Heads We Dance: Favourite Remix #5
Primal Scream - 'Burning Wheel' (The Chemical Brothers Remix) - this one's pure nostalgia.
Primal Scream - 'Burning Wheel' (The Chemical Brothers Remix)
This one is pure nostalgia. I first really got into Primal Scream when the 'Vanishing Point' album came out way back in 1997. 'Burning Wheel' was a single from that album and was released as part of an EP that you really should go and buy right now! As well as the original song, it contains an amazing early demo of 'Higher Than The Sun' that we actually included on our ‘Album Influences’ Mixtape (which you can download from our website now!), and this track; The Chemical Brothers remix of 'Burning Wheel'.
The "big beat" section of this track dates it now but I think that this is the first remix I ever really loved and it still has a lot going for it twelve years on. It’s a really good example of remixers taking the strongest elements from an original track and turning them into something new. When remixing a song, the vast majority of remixers will only use the vocals and ignore the original backing track completely – we certainly tend to do this ourselves! What The Chemical Brothers do brilliantly here is not only use the original Bobby Gillespie vocal, but they work part of the original bass line seamlessly into their own much funkier rhythm track. As the original bass line – a real psychedelic Paul McCartney 'Rain' style effort – is one of my favourites of all time, this is without doubt a good thing! It goes to show how successful a remix can be if you delve a little deeper into the original track.
Go seek this track out, and check Primal Scream out playing the original on Jools Holland below as well – it takes me back to those heady post-Britpop days!
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