{"id":563,"date":"2007-05-21T16:30:06","date_gmt":"2007-05-21T15:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/?p=563"},"modified":"2007-05-21T16:30:06","modified_gmt":"2007-05-21T15:30:06","slug":"big-audio-dynamite-nice-and-easy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/?p=563","title":{"rendered":"big audio dynamite &#8211; nice and easy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>       <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">i always have had a soft spot for certain bands  irrespective of their perceived lack of cool, one such band was <STRONG>apollo  440, <\/STRONG>and the other was <EM>mick jones <\/EM>post-<STRONG>the  clash<\/STRONG> dance-rock experiment with <STRONG>big audio dynamite, big audio  dynamite 2, big audio <\/STRONG>before mick re-added the necessary explosive  extras for the final official album, <EM>f-punk. <\/EM>an album that predated the  current love of london-centric lyrics, thin scattershot beats, and in-yer-face  rock chords. <\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">basically, <STRONG>jamie t<\/STRONG> has definitely  heard a lot of big audio dynamite records.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">many many years ago, when i first plumped up the  money for a cd player (big fat and chunky sony portable thing) the silver disc  playing machine came with an offer for 5 free cds, so desperately scanning the  list of options available (hello sade!), i picked the classic&nbsp;<EM>this is  big audio dynamite, <\/EM>as my cassette version had warped beyond  repair,&nbsp;so&nbsp;again i fell in love with the whole mess of guitars, movie  samples, dubby production and lashings of old school beatbox rhythms. this  newfound rediscovery meant that <\/FONT><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">over the years  whenever i saw one of the followup albums in the cheapo bins (a situation that&#8217;s  becoming less and less of an occurance, as i would like to think that  those&nbsp;who have the originals are beginning to reappraise the band perhaps  ?) i always fell for the urge, as there was often a few tracks worthy of  attention, despite the ongoing love for dreadful cover art, overtly corny  lyrics, and a general less than essential vibe setting in.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">anyway, rather than me rattle on, the whole story  is best mulled over on this spot on the net : <A href=\"http:\/\/www.esmark.net\/bad\/bad.htm\">here<\/A><\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">so, for todays treat, here&#8217;s a track lifted from  the unreleased final album, <EM>entering a new ride.<\/EM>&nbsp;<\/FONT><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">the excellent marriage of a great big lolloping bass line and  guitars&nbsp;easily prove that mick still had a knack at a rhythm  and&nbsp;melody,&nbsp;a factor that is probably reinforced by the appearance of  <EM>ranking roger <\/EM>thus recalling the golden era of the band that included  the toasting of film maker and&nbsp;<EM>don letts <\/EM>all underpinned with a  addictive ska based loop. <\/FONT><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">whether the new  carbon\/silicon material continues to make me part with cash is highly  debateable, but in the meantime can i recommend you turn up the volume and just  let this 7 minute beast bounce around your speakers.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><EM>mp3<\/EM> : <A href=\"http:\/\/www.ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/music\/nice_and_easy.mp3\">big audio  dynamite &#8211; nice and easy<\/A><\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><EM>note<\/EM> : just seconds before i was going to  post this i spotted this <A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.guardian.co.uk\/music\/2007\/05\/joe_strummer_blah_blah_blah_wh.html\">blog  posting<\/A> on the guardian site ! <\/FONT><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">spooky  synchro-whatsits <\/FONT><\/DIV><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>i always have had a soft spot for certain bands irrespective of their perceived lack of cool, one such band was apollo 440, and the other was mick jones post-the clash dance-rock experiment with big audio dynamite, big audio dynamite 2, big audio before mick re-added the necessary explosive extras for the final official album, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mp3"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}