January 25, 20169 yr The U96 I knew - it got to #87 here Scandalous :( It's such a big track, was number 1 on my personal chart at that time.
January 26, 20169 yr Not their best song but for some reason when I think of U96 tracks, this one from 1993 springs to mind. a2qP8UJkXOA Their leader Alex Christensen was the Alex on the Alex Swings Oscar Sings 2009 Germany Eurovision entry.
January 27, 20169 yr Author Iconic 90s track next (note - I don't often use the word iconic) Edited January 27, 20169 yr by Colm
January 27, 20169 yr Iconic 90s track next (note - I don't often use the word iconic) Mega mega mega iconic? ;) Edited January 27, 20169 yr by N-S
January 30, 20169 yr Author Underworld - Born Slippy (Nuxx) http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c32/tonyttt31/born_slippy.jpg Date 7th July 1996 3 Weeks Official Chart Run 2-4-5-6-9-9-11-14-14-18-28-25-31-36-53-72-74R(9)-64-58-68-74 (21 weeks) *Positions in red are the weeks when the track would be number 1 if just dance music was chart eligible. Underworld formed in 1980 as Karl Hyde and Rick Smith but went through a few different names before settling on the name Underworld in 1987 when Baz Allen joined. At that point Bryn Burrows and Alfie Thomas had also joined the band. For their first 2 albums they were a more conventional rock band - albeit with a funky edge. This line up ended in 1990. Hyde and Smith regard this version of the band as an entirely different band to the one that followed. The two then asked Darren Emerson to join the band in 1991 so that they could take on a dance direction to their musical output. The music of this second incarnation of Underworld was almost totally instrumental but when they released their first album in 1994 - dubnobasswitmyheadman - they adopted a slightly more commercial side adding spoken but rhythmic vocals from Hyde. The album was a heady patchwork of hypnotic uptempo dance styles with beats very much to the fore. There is a lot of confusion over the next bit. Not only do they favour maintaining a band name for a completely different sound and alterned line up, they also liked the title Born Slippy so much they used it twice. In Jan 1995 a track was released called Born Slippy. It has since become known as Born Slippy (Original) or Born Slippy (Instrumental) but it bears no relation to Born Slippy Nuxx which was its b-side. Keeping up? Born Slippy Nuxx was used in the classic 90s movie Trainspotting and its exposure at the end of the movie provided a huge demand for it to be available as a single itself and so got a full release in July 1996. The track was a commercial and critical hit reaching the top end of many end of year polls for Best Single - it was NMEs single of the year and often features in All Time lists of dance tracks. In 2013 Mixmag's readership deemed it to be the 4th greatest dance song of all time. Since then the band released a series of critically acclaimed albums, bagging 2 Mercury Prize nominations along the way. They maintained a presence in the single chart too but never bothered the Top 10 since the Nuxx version left it it 1996. A remix hit the charts in 2003 with a piano used prominently. Underworld were last see in the charts with the Dockhead Choir, Dame Evelyn Glennie, Only Men Aloud, Elizabeth Roberts And Alex Trimble on their Olympics 2012 theme Caliban's Dream. XiMrrleH_hI
January 30, 20169 yr When I heard Born Slippy Nuxx for the first time I just thought "Man, the guy is so annoying, won't he ever shut up?" I think I started really enjoying on the 42nd or 43rd listen but I love it ever since. And it's perfect to illustrate Trainspotting's final scenes.
January 30, 20169 yr ROMFORD represent. I know it doesn't do much for you Colm but I bladdy lav it. Instantly nostalgic and even just hearing the opening synth stabs is taking me back to the 1990s.. a total classic!
January 30, 20169 yr When I heard Born Slippy Nuxx for the first time I just thought "Man, the guy is so annoying, won't he ever shut up?" I think I started really enjoying on the 42nd or 43rd listen but I love it ever since. And it's perfect to illustrate Trainspotting's final scenes. I agree with you actually, it's not the sort of song you like at first listen. You need to listen it more and more and more to "discover" it.
January 30, 20169 yr Author I like the intro and the beats at the end. I would rarely choose to listen to it but I wouldn't turn it off. Prob 5 or 6/10 for me.
January 30, 20169 yr I really adore that track. Everyone who was anyone in my sixth form was obsessed with the Trainspotting culture and we played this so very loud indeed over the common room stereo... reminds me of very good days and very good nights.
January 30, 20169 yr what a great song!! every second of it is great even the version that's 11 and a half minutes - it's completely unlike any other dance hit too which I love.
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