Il fenomeno danzereccio del Big Beat, nacque in UK negli anni '90, e sin da allora viene portato avanti a suon di bassi e pogo da band micidiali come Prodigy (capitanati dal DJ tuttofare Liam Howlett) e Chemical Brothers (che in realtà affrontano spesso interessanti sviluppi musicali) per citarne due tra le più note.
Quando nel 1997 Scott Kirkland e Ken Jordan registrarono Vegas, la situazione si fece interessante. I due compositori americani infatti, mostrarono la loro visione del fenomeno europeo senza scopiazzare e con una verniciatura di personalità.
In realtà Vegas non contiene particolari virtuosismi elettronici, bensì una semplicità di fondo che rende il disco godibile e accessibile da diverse esigenze di pubblico. Campionamenti tipici del genere (rubati al film The Dark Crystal e dalle trasmissioni NASA durante la missione Apollo 8), e momenti più oscuri di altri sono riscontrabili ovviamente da subito, ma l'elemento caratteristico é il mood notturno e inquieto in stile trip hop che emanano le note della nera Trip Like I Do e soprattutto della costante High Roller.
Considerato addirittura seminale, l'album ricevette critiche positive, riconoscimenti e remix da parte di pezzi grossi come Paul Oakenfold e Deadmau5.
Nella versione inglese appare anche la bonus track (Can't You) Trip Like I Do, esperimento di fusione tra i Crystal Method e la band industrial metal Filter, apparsa anche nella colonna sonora di Spawn. Brano intriso di chitarre taglienti e frustrazione.
Immaginate lo spazio aperto ed immenso, la paura del vuoto infinito o la rabbia di mille strade buie, tutto questo é Vegas.
Elenco tracce testi samples e video
01 Trip Like I Do (07:34)
I've got the understanding of a 4-year-old
I've got the peice of mind of a killer soul
I've got the rationale of a new york cop
I've got the patience of a chopping block yeahtrip like I do
Trip like I do (oh my god this is the best)
"Uh
I Want You To Trip Like Me I Want You To Have Fun
Me & You"
I've got the accumend of a season broke
I've got the lack of say of a billion souls
I've got the world on my back but I don't seem to care
I've got the comprehension of a world unaware yeah
Trip like I do
Trip like I do (oh my god this is the best)
Trip like I do (mm... I want you to trip like I do)
Can't you can't you trip like I do
Can't you can't you trip like I do
Laid down my back I can't sleep cause I'm falling
Eyes in my teeth I can't see cause I'm eating
Head full of noise I can't think cause it's crushing
Back on my feet like a freight trian I'm coming
Can everybody feel like I do
Can everybody feel like I do (oh my god)
Can't you can't you trip like I do
Can't you can't you trip like I do (oh my god)
Can't you trip can't you think can't you feel like I do
Can't you walk can't you breathe can't you trip like I do... like me...
02 Busy Child (07:24)
I guess I didn't know
Get busy child
Get busy.../I guess I didn't...
Get busy child
04 High Roller (05:29)
This transmission is coming to you
You got it
We see the earth
Uh we see the uh earth now uh
05 Comin' Back (05:38)
i know that i don't understand
where my feelings roam
i've got to look outside again
and wonder where i have gone
i looked into someone's eyes again
and it's been oh so long
i never meant it to talk again
i tried to silence you
you keep coming back again
you keep coming back for more
and then you come back
and on my mind
you tried to make me look good
you know i just don't have the time
i never ever understood]
you keep coming back again
you keep coming back for more
you keep coming back again
you keep coming back for more]
you keep coming back again
you keep coming back for more
you keep coming back again
you keep coming back for more
(you keep coming back again
you keep coming back for more)
you keep coming back again
you keep coming back for more
you keep coming back again
you keep coming back for more
09 Jaded (07:05)
turn your head
if it don't feel good
turn your head x2
think about the good things that i did to you
and think about the bad things that i didn't do...
that i didn't do
that i didn't do
that i didn't do
turn your head
if it don't feel good
turn your head
if you dont wanna take it x4
(static mumbiling)
think about the good things that i did to you
and think about the bad things that i didn't do...
that i didn't do
that i didn't do
that i didn't do
turn your head
if it don't feel good
turn your head
if you dont wanna take it x9
turn your head
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