Actually Hey Boy, Hey Girl was a track that the Chems had been playing in
their live show for the past couple tours. IMHO, the live versions of the
track had a lot more ooomph than the version on the album, but from the
interviews I've read they held back on certain tracks intentionally.
Although that track misses the mark for me, the rest of the album is quite
brilliant (I don't care what the other cat who posted about the album said,
the track with Bernard Sumner is the best New Order track New Order never
did). It winds you through all of Tom and Ed's influences from
hip-hop/electro, English psychedelic folk/pop, indie, acid house, progressive
Trance - kind of like a mixed tape of someone's favorite songs, but instead
of putting other people's songs on the tape, they made the music themselves.
The Chems set out to make an album that was a progression from Dig Your Own
Hole. If you truly understand what the Chemical Brothers are about, you'll
know after you play Surrender for the first time, love it or hate it, that
they've succeeded.
Peter Wohelski
ex-Astralwerks
In a message dated 5/29/99 6:32:24 PM, tomas@yirku.com writes:
<< have to admit i had some respect for the chemical brothers (moments of
'dig your own hole' were enjoyable) until today. just saw the new "hey
boy, hey girl" video. arrived halfway into the video and despite how
awful the song was, i had a gut feeling that it was a new chembros song.
FILTER SWEEP NATION! major step backwards for them. song includes an
attempt at a catchy vocal sample: "hey boys, hey girls, SUPERSTAR
DEEJAYS [[how awful is that?]], here we go!"
anyone else have the misfortune of hearing this song?
of the song, my brother said: "reminds me of old demo music" [few will
understand this statement. those who do, those who remember Future
Crew's Second Reality, show yourselves!]
tomas>>