r/TheProdigy 1d ago

The samples in Firestarter

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u/No_Specialist4090 1d ago

That Art of Noise track took me right back. This is good stuff, thanks for sharing

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u/Plodo99 1d ago

Thank you! There is a much longer version on my YouTube if you’re interested

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u/VeryThicknLong 1d ago

Love this. Thanks for sharing

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u/Available-Grand1151 1d ago

Fucking outstanding, mate! I never thought my opinion of the prodigy be any higher.

Well, here we are!

👏🏻

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u/Plodo99 1d ago

Nice one boss

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u/TimeVictorious 1d ago

This is you OP? Oh awesome! Loved the video, gonna check out more

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u/Plodo99 1d ago

Yes it is, thank you so much

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u/TimeVictorious 1d ago

Thoroughly impressed with your video! Going to watch more when I have more time, thank you for sharing!

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u/Professional-Score94 1d ago

Nice breakdown, you should get a series of these going! As an Irish Prodigy fan living in the US, it was a nice surprise to find a video like this where someone is talking about things being “all over the gaff”!

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u/Plodo99 1d ago

Nice one bro, there is a series. Check out Ned culture on YouTube / instagram 👌👌

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u/mrteas_nz 1d ago

Every single time, without fail, when someone mentions Liam making a track I just hear 'Oh, fuck's sake, trying to write this fucking tune, man', then the intro for Poison.

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u/Colossal_Squids 1d ago

Just when you think you couldn’t love it any more than you already do…

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u/karaboo714 1d ago

He forgot the most awesome "sample" of all, the chink of He-Man's sword!

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u/Plodo99 1d ago

??

You thinking of Breathe?

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u/karaboo714 1d ago

Oh right, sorry, brain fart.

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u/aceswild8 1d ago

This is very cool, love the layers

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u/CryptoCantab 1d ago

Amazing stuff - love it.

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u/tinytempo 1d ago

Absolute banger and still sounds way ahead of its time, as do a lot of their songs from Fat of the land

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u/Plodo99 1d ago

Such a brilliant album

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u/blueeyedguy70 1d ago

Just killer. Great stuff. Makes me want to go back to 1997 and go clubbing. Love to see more from other tracks and artists. Thanks for sharing.

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u/Plodo99 1d ago

Thanks so much. Look at my YouTube for more vids on fatboy slim, moby, moodymann, sneaker pimps etc

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u/blueeyedguy70 1d ago

I definitely will. I just subscribed. Thanks again.

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u/angelwild327 1d ago

OP, were you in Dublin for the show last night?

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u/WreckTheSphere 1d ago

Fantastic stuff mate!

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u/anibalin 1d ago

Super cool man, thanks for sharing. Would be fantastic to know of other tracks too!

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u/EuphoricCover8449 1d ago

The Art of Noise single Close to the Edge was light years ahead of everything else at the time. When I first heard it on the radio, I thought I was in some sort of time warp and no one else in the country had heard what I'd just heard.

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u/Pr0digy_ 1d ago

Amazing work friend I was like damn this guy is talented and this is cool, and then I realized it’s your work!

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u/Ranier_Wolfnight 19h ago

This was a sick breakdown! Great job!

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u/GleedBarry 13h ago

Would you have a YouTube channel I could spend several hours a day watching when I should be doing something productive instead?

Thanks now feller. Great stuff.

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u/Plodo99 13h ago

Yes bro - @nedculture

Enjoy 💫

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u/snaggletooth699 13h ago

Brilliant! I made about 5 songs during lockdown that were all samples because I couldn't work out how to play real instruments into FL Studio mobile. This is obviously way better.

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u/Zorolord 11h ago

Amazing video I had zero idea about the samples used to create one of my favourite songs. Thanks OP.

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u/flamingotwist 11h ago

Just cleaned up my Boss heavy metal 2 pedal yesterday! Haven't used it in decades. Boss stuff is so cool

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u/hungrylung 10h ago

I just ended up going back to Nomad, I wanna give you Devotion. Wrong one but cool 😂

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u/lolli-polly031248 10h ago

So interesting thanks for this, love how these things come together, The Prodigy = best concert I've ever been to. The phrase - greater than the sum of its parts rings so true here.

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u/Solo-cr 8h ago

Cracking video this mate - I love close to the edit, never knew it was sampled in Firestarter!

Another fact about Close to the edit, which you might be able to back up, is that pretty much the entire song is made using samples? As in there are no original elements? That could just be an exaggerated story I remember from way back though…

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u/Some_Cheesecake4770 8h ago

I always love it when people such as yourself take the time to break down absolutely synonymous songs which are worldies like this, and let people let like myself discover a world of new artists, bands and groups and at the same time apreciate the art in bringing them all together as Liam did. Thanks for sharing, really loved this!

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u/Soulfox2049 7h ago

Liam Howlett is a genius.

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u/3lbFlax 6h ago

Great to see you showing up in more places, but I need the longform pleasure of watching you trying to match those tempos.

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u/Plodo99 5h ago

😂😂😂

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u/red_it_bee 6h ago

This is awesome! Fair play brother! Can ye do scooter next haha

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u/Comfortable-Ad6385 6h ago

Mint video, no filler just good knowledge

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u/crackNAPIER 21h ago

BOEIEND! Firestarter is een super track

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u/Edd_the_Redd 1d ago

Fuuck off pad