53. Fatboy Slim (Norman Cook projects: aka Beats International; Pizzaman; Freak Power; etc..)

 

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Former bassist with the Housemartins whom through a variety of projects became a superstar DJ in the late 1990s.

 

ALL MUSIC GUIDE BIOGRAPHY

 

Key Studio Album: You've Come A Long Way Baby (1998)

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Key Compiliation: Greatest Hits: Why Try Harder (2006)

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Career Defining Song:

Fatboy Slim - Praise You (1999 UK#1; USA#36)

Some Other Key Songs:

 

Beat International - Dub Be Good To Me (1990 UK#1 US#76)

 

Freak Power - Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out (1995 UK#3)

 

Pizzaman - Happiness (1995 UK#19)

 

Fatboy Slim - Right Here Right Now (1999 UK#2)

 

Were any of you fans of Mr Zoe Ball's accessible dance music or not?

i liked 'magic carpet ride', 'dub be good to me', and ' Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out'

 

apart from them few i cant abide him, HATE the awful noise that is fatboyslim...

Not a huge fan of dance music so not much I like by him, Used to like praise you, but after it got overplayed not so keen on it now. Don't mind Right here right now though.

His best work was on the album before the one with the fat bloke in the brown t-shirt.

 

Punk to Funk, Santa Cruz and Everybody Needs a 303 are all excellent dance records. He just went cheesy as hell again with the next one.

 

I loved Dub Be Good to Me at the time too - didn't know back then the best parts of it were nicked from The Clash.

I loved Beats International, well Dub Be Good To Me partly because I was a big fan of the SOS Band song it sampled and also Guns of Brixton and also I liked Won't Talk About It

 

Can't say am a big fan of Fatboy Slim, Praise you was ok and couple of other songs are tolerable

I loved Dub Be Good to Me at the time too - didn't know back then the best parts of it were nicked from The Clash.

 

actually it was his forte ..... alot (if not all) of his fatboy slim material borrowed heavily from other obscure tracks. about 10 years ago at my pop quiz, the questionmaster (who has a very large record collection from the 50's to date) often played the original tracks in the warm up before the quiz started. i cant tell you what the tracks were, but several of 'his' hits are copies! ... ok samples?..

 

he is possibly the most unoriginal big time act ever.

My favorite alias was Pizzaman, slightly kooky handbag house which really fitted the time (mid 90s). Not a fan of Fatboy Slim either, I'll agree with Richie here, only the stuff from his first album was what I liked. After that it was dance music for people who liked indie bands and hated dance music. I absolutely HATE "Praise You" and wins the award for worse video of all time.

 

"Dub Be Good To Me" however, I think remains his finest 5 minutes in his 25 year career.

I loved Beats International, well Dub Be Good To Me partly because I was a big fan of the SOS Band song it sampled and also Guns of Brixton and also I liked Won't Talk About It

 

Any excuse to post two brilliant records that I personally prefer to the Beats International UK#1 hit:

 

The Clash - Guns Of Brixton (1979)

 

SOS Band - Just Be Good To Me (1983)

 

 

actually it was his forte ..... alot (if not all) of his fatboy slim material borrowed heavily from other obscure tracks. about 10 years ago at my pop quiz, the questionmaster (who has a very large record collection from the 50's to date) often played the original tracks in the warm up before the quiz started. i cant tell you what the tracks were, but several of 'his' hits are copies! ... ok samples?..

 

he is possibly the most unoriginal big time act ever.

 

Yep, that did become pretty obvious as time went by. But when I was 13 I knew very little. One that really surprised me was "Going Out Of My Head" which I later found out sampled "Can't Explain" by The Who (not to mention "The Magic Number" by De La Soul...although they'll have nicked it from someone else in the first place).

 

Others include "The Big Match" from ITV Sport on "Punk to Funk", "Take yo Praise" by Camille Yarborough on "Praise You".....

 

...in fact, I think you might find this site interesting - http://www.the-breaks.com/search.php?term=...slim&type=6

 

There's a CD out there somewhere called "A Break from the Norm" which featured pretty much all the original versions of the songs he sampled - suspect that's what your quizmaster was playing.

Yep, that did become pretty obvious as time went by. But when I was 13 I knew very little. One that really surprised me was "Going Out Of My Head" which I later found out sampled "Can't Explain" by The Who (not to mention "The Magic Number" by De La Soul...although they'll have nicked it from someone else in the first place).

 

Others include "The Big Match" from ITV Sport on "Punk to Funk", "Take yo Praise" by Camille Yarborough on "Praise You".....

 

...in fact, I think you might find this site interesting - http://www.the-breaks.com/search.php?term=...slim&type=6

 

There's a CD out there somewhere called "A Break from the Norm" which featured pretty much all the original versions of the songs he sampled - suspect that's what your quizmaster was playing.

 

thanks for the info :)

 

possibly but my quizmaster always started the warm up with obscure northern soul tracks, it wouldnt surprise me if he was familiar with the originals, in fact, id be surprised if he wasnt!