover!
pretty sure that its a sample from an old hiphop record, keiths not singing on this
"Change my pitch up, smack my btch up" is a sample taken from a rap song called Give the drummer some by Ultramagnetic MC's. Almost everything in this song is samples of other songs highly modified. There's no deep meaning to it and it's dumb that this song gets all kinds of virtue signaling hate when the song it sampled from is rarely, if ever mentioned as being 'problematic'
Saw them in 1997, they were amazing.
saw prodigy live at phoenix festival in the U.K in 1996 they were AWSOME...... best 4 days of music in my life...
Me too! I was 15 and it changed my life! 👍
Massive Tune back in the day, Love to watch Lex “let go” into the music. Music is meant to move you, make you feel, however it makes you feel. Try “Insomnia” by FAITHLESS, a big tune of the time. 👍👍👍 Good work Guys!
Thank you.
Definitely "Insomnia".
I'd love to see their reaction when the beat changes.
Lex is ready to party, leave Brad at home
The best electronic dance music was from the 90's, particularly Britain. The vocal sample is from a US group, the Ultramagnetic MC's "Give the drummer some". "Change my pitch up, smack my bitch up" because Liam has sampled and "pitched" the vocal up. Superficially, the song sounds misogynist, until you watch the videoclip, which reveals an irony at the end. ;)
You have to see them live, the break beat, drum and bass tones are second to none. Drive the crowd into a frenzy. The gig in Moscow's red square amazing... then you have to go to Chemical brothers, and Orbital both amazing.
You 2 have to see the video...and wait for the awesome twist at the end. :-)
The phrase "Smack my bitch up" translates to: "Request another to inject you with Heroin or get you high. The phrase does not mean to hit your girlfriend, nor does it advocate violence toward women as it literally implies. "Bitch" being slang for the main vein running down your arm in which heroin is usually injected.
RIP Keith. Hope you found some peace. When asked about the direction The Prodigy was moving in he said that if you must hang a label on it just call it Electronic Punk.
Trust me, they were not cheerleaders for domestic abuse - try to think of them as hater baiters
Boys & Girls you really need to find the un-edited video - fits the track like a glove.
i got a link to the original vid unedited u want it ??
@@lilmouse1903 - many thanks for the offer - already got it. Many apologies for lateness of my reply. It rarely occurs to me to check if anyone has taken any notice of my ramblings. Love & kisses from the UK.
I used to be a metal/rock guy as a teen (i still am ) and i remember watching a movie called Hackers back in 94 i think it was and holy shit it had fire soundtrack but best thing i ever discovered was Prodigy and been listening to them ever since.
It also expanded my music taste by a million for simply accepting the fact no matter what genre of music you love there is plenty more of amazing music to discover.
a great movie that one... featuring a young Angelina Jolie....
The Prodigy, and later on Pendulum, have been a gateway for so many metal/rock fans getting into electronic music and broadening their horizons in general
lol i can't remember the films off-hand, but i know this song has been in multiple films. maybe like mortal kombat 2 or something like that. very popular and total 90's rave song.
Charlie's Angels
Takes me back to when we were kids, blasting this out on a JVC boombox in a self-made nightclub in my mate's garage. The sound of the metal garage door rattling to the bass on this was deafening in itself 🤣
Smack my bitch up is a metaphore for rock the house..in those terms as the lead man Liam said in an interview.
Isn't it just the name of the sample they used? Ultramagnetic MC's - Give the drummer some.
@@cmiddlemass93 they used that sample, this is just his explanation of the lyric
There is no point reacting to this without the video! It is quite simply the best music video of all time, ever.
I think it's funny Brad won't say "bitch" even if it's in the title of a song or the lyrics. Also the fact that they're not listening to the edited version so we're still hearing the word.
Right? I imagine it’s UA-cam creator rules.
I'm pretty sure rules are that you can't swear but it's allowed in music because Art of something
Yeah definitely a rave club classic for me when I was hitting the mdma, lol!!!
Yes this was a vibe. You should check out some of their older videos where they are dancing rave dancing with their particular flavor of it. - Yes lots of ecstasy and other stuff.
Haven't heard this for years. Ofra Hza sample at 3:46 I think. Video is impressive, the Prod sound reminds me of the mixes pirate radio stations (like Fantasy) used to put out in the UK in Acid House days (especially 89-91) - they started out that time. We're back we're back we're on the Attack.
One of my 2 favorite bands (the other is Lynyrd Skynyrd), one of their best tracks in my opinion... this still kicks hard 25 years later!
Skynyrd and Prodigy, you're covering the whole spectrum. I love it!
That's quite the interesting mix
Fudge! You're right. It's been 25 years! Damn, now my day is shot but gotta get home to pull out all my rave CDs and chill out for the rest of the night to turn it back around!
@@shinerdrinker9249 😉👍
I'm cracking up watching you two because this is exactly how my man and I would be, I'm jamming and he's, uh what's that crap.... lmao!! Great react!!
Lol Brad's face cause he ain't vibing dance music 🤣 this song live in '97 was banging hard and an amazing live experience
Canadian here I have U.K first cousins.
Took my annual U.K summer holiday.
My younger cousin's said you gotta see this group live.
Loved the energy became an instant fan of the genre.
Bought all the music they had put out, came home too Canada friends where like what is this.
I coached my son's lacrosse team for 7 years , used Prodigy too pump the team up just before the game started.
The video to this was banned by MTV when it came out. The way The Prodigy put it themselves, was "Smack my bitch up" was to "Do something with great vigor or intensity" and had nothing to do with violence towards women. The video explains this fully.
Another sample of Art of Noise - Close to the Edit used in this song and others off this album shows who the band was inspired by.
My all-time favorite mountain biking song.
The whole song is made up of samples (apart from the female vocals in the middle break)
Once again, I would love to rave with Lex...she may not know the music, but she gets it!
She would absolutely love the Glastonbury Festival in England for sure.
This song is nothing without the iconic video attached.. The video was a work of art.
Nothing slapped harder than this when it first came out. It was just different. The original video garnered a lot of controversy and was banned from MTV for depicting violence and drug use. I think you can find it with images blurred out. It may have been blocked if you tried to do it. But there are some amazing live performances of this band playing everywhere from Dublin, Ireland to Moscow. The energy and intensity of the shows are off the charts with the crowds just going wild. Tragically their lead singer is now passed.
u need the link to the original vid
@@lilmouse1903yes
hahaha I love how Lex waited for Brad's reaction after she thoroughly enjoyed her trip. Hooked on to your reactions.😂
The prodigy - Worlds on fire (DVD) Live .."Smack my B Up".. Came acrossed it yesterday and it was Fire 👍😎
Sounds like they used every early Casio instrument produced.
I first heard Trugoy from De La Soul say the phrase “Change my pitch up, smack my bitch up…” in the 1993 song Ego Trip. I always figured Prodigy took the phrase from there (not as a sample but just the words) and ran with it. But I don’t know if De La Soul were the first to use it or not.
As far as I'm aware it's a direct sample from an Ultramagnetic MCs song.
I haven’t heard their song, but Wikipedia says it’s the sample so it must be them. Makes sense, as I knew it wasn’t sampled from De La. I’ve liked hearing the Prodigy song when it was on but never bought it or downloaded it so I wasn’t an expert on them.
Was lucky enough to see them live in 1997 in Paris France (Rock in Paris, also with the likes of Wu Tang Clan, Skunk Anansie etc.), such a great show!
Hope you go watch the official video. It's a story.
she gets it, what a track the sampling behind this track is nothing short of genius
Yayyyy the rave scene! Great band here and maybe another interesting song for you would be Born Slippy (Nuxx) by Underworld. Great reaction guys and gals.
Totally seconded. ✌😄
Born Slippy is good. I also always liked Cowgirl by Underworld.
@@OUsniper1 Cowgirl is epic!
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Video for this song was a... banger. Kind of reminds me of... good 'ol times.
you guys are awesome. as others have mentioned, you should watch the original uncut video that was banned from MTV. also, you guys should do a reaction to janes addiction - three days. epic song. i think you guys would really like it. it's my favorite song of all time.
Lex vibing and smiling is so adorable. Nice reaction guys 😀
The Prodigy guys had a very punk attitude and got a kick out of causing controversy, simply because it amused them. They certainly didn't hate women or condone violence.
Lex is totally on point, I like how you vibe on this track. I was 7 when it came out, we were out of our minds. Still are though!
I love that Lex is totally raving out but occasionally awkwardly looking over at Brad to see if he's into it. Very cute.
Shortie let go and dug the vibe❤
Brotha looked perplexed n bewildered 😂
The official video to this was pretty mental. 😁
It is about knowing the kind of fun your dearest and yourself administering it gonna have for the next couple of, on soo many levels, outdoing last time, time and time again
Prodigy are British legends ! 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
I'm a twisted FIRESTARTER!
Even my mum danced to this drunk back in the day
Ey yo, guy on the left. What you doing? Move your bodeh
hahaha Lex's joy when she likes the music is contagious.
Lex knows a lot more about international music. Respect to her, it's always a pleasure to watch it
Another fun fact, the girl in the video getting the hassle used to work for me teaching fitness classes. I remember asking her about the schedule and she said that she couldn’t work that week as she was doing the video for this track, wild days.
Aaaww..... Acid Techno-Breaks from the 90's ..... Such a classic tune there
Some great times to this in my youth. Absolute banger at 2am in a club
i like watching these guys reeacting to music, very varied. good couple aswell brad seems the quite kinda where as lex is wild haha they suit each other
I always love to hear Brad's take on the lyrics.
Really missing out not reacting to the vid. As iconic as the tune,if not more
In 90-th I had Sony Walkman cassette player, and album "The Fat Of The Land" was one of my favorite. This song is the first on the album. I feel those feelings yet, after so many years