Author Topic: Prodigy frontman keith flint commits suicide (Read 7104 times)

Army of One · « **on:** March 04, 2019, 04:42:48 AM »

Weird death.huge in the uk and eu.not sure if americans were too aware of him and the prodigy.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6768751/Prodigy-star-Keith-Flint-dead-home-aged-49.html

Kwon · « **Reply #1 on:** March 04, 2019, 05:46:53 AM »

Yeah, heard about it a few minutes ago!

RIP KEITH!

Army of One · « **Reply #2 on:** March 04, 2019, 05:57:08 AM »

Quote from: Kwon on March 04, 2019, 05:46:53 AM

Yeah, heard about it a few minutes ago!

RIP KEITH!

He seemed worlds away from his wild image in real life.very nice, soft spoken and friendly away from the stage.Have to wonder what made him do it, fame, money etc and still felt the need to end it all at 49.

SuperTed · « **Reply #3 on:** March 04, 2019, 06:03:04 AM »

RIP. Their music played a role in my childhood.

Army of One · « **Reply #4 on:** March 04, 2019, 06:30:18 AM »

he always said he would check out when he felt the time was right

https://metro.co.uk/2019/03/04/im-done-kill-keith-flints-brutally-honest-approach-death-growing-old-8805665/amp/?ito=amp-more-item-1

Chadwick The Beta · « **Reply #5 on:** March 04, 2019, 07:16:00 AM »

was he saved?

Hulkotron · « **Reply #6 on:** March 04, 2019, 07:57:43 AM »

Mothballs · « **Reply #7 on:** March 04, 2019, 08:25:57 AM »

Bah, it’s not like he was gonna write Beethoven’s sixth symphony. Writing a song called Smack my Bitch Up sounds like he was trying really hard to be gangsta.

myt1 · « **Reply #8 on:** March 04, 2019, 08:33:07 AM »

These two songs, and "Breath" are 3 of my favorite cardio songs. Never liked "Firestarter" much, even though it was their breakout and got me interested enough to check them out. They were just so different for MTV, that it got overplayed IMO.....ruined it for me.

"Smack My Bitch Up" has an awesome NSFW vid....only aired on MTV a couple of times after midnight, but I don't have a YT account so even if I found it I couldn't watch it to make sure it was the right one to post here.

"Narayan" is so cool to listen to when you know you're hitting a wall doing cardio The beginning the lyrics push you, and at around 4:15 I'll just go backwards on the elliptical once it slows for a bit, and just take it easy the rest of the song....it's like doing yoga and cardio at the same time.

Then I'll play to "Breath" followed by "Smack My Bitch Up", and then a few Lords of Acid songs when I'm in the mood for that type of music. Cardio is a breeze on those days.

RIP Keith! You were probably a weird dude, but your music helped me get through the part of working out I hate!

https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/prodigy/narayan.html

"If you believe the western sun
Is falling down on everyone
You're breaking free and the morning's come
If you would know, your time has come
If you believe the western sun
Is falling down on everyone
And you feel it burn, not try to run
And you feel it burn, your time has come

I feel it...

I feel another energy
I feel a power growing
I feel another energy
I feel a power growing

I feel another energy
I feel a power growing...."

deadz · « **Reply #9 on:** March 04, 2019, 08:33:30 AM »

Quote from: Mothballs on March 04, 2019, 08:25:57 AM

Bah, it’s not like he was gonna write Beethoven’s sixth symphony. Writing a song called Smack my Bitch Up sounds like he was trying really hard to be gangsta.

Like the song and the video.

Darren Avey · « **Reply #10 on:** March 04, 2019, 08:36:01 AM »

Will Allah grant him a place in Jannah?

Pray_4_War · « **Reply #11 on:** March 04, 2019, 08:36:29 AM »

I saw them live back in the day and Keith Flint flipped out on some guy and chased him around the mosh pit. None of us knew what the fuck was going on but it was awesome.

RIP

myt1 · « **Reply #12 on:** March 04, 2019, 08:56:42 AM »

Quote from: Mothballs on March 04, 2019, 08:25:57 AM

Bah, it’s not like he was gonna write Beethoven’s sixth symphony. Writing a song called Smack my Bitch Up sounds like he was trying really hard to be gangsta.

They didn't write the lyrics. They are from a sample.

The original meaning of the sample was from a rapper, and were very misogynistic (shocker

). If you listen to the song, how it flows, and the part of the sample they use; you realize that their intent of using it was the following....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smack_My_Bitch_Up
"The lyrics "Change my pitch up / Smack my bitch up" are repeated through the whole song. The band defended the song, saying that the lyrics were being misinterpreted as misogynistic and the song actually meant "...doing anything intensely..." "

A better way to listen to the song Mothballs to understand how they used the sample's words to mean this musically would be to start listening not from the start, but at 2:50 in the video I posted above.

There's really no lyrical message in the song at all......it's all about the mood of the music combined with that sample's words that has the meaning.

https://genius.com/The-prodigy-smack-my-bitch-up-lyrics
"(Like this)

Change my pitch up
Smack my bitch up
Change my pitch up
Smack my bitch up
(Like this)

Change my pitch up
Smack my bitch up
Change my pitch up
Smack my bitch up
(Like this)

(Like this)

(Like this)

Smack my bitch up

(Like this)

(Like this)

Smack my bitch up"

myt1 · « **Reply #13 on:** March 04, 2019, 08:58:31 AM »

Quote from: Pray_4_War on March 04, 2019, 08:36:29 AM

I saw them live back in the day and Keith Flint flipped out on some guy and chased him around the mosh pit. None of us knew what the fuck was going on but it was awesome.

RIP

That's a hilarious story! I wonder what the hell made him do that (other than what he was on), and if there is video of that somewhere?

ratherbebig · « **Reply #14 on:** March 04, 2019, 09:01:10 AM »

yeah maybe somebody in the mosh pit carried a video camera and recorded the whole thing

Tapeworm · « **Reply #15 on:** March 04, 2019, 09:02:12 AM »

Keith heard the guy was a bed shitter.

myt1 · « **Reply #16 on:** March 04, 2019, 09:04:24 AM »

Quote from: ratherbebig on March 04, 2019, 09:01:10 AM

yeah maybe somebody in the mosh pit carried a video camera and recorded the whole thing

LMFAO!!!

Touche RBB...Touche!

Earl1972 · « **Reply #17 on:** March 04, 2019, 12:00:45 PM »

dorian posed to "breath" in 97

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Conker · « **Reply #18 on:** March 04, 2019, 12:09:28 PM »

Quote from: myt1 on March 04, 2019, 08:56:42 AM

They didn't write the lyrics. They are from a sample.

The original meaning of the sample was from a rapper, and were very misogynistic (shocker ). If you listen to the song, how it flows, and the part of the sample they use; you realize that their intent of using it was the following....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smack_My_Bitch_Up
"The lyrics "Change my pitch up / Smack my bitch up" are repeated through the whole song. The band defended the song, saying that the lyrics were being misinterpreted as misogynistic and the song actually meant "...doing anything intensely..." "

A better way to listen to the song Mothballs to understand how they used the sample's words to mean this musically would be to start listening not from the start, but at 2:50 in the video I posted above.

There's really no lyrical message in the song at all......it's all about the mood of the music combined with that sample's words that has the meaning.

https://genius.com/The-prodigy-smack-my-bitch-up-lyrics
"(Like this)

Change my pitch up
Smack my bitch up
Change my pitch up
Smack my bitch up
(Like this)

Change my pitch up
Smack my bitch up
Change my pitch up
Smack my bitch up
(Like this)

(Like this)

(Like this)

Smack my bitch up

(Like this)

(Like this)

Smack my bitch up"

The lyrics were about heroin. In the UK heroin is referred to as "smack".

Kwon · « **Reply #19 on:** March 04, 2019, 01:32:43 PM »

Quote from: Mothballs on March 04, 2019, 08:25:57 AM

Bah, it’s not like he was gonna write Beethoven’s sixth symphony. Writing a song called Smack my Bitch Up sounds like he was trying really hard to be gangsta.

Prodigy did many great songs

Charly and Everybody in the Place helped my cardio a lot back in the day!

More than Beethoven ever did for my cardio.

tres_taco_combo · « **Reply #20 on:** March 04, 2019, 01:52:27 PM »

smack up my bitch up - great song

Henda · « **Reply #21 on:** March 04, 2019, 02:35:01 PM »

Quote from: myt1 on March 04, 2019, 08:33:07 AM

These two songs, and "Breath" are 3 of my favorite cardio songs. Never liked "Firestarter" much, even though it was their breakout and got me interested enough to check them out. They were just so different for MTV, that it got overplayed IMO.....ruined it for me.

"Smack My Bitch Up" has an awesome NSFW vid....only aired on MTV a couple of times after midnight, but I don't have a YT account so even if I found it I couldn't watch it to make sure it was the right one to post here.

"Narayan" is so cool to listen to when you know you're hitting a wall doing cardio The beginning the lyrics push you, and at around 4:15 I'll just go backwards on the elliptical once it slows for a bit, and just take it easy the rest of the song....it's like doing yoga and cardio at the same time. Then I'll play to "Breath" followed by "Smack My Bitch Up", and then a few Lords of Acid songs when I'm in the mood for that type of music. Cardio is a breeze on those days.

RIP Keith! You were probably a weird dude, but your music helped me get through the part of working out I hate!

https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/prodigy/narayan.html

"If you believe the western sun
Is falling down on everyone
You're breaking free and the morning's come
If you would know, your time has come
If you believe the western sun
Is falling down on everyone
And you feel it burn, not try to run
And you feel it burn, your time has come

I feel it...

I feel another energy
I feel a power growing
I feel another energy
I feel a power growing

I feel another energy
I feel a power growing...."

I remeber first seeing the video on MTV after coming home drunk late one nights, couldn’t believe what I saw haha especially twist at end

Fortress · « **Reply #22 on:** March 04, 2019, 02:38:35 PM »

What’s his pre-show stack?

Mothballs · « **Reply #23 on:** March 04, 2019, 02:50:16 PM »

Quote from: Earl1972 on March 04, 2019, 12:00:45 PM

dorian posed to "breath" in 97

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Good catch, Earl!

Earl1972 · « **Reply #24 on:** March 04, 2019, 03:25:10 PM »

Quote from: Mothballs on March 04, 2019, 02:50:16 PM

Good catch, Earl!

oops that was actually "firestarter"

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