‘Where Do I Begin’ - The Chemical Brothers, 1997
While generally not a big fan of The Chemical Brothers I’m a big fan of this song of theirs, taken from the 1997 album Dig Your Own Hole and features frequent Chemical Brothers guest Beth Orton on vocalist. I finally figured out why I’m not an avid lover of electonic dance while watching these guys play live at electric picnic a couple of years ago and it because are so loud with sounds that will rattle your teeth for hours after and lights that will threaten to rip the retina from your eye socket. Give me lo-fi electronica any day of the week.
With the ramble over, the reason I really like this song is Beth Ortons voice and the simple lyrics describing a situation that we probably can all relate to at some stage, u know the one where you wake up from a heavy night on the town and your left wondering where it all went wrong while the hands shake and you try to gather yourself. The lyrics are simply
Sunday morning I’m waking up
Can’t even focus on a coffee cup
Don’t even know who’s bed I’m in
Where do I start
Where do I begin (X2)
repeated a couple of times to an admittedly catchy and again simple, musical melody. Gradually the music volume rises when the heavy drum line kicks and the singing has ended in which is approximately halfway through the song, bringing the song to a climatic, high pitched conclusion. I won’t mention anything about the chainshaw like noise that appears on the album version of the song. Anyway here’s a live version
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