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The Chemical Brothers — Surface to Air
Album: Push the Button
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Released: 2004
Length: 7:21
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 CCSandman wrote:

Absolutely far from their best output - their first 3 albums are stonking though (25th anniversary of Dig Your Own Hole as I type!), and there are tracks from the subsequent albums that are awesome, their back catalogue as a whole is pretty damn great - in terms of electronica, they're up there, just behind Underworld and punching with Orbital for me.

A tad tough to think which of their tracks would fit in here at RP, but for me I think their collaboration with Wayne Coyne on The Golden Path would be a slam-dunk 👍



I totally agree, but I feel they're on top of most electronica acts.  Simply brilliant, I feel!   They've made so much original music it's quite unbelievable!  
Posted 2 years ago by david16    [ Reply ]
These guys have made soooo much music, yes, music, and I love them!  Plenty room for more Chemical Brothers on here as far as I'm concerned!  
Posted 2 years ago by david16    [ Reply ]
 tutakea wrote:

yes... it´s suppesed to be music. and: yes, it´s human beings making music. because machines don´t do this by themselves.


11 years on, and with advances in AI and deepfake technology, now they can.
Posted 2 years ago by lewisv66    [ Reply ]
Absolutely far from their best output - their first 3 albums are stonking though (25th anniversary of Dig Your Own Hole as I type!), and there are tracks from the subsequent albums that are awesome, their back catalogue as a whole is pretty damn great - in terms of electronica, they're up there, just behind Underworld and punching with Orbital for me.

A tad tough to think which of their tracks would fit in here at RP, but for me I think their collaboration with Wayne Coyne on The Golden Path would be a slam-dunk 👍
Posted 2 years ago by CCSandman    [ Reply ]
 tutakea wrote:

yes... it´s suppesed to be music. and: yes, it´s human beings making music. because machines don´t do this by themselves.
you "this is only computers so it could not be good music" people are so narrowminded and boring.
and of course there is influence from kraftwerk, tangerine dream and so on. there could be more boring influences, and the result is just fine 4 me



ya, 4 at best
Posted 2 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
 Greyerwrit wrote:

My snootiness about electronica is betrayed by my tapping left foot.



Two feet here.
Posted 3 years ago by sunybuny    [ Reply ]
This was a nice transition from the vintage Deep Purple.  Space rock to space synth made me look up and say "Wait what just happened there?"
Posted 3 years ago by bdwhitepm    [ Reply ]
It sounds like "NEU" in an actually sound, new syths etc.
Posted 3 years ago by ankahl    [ Reply ]
 Greyerwrit wrote:

My snootiness about electronica is betrayed by my tapping left foot.


Exactly.  I gave this a 1 last time but I've learned my lesson.  Thanks, foot.
Posted 3 years ago by DaidyBoy    [ Reply ]
My snootiness about electronica is betrayed by my tapping left foot.
Posted 3 years ago by Greyerwrit    [ Reply ]
Reminds me of the Thirteenth Floor Elevators
Posted 3 years ago by phantomgardner    [ Reply ]
Posted 3 years ago by simon.martin83761    [ Reply ]
I like it.....
Posted 3 years ago by k_trout    [ Reply ]
Great Song from a great Album. Clear 9
Posted 3 years ago by Donar    [ Reply ]
 3enny_3lanco wrote:
{#Bananapiano} Not as many complaints as I thought... nice to see. I'm tapping my feet to this one.
 
I'm just amazed by how this guy keeps time with the song!
Posted 4 years ago by rgio    [ Reply ]
Which came first?  This or the hideous Push the Button (by the Sugababes) as I can hear shreds of that one here...
Posted 4 years ago by DaidyBoy    [ Reply ]
Peppy!  I'll give it a 7
Posted 4 years ago by sheeelaaa    [ Reply ]
In my head I’m going “Oh baaaaybeee… You're having a bad dream."
Posted 4 years ago by jukes1    [ Reply ]
 edatwork wrote:
Hmmm, about 7 minutes too long.
 
^Hmmm, about 6 words too long ^
Posted 4 years ago by sjccroquet    [ Reply ]
Keep it going, I'll confess.
Posted 4 years ago by sqqqrly    [ Reply ]
Make it stop, I'll confess.
Posted 9 years ago by PeterMC3    [ Reply ]
yes... it´s suppesed to be music. and: yes, it´s human beings making music. because machines don´t do this by themselves.
you "this is only computers so it could not be good music" people are so narrowminded and boring.
and of course there is influence from kraftwerk, tangerine dream and so on. there could be more boring influences, and the result is just fine 4 me

Posted 14 years ago by tutakea    [ Reply ]
and this is supposed to be... music?
Posted 14 years ago by namp    [ Reply ]
 Stefen wrote:
Are there any human beings making music here?
 
Don't think so and no one listening either. #1

Posted 14 years ago by HazzeSwede    [ Reply ]
Wow, I hear the Strokes' "Modern Age" all over this.. still fine to listen to.
Posted 14 years ago by floydoftherocks    [ Reply ]
Hmmm, about 7 minutes too long.
Posted 14 years ago by edatwork    [ Reply ]
 chyk5 wrote:
Interesting; a lot of Kraftwerk influence here. I'd much rather hear the original.

 
CB's sound ranges widely but I think the Kraftwerk reference is good.  I hadn't noticed that.

Posted 14 years ago by twitterpated    [ Reply ]
{#Bananapiano} Not as many complaints as I thought... nice to see. I'm tapping my feet to this one.
Posted 14 years ago by 3enny_3lanco    [ Reply ]
I really like this sound.  Getting me going here at work this morning.
Posted 14 years ago by jhiggsie    [ Reply ]
I like electronica but this is a waste of time.....
Posted 14 years ago by ckcotton    [ Reply ]
I got a copy of this CD after hearing this song on RP.  I think I like about half the cuts on the disk.  This one is a favorite.  I like the way the theme travels.

Posted 14 years ago by twitterpated    [ Reply ]
Interesting; a lot of Kraftwerk influence here. I'd much rather hear the original.

Posted 14 years ago by chyk5    [ Reply ]
I predict this song will be condensed to 30 seconds and licensed to a car or bank commercial
Posted 14 years ago by davin    [ Reply ]
I like this one a lot.
Posted 14 years ago by shutter    [ Reply ]
Wakka Wakka
Posted 14 years ago by jkhandy    [ Reply ]
 fuh2 wrote:
Fun to hop up and down to while rapidly rotating. LOUDER!

 
Careful, don't hurt yourself!

Posted 14 years ago by RedGuitar    [ Reply ]
ahhhh. 
Posted 15 years ago by rosedraws    [ Reply ]
 ercasul wrote:

What a brilliant description.    And apt.  This track gives me the same sort of blissed-out feeling I used to get from their "One Too Many Mornings".   So the Chemical Brothers must have this thing about sunrises.   Must be all those years of late-night DJ sets at summer festivals.
 
{#Sunny}

Posted 15 years ago by lophrequa    [ Reply ]
Does this end?!?  4 —> 2

Posted 15 years ago by tompoll    [ Reply ]
 34bogas wrote:
Futurista, suena bien, un poco a aquella música de la película warriors
 
Qué curioso....yo estaba pensando en los helicópteros de Apocalypse Now.

Posted 15 years ago by Bleyfusz    [ Reply ]
first time to hear that sucker. quite enjoyable. will have to listen to other works by them. {#Drummer}
Posted 15 years ago by lancesh    [ Reply ]
boring (nice album cover)

Posted 15 years ago by sunny_day    [ Reply ]
Futurista, suena bien, un poco a aquella música de la película warriors
Posted 15 years ago by 34bogas    [ Reply ]
Are there any human beings making music here?
Posted 15 years ago by Stefen    [ Reply ]
I am waiting for Ian Curtis to start singing!!!
Posted 15 years ago by shawshank    [ Reply ]
where's my glowstick?
Posted 15 years ago by jenakle    [ Reply ]
 flyin_bri wrote:
I'm hearing The Strokes' "The Modern Age" from "Is This It?". Anybody else?
 
Yes, good catch {#Yes} same basic riff
Posted 15 years ago by Feday    [ Reply ]

OH! They use this song in the movie Smily Face


Posted 15 years ago by Mandible    [ Reply ]
What a brilliant segue from Euphoria - I never noticed the join. Nice one :)
Posted 15 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
This whole album is great... best since the first!!
Posted 15 years ago by bkrontz    [ Reply ]
R2D2 Rocks out to this one.  {#Bananapiano} 
Posted 15 years ago by ryanrides    [ Reply ]
 Kittee wrote:

This song...is like the sun rising in my ears.
 
What a brilliant description.    And apt.  This track gives me the same sort of blissed-out feeling I used to get from their "One Too Many Mornings".   So the Chemical Brothers must have this thing about sunrises.   Must be all those years of late-night DJ sets at summer festivals.
Posted 15 years ago by ercasul    [ Reply ]
Fun to hop up and down to while rapidly rotating. LOUDER!

Posted 15 years ago by fuh2    [ Reply ]
 ScottFromWyoming wrote:
Needs to segue into Charlie Don't Surf.
 
{#Yes}

Posted 16 years ago by kaybee    [ Reply ]
oh my... NOT for me.  Have to change stations now... sorry Bill!
Posted 16 years ago by jameyp    [ Reply ]
I LIKE IT{#Yes}
Posted 16 years ago by cathenley    [ Reply ]
...and on

...and on

..ad nauseum.

..and on....
Posted 16 years ago by Atlantis    [ Reply ]
Hard to believe there was only one song between Widespread Panic and this.  Nice mixing, Bill.
Posted 16 years ago by vivakitty    [ Reply ]
 andrewimft wrote:
Sounded an awful lot like early New Order. 
And that's a GOOD thing!

Posted 16 years ago by Govi    [ Reply ]
Needs to segue into Charlie Don't Surf.
Posted 16 years ago by ScottFromWyoming    [ Reply ]
{#Good-vibes} Woooo! YEs.
This song...is like the sun rising in my ears.

Posted 16 years ago by Kittee    [ Reply ]
More Chems! YES! {#Music}
Posted 16 years ago by laroue    [ Reply ]
CAN'T..... STOP big_gare wrote:
MUST . . . STOP . . . TAPPING . . . FOOT!
 

Posted 16 years ago by allenrudd    [ Reply ]
handyrae wrote:

I'd like it better if it were not quite as long. It got annoying after a while.


I agree, it was too long... parts of it were likeable, other parts were just wasteful repetitive or sonically dreary synth programming... Sounded an awful lot like early New Order.


Posted 16 years ago by andrewimft    [ Reply ]
I'd like it better if it were not quite as long. It got annoying after a while.
Posted 16 years ago by handyrae    [ Reply ]
I'm hearing The Strokes' "The Modern Age" from "Is This It?". Anybody else?
Posted 16 years ago by flyin_bri    [ Reply ]
. . .not as good as some of their other stuff. . .
Posted 16 years ago by vandal    [ Reply ]
This is really a nice departure from the rest of their stuff. Solid 7
Posted 16 years ago by jlind    [ Reply ]
*snore*
Posted 16 years ago by Red_Dragon    [ Reply ]
Takes a little while, but I really love this song. The album is really pretty good except for a few misses.
Posted 16 years ago by beto0707    [ Reply ]
MojoJojo wrote:
It's an "Album Only" at iTunes. Boooooo! No, I don't want the entire album.
Amazon MP3, but it's $1.94, I guess because of the length. I bought several CB and they are in heavy rotation - good road music.
Posted 16 years ago by stevesaw    [ Reply ]
piefection wrote:
Good choice. Now all I need is some Daft Punk...
And some LCD Soundsystem...
Posted 16 years ago by squidish    [ Reply ]
...do the chemical brothers do much sampling?..i hear so many echoes of david bridie in this that it's an uncanny coincidence otherwise...
Posted 16 years ago by mandolin    [ Reply ]
Good choice. Now all I need is some Daft Punk...
Posted 16 years ago by piefection    [ Reply ]
kinda nice. the problem with the ChemBros...........interesting ideas which ultimately fall apart. The train runs out of steam (or track)
Posted 16 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
This is so much better than that other Chemical Brothers deal that's played so much.
Posted 16 years ago by gabbadar    [ Reply ]
MUST . . . STOP . . . TAPPING . . . FOOT!
Posted 16 years ago by big_gare    [ Reply ]
Strange... not sure I like it.
Posted 16 years ago by TheFriendlyCat    [ Reply ]
Nice!
Posted 16 years ago by felam    [ Reply ]
Smooth as ever. Love the Chemicals.
Posted 16 years ago by spaceman    [ Reply ]
surface to air, goes like a missile
Posted 16 years ago by drews    [ Reply ]
Love Chemical Brothers! More more more
Posted 16 years ago by DigitalJer    [ Reply ]
A very very very good song, I love it!!! The dust brothers =D one of my favorit big beat groups!!!
Posted 16 years ago by MirWanda    [ Reply ]
best song i've heard off this album. "shake, break, bounce" and "push the button" don't come anywhere close to this goodness! i'd buy this one as a 12 inch single in a heartbeat. :)
Posted 16 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
Maybe someday, when it grows up, it can be a Pink Floyd wannabee track.
Posted 16 years ago by Baby_M    [ Reply ]
I CAN FEEL THE COLORS!
Posted 16 years ago by DoctorHooey    [ Reply ]
MojoJojo wrote:
It's an "Album Only" at iTunes. Boooooo! No, I don't want the entire album.
I'd say go ahead and get it, as this is a cool album, but it has 2 horrendous duds, "Left Right" and "Close Your Eyes", albeit conveniently in tandem on the CD.
Posted 16 years ago by redeyespy    [ Reply ]
It's an "Album Only" at iTunes. Boooooo! No, I don't want the entire album.
Posted 16 years ago by MojoJojo    [ Reply ]
eastcoast wrote:
Too techno for me.
Me too. When this track started, I was going to complain that it was very headache-inducing, but then it got a little better, and worked its way up to status. An improvement, I suppose.
Posted 16 years ago by rtrudeau    [ Reply ]
A little techno. Sounds like something the Ecstasy generation would groove to. A few compelling bits though.
Posted 16 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
great album, great cover art.
Posted 16 years ago by MCKY    [ Reply ]
Where IS that glow stick of mine?!? --> 4
Posted 16 years ago by tompoll    [ Reply ]
...i almost thought i heard a sample from david bridie's come around...
Posted 16 years ago by mandolin    [ Reply ]
This is a nice, smooth slide to the finish of Push the Button after the (mostly) deliriously fun tracks which precede it.
Posted 17 years ago by redeyespy    [ Reply ]
bcorcoran wrote:
Would be great music for the end of a sci-fi movie where the world was just saved.
What a great description!
Posted 17 years ago by mattt    [ Reply ]
...very reminiscent of passengers at the beginning, a touch of hotel radio in the middle, quite enjoyable... ^_^
Posted 17 years ago by mandolin    [ Reply ]
cool tune...
Posted 17 years ago by mach-hog    [ Reply ]
I'm folating away!!!! YAY!
Posted 17 years ago by d00kie    [ Reply ]
trekhead wrote:
EXTERMINATE!!!!
Posted 17 years ago by misterclaw    [ Reply ]
I hear U2's Where the streets have no name in it. I like!
Posted 17 years ago by hurrah    [ Reply ]
Posted 17 years ago by Nabla    [ Reply ]
Too techno for me.
Posted 17 years ago by eastcoast    [ Reply ]
Posted 17 years ago by trekhead    [ Reply ]
Some one set us up the bomb! A Thank you is you! slartibart_O wrote:
great call!
Posted 17 years ago by bullitt    [ Reply ]
What a sound at 192 kbps in 5.1 surround sound! What a station.
Posted 17 years ago by oldsinger    [ Reply ]
Would be great music for the end of a sci-fi movie where the world was just saved.
Posted 17 years ago by bcorcoran    [ Reply ]
Misterfixit wrote:
All Your Base Belong to Us ! Quickly Klaatu, apply the Rotating Mechanical Devices to these Pathetic Earthlings' Nether Parts! Ork
great call!
Posted 17 years ago by slartibart_O    [ Reply ]
Perfect intro for The Who - Join Together ...c'mon Bill, I dare you. When you hear this sound a-comin' Hear the drummers drumming I want you to join together with the band
Posted 17 years ago by E_A_D_G    [ Reply ]
One of my favorite CB songs.
Posted 17 years ago by Pyro    [ Reply ]
This is really cool, nice call Bill
Posted 17 years ago by jlind    [ Reply ]
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Posted 17 years ago by coy    [ Reply ]
This really grows on you, love the slow build. Very nice.
Posted 17 years ago by zaknafein    [ Reply ]
All Your Base Belong to Us ! Quickly Klaatu, apply the Rotating Mechanical Devices to these Pathetic Earthlings' Nether Parts! Ork
Posted 17 years ago by Misterfixit    [ Reply ]
The beginning sounds quite like something by OSI. Fine driving music though.
Posted 17 years ago by Frater_Kork    [ Reply ]
On_The_Beach wrote:
I keep waiting for Donna Summer to start singing "I feel love, I feel love, I feel love . . ."
like the song, but this is f'ing funny
Posted 17 years ago by themotion    [ Reply ]
festerfree wrote:
This is why I love RP! What a nice change in pace for my workday. I love Chemical Bros., this being one of the tamer songs I've ever heard by them.
Jeez - my brain is about to explode and this is TAME? Oy!
Posted 17 years ago by liser    [ Reply ]
Well, now, this is fun!
Posted 17 years ago by mattt    [ Reply ]
most excellent! really does give a surface to air visual ... crazy
Posted 17 years ago by themotion    [ Reply ]
I was about to give it the old 'Mommy, make it stop!' until it finally pulled out of that annoying intro and grew into something that made me realize it was just background music to my mundane tasks here at work, and then I wasn't scared anymore.
Posted 17 years ago by smackiepipe    [ Reply ]
The start really made my ears hurt and I nearly hit mute, then the main body of the number kicked in and I was glad I didn't. Not bad, though not as distintive/dangerous as some of their work - 6 from the Nottingham jury.
Posted 17 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]