{"id":1813,"date":"2019-03-08T08:23:19","date_gmt":"2019-03-08T08:23:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/douglascowie.com\/?p=1813"},"modified":"2019-03-05T11:35:28","modified_gmt":"2019-03-05T11:35:28","slug":"song-of-the-week-babys-got-a-temper-by-the-prodigy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.douglascowie.net\/?p=1813","title":{"rendered":"Song of the Week: &#8220;Baby&#8217;s Got a Temper&#8221; by The Prodigy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each Friday I pick a song\u2013new, old, borrowed, blue\u2013that\u2019s been on my mind and in my ears, and write a short post about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is &#8220;Baby&#8217;s Got a Temper&#8221; by The Prodigy:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p class=\"responsive-video-wrap clr\"><iframe title=\"Prodigy  -  Baby&#039;s got a Temper(HD-720p)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UFBPnZe_iMA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I traveled to London in 1997 for a semester abroad as part of my undergraduate study. The Prodigy was everywhere, and they were nothing like anything I&#8217;d heard or knew. Billboards advertised &#8220;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Firestarter (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wmin5WkOuPw\" target=\"_blank\">Firestarter<\/a>&#8221; and &#8220;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Smack My B**** Up (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iIMVbL1rq5c\" target=\"_blank\">Smack My B**** Up<\/a>&#8221; around the city. The songs were on the radio. The band looked and sounded thrilling and frightening in equal balance. My friends and I had a hard time believing that&#8217;s really what he was saying. They felt like a door into a foreign city, through which I could walk and know that the world was different than I thought it was. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I wasn&#8217;t then and am not now a huge fan of The Prodigy, but I&#8217;ve always liked them for opening my ears and mind to something completely different to myself, and different from anything else, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>RIP Keith Flint<br><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"DouglasCowie\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Song%20of%20the%20Week%3A%20%22Baby%27s%20Got%20a%20Temper%22%20by%20The%20Prodigy\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each Friday I pick a song\u2013new, old, borrowed, blue\u2013that\u2019s been on my mind and in my ears, and write a short post about it. This is &#8220;Baby&#8217;s Got a Temper&#8221; by The Prodigy: I traveled to London in 1997 for a semester abroad as part of my undergraduate study. 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