FIRESTARTER - How The Prodigy Won Over the Metalheads | New British Canon
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- From the commercial heights of nu metal to the more recent experiments with hip hop combining both emo and country, Genre fusion has come a long way. But back in the 90s Dance and Rock were separate entities. In the UK, The Stone Roses, Primal Scream, the Happy Mondays and of course New Order had been tinkering with dance music within a rock format but for the most part dance was dance, rock was rock. And rarely did anyone listen to both. Then came Liam Howlett and The Prodigy. They cared not for genre divides. Starting off as a chart-bothering rave act in 1990 with tracks like "Charly" and "Out of Space", by their second album, Music for the Jilted Generation, they had moved beyond pure dance into something way more interesting, for example on "No Good Start the Dance", "Poison" and "Voodoo People". Inspiring everyone from Death Grips, Pendulum, Refused, Enter Shikari and Skrillex. Their unique mix of electronica, hip hop and rock led to their storming dance-punk crossovers 1996’s “Firestarter” and "Breathe" on the album The Fat of the Land. With them, they proved that a song could still be both danceable and metal heavy. Even today, it remains as one of the heaviest UK number one singles of all time. This is New British Canon and this is the story of How “Firestarter” Won Over the Metalheads.
#theprodigy #RIPKeithFlint #musicdocumentary
Some footage circa 1992 from Nathan Damour with VIEWstudios
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Chapters
00:00 Introduction
01:42 Origins
05:37 Music For The Jilted Generation
09:20 Firestarter
13:03 Music Video
15:07 Aftermath
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Trash Theory You should do all of there songs and albums as this is a great video.
I got to see the Prodigy between Music for the Jilted Generation and Fat of the land at Big DayOut in Auckland, New Zealand. BLOODY AWESOME! They got 15,000 people up and ROCKING for the whole set! Great STAGE PERFORMANCE! Miss Sir Keef, godblessyamate!
i liked the prodigy.. but winning over metal heads.. goes 3 steps too far,. .
The rattling noise makes this video unwatchable mate.
It seems like you dont know who they even are. Liam is the tall black man, it seems like you think he is the white guy who I dont know the name of either
What some people don’t know is that Keith was a truly nice, gentle and polite human being. His stage persona was unique because he channeled his aggression and passion and let all out on stage. He is one of the true greats RIP
Friend of mine was setting the stage for big festival prodigy played on. He picked up cables and stuff at the morning when Keith saw him and bring him a beer because he looked exhausted. They had a chat and later friends saw him and Keith chatting and was wtf. He said Keith is the most humble man one can imagine and nothing to do with the stage persona.
great stage presence, but channeling aggression and passion on stage is not unique.
@@CarlRencer unique to how he generally is ... read again
Apart from the fact he liked fox hunting. Doesn't make him particularly nice in many folks eyes
"If I was to punch you in the face" doesn't sound like a truly nice, gentle, and polite person. Using violent analogies for stage performance says something about the man.
The best bits of almost being 50... Being a kid in the 70s,being a teen in the 80s and finding HipHop,the early mid 90s rave scene mid late 90s house nightclubs. The worst bits? Being almost 50 i guess.
So lucky, I was born in 2000 and missed all of it 😭
lol I feel ya (50 this year)
I've seen The Prodigy 9 times live and I'll always have fond memories of those nights
And now it's auto tune or go home
I’ll be 50 in June I can relate that 90s rave scene was fucking off the hook though wasn’t it
Yes me too I was a DJ that played them .
Hated by the old folk and venue owners but loved by the youth
Now we live in isolated existence I miss those days of mad raves and discos
It kind of broke my heart when Keith died. He was such a presence in my teenage years and there will never be anyone else like him.
me too.
have you noticed the world has gone to absolute shite since he died? :(
Forever loved, forever missed and forever remembered. 😍 Got to see them twice in Iceland. And still remember the smell and energy
Life is creepily fleeting enough, you can choose to be thrilled for any time you got to spend in the presence of amazing entities - my bro - RIP at 22 ! still haven't met no one like you bro !
@@DaddyLaser I know this is late but I'm gonna comment anyway and say yes. Yes I have noticed that world has gone to shit since he died. We're missing his energy and positive vibes.
@Graxxor Anandro Vidhelssen , Totally true!!! Gasp!
12:14 found that quite moving, about Flint finding his voice. "Flint singing about his role in The Prodigy: to get audiences pumped. He is there to ignite the crowd, to put a fire under their collective arses. He is their adrenalizer, the caffeinator. He is - The Firestarter." RIP
I now own the house the guys were renting when Charley's Cat was released.
Our, now very elderly neighbours remember Keith with great fondness as he was very kind to them when Rachel was ill, she was quite upset when she heard about his death.
wow
That's so wonderful! You could hear all these lovely stories after Keith's sad passing, about how kind he really was to all kinds of people. And supercool that you own that particular house: meantime it became iconic! All the best to you and your neighbours
@@Jorg-ug3ie Thanks Jorg. He came into the motorcycle shop I worked at in Braintree one afternoon driving a brand new TVR Speed 6. I was admiring it with him when he asked me if I would like to have a drive. I declined out of fear of scuffing a wheel or something so he took me round the bypass.
He wasn't trying to impress me with his success, he was simply offering me the chance to share his joy, fond memory.
I am also Donk btw :).
Thats cool AF
No one cares. You're a kook.
As a Metalhead I can honestly say Fat of the Land is one of my favorite albums of all time.
That makes us 2 - in the least. It's - BAM
@@scladoffle2472 That was a strange rant.
@@scladoffle2472 awwww….did someone skip their coffee this morning? Imagine being an adult that is having SUCH! a TOUGH DAY! that they are triggered by a really old comment on a video that is exactly about said comment and about something so silly as defining the main genre of music one likes. Shucks…
@@scladoffle2472 I concur- you big mad
@@nybsfp7486 'societal boxes' lol then calls you 'nerd'. I'm guessing 15.
_The Fat of the Land_ is just one of those things that's totally perfect. It's genius on so many levels-musically but it's also just a perfect distillation of a particular time, lifestyle, emotional state, and overall vibe. It's a timeless classic that's irrevocably linked to such a specific era. It's a paradox.
It really is. The only dance music I ever enjoyed. Because it's not just dance I guess lol. It really is heavy, and uses great fucking samples. And the composing is top notch. They really did create a masterpiece.
Climbatiiiiizeee
@@morsteen I dig some Faithless and Daft Punk at times as well.
@@khululyp I can enjoy some of that if I happen to hear it. I think this prodigy album was perfect timing for a lot of us,..so ill actually seek it out to play it from time to time. Whereas with other stuff, it will only be heard if I happen to come across it. I do also enjoy the long synthwave compilations I find on UA-cam. Love that 80s outrun vibe.
Agreed…I’m a hip hop head…and I picked up TFOTL on a whim…and instantly LOVED IT…”Firestarter”, “Breathe”, and my favourite, “Smack My Bitch Up”….I blasted that album for 2 years straight!
IMO the intro to _Smack My Bitch Up_ is so heavy, raw and powerful.
As powerful as _Welcome to the Jungle_ or _Straight Outta Compton_ .
That’s how you start an album.
When I was a kid and I heard Prodigy, I thought it was metal. It got me into metal. Prodigy got me into metal.
LOL! that's sad.
When I was a kid I heard Prodigy and I thought Rave!! Prodigy got me into Breakbeat Techno.
@@peterbelanger4094 Why is it sad? Fuck him for enjoying something you don't, eh?
@@peterbelanger4094 shut up
@@peterbelanger4094 the riff in Voodoo people is one of the best guitar riffs ever
The fact they couldn't even afford color film made one of the most memorable & iconic music videos of all time. Life, man... A weird shit! #RIP Keith ❤
It wouldn't have been nearly as effective in colour as evidenced in this video. The monochrome look gave it a different vibe.
I love your NamE. Hunter would be proud! ✌️
I'm not sure this story is true. By the 90s, black-and-white film was rarely used, so would have been more expensive.
It was done in black white due to the budget. It was fisrt shot in colour but they didn't have enough money left to shoot it in colour again so they did it in black and white. True fact.
@@vinniedixon1140 Why would they shoot the video again? Sounds made up to me.
Amazing how The Prodigy managed to be appreciated by many different 90’s music scenes
The Fat Of The Land is a timeless album. The first album I ever fell in love with as a youngster and itll forever have a special place in my heart. R.I.P Keith, a true idol!
As a metalhead, The Prodigy is one of my favorite bands of all time.
Prodigy plus metal
check out 'Zardonic'. Thank me later
fuck yeah, it has the right spirit
Yeah, they were ok for a couple albums, but went totally soft and dance-ey after fat of the land. Notice, this video didn't even mention anything after that album.
@@peterbelanger4094 no king rules forever. They did their thing, it's nuff
Firestarter might’ve been the song that put them on the international map, but Breathe was what made them legendary.
Diesel power was damn good too
"Out of space" did put them on the international map.
The song that did the best in our country was "No good".
I think "Firestarter" made them legendary.
@Pol Fartin potatoes. :-)
Breathe played live, the bass so powerful it'd make you want to puke your guts out...
Voodoo people, amirite?
When you remember exactly where you were when you first heard a song...that song is special.
I was a metal fan, but hearing the opening notes of Firestarter on the radio, I delayed going home and drove around until it had finished. It still gives me tingles every time I hear it.
I remember clearly the day I listened smack my bitch up for the first time.. my life changed forever
You're so right. I remember vividly the day I listened to "the omen" for the first time. Amazing band, amazing music 🖤
Liam Howlett is nothing short of a musical genius.
Fat of the Land is a lifelong classic for me. The album is an experience with nothing feeling like filler. The music still sounds energetic, relevant, and unique to this day.
I adore the album to this day, you're right about no filler and it's still one of the single most energizing albums I've ever heard. One of the best albums ever made for sure.
Sure. I bought it pretty late years ago but the singles and videos stay in my mind from my youth....
Fat of the Land is one of my moved loved CD. I miss Keith Flints energy. Damn! Why did he have to suicide out of this life? Did he not know that his presence in videos helped many of us who also suffered from depression? I know. He had his reasons so I will not judge. What an incredible man.
Music for a jilted generation is one of the greatest albums of all time.
To this day, it is still the best album to listen to from start to finish. It is an all time classic!
Go on any comment section about any album and you'll see someone saying the same thing.
It's ok to just say you like something without resorting to extremes like "greatest", although it's one of my personal favourites.
Aye! My unbeaten fav album
@@nebularain3338 awkward silence ensues ...
Fack ye!
Prodigy made a huge impact on me in the 90s! Till believe to this day they’re the most badass group ever. They’re songs are still dope as hell 🔥
I saw them at the Barrowland in Glasgow in October of 1996 and it was the best atmosphere at a gig I’ve ever experienced. Myself and all the metal heads had a pit going up the front while the clubbed types who usually hassled us on Saturday nights were also having a great time just behind us. There was no tension or animosity between the groups because everyone was having such a great time.
I remember as a kid thinking this guy was some demon who lived in the underground, broadcasting a message to the world that he starts fires.
Bless ya'
That’s bad ass
that's the coolest image
we had this channel called ARTE here. they aired smack my bitch up when i was like 8 years old or so. i remember telling my parents at the time that i really liked that music. haha!
😂😂😂😂
I guess I gotta add “go to a 90’s prodigy concert” on my things to do with a time machine list. Seriously, they look like they put on wild shows.
Their live @ Phoenix 1996 is possibly the best live performance i've ever seen recorded.
They did mate...they did.
Hahaha glad I'm not the only one with a list like that.
My parents were ravers and saw them live... I'm jealous
I got to see them play Brixton Academy in 2005. Absolutely insane gig, the bass was so powerful it punched the air out of my lungs. Was awesome seeing a bunch of ravers and metallers together in one place just having a blast as well.
If my house catches fire, The Prodigy albums are the first thing I'm saving
This is a comprehensive and accurate piece of music journalism. I lived through the 90s music scene in Great Britain and you hit all the important context and musical touch points. Bravo.
The Prodigy opened up the world of electronic music to me. I was into punk, metal and rock, but they changed everything. Favorite band, period.
Same. The Hackers soundtrack was the most influential CD I ever purchased. I was into punk and metal, but after listening to Voodoo People on repeat for hours on end, I was hooked on The Prodigy. Still my favorite groups of all time.
“Jilted” was an absolute masterpiece
"claustrophobic sting" was one of my secret favorites. It was something I'd listen to when falling asleep and the changes in beats were impressive to me. It dawned on my that you can make music without actually having a "singer".
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@@DanielMores Deepest of deep cuts. One of the best tracks they ever did.
@@DanielMores my favorite.
“Jilted” still an absolute masterpiece
I actually play "Experience" the most, followed by "Jilted". I didn't like Firestarter. Breathe on the other hand was awesome.
I've seriously watched this video 5 times...never did I think a documentary format video about music would be so rewatchable. Honestly, this is some of your best work.
Don't know how you don't have 5 million subscribers.
I was born in 2002 and was fortunate enough, that my parents would listen to pridigy when I was a kid. I am even more happy, that I was lucky to attend the prodigy concert a couple of years before Flint has passed...They are partially responsible for my music taste.They always will have a special place in my heart. .
RIP Keith "the Beast" Flint. When I saw Firestarter, I thought Keith and Maxim were the scariest looking guys not in metal.
What's crazy is, they started off lookin so baby-faced.
@@greysky1252 Ikr?
I just commented abut how Keith scared the shit out of a six year old me sitting in front of the TV seeing Firestarter. Especially since I came from a religious home.
Yea😃😃😃 same here😃😃😃
Wtf. Why did I never hear he died? Shiit
one of the most punk rock electronica songs ever written. that whole album is totally insane and perfect. great video, as always.
Agree
@Wikkitt Klown sure.
yeah, punk isn't written. and how much punk rock electronica is there really?
@@kght222 lots. synthpunk, digital hardcore, industrial...
@Wikkitt Klown you lack taste
When I was a kid in the 90s, I was a massive techno head and wouldn't listen to anything with a guitar. The Prodigy changed that for me and now I mainly listen to metal. So you could say The Prodigy turned me into a metal head
Firestarter is such a special song!!! Was cool as hell and fresh. We'd dance like maniacs to music. You couldn't sit still with all those cool riffs and that frenetic energy swirling around. Moshing to Prodigy was what that time was all about
Same thing with Cypress Hill. Metalheads love the ‘hill.
and beastie boys
True enough, but Cypress Hill and Beastie Boys started out with Rock/Metal in their music anyway. Beastie Boys were initially a Punk band, before they 'went rap' and Cypress Hill mixed in metal on their albums back in the mid-90's.
Too right we do. Checkmate Fool!
@@OsellaSquadraCorse Cypress Hill definitely didn't start out with metal influences. There is no sign of metal in Black Sunday yet tracks from that album were played all the time in metal clubs here in the UK.
@@lacowie Not all of them my wife is a metalhead (well so am i) but she HATE Beastie boys anything with rap is a huge no no for her i love them tho but mostly Paul revere i love the simplicity of it and that slow beating bass track is just ooof and Brass Monkey
I remember getting The Fat of The Land for Christmas in 97. ( My parents were pretty cool)
I remember a record shop 3 miles away opened at midnight for the release of fat of the land and me and my best mate riding over and buying the album, then listened while smoking bongs lol
I also got The fat of the land for Christmas 97:) Funnily enough both my older brothers and I bought it for one another(unbeknownst to eachother) so xmas morning it was amusing when we all opened our gifts and had 3 copies of fat of the land. I think that was one of the few albums that we all agreed was amazing which said a lot considering my siblings and i had completely different tastes in music as kids.
Same here, with a pair of jncos
I picked up mine in 98 from my local mom&pop shop after seeing Firestarter on Mtv. I still have that same CD in my collection. The whole record was fantastic, and I still have about 7 of the tracks on regular rotation in my All Time playlist.
It was one of the first cd i bought :) I remember how cool i felt when walking home that day, haha! good times
Can I just say, I've just discovered this channel and it's by far the best on UA-cam. These videos are exactly the sort of stuff the lads and I talk about on a daily basis.
Keep up the good work 💪🏼
RIP Keith :( Still can't believe you're not with us.
The prodigy were so far ahead of their time. I remember loving them in the 90's as a kid then rediscovering them in the early 2000's when hard trance was massive and it still stood on it's own against anything that was coming out at the time.
Same, 90's kid as well. It's hard to explain how big they were. Before them, dance music was dance music, and rock was rock. Prodigy "jitlted" my imagination.
“This is outrageous! This is contagious!”
(I’m almost definitely a musical genius)
Peep Show baby: ua-cam.com/video/6exgBw7iaA8/v-deo.html
SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO FUTILE
Fucking Peep Show! Lol
Jeffs doing a joke
OBEY MY COMMANDS ORLAX! 😆
The album Experience is absolutely fantastic. So interesting to see the effect they had on the breakbeat scene, which is surging in popularity again
Best Prodigy album if you ask me!
The Prodigy really did bring together a lot of different types of music fans from ravers, punks, metal heads to even a lot of pop/chart music fans.
Saw them live several times and they were always amazing.
R.I.P Keith, one of a kind.
And being an old school METAL and punk fan.
Bands like PRODIGY CRYSTAL METHOD AND CHEMICAL BROTHERS.
hit that sweet spot.
As well being an old school hip hop rap fan.
RUN DMC LL COOL J PUBLIC ENEMY fan.
Yeah makes want to break stuff and get angry.
Growing up with punk and metal I found the dance scene in 89/90. Approaching 50 I still love all these genres, and if Grandma would have the kids for I think I lose it for a weekend in a field again!
I know right!
That's what I was saying.
Late 90's techno with industrial
Hit that sweet spot that METAL and PUNK that paved the way for.
And it makes sense musically.
@@memyopinionsche6610 DIY, lets have it!, Fuck 'em and Their Law summed it up.
Hell yeah, had each and every one of those cd's. They still get me amped up decades later
Current list on phone to listen to whilst at work; all albums for each artist.
AC/DC
Air
Arch Enemy
Au Pair
Body Count
Cypress Hill
Danzig
Die Antwoord
Dizzee Rascal
Faithless
Funkdoobiest
Goldie Lookin Chain
Hilltop Hoods
Judas Priest
Jurassic 5
KMFDM
Korn
Lupe Fiasco
Marilyn Manson
Megadeth
Motorhead
NWA
Public Enemy
RATM
Rammstein
Run DMC
Sex Pistols
Slayer
Sonic Animation
The Prodigy
R.I.P KEITH THANX FOR THE VOCALS TO ONE OF PRODIGY'S MOST ICONIC SONGS KEEP ROCKIN FOR THE GODS.
I've always wondered how they created their music, that's my favourite track of theirs!
RIP Keith Flint
I got into The Prodigy in 95 with Poison, Their Law and Voodoo People. Was all rock /metal i listened to back then but they quickly became one of my favourites. When i first heard Firestarter i couldn't believe how awesome it was. I've seen them around 5 times live and every gig was unreal. One of my all time favourite bands . RIP KEEF.
well made!
And Liam is a hundred procent right.
The Prodigy is the most unique and important bands ever. Also he should be revierd as one of the best producers in music.
Pol Fartin
Who cares*
I was never a fan of electronic music but these guys took everything to the next level... the mixing and the production was levels above anything at that time.
If you ever saw them live, it was a privilege. If you did, you know what I am talking about. That goosebumps, heart pumping adrenaline feeling of the first few bars and then the boys bringing it on. One of the most amazing things I have ever seen. Sincerity won it over.
EXIT 2007. 105 minutes of explosive energy in the fortress
i saw them in 98 at reading with my wife and although we are probably classed as hardcore fans we didn't see them again until 2017 and finally 2018.. They banged it just as hard the last time as when we saw them the first.. like you say a privilege and an amazing show ..
They played at the first festival I ever went to. Been nearly 10 years since that, still to this day is one of the craziest performances I've witnessed.
You don't watch The Prodigy, it happens to you.
Took me 27 years from first hearing them (and initially writing them off as a dodgy techno act, oops) to finally see them live on their final tour.
What an experience. Can't believe I'll never see it again :(
I was born in '90 and I remember mid-90's and early 00's. Literally EVERYONE was playing The Prodigy, and I couldn't get away from it, not that I wanted to! I often asked to have Prodigy albums and singles. I'm now big into rock and metal, but my heart will ALWAYS be with The Prodigy, in true, progressive, alternative music. Anything that stands out from the crowd, I'm game. Thank you Flint. Thank you The Prodigy.... for everything!
I really enjoyed this documentary. Thanks for all the effort you put in. Haven't thought about the Prodigy in years. Good memories.
Ill never forget seeing "Smack My Bitch Up" come on MTV one night right before they went to the infomercials around 3am, it blew my young mind.
@Zack Schilling haha yeah. 👍 The first time I saw the video - and uncensored at that - was what I believe was its debut on MTV's "120 Minutes" when Matt Pinfield hosted, and it was the final video of that episode right before 2 am EST. Before they showed it he gave a warning about its content. And I'll never forget Matt's face after the video played, before he said good night. He looked like he had just witnessed a murder. LOL 😂
Great times back then.
"Looked like he had just witnessed a murder" - hahahahaha that's funny as fuck
I'm from the punk generation and there are not many bands i've bothered my arse to see more than once, Prodigy are an exception, absolutely awesome, mesmerising, the best live act i have ever seen, just gratefull to have seen them in their pomp.
Why Keith ? Just why mate ? Guess you had your reasons.
Same thing here m8. Best live shows I have ever seen, hands down. Whenever I randomly get to listen to their stuff these days, I'm just very conflicted. I avoid listening to their stuff just altogether, I'm that conflicted by it. I mean no disrespect to the band whatsoever. It just hits to close for comfort.
Punk was never my thing, most lives were junkies and drunks screamingshit on out of tuned guitars without any actual musical input. On the other hand the Prodigy's electronic punk actually contained takings of different musical genre elements and blending into an pleasant entity and it even had a message in it and actual story. The music speaks thousands of worlds especially their live setup was amazing, Lima said he makes music for live performances and when you hear all the frequencies it shows he is a pure genius. Listening their stuff on a room setup doesn't represents this well only their live shows. The engeneering is pure genious.
Why Keith? Its rock and roll. Actually lived long for a rock and roller.
Mate, dont say why and dont even question it. Keith himself said it many times in the interviews that he was NOT saving up for anything. He said he was simply cashing in whatever money he was making. He explained he would pull the plug one day as he mentioned he knew no one would look after him when he s very old. So his thing was like why not pulling the plug now instead of melting bit by bit and become desperate.... everybody is like " oh.. mental illness...etc " No mate no, his was a well thought decision that he carried through. Im not happy either that he s gone but he got what he wanted. So, dont ask why, just let him rest in peace!
Pro fessional relax bro, you don’t know either.
I was one of those "pure rock" teenagers growing up in the 90s, until I came across the Breathe video in 1997. I had never seen anything like it. The strength, the energy, the passion, left their mark on me, as a teenager from a lost city, in a distant country (Coyhaique, Chile) and opened the door for other incredible bands like KMFDM and Front 242.
Fortunately I was lucky enough to see them live when they came to Chile in 2009 and I can say that it was the most intense concert I've ever been to.
Gracias por tanto.
I love quite a few of their songs before Fat of the Land, but that album is something else. A timeless classic. The production and transitions between samples is just flawless.
When I heard Breath for the first time I was just blown away. I couldn't get enough of that track. I only knew one guy who had it on tape, so I would stalk him every break at school to listen to it over and over again. I think the love for the breaks from Prodigy then developed into my love of Drum and Bass
Imagine watching this video to the end as a fan of The Prodigy to find out that Keith died. What a gut punch.
Very thoughtful piece. Subbed.
A "prodigy fan" that didn't know Keith died last year?
@@ewan80 Your reading and comprehension is on point!
Magnificent you two.
I am floored didnt know just found out!! been a fan 4 ever,Recently got kicked out of london drugs for havin smack my bitch up cranked on my headphones,guess the old bitty in line didnt have the same taste in music.LOL Rave on Kieth where ever you get too!!
wow what an absolutely amazing channel youve got here amazing work on every video i've seen so far. wow man wow!
I was amazed to watch this video. really nice job. I am a Prodigy fan since the 90`s . You came up with interesting curiosities about the band. the quotes from Keith and Liam, the origin of the band, their relevance and contribution to change the music scenario forever. Admirable, congratulations for all the involveds. thank you.
There was another thing about the "Firestarter" video, which you haven't touched on. Singing about arson in a disused tube station, post 1987's King's Cross tube station fire, was about as well received as could be expected. Imagine doing a cover of Alice Cooper's "School's Out", with a video set in an obvious high school, whilst wearing a trenchcoat and brandishing an AR15.
Heluva song. RIP, Keef.
I was around at the time of both of these and never linked the two.
Someone needs to make a bad455 track called "biohazard". Make it a hard industrial rock song with apocalyptic themes. Have the lead in a hazmat suit with a rifle strapped on his back, shooting up quarantined extras.
After a decade you would think people would have moved on from that. It would only have been distasteful if it came out recently after, but we're talking 1987 and 1996.
except no AR-15 was used at columbine. They were a sawed off double-barrel Savage 311-D shotgun, Hi-Point model 995 carbine rifle, TEC-DC9 9mm handgun, and a sawed off pump-action Savage-Springfield 67H shotgun. Yet no one ever wants to mention the red medallion on Dylan's left boot of a hammer and sickle, but you can keep blaming the AR-15.
@@mormacfey You're missing the point, by a long, long way. The AK-47 and M16/AR-15 are iconic weapons which have an impact on people's psyche merely by being displayed. It would take a heartless, sociopathic-minded (not dissimilar to a school-shooter's) to sit down and point out that a specific weapon was never actually used in a certain instance. You outed yourself, mate. I wouldn't be at all surprised if you actually owned an AR/AK.
Yes, this is very true. I was coming of age when the "Firestarter" video/single came out here in the U.S., I was 14, turning 15 in a few months. I was really into Marilyn Manson, White Zombie and Korn in '96. Seeing the "Firestarter" video on MTV was a revelation to me. It was heavy, weird and very interesting. That was THE video of late 1996 and all of my friends in high school really dug it as well. Weird thing is, even the more popular people that were into, god knows what at the time, were even in to it. It really crossed boundaries. Which, at the time, was very different culturally.
Amazing the variety we had back in the days.
I was too into Marilyn Manson, Korn, Metallica, Limp Bizkit, Nirvana, Oasis, RATM, Blur....
Try to find out today 15 or 20 great bands... is impossible
Yeah I was teen in 1996. I was listening like U2, Depeche mode and then I heard Firestarter. It was something new
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I was very into MTV Latin America on those days (from not a native English speaker country) and I remember listening to exactly the same bands described here adding other ones like Beck, Kula Shaker, Jamiroquai, Alanis, Garbage... when I heard for the first time Firestarter and I was shocked not only by "discovering" this new strange (for me) but awesome music but also for the video.
very similar story here
I’m so impressed with how many different sounds contributed to make ‘Firestarter’. What an amazing track, truly timeless.
Brilliantly put together. Very enjoyable.
Makes me nostalgic for late 90s/early 2000s days.
Same here!!!
makes me remember the days i tested drugs with friends over by the canal while graffittiing under the canal bridge, man (i say "remember"....)
The Prodigy, still getting goose bumps listening to their music. I love them.
+1 on the goosebumps!
Fat Of The Land and The Crystal Method's Vegas were the 2 albums that introduced me to the world of electronic music. They're now my 2 favorite albums ever made, and if I ever become an artist, both of them will be huge inspirations for the sound I make, alongside The Chemical Brothers, Paul Oakenfold, and Fatboy Slim. Big beat fused with industrial rock or trance sounds so fucking good.
R.I.P. Keith Flint.
Those, and The Chemical Brothers album Surrender. I absolutely love all three groups.
Saw them live at the Mad Cool Festival in Madrid this year. When they played Firestarter and had a moving lazer outline image of Keith on both sides of the stage, every f*cking hair on my neck stood up and the crowd went completely nuts. Brutal, raw energy on another level. RIP Keith. Long live The Prodigy.
Love this series, but as someone in my teens in the early 1990s I can safely say dance and rock may have been different but fans were crossing genres all the time! I was a hip hop indie rock dance music obsessive. Most of my friends were too. I read reviews of Black Dog and Leftfield in NME and Melody Maker. In the pre-internet days, we took what we could! Mix tapes were melanges
And I guess Blur was also pop-rock, along with Oasis and Weezer. I'd even say Soundgarden was a little pop-py too.
Early 90's music was a dope time to be a teenager. One of my boys he was from England, smoking out one day he put on a song called I Don't Know by Big Audio Dynamite, that shit blew me away. We listened to that whole album, it was rock, hip-hop, dance, I didn't know wtf I was listening to but I loved it.
I was in Australia during that time and over there Prodigy for sure were the first electronica band to cross over to metalheads
Did Industrial just get erased from history? The person that made this video is a poser...
Erik Hermansen He writes about the band’s from the POV of the pr and the the press at the time, but if you were around BEFORE the electronica boom and were HARDCORE then you knew the score...Labels like Wax Trax! And bands like Front 242, Nitzer Ebb, and NiN (not to mention Skinny Puppy and Ministry) had done a lot of the legwork merging rock and dance, but SOMEONE had to prepackage it for the mall kids...
im 40 and still listening their music :D
40 years old, using a Dragonball Z pfp
@@austins.2495 DBZ was released in 1989, OP was around 8 when the first episode aired and around 15 when the show concluded. So why not use it?
excellent documentary, quite nice uncommon/ little known details worked out in the research. One of the best summaries I've ever seen as a fan of the first hour.
We need another Prodigy to get anger and energy back into music. I can't imagine what it must have been like listening to Firestarter on the radio, even today it sounds more terrifying than any metal out there, there's a real sense of menace to it.
Agreed
You won't get another Prodigy because the corporate bigwigs of the record industry don't want that type of thing anymore as they just want commercial crap. The Prodigy did things their way because they didn't play the corporate game as Liam once said and I quote " I write albums when I am good and ready, not for the sake of it". Hence why there was a 7 year gap between The Fat of the Land and Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned. There will only be one Prodigy anything else will be a cheap imitation
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It was one of them great moments as a teenager.bk then the top 40 charts was full of them fucking manufactured boy groups like take that.middle class ponces like simon cowell and Pete waterman kept up a constant conveyer belt of bland pretty boys . Me and my mates had almost given up with new music then all of a sudden after take that we got a barrage of brilliant fucking insanity which was firestarter..wow still makes my hair stand on wnd when hearing it.
Prodigy had been around long before firestarter .getting there start in the rave scene.to this day music for the jilted generation is one of my all time favorite albums aling with the fat of the land which has firestarter and another classic smack my bitch up
Rip Keith you shaped my teenage years .
Why do we need another Prodigy when it’s been reported Liam is making the next Prodigy album? Their sill going
I've seen Prodigy in concert '96. Great band. Great era. Illegal raves. Living in Britain during that time was on whole, a great time to be young.
What a brilliant video.bought a lovely lots of memories back....brilliant brilliant!
Nice video, thank you those for making and sharing it
Great video as always. Can't hear the opening of any The Prodigy song without my hear rate increasing to over 100, like a Red Bull IV.
Damn, almost 2 years already that Keith is gone. RIP man, you were one of the best electro musician for the last decades.
It's still raw 😢
Glad i got to see them live. one of the best concerts i have been on !
Love it!!!! Prodigy has always been #1 to me. Everyone of my friends came to me because I knew all the new hits to new styles & made many historical at all gatherings we endured or adventured to.
I have to say I'm glad they ran out of money 'for colour'... As firestarter is one of the best videos... EVER 😊
R.I.P Keith ☹️❤️
I'd like to contribute to the wholesomeness of the comment section by sharing how I got into listening to Prodigy in the first place. I used to buy summer music compilation CDs (I'm Italian btw) when I was like 8 to 12 years old. One summer I got a CD which featured Firestarter amongst the tracks and I kept on playing it in my CD player at almost full volume. A few years after I discovered them again through a few classmates and I listened to many other songs. Every song I hear from them is good for me, no matter what video I will pick, I know that I will like it. I'm happy and proud to be a part of their fanbase.
It's really sad that Keith passed away, but he definitely left his mark in the lives of many of us for the better.
Fantastic video! Thanks for doing this! The Prodigy are special.
I was working on my Associates Degree in IT when a friend from the UK told me Flint passed. I immediately pulled up "The Fat of The Land" and cranked it up. Listened to the entire album the rest of the day. You will be forever missed Keith and the influence and joy we had from hearing you will forever be missed.
I was a hip hop head at 9 and I heard "Breathe" and couldn't resist it! I heard "Firestarter" later because obviously I was new to the genre. But hearing The Prodigy changed my whole view of music.
Diesel Power.
@@orangewarm1 Who doesn't love Kool Keith lol
@@orangewarm1 the only bad track on an otherwise PERFECT album
Love that they said “it’s too scary for 7pm”, I’m in South Africa, I first heard this track at around 4 in the afternoon on the kids segment of the national channel. Sooo
which one? tv1? tv2? CCV? hahahaha
@@thaabietmajiet2937 SABC 2, Lol before dragonball z
Excellent, superb , top video. A marvellous and explanatory tour of the Prodigy band
This has brought a new level of respect to me for The Prodigy. Props!
I'll never forget the first time I heard "Firestarter", jumping about with my friend, both of us in dungarees with backwards Kangol caps on our heads! God, I wish I could gun it back to '96!! Nostalgia is a pain in the arse!!! RIP Keith Flint, what a legend!!😎
RIP KEITH FLINT. I will always remember the first time i saw Firestarter on Mtv I was like WTF?!?! 2 years later I was trying to figure out how to produce my own music. The Prodigy, NIN, Skinny Puppy these were my heroes. Thanks for the memories!
This band is and are a gift to the world but more importantly an national British treasure. Be envious of this island, there is greatness here
This is a really brilliant breakdown of the track firestarter. Thanks!
I was lucky to see them twice, once in Italy - Milano and second time in Slovenia - Ljubljana, it was powerful, I even got Keith in my face at some point (he jumped off the stage). Such a shame he left... R.I.P.
They’re iconic. Plain and simple.
So many good songs and memories!! Great video!
Great! Thanks for the work! Appreciate
R.I.P Keith we will always remember you.
Legend's never DIE
I remember when I first saw the 'Firestarter' video it definitely blew me away and i was very impressed with Flints image and vocals. I remember buying the cd and became a fan quickly. RIP Mr Flint - the man had the right moniker as well because he was a brilliant and bright spark
I saw them in 2011, they were the headliner and absolutely blew me away, wasn't even into that type of music at that age, but after I was a huge fan of them. They had so much stage presence it was spectacular. Wish I could have seen them again.
First time stumbled on your site. Thank you for an awesome little episode...
When I first saw the song Breathe featured on MTV I was amazed... They all looked so creepy and fckin awesome.. Instant love!
They were huge in MX in the 90's they influenced DJ's and all underground events RIP 🙏
Thanx for the memories prodigy, glad i was a part of the movement!, thell never be another Keithy....lets not forget the shamen, they was trail blazers aswell...
What a fucking brilliant video! Loved it! I loved Prodigy so much, FotL was my first album ever. Firestarter got me into their sound, that "Hey Hey Hey!" was so incredibly catchy and pure awesome. Even if, I must say, Their Law became my favorite, that all "fuck'em and their law" followed by those guitars got my spine shivering. So cool to learn so many cool stuff about those songs, thanks so much!