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Mate, Spawn & Die
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I'd be interested to know if other Americans my age (like Bob, Sidewinder or Engine) are familiar with this song or not. |
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Wow, can't believe Janszoon isn't familiar with this song. It was designed in a way so that it gets stuck in your head and stays there.
That, Tubthumping, Rockafeller Skank (which actually holds up as a damn good song) all remind me of the cheesy 90s radio |
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Mate, Spawn & Die
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No doubt I was wasting my time back then listening to nonsense like Swans, Godflesh, Los Fabulosos Cadillacs and Trans Am when I could have been listening to the genius that is Eiffel 65.
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Although the first iteration of the chorus sounds familiar. Maybe that's because it's so generic, or maybe it was sampled in some hip-hop or something. None of the rest of the song rings a bell at all. I did play Oddworld though, and it looks like they based the blue character in the video on that. edit: Quote:
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I was only passing through. Last edited by Engine; 12-12-2012 at 03:26 PM. |
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I was living in Nowhere, Maine when that song came out in 4th grade, and I remember being desperate for the one pop radio station in the state to play it (I think I only heard it on the radio two or three times). My friends and I all knew it from that top 40 station, and I bought the album.
To reply to the OP, I think its catchiness had something to do with its overall techno vibe: that style of music was largely unpopular (at least in the US) at the time. I think it kinda revived a forgotten 80s sound...er...kinda. |
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How old are you?
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