Sunday, September 13, 2020

LISTENING TO - Wonderful Electric

I recently discovered this BBC live version from Glastonbury 2014 of Goldfrapp's Strict Machine which has a magnificence that is simultaneously triumphant and mystical. Starting, as many Goldfrapp's  tunes from a certain era do, with a direct steal of its central riff, in this case from Chicory Tip's - Son of my Father.  It transcends these cheap mock glam origins to be taken somewhere with much greater grandeur.  I imagine this was, and still is, a bit of a showstopper. Wonderful electric indeed.

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