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From the KLF's "Chill Out" to the JAM's "Come Down Dawn"
"Chill Out" is one of my all-time favorite pieces of music. Ostensibly created in one take to be a soundtrack for a chill-out tent at a rave, it blends found sound (bleating sheep, rolling railroad stock, AM radio preachers, crickets) with lap-steel guitar, snatches of Elvis Presley, Tuvan throat singing and various synth pads.
It's quite a journey, and it has a surprising emotional resonance.
But a few years ago, I realized it couldn't be found on any streaming service. I bought an extra CD on eBay, fearing that it was withdrawn. The record (both vinyl and CD) is now going for stupid money.
Anyway, when the KLF recently reappeared on streaming services, "Chill Out" was not among the records. Instead, there was "Come Down Dawn," attributed now to the Justified Ancients of MuMu. The first half is the same as "Chill Out," it seems? But it kind of sounds fantastic. Possibly remastered?
As the piece progressed and became sample-heavy, they stripped out the Elvis and other unauthorized music. It's still great, but if you're accustomed to listening to the original every time it was your turn to drive the van while the rest of the band slept while touring middle America, you might miss them. (Don't actually mind losing "In the Ghetto," but Fleetwood Mac's "Albatross" leaves a big hole.)
If you haven't heard it, here's the revised version.
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I have it lined up to listen soon, so I’ll see how it changed.
Yes it was a classic of its time. Played at every post-rave comedown from 1990 onwards. What was really cool about it was that it was loved by so many different types of music fan: ravers, stoners, hippies, and indie kids. The only other release that had so much crossover appeal was Little Fluffy Clouds, and of course Jimmy Cauty was involved in both.
The KLF are probably the best art/music act of all time. The burning a million quid thing was a genuine sacrifice, as was deleting all their back catalog. They're skint now, they really meant it.
You know, I don't actually love their whole catalog, and I'm pretty conflicted about the burning of the million pounds. (Why not donate it to an anti-poverty foundation!? Alas. And did anybody actually verify that they literally burned all that money? Or was it stacks of paper surrounded by actual bills, like a 90s hip-hop video?)
But they seem like they have a clear-eyed appreciation of the power of music and the absurdity of fame.
I have spent years looking for a piece of music similar to "Chill Out," and I've never found anything close. Are there are pieces like it? (The Orb recently released "Chill Out World," which is a similar ambient excursion.)
Donating the money to charity would never have had the same symbolic power as burning it. The act is so nihilistic, that's the point. And back then that amount of money could have them bought 10 houses each, or more, it was a lot of money.
I liked them a lot when they were releasing records, I still like them now. The Tammy Wynette one is amazing, I remember watching it on Top Of The Pops in all its insane glory.
A lot of the imagery was borrowed (from Illuminatus! according to Bill Drummond), but the absurdity of getting Tammy Wynette to sing about The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu and ice cream vans, with giant ice-cream cones dancing in the background is pretty funny, even now. At the time we were watching all this with amused bewilderment.
I used to have the record that came when they stripped all the samples and left dead space instead. It had instructions on the sleeve about which Abba songs to cue up and when, so you could make your own Justified Ancients record. It was a gimmick, sure, but I wish I still had that one.....
i really like the work of messrs Drummond and Cauty
the burning of a million pounds being one
the emotions this elicits ...
a powerful act, that reminds us that "wealth" and "money" are two different things ...
'wealth' is the Natural, comfort providing resources of this planet
'money' is the tool used to control the distribution and use of these resources
... nothing was lost except control ...
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whereas when they were ordered to destroy the original version of "1987 what the f**k is going on?" !?
...
i'm in agreement with Richard ... "probably the best art/music act of all time" ... one thing i feel for sure, the work of Drummond and Cauty make the world a more interesting place
A very clever gimmick, that manages to take the piss out of the whole business at the same time!
Ironically, I reviewed this this morning and mentioned this in this:
Ian K Tindale’s connections – The Man Who Fell To Earth (1976)