let forever be ~ the golden path

i remember when the first little tickles of hype around the “dust brothers” first appeared and i was listening to the prodigy at that time and thought- well i’m getting enough out of the prodigy, i’ll not overload the big beat, post punk lyrics and techno mashup by bothering with them. so i didn’t. when the chemical brothers appeared (and i didn’t connect the dust brothers and the chemical brothers until i read somewhere that it was as simple as a legally induced name change - that they were one and the same thing) that i listened to their first album. even then, despite its selling in vast quantities, i didn’t find it especially mind-blowing. but their second album ”dig your own hole” i found more compelling.

one of my favourite chemical brothers songs is let forever be. those of you familiar with the beatles’ ”tomorrow never knows” will hear a sonically strong connection to that piece of music.
here are the lyrics to the beatlesque sounding ”let forever be” . . .


how does it feel like, to wake up in the sun.
how does it feel like, to shine on everyone.
how does it feel like, to let forever be.
how does it feel like, to spend a little lifetime sitting in the gutter.
scream out sympathy.

how does it feel like, to sail on the breeze.
how does it feel like, to spend a little lifetime sitting in the gutter.
scream out sympathy.

how does it feel like, to make it happening.
how does it feel like, to breathe with everything.
how does it feel like, to let forever be.
how does it feel like, to spend a little lifetime sitting in the gutter.
scream out sympathy.

how does it feel like, to be a cristophe
how does it feel like, to spend a little lifetime sitting in the gutter.
scream out sympathy.

a nice analysis of the video can be read here. let’s watch it . . .
it’s on “the golden path” that the big beat meets psychedelia blend that i like in “let forever be” really finds itself. with the flaming lips alongside the chemical brothers guiding the tune into its spacey otherness, “the golden path” also drives a danceable question/message into the ears of the listener. which path do you honour? the path that compels you to don your corporate hunter-gatherer monkey suit and bring home the bacon, or do you head back to the land in harmony with your inner self?

chemical brothers - the golden path