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Rating: "Ego War" is an album that I just can't digest!
I could accept it if it had been destined only for the English underground circuit, if its sole claim was to end up in the bag of some young DJ looking to liven up their sets with something new (only chronologically speaking...).
My enormous distrust of this work arises from the moment the English press (how typical...) wants to present it to me as yet another great masterpiece, the unmissable revelation of 2003.
Adding to this inexplicable euphoria and increasing my aversion to these 12 tracks, are the Audio Bullys themselves, who ride the fortunate moment and have the luxury of pointing out to us, from the columns of accommodating newspapers, how their "genius" had already come to light at unsuspected times when, still unknown, they mixed current dance hits with sacred monsters like Clash and Kinks from the turntables at who knows what village festival.
Don't be fooled! If you are looking for someone capable of reviving sacred monsters of that caliber in a modern key, the Audio Bullys are not for you.
The only thing these two "suburban bullies" have managed to do is steal some riffs here and there (Costello and Joe Cocker are sampled respectively in "Way Too Long" and "Face In The Cloud") pasting them together with the most ignoble cut'n'paste.
"Ego War" is a big pot where 10 years of English dance music are cleverly mixed. Two-step, downbeat (Mr. Skinner aka The Streets is another class by comparison), big beat, electroclash, hip-hop infused anthems that Groove Armada had already given us the displeasure of gifting, all elements blended without a hint of personal touch or interesting insight.
With this debut, the Audio Bullys show the only merit of easily crafting danceable hits to the point of boredom, they are not innovative and even less can be labeled as a revelation and once again, to contradict the English press, you can easily do without their album.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
01 Snake (03:36)
Got this feeling in my head
It won't go away, no
Got this feeling in my head
It won't go away, no
Got this feeling in my head
It won't go away, no
I keep on tryin'
To make it up to you and I would be lying
To play a game with you so I just keep walking
Not thinking it all through or even talking
To people about you
Got this feeling in my head
It won't go away, no
Got this feeling in my bed
When I start the thing up
Got this feeling in brain
I wish it would guh-o
Sometimes I just feel insane
I deal with the pain though
I keep on tryin'
To make it up to you, and I would be lyin'
To play a game with you so I just keep walkin'
Not thinkin' it all through or even talkin'
To people about you
From start to cold, new to old, brave to bold, paid to sold
Fresh to crust, still to rust, sure to must, Skin to dust
Gas to fire, phone to wire, played to hire, claim to flier
Head to hat, tape to that, tells a cat, snares a slack
Red to pink, plate to zinc smells a stink, edge to brink
Paid to waltz, shops the malls, tops the talls, pops the collars
Stomps it out, puff to pout, in to out, rain to drought
Shout to scream, sleep to dream, split to seam, unless you want me
Got this feeling in my head
It won't go away, no
Got this feeling in my bed
When I start the thing up
Got this feeling in my head
It won't go away, no
Got this feeling in my bed
When I start the thing up
03 Way Too Long (02:16)
Nobody's been comin round your way
Have you been hearing wat they say?
They were your buddies yesterday
But you took too long to pay
Have you heard the latest news
about the cat that got slapped and bashed and bruised
Yeah, I wouldn't wanna be in his shoes
Now the kid's got fuckall to lose
broken friendships too hard to mention
ran round in venture
only invention
as we step from old to new
Andy knows we always wanted to check the things we do
All those kids who were your mates
You've let them sitting on their hate
When you're asleep or you're awake
You cannot hide from your mistake
Has he checked the fresh tickets?
get my fuckin money or you get my fuckin fist
personality switchin' twitchin
Like the girls in the springer show bitchin'
boy's in major shit now
Hasn't even got a little bit now
cuz he was out on the town
knockin drinks down
spendin all his money
and throwin it around
Nobody's been comin round your way
Have you been hearing wat they say?
They were your buddies yesterday
But you took way too long to pay
All the kids who were your mates
You've left them sitting on their hate
When you're asleep or you're awake
You cannot hide from your mistake
Have you seen where stevie's been?
Well, i've seen him round the way,
If you know wat i mean...
where?
well, he was at the club last night
drinkin with a girl and she looked a bit alright
What the fuck is he doin?
Spending all my money on a girl now im screwin
I only ticked him for a favour
and he pays me back with that kinda behaviour?
And that just seems to be the way things go down
just enjoyance to the point of no return
lets get paid lets just get paid
And that just seems to be the way things go down
just enjoyance to the point of no return
lets get paid lets just get paid
And that just seems to be the way things go down
just enjoyance to the point of no return
lets get paid lets just get paid
05 We Don't Care (03:31)
There's things I haven't told you
I go out late at night
And if I was to tell you
You see my different side
There's things I haven't told you
I go out late at night
And if I was to tell you
You'd see my different side
There's things I haven't told you
I go out late at night
And if I was to tell you
You'd see my different side
There's things I haven't told you
I go out late at night
And if I was to tell you
You'd see my different side
There's things I haven't told you
I go out late at night
And if I was to tell you
You'd see my different side
We don't care
What you say
I'mma do my thing
From day to day
(Get it?)
We don't care
What you think
'Cause in this world
It's Swim-or-Sink
(What the fuck?!)
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