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July 07, 2005
One defective hour
Westbam ft. Nena - Oldschool, Baby (from Michael Mayer's Fabric 13)
Questions that you might ask about this track:
Q. Is it true that pianos were often used as instruments of siege in the middle ages?
A. Uh, yes. Although pianos back then were made mostly out of cow hide, human teeth, and strips of freshly-peeled birch bark. Terrible weapons. Flung over the crenellated walls of forts, pianos would burst open and release highly-trained teams of ransacking toddlers (the word toddler in those days referred to a bearded man of small stature).
Q. Is that the Nena?
A. Do you mean the Nena that broke your heart in first garde by refusing your proposal of marriage and who subsequently flung your plastic engagement ring into the mounds of mulch near the playground, or the Nena that sings songs as featured in such movies as 'The Wedding Singer'? Cause it's the latter.
Anyway, I'm delirious with exhaustion, as if you couldn't guess. But that shouldn't detract from the sheen of this track (which is inestimable), and the falling-tetris-block inevitability of those rich and sweet piano chords. Nena sings through ghostalline waves of her own voice, and everything mixes together in a dangerously addictive way. 'Oldschool, Baby' is taken from Michael Mayer's masterful Fabric 13 mix, which you can buy right here.
Posted by Kevin at July 7, 2005 09:35 AM
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