Come to daddy

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Come to daddy
Extended play by Aphex Twin

Publication
(s)

October 6, 1997

Label (s) Warp Records
Sire 31001
WEA Records

Format (s)

CD , record

Genre (s)

Electronic music
IDM
Drum and Bass

Title (number)

8th

running time

32:54

production

Richard D. James ( Aphex Twin )

chronology
Richard D. James album
1996 		Come to daddy Windowlicker
1999

Come to Daddy is an EP from British DJ Richard D. James, better known as Aphex Twin . The EP was released in 1997 on Warp Records .

"Come to Daddy, Pappy Mix." - usually shortened to "Come to Daddy" - is one of the most famous tracks by Aphex Twin and reached # 36 in the UK single charts .

History of origin

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Come to daddy
  UK 36 10/18/1997 (2 weeks)

Aphex Twin on the production of the title track:

“ Come to Daddy came about when I was just messing around at home, getting drunk and making that shitty Death Metal jingle. Then it was marketed and a video was made. And this little idea that I had, this joke, turned into something really big. That wasn't right at all. "

- Richard D. James

The cover of the EP was designed by Chris Cunningham , the photo for the cover was shot by Stefan de Batselier.

Chart positions

The EP occupied a position in the British singles charts for two weeks (top position # 36). On the Heatseekers list of Billboard magazine she was ranked 37th

reception

Stephen Thomas Erlewine from allmusic awards four out of five points to the EP and writes:

"The EP is full of various" Come to Daddy "remixes that reveal the intricacies of the main track, as well as a couple of tracks like" Flim "which show that Aphex [Twin] still has the beautiful, fragile melodies of his early ambient works can produce. "

- Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Pitchfork Media awarded the record 7.2 out of 10 points.

Music video

The music video for "Come To Daddy, Pappy Mix" was released in October 1997. Chris Cunningham directed and filmed on the same location where Stanley Kubrick shot many scenes of A Clockwork Orange , near the Tavy Bridge Shopping Center in Thamesmead, which was demolished in 2007 . Large parts of the dark parking garage from the video no longer exist.

The video begins with an old woman walking her dog in a cloudy, industrial landscape. The dog urinates on an old television set on a heap of rubbish by the sidewalk. This results in the television being "brought back to life". It shows the distorted, screaming face of Richard D. James, who is portrayed as a demon. A gang of small children appears. The children all have Richard D. James' grinning faces. It looks like they inhabit the abandoned industrial buildings. The children run through the corridors, play with rubbish, demolish property and chase a scared man into his car. The demon (played by Al Stokes) slips out of the television and screams inhumanly loud and with a distorted tone in the face of the old woman. Then the children gather around him.

The music video reached # 35 on Channel 4's 100 Greatest Scary Moments list in 2003 . It was also voted Best Music Video of the 90s by Pitchfork Media in 2010 .

Tracklist

All songs composed and produced by Richard D. James.

  1. Come to daddy, pappy mix. - 4.22
  2. Flim - 2.57
  3. Come to Daddy, Little Lord Fauntleroy Mix - 3.55
  4. Bucephalus Bouncing Ball - 5.44
  5. To Cure A Weakling Child, Contour Regard - 5.10
  6. Funny Little Man - 3.58
  7. Come to daddy, mummy mix. - 4.24
  8. IZ-US - 2.57

literature

  • Rob Young: Warp . Black Dog Publishing Ltd., London 2005, ISBN 1-904772-32-3 (Series: Labels Unlimited ).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ George Warren, Holly and Patricia Romanowski: The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll. Aphex Twin . Fireside, New York City, 2005.
  2. ↑ Charts UK
  3. ↑ [1]
  4. ↑ English Original: Come to Daddy came about while I was just hanging around my house, getting pissed and doing this crappy death metal jingle. Then it got marketed and a video was made, and this little idea that I had, which was a joke, turned into something huge. It wasn't right at all.
  5. ↑ https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000029269
  6. ↑ In Engl. Original: The EP is filled out with several "Come to Daddy" remixes that reveal subtleties in the main track, plus a few tracks like "Flim" that show Aphex still capable of the gorgeous, fragile melodies of his early ambient work.
  7. ^ Music and the movement. In: Inside Housing. October 2, 2009, archived from the original on March 5, 2012 ; accessed on May 14, 2016 .
  8. ↑ Come to Daddy in the Internet Movie Database (English)
  9. ↑ [http://mp.channel4.com/film/newsfeatures/microsites/S/scary/results_40-31_2.html 100 Greatest Scary Moments from film, TV, advertising and pop] (link not available)
  10. ↑ http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7849-the-top-50-music-videos-of-the-1990s/5/

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