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Seems he will be well missed. Interestingly I was listening to More Music for the Jilted Generation at the weekend, and there one of the extra track I had never heard before. It's not Keith, but it's brilliant.
I'm not huge on their later stuff, but there is always a track or two with the magical Prodigy ingredients - for me it has to have a good tune and be musical. I really like Stand Up on Invader (I think) - love the tune, love the use of chords and love the 303 at then end.
This is the track I found - a fan mash-up called Shut 'Em Up and it is brilliant - I think you can hear how Keith was maybe influenced by Public Enemy / Chuck D to a certain extent as these vocals fit really well. Apologies if already been posted but it's new to me!
Devastating news that I had hoped wasnt true , I saw them back in the Rave days at Ingliston In Edinburgh about 1992 then again in probably 1994. They cut both gigs short as the PA system was shite . I think It was probably keith dancing in the jump suit with the curtain bob hair and beach hat that really got me into going to Raves , That and the disco biscuits. He was Johnny Rotten for the rave era despite Liam being the main talent of the band. Shame like the death of MCA we will never see the Beastie Boys again same goes for Keith and the Prodigy . Lets hope hes up there with some Cali Weed.
Rest In Peace Firestarter...
'When I was a youth I used to burn cali weed in a rizzler-a-rizzler-a-rizzler-a-rizzler-a '
This is the track I found – a fan mash-up called Shut ‘Em Up and it is brilliant – I think you can hear how Keith was maybe influenced by Public Enemy / Chuck D to a certain extent as these vocals fit really well. Apologies if already been posted but it’s new to me!
Seen that before, it's most excellent, also shows the heavy influences on Liam
When I was 17 my mate Toby was the first of us to pass his driving test. He spent £500 and bought a very old Ford Fiesta. He didn't drive it but instead put in in his garage and cleaned/polished it to within an inch of his life. He also fitted the most outrageous sound system I have ever seen or heard. The car was crap, the stereo was phenomenal.
I will always remember the day the car was unveiled. We drove off to a world of independence, hope, opportunity and, more importantly, everyone knows that girls get very excited when boys have cars. Fact. We drove up to the local girls school and loaded up The Fat of the Land. Specifically, we unleashed Diesel Power. The bass was like sonic weapon. I very nearly shat myself. It was, literally, a seismic event that must have been felt for miles around.
To this day I do not understand how our bodies did not explode or how the windows stayed intact. Even more of a mystery was why the girls did not come flocking. We had a car, we had bass, we even threw in a (pretty limp) handbrake turn. What more did they need?
The Fat of the Land was a defining album in my youth.
Fittingly today's Facebook memory was a video of my then 1 year old daughter in her jumperoo raving to Smack My Bitch Up.
Getting old and emotional means when a wee hero off mine heads heavenly I scour youtube for clips to console myself. Check this out . Its from a few years back but he nails the whole scene I think . So priviledged to have lived through the Acid / Rave era .
Rest In Peace Keith , you will be missed .
One thing i always liked about prodigy is they used a lot of guitar in thier songs on jilted which wasn't really the in thing at the time, that really set them apart from a lot of electronic acts.
But that's just one aspect.. A truly unique group of people. And a unique sound.
Yes stanfree,my thoughts exactly,i feel priveledged too,along with many others i bet,that era was one of a kind,the mystique about the whole scene,keith was one of a kind quite literally and a good ambassador for that whole genre of music at the time..
Rave on Keitth!
RIP
For me it was amnesia house 'Book of love '92,brayfield Northants,mahoosive intro for 'Your love'liam kept rewinding the piano rifts on the keys,amazing how i van still think about i was there with 20,000 odd people loving the same thing,awsome!!
Got to admit, this has hit me quite hard. Didn't know the guy, never met him, didn't even know that much about him (though know a lot more now!) beyond being the legendary Prodigy front man, but my god he shaped my youth!
I remember my mate nicking his (rather hot) older sisters Experience tape whilst she was out at work, and the 2 of us (both 12 at the time) dancing around like loons to it. It had only just come out then, and little did I realise just what I was getting into!
FFWD a couple of years, though I was mostly into rock music still at this point, I picked up a copy of Jilted Generation on CD, and the rest is pretty much history! By the time Fat of the Land came out, I was frequently out to clubs and house parties (still underage) raving away, and well on my way to becoming a DJ. To say the Prodigy inspired me is a huge understatement!
I never really got into any of their later stuff, to me they were very much a band of their time (that time being the 90's to me), but I do respect them massively for continuing to push the boundaries rather than just sitting on a fat pay cheque from a bygone era.
Learning of Keith's passing touched a nerve for sure. I have learnt a lot about the guy that I didn't know before, he seemed to be that rarest of celebrities that absolutely nobody seems to have anything negative to say about! Anything and everything you read about the man, he was loved, even by those who didn't know him. James Blunt and Brian May's twitter posts, you can rightly imagine the self styled "Firestarter" might be as easygoing as a 3rd World Dictator, but seemingly he was the total opposite. Reading about his love of motorbikes has struck a chord too, I knew he had an interest in them, I didn't realise quite to what extent... Running his own team (not just financing it) in British Supersport and at the TT, where he actually won races as a team boss, is one thing. Learning that he was actually quite promising racer himself, in 98 he was running an ex John Reynolds BSB spec Ducati fairly competitively himself when he had an accident. He walked away from it, but he said it made him stop and think about priorities, at a time when he was touring a lot off the back of Fat of the Land and had a huge musical career going on, so he took the sensible option and stopped racing, but certainly never lost his love for bikes.
RIP Keith. A massive shame for certain.
This popped up on YT today. Some great stories from BITD, could do with being a couple of hours longer.
I was more of a clubber than a cheesy quaver, but still makes me a bit dewy eyed for that time...
Just saw a post that he ran a 22 min PB at parkrun that very morning, the stuff going on that drove the music must have bitten hard later in the day.
Annie Mac having a tribute show now
@nobeerinthefridge "Eight out of ten people considering suicide give some sign of their intentions. [2] People who talk about suicide, threaten suicide, or call suicide crisis centers are 30 times more likely than average to kill themselves. [3]" according to Mental Health America
We should be listening to our friends more, the onus shouldn't be on the sufferer to ask to talk or for help but for us to offer a bit of kindness
@nobeerinthefridge “Eight out of ten people considering suicide give some sign of their intentions. [2] People who talk about suicide, threaten suicide, or call suicide crisis centers are 30 times more likely than average to kill themselves
I'm not sure I agree with that, having known 2 people that have committed suicide I think it's more likely to be the people you think are ok actually aren't.
In my experience the people who say they are going to do it more than likely won't.
There's a HEAP of tribute mixes around and I've listened to a lot... But this one is worth sharing.
Impressive send off.
:'(
Still feel very blessed to have seen them in '94, a gig at demontfort uni that I will never forget for many reasons. Keep on dancing...x
Saw them 3 times in total, absolutely mind blowing live. Saw this version of out of space earlier, absolutely brilliant in my opinion.
I liked that G,I still get the rushes the minute I hear them strings.Good Job!!
Auction tomorrow if anyone is thinking of a memento.
Keith Flint Collection at Cheffin’s
There is something profoundly sad about seeing something like that. I understand that this is better than landfill, but to see a life's memories auctioned like that is really sad.
An oddly fascinating view in to someone's life, though.
His taste in oriental furniture and riding boots is both pleasing and surprising in equal measure.
Between the mandolins and the thought of all his gear getting flogged on I'm basically in tears. Agree totally with Willard. 🙁
It is sad, bad it's also kind of heart warming that fans might get to have a piece of his estate as a keepsake.
Some of those signed lids are probably worth a bob or two.
Just realised you can watch live, I wonder how much stuff will go to genuine fans or if its getting bought by places to sell on for a profit?
Would have liked one of the album gold discs to hang on the wall but knew they would be thousands to get.