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Yes! "Happiness" is probably my favourite. And yeah he's very Haines-ish, perhaps a Haines of fifteen years ago before he got bitter and cynical?

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Sunday, 30 May 2004 22:21 (twenty-two years ago)

yeah, maybe a candyflipped haines.

― mark p (Mark P), Sunday, 30 May 2004 22:25 (twenty-two years ago)

with a viagra thrown in to boot.

― mark p (Mark P), Sunday, 30 May 2004 22:26 (twenty-two years ago)

on acid, right?

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Sunday, 30 May 2004 22:32 (twenty-two years ago)

no dude that was covered with 'candyflipped'.

i didn't even really mean the acid part. i just wanted to say candyflip.

― mark p (Mark P), Sunday, 30 May 2004 22:34 (twenty-two years ago)

And yeah he's very Haines-ish, perhaps a Haines of fifteen years ago before he got bitter and cynical?

Which of course also means Giorgio Moroder circa Knights in White Satin.

WBs = either Westbam or... Wighnomy Brothers?

― Stacey Pollen (Andy K), Sunday, 30 May 2004 22:54 (twenty-two years ago)

five months pass...

Would anyone (Andy especially) care to make any additions to Andy's list above? A 4th CD perhaps? What would be on it. the MFA remix, surely.

― adam... (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 21:24 (twenty-one years ago)

Yes, I must thank Andy for compiling that, it's easily one of the things I've listened to most in the last few months.

― Ronan (Ronan), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 21:47 (twenty-one years ago)

when i saw him dj last week (which was STELLAR, btw) he played this blinding remix of his cover of baby's on fire...it was a bit more rocking than his original cover -- had this sort of this VU riff inserted in it -- and it slowly faded out into the barest of handclaps and hints of low-end murmur. later on, i asked him what it was, and he ran over to his record bag, gave me the 12", and signed it "to geeta - yeah! superpitcher'! i swooned!

― geeta (geeta), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 22:12 (twenty-one years ago)

he is the greatest human being that has ever lived.

― Ronan (Ronan), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 22:13 (twenty-one years ago)

his hair looks fantastic, too. just like when we saw him in cologne. mirror-shiny blond hair, sort of an angular cut. i should've asked him what conditioner he uses

― geeta (geeta), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 22:18 (twenty-one years ago)

haha. I still want to see that Happiness video. I read in an interview with him recently and they asked him did his family support him or help him when he decided to make music and his answer was like "No, not at all. There was no help. There was no support. None"

― Ronan (Ronan), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 22:21 (twenty-one years ago)

I walked into RX for the Superpitcher show on Saturday...to find nobody there but Alex In SF, Alex's girlfriend, and Superpitcher, all having a little chat!

― adam... (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 22:23 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah, he actually remembered us from Cologne (or did a fantastic job of faking remembering)! I guess not all that many Americans go to Koln the day after X-mas with the sole purpose of seeing a Kompakt show.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 22:26 (twenty-one years ago)

I want to go back to Cologne so badly.

― Ronan (Ronan), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 22:27 (twenty-one years ago)

he played this blinding remix of his cover of baby's on fire...it was a bit more rocking than his original cover -- had this sort of this VU riff inserted in it

i have this remix on mp3 available for a limited time only! gissa shout!

― jed_ (jed), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 22:28 (twenty-one years ago)

We are planning another trip across Western Europe over next summer. A lot of the trip is keyed on perhaps spending two fridays (various weeks) in Cologne (it's nice to be able to point to wackiness like this whenever my girlfriend claims that I am TOO obsessive about music.)

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 22:29 (twenty-one years ago)

any chance of a gmail of it Jed?

― Ronan (Ronan), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 22:30 (twenty-one years ago)

sure - i'll wait to see if anyone else shouts then send it.

― jed_ (jed), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 22:31 (twenty-one years ago)

Me too!

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 22:31 (twenty-one years ago)

if you could send it so i don't have to convert the vinyl, i'd appreciate it! (i just sent you a mail)

― geeta (geeta), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 22:32 (twenty-one years ago)

alex can yahoo handle 9mb?

― jed_ (jed), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 22:32 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah, I think it can. I sent out 10mb files a while ago.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 22:34 (twenty-one years ago)

add me to the list, please! RJG123 gmail. thanks!

― RJG (RJG), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 22:36 (twenty-one years ago)

me three!

― cºzen (Cozen), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 22:36 (twenty-one years ago)

Me also, please. Same address as the one I use on here, only with yahoo replaced by gmail. Ta muchly!

― RickyT (RickyT), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 22:42 (twenty-one years ago)

me too!!!

― s1ocki (slutsky), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 22:47 (twenty-one years ago)

jed!

― adam... (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 22:47 (twenty-one years ago)

superpitcher was what god was up to on the seventh day, right?

― cºzen (Cozen), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 22:49 (twenty-one years ago)

the offer is now closed : p

― jed_ (jed), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 22:50 (twenty-one years ago)

superpitcher was what god was up to on the seventh day, right?

Probably. That and BURRITOS.

― adam... (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 22:52 (twenty-one years ago)

and toast

― Ronan (Ronan), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 22:54 (twenty-one years ago)

and staplers. Brilliant.

― adam... (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 22:57 (twenty-one years ago)

I once stapled a staple into my thumb. where was god then

― Ronan (Ronan), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 22:59 (twenty-one years ago)

Cologne?

― adam... (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 22:59 (twenty-one years ago)

hey jed,

please tell me where i can find the remix...i'll owe you seven donkeys.

― youngn, Wednesday, 17 November 2004 23:02 (twenty-one years ago)

THANK YOU JED!

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 23:03 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.studio-zuid.nl/img/airmail.gif

― jed_ (jed), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 23:03 (twenty-one years ago)

― geeta (geeta), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 23:12 (twenty-one years ago)

will someone forward it to youngn?

― jed_ (jed), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 23:14 (twenty-one years ago)

"and his answer was like "No, not at all. There was no help. There was no support. None""

"and he ran over to his record bag, gave me the 12", and signed it "to geeta - yeah! superpitcher'! i swooned!"

I'm not sure which of these stories is better.

"when i saw him dj last week (which was STELLAR, btw) he played this blinding remix of his cover of baby's on fire...it was a bit more rocking than his original cover -- had this sort of this VU riff inserted in it -- and it slowly faded out into the barest of handclaps and hints of low-end murmur"

Is that the Westbam Mix?

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 23:27 (twenty-one years ago)

What I wrote back in March, on the short-lived 123 No Gravity [NEW COMMENTS IN BRACKETED CAPS]:

The WBs With Our Superpitcher – "Baby's on Fire" (Road Rage, 2004) The vocals from Superpitcher's Eno cover, originally heard on Total 4, gets grafted on top of a Westbam [OR WAS IT WIGHNOMY BROS? DID ANYONE EVER FIGURE THIS OUT?] production that's made to sound like a thumping overhaul of an imaginary first-album-era Roxy Music tune. The bassline is so boomy that it sounds like it's coming from a floor beneath you. This is far more exciting than the original cover version, and it also hammers home the fact that Superpitcher's voice resembles a young Luke Haines. (Why I didn't pick up on this as early as "Tomorrow" is beyond me.) This track comes from a white-label 12" with two other cuts: one is a piew-piew-lazer remix of Liquid Liquid's "Optimo," while the other is a microhouse take on the Doors' "Riders on the Storm" that could've been done by Justus Köhncke (seek "Shelter," his thinly-veiled Rolling Stones homage).

― Andy K (Andy K), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 23:27 (twenty-one years ago)

The Creepers version still knocks it for six imo.

― jed_ (jed), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 23:30 (twenty-one years ago)

Haha Luke Haines!

Superpitcher to do "Chinese Bakery" with one eyebrow firmly arched!

― adam... (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 23:31 (twenty-one years ago)

hmmm... too late for a gmail shout for that remix? funwithreality @ gmail dot com ?

― firstworldman (firstworldman), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 23:48 (twenty-one years ago)

ah, closed... damn... shoulda read further

― firstworldman (firstworldman), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 23:49 (twenty-one years ago)

I will forward - thanks jed. I wasn't around.

― Alba (Alba), Thursday, 18 November 2004 00:20 (twenty-one years ago)

Superpitcher schaffel mix of "The Rubettes" stat.

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Thursday, 18 November 2004 00:23 (twenty-one years ago)

And then Haines and Superpitcher must duet on a cover of Giorgio Moroder's cover of Knights in White Satin.

My favorite thing about this thread is that three or four other Superpitcher threads were started after it.

― Andy K (Andy K), Thursday, 18 November 2004 00:28 (twenty-one years ago)

thanks!

― firstworldman (firstworldman), Thursday, 18 November 2004 00:50 (twenty-one years ago)

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― Le Bateau Ivre, Friday, 2 February 2018 23:03 (eight years ago)

four months pass...

Only up to the third but yeah, they've been exquisite so far. My fav stuff of his even.

― albvivertine, Friday, 29 June 2018 10:28 (seven years ago)

two years pass...

lockdown has been good for listening to these in succession even though it's hard for me to tell which is which at this point. Up to no. 9 now.

― Roz, Wednesday, 2 September 2020 13:18 (five years ago)

two years pass...

how come ilx didn’t go nuts for this

https://www.discogs.com/master/880525-King-So-So-Disco-In-The-Sky

― brimstead, Tuesday, 25 April 2023 19:51 (three years ago)

lol oh wait, read thread you idjut

― brimstead, Tuesday, 25 April 2023 19:52 (three years ago)

i went totally nuts for it. still love it.

― stirmonster, Tuesday, 25 April 2023 20:55 (three years ago)

two years pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrbZw0cj5Qs
Oh boy, new Superpitcher on Cocoon 🔥🔥

― willem, Tuesday, 17 June 2025 04:39 (eleven months ago)

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