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SCOOTER
- 24 Carat Gold
The raving techno tunes of this trio just seem to keep coming. This collection
of their charting singles from1994 to 2000 (some higher and others much
lower on the German charts) run a total of two dozen tracks (hence part
of the album title). Besides their own dance numbers they feel obligated
to deliver appalling covers of classic songs like I Was Made For Lovin'
You by Kiss,
Supertramp's
Logical Song and Billy
Idol's
Rebel Yell. A disgrace. Aiii Shot The DJ is hardly a Bob
Marley
or
Eric Clapton
tribute for that matter. The distorted vocals act as a cheerleader drive,
mainly there to sweep a crowd up in an e-frenzy, the ludicrously crap
lyrics a mere formality. The pitch shifted chipmunk vocal parts can get
a bit icky - but if you're an old Hardcore Euro Techno head, it may not
be as bad. The borderline hardcore tracks don't get hard enough to qualify,
though while some slower numbers are thrown in - it's pretty much your
standard rave beat throughout. Samples include bits like (repetitive)
cheering crowds, Walking In Memphis and the ever popular John
Bonham
drum beat from Led
Zeppelin's
When The Levee Breaks, used by pretty much everyone. The Sheffield
Posse thing is a bit misleading as Scooter
are more German than anything else. But I must add, to have a "rave band"
may be more visual than the old DJ-standing-there routine. Scooter's
modesty is also in short supply - unless you're Queen,
to do a song titled We Are The Greatest need some backing up.
Funny bit: Local South African act Scooters
Union
used one of these megaphone icons on their album cover 5 years ago and
here Scooter
uses it as well! Reminds me of SA band Watershed's
song Indigo Girl - I saw the American duo Indigo
Girls'
DVD on a shelf last year (2002) - the title…Watershed! What are
the odds!?
2 / C
- PB
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