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Saturday, 10 March 2012

Steinski and the Mass Media - The Motorcade Sped On (NME, 1987)

DJ Steinski, Steinski and the Mass Media, The Motorcade Sped On, NME, 7, 1987, Tommy Boy
Utter genius cut'n'paste business from 1987.

This came on a covermount 7" with the NME in 1987 and I was utterly obsessed with it for years, vowing to top it if only I could get a better high-speed-dubbing-tape-to-tape machine.

I never did.

Pretty much unreleasable due to the sheer number of samples (Prince and Queen, for starters), it's a mash-up of the shooting of JFK. The utter mundanity of "the motorcade sped on" commentary lends it a surreal edge, especially given the level of repetition.

A completely seminal piece of early plunderphonics.

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2 comments:

  1. Dubrobots20 March 2012 at 13:34

    Bloody incredible record

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  2. Brett Alan19 August 2012 at 08:14

    Fond memories of this one. Had that NME record, and I really liked this. I just assumed it wasn't given a wider release because they figured no one wanted to buy a dance record about an assassination.

    The same act of course did the wonderful "We'll Be Right Back", in a similar vein but much more lighthearted. "And...batteries not included!"

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