This might make you feel old: ten summers ago, the single The Rockafeller Skank with its repeating “Right about now / the funk soul brother / check it out now / the funk sould brother” mantra was released by Fatboy Slim, a.k.a. Norman Cook. Here’s the video for old times’ sake.
Also for old times’ sake, here’s the video for another single off the album, Gangster Trippin’.
Here’s the best-known video to come from the album, the Spike Jonze-directed video for Praise You (one of the first things I ever played on the accordion):
And while not off the album, here’s a Fatboy Slim remix of Cornershop’s ode to Bollywood, Brimful of Asha, from the same era:
It’s Sunday, and it’s time for another “picdump!” Here are the memes, pictures, and cartoons…
Here’s your motivation for the day: All you need are three chords and the truth…
It’s Sunday, and it’s time for another “picdump!” Here are the memes, pictures, and cartoons…
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qxIANXknGvo I even predicted the final line of the skit!
This car was ditched in both senses of the word, and was still there (near…
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What??! I was in university when this came out! And I'm *still* in university! (stupid grad school)
@Eva:
When I entered University, Bon Jovi's Livin' on a Prayer, U2's With or Without You and New Order's Bizarre Love Triangle were the big hits on campus.
When I left University, Green Day's Basket Case, The Offspring's Come Out and Play and Nine Inch Nails' Closer were the big hits on campus.