Pausing after each line ruined this song for me. And the scratching. And Fatboy Slim.

Ick.

This post brings up one of the things I tolerate least, a commenter that decides to replace letters and parts of names to make some holier than thou derogatory remarks about an artist or trade mark..

It's:
Plug and Play not plug-n-pray (regardless of the fit)
Microsoft not Microsh*t or Microshaft (even though I personally dislike microsoft with every fiber in my being)

and the artist's name is Fatboy Slim

My thoughts exactly.

Right. Mr. Slim's had a recording contract for about 20 years now, so you shouldn't hold your breath.

It took 20 years to get worn out on the original and about 20 seconds to wish I never hear that remix again

um.........


yuk.

Sampling is a euphemism for plagerism which is a euphemism for theft. If you can't write decent stuff, then don't. If you can't front decently, then don't steal!

Say....If a piece gets no more than 4 points after over 100 listener ballots, how about not playing it again?

It might not have a high rating, but it sure got a lot of people's attention and provoked them to make comments... :D

don't like it
don't like it
don't like it

No problem with remixing, or remaking old songs. I even like Fatboy Slim.

But this is terrible...

Passed along from a friend who couldnt post:

Could you let RP know that this shi**y stepenwolfe remix should be thrown away never to resurface. My ears are bleeding!!!

Don't get me wrong - I like some sampling. The Run DMC/Aerosmith colaboration was fresh & creative for it's time. This, however, is probably the most god-awful remake I have ever heard (well, maybe aside from Leonard Nemoy's remake of Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds - but at least THAT one is funny). This sounds to me like a poorly-arranged, disjointed collection of random sampling and scratching. I can't wait 'til FlatBore Sh*t's 15 minutes of fame is over - shouldn't be long. This earns my first 1 rating. Please inscribe the word "crap" on the CD's shiny surface with a sharp metal instrument.

I was just subjected to the horrific techno makeover of Enya's Only Time, so this remix is heavenly in comparison.

I've tried to find something of redeeming value in FatBoy's music and remixes, even to once buying one of their CDs. However thier videos are another matter. Seeing the fat, aging Christopher Walken get up, dance on tables and fly around a hotel atruim still makes me chuckle. It helps to turn the volume down. Thank you Bill for exposing me to this and reafirming my convictions. RP is still the greatest and so are you and Rebecca!

Sucko Barfo crap.

I like both versions as well. As remixes go it is pretty tame and Norman just decided to add a few little tweaks unlike some over the top remixes where you need the song title before you can recognize the original song.

Took an average song and made an average mix of it.
Wheee.

Oh my god this is horrible.

I'm all for remakes and remixes, as long as some skill and artistic sense is applied to it. This is Fatboy Slim just getting recognition from the old farts of a song they once knew. If this used an original sound track for the overly-looped idiocy, no one would bother every listening to it.

This does both a disservice to Steppenwolf, who had skill, artistic talent, and some morals, and to hip-hop, which -can- have some real beauty.

Ugh.

This remix sucks.

You know.. I just LOVE looking back at these comments after time...

especially since I'm one of those that loves both the original of this, AND Fatboy Slim's upbeat version..

I can also imagine Bill getting a laugh too.. I mean we're not talking the arguments of Darwin vs. creationism... or are we.. I would dare say *some* have evolved to enjoy more than just an original work of art (music is art too) ... :p :D

There should be no sacred cows -- especially in art. Push the envelope, fatboy.

Can't believe I'm having the misfortune of hearing this on Radio Paradise for the second time. Is it too late to take back my xm recommendation??

Being a grown-man, I'm sure I'm not as "gripped" as I should be. But, Born To Be Wild wasn't worthy of airplay? Hmmm... somehow they managed to play it a lot--and still do.

As far as the dead horse comment: "Speech is conveniently located midway between thought and action, where it often substitutes for both -- John Andrew Holmes

"SUCKS" is not a strong enough word for this waste of electrons. Why does BatSoy-Phlegm take good songs and turn them into banal, pseudo-rap-crap? I guess there's enough adolescent money (and normally level-headed DJs) out there to keep him pirating. What's next... Mother Goose fairy-tales set to music? Oh. that's right... that would require a real musician.

What a waste of bandwidth!

An act of desecration.

damn, this steaming pile of dog crap is still here over one year later after i first posted (8/9/01) my initial revulsion. well it seems fatboy's foul noise continues to produce the desired effect, which is to elicit many listener's disgust.

Oh get a grip people. Magic Carpet Ride has been overplayed by classic rock stations for 30 years as the only Steppenwolf song supposedly worthy of airplay.

A least this kicks a little life back into a dead horse.

I agree (50 year old fart). I put this one up there with the re-mix of Walk this Way. Real fun. Oh and by the way the brown acid was great!

Extreme analogy yes, but why don't you just paint a moustache on the Mona Lisa?