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Agreed. I also like Salmon Dance. It's not epic or anything, but it's a fun track to break the tension on the album. I was just glad they don't release another song like "Left Right" from Push the Button. That's the only chemical brothers track that comes to mind where I absolutely can not listen to.

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As i wrote when "We Are the Night" was released, "Salmon Dance" features lyrics that sound episodes on "Sesame Street" when they tried to be hip and learn to rap n- breakdance. "Let me introduce to you a brand new dance - i know you're gonna love it if yougive it a chance." Ugh. as bad as any numbr of 80's raps that began with "My name is _ and i'm here to say..." Fine, it's a silly lyric. But the music's cheesy, too. Sounds like an auto-tune on a Casio.
Only part of the song i kind of enjoy are the ad libs between Sammy the Salmon and Fatlip. "Wow, how interesting. Salmons pay attention to the mooon?" "Who's hungry?" :P

Anyway, it gets skipped a little less than my other least favorite CB track, "Left Right". i dunno. The past two records have had their moments, but not enough to enthuse me like the first 4 records did.

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I actually like "the Salmon Dance" even more than "Galvanize"

I mean - at least "Salmon..." is a funny, happy, sort of tongue in cheek sort of track, but every time I hear "galvanize" ... it just sounds like someone is trying waaay too hard (or - like the Sesame Street rap example)


...having said that - yea - "Left Right" might be one of the worst Chems tracks EVER.

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that whole album is filed under Best Left Forgotten (Because It's Shit) as far as i'm concerned!

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I don't get the Salmon Dance hate either. Its not like it was meant to be really great or anything. Probably the Chems themselves see it as "stupid".

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maybe someone should tell them that there is a thin line between ironic and moronic.

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scene - chemical brothers studio.

tom: hey ed! let's make and release a shit tune.

ed: bangin idea.



(i don't believe that actually happened)

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i also wonder how they got that pharcyde guy to rap on their "stupid" tune. or how they convinced the label to pay a shitload of $$$ for an equally ridiculous music video and even RELEASED IT AS A SINGLE! now why would one want to go through all of that if it "wasn't meant to be great or anything".

sorry, but i think they really took the whole thing very serious. as in "we seriously want to release a fun track".

too bad it turned out shite.

but to come back to the topic at hand: i haven't heard anything else of "further", so here's still hope...

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Speaking of which, the first single has been revealed. The track is called "swoon": http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...ref=dm_dp_trk1

You can listen to the first 30 seconds. To be short, I'm unimpressed by the clip; actually gives me a bit of a headache from that one swirling sample. There's a bunch of youtube videos floating around from the chemical brothers playing that track live, but the sound quality doesn't really help. On a side note, I think the cover art is ace.

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i quite like the sound of that!