MUSIC FROM SPACE: Rogue Traders - VOODOO CHILD
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Viewers of Russell Davies' Doctor Who reboot series will forever associate this song with the absolutely insane closing scene of the episode The Sound of Drums. High above the UK in a floating fortress, the Doctor has been reduced to a shriveled, aged husk and the Master stands triumphant with a little gizmo in his hand. He presses a button and shouts: "Here... come.. the... drums!" And then this song begins to blast as the sky rips open and billions of weird little robot-things come raining down on the terrified populace below.
It was an absolutely over-the-top moment, a scene you could not be ambivalent about. Either you were thrilled, or you probably decided right then that the new Who simply wasn't for you. But no matter what, there was one thing we could all agree on: this song rocks. Based around a sample of Elvis Costello's Pump It Up, Voodoo Child is the kind of song that sounds loud at any volume. There is something genuinely apocalyptic in it. Close your eyes, turn it up and feel the sky rip open.
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It was an absolutely over-the-top moment, a scene you could not be ambivalent about. Either you were thrilled, or you probably decided right then that the new Who simply wasn't for you. But no matter what, there was one thing we could all agree on: this song rocks. Based around a sample of Elvis Costello's Pump It Up, Voodoo Child is the kind of song that sounds loud at any volume. There is something genuinely apocalyptic in it. Close your eyes, turn it up and feel the sky rip open.
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Technocrati tags: [Rogue+Traders][Doctor Who]
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