Ed from the Chemical Brothers has brushed off an unusually bitter review of their new album in this week's NME, telling Skrufff they consider Push The Button to be their best ever record.
"I'd be lying to say it's water off a duck's back, the review infuriated me initially, but in another way it's quite gratifying; that we're still here and we're still annoying people," said Ed.
"We were shot down and it was vicious, sure, but there's no way we're going to let one bad review set our agenda. I thought it was small minded and pretty pathetic really, but it's just one person's opinion."
NME (nowadays edited by one-time Muzik chief Conor McNicholas) added a 'dance music still dead' caption alongside the review, though Ed was equally magnanimous about the fading indie rock title itself.
"The NME don't NOT support dance music, they give good reviews to Roots Manuva or LCD Sound System, which are good records, there isn't a totally closed mind down there, perhaps it's the fact that we come from a different era, that people think of us as people from the 90s," he mused.
"But having said that, there are times when you sound so self obsessed going on about this; there are bigger things happening in the world and it's just a record. Sure, we made it; we're bound to feel it's great but we've been doing interviews for the last month and everyone's opening gambit has been 'this is your best record'. The bottom line is, we love our record and we hope people get something out of it too," said Ed.
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Posted 15 January 2005 - 12:05 AM
nice to see Ed setting people straight. NME isnt a dance mag and needs to be more open in my opnion. Oh well who cares if they don't like it, im sure there record is gonna do well regardless of there views.
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Posted 15 January 2005 - 3:15 AM
It doesn't matter if it's a living or a hobby - when an artist is proud of his achievements enough to put his work out to the world, when he chooses to share that, I believe he's exposing a part of his soul.
Harsh criticisms cut to the bone, but I guess everyone has a right to their opinion, as much as I disagree. I'm glad Ed's keeping his chin up. The Chems have a lot to be proud of and I'm glad they share what they do with the world.
Harsh criticisms cut to the bone, but I guess everyone has a right to their opinion, as much as I disagree. I'm glad Ed's keeping his chin up. The Chems have a lot to be proud of and I'm glad they share what they do with the world.
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Posted 15 January 2005 - 10:06 PM
Great words Ed, it is true that this is just one bad review from many good ones. Incidentally BBC 6 Music gave high praise for ptb, 9/10 from most people, apparently marvo ging is named after the husband of the couple who own heavenly records (the chems recently dj-ed at their wedding).
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Posted 16 January 2005 - 1:25 AM
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...apparently marvo ging is named after the husband of the couple who own heavenly records (the chems recently dj-ed at their wedding).
I was wondering about that, and now I know.
Mystery solved!
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Posted 17 January 2005 - 2:20 PM
i just read that review by nme and good god it made me mad. afterwards i hid all the copies of it in HM Smiths. another point, as a photographer that picture was shit, they know nothing about camera positioning or lighting, let alone transient lighting, hence the orange/green glow
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