WHY isn't LIAM HOWLETT ranked alongside RDJ? [ the Prodigy ]

[vamos scorcho]

listen to this then shut the fuck up

 

as genius as anything RDJ ever did, that much is certain (love both, just saying, the Prodigy is underrepresented)

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrCWy2hK5yM

[goDel]

Why? Because it's a different genre perhaps?

 

/shuts up

[xyrofen]

The Prodigy sounds pretty generic by today's standards. Doesn't seemed to have aged particularly well.

[Squee]

The Prodigy sounds pretty generic by today's standards. Doesn't seemed to have aged particularly well.

 

And RDJ has?

[Mindphaser]

He was definately a pioneer in the Breakbeat/Hardcore genre. Jilted is a masterpiece and one of the best Electronic albums of the 90`s. Shame he peaked so early though.

 

One of my favourites.

[kinski]

my bet is on 'he was never as good'

[beerwolf]

drrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

 

well one thing Richard is the King of Cornwall, and Liam is a cockfacedcunt from Essex.

[Guest bitroast]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0j_i4AxVW0w

 

WE ARE

THE PRODIGY

[BCM]

i think liam's tunes were alright, up to fat of the land anyway...but they are in no way in the same league as rdj in terms of originality, emotion or innovation imo

[Rubin Farr]

Not in the same league.

[Cryptowen]

Is Aphex even ranked that much higher outside of places like WATMM? Most music people I know who are aware of RDJ dig some of his tracks but don't consider him Spacemusic Jesus, which is about the same as how they'd react to the Prodg

[BCM]

rdj is extremely well regarded amongst a whole host of musicians and professionals from classical composers to movie directors so yeah, i think he's ranked quite highly by a lot of people.

[modey]

I have actually listened to Invaders Must Die a LOT more than the Tuss/Analords.

[BCM]

[modey]

[o00o]

old Prodigy is still timeless today. sadly they lost it with / after babys got a temper

 

nsfw:

 

http://vimeo.com/3044936

 

[delet...]

I think the first clip posted answers the OP's question.

[YO303]

First 3 albums are okay.

 

You can't compare Liam with RDJ, this thread is stupid.

[Guest dean789]

The Prodigy sounds pretty generic by today's standards. Doesn't seemed to have aged particularly well.

 

And RDJ has?

He looks ok for 40 and still has a full head of hair

[chassis]

Im pretty sure if you asked a bunch of people that weren't on an Aphex Twin message board, you'd get a reply to the effect of "Who the fuck is Richard?" and "The prodigy are awesome!".

 

Something like that.

[YO303]

^yep.

 

The general public probably ranks The Prodigy higher than RDJ (they probably don't rank RDJ at all)

[Guest sljiva]

It's a taste issue. MFTJG is technically as good as anything RDJ has done to that point. Some people get turned off by guitar riffs, vocal samples and big beats The Prodigy were not shy to employ, but they were in essence a high energy dance band and it was all done in a masterful and tasteful way, almost cheesyless. Liam might have not have a variety of Richard (or he was not interested in doing ambient, etc.), but he was impeccable in his own little niche of music.

[oscillik]

Don't forget that up until The Fat Of The Land, Liam was still sequencing everything (and I mean everything) from Roland W-30s.

 

At least that's what he tells people.

 

I just think that's pretty awesome.

[YEK]

the prodigy reps aphex twin in the credits for the "experience" album

[gunnar]

my 5 favourite producers of all time: aphex, squarepusher, optical, king tubby and liam howlett

 

experience and jilted are the work of a genius, no doubt.