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Let bygones be bygones
When Mick Jones was kicked out of The Clash in the early ‘80s, he formed Big Audio Dynamite, a group that melded Jones’ pop sensibilities with his earlier band’s punk ethos. This new edition of their 1985 debut, This Is Big Audio Dynamite, comes as a two-disc set featuring several remixed tracks, including “E=Mc2” and their first single “The Bottom Line.” On the first disc, the songs appear in their original form, showcasing Jones’ catchy hooks, experimental spoken-word phrasing and music/women/drugs lyricism. It’s iconic ’80s fare, as frothy and over-the-top as teased bangs and acid-washed jeans. Meanwhile, the second disc’s outtakes, remixes and B-sides tarnish the originals, combining syncopated dance beats with vocoder-filtered lyrics, spaghetti-western samples and screams that lend an air of schlolcky Eurotrash. Those songs fell to the cutting-room floor for a reason, and should’ve remained buried.
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Clearly you are not a fan or have much knowledge of Big Audio Dynamite. Again this magazine reminds me that the target audience is the trendy-here-and-now-scenester kid who's only connection to the past is an ironic t-shirt they bought at Urban Outfitters. First of all, the second CD or extra songs, did not fall to the cutting room floor. If I could post images on this, I can show you the actual vinyl 12" records that these songs came from. They aren't new re-hashes. They are the original remixes that came out in the 80's. For example, the "Bottom Line" 12" remix was the very FIRST Big Audio Dynamite song ever I heard which influenced me to start liking B.A.D. If you actually LISTEN to the remixes, you can see they all contain the same elements of the original songs, some with a different drum pattern, some with more of a "dub" feel with less vocals. And there's only ONE OUTTAKE. Not plural. And going straight to teased bangs and acid washed jeans just because something is from the 80's is just played and trite and doesn't even apply here. He was in The Clash! If you actually knew about the artist you were reviewing, your review might have been different. Perhaps, accurate.
understand where the reviewer's coming from but maybe she didn't have as much familiarity with the older tunes as myself.
coz for every mix or "dub" that does indeed sound like an 80s cable access show, i thought there was one that improved on the original. They sounded fresher to me than the original album cuts.