I still remember the very first experience with oldschool jungle. One of my bestest school mates lent me a CD to listen to over the weekend and my head exploded the moment I heard first song, M-Beat’s “Incredible”. I played it over and over, and considering I had no idea what the dude was singing (we didn’t have the Internet), I made up my own lyrics. Having seen them now, they make as much sense as mine did back in back in the day.
Jungle Hits Volume 1 was packed with oldschool ragga jungle bangers like Champion, Ride The Punanny, and one of my favourites, Leviticus’ The Burial. These memories came flowing back when I saw Tricky’s new music video for Murder Weapon. That song appeared on Jungle Hits Volume 1 too – I remember it well – it started off with an infamous scene from The Good, the Bad and the Ugly where Tuco is in the bubble bath and gets set upon by an armed man. That is not present in Tricky’s version and neither is Echo Minott’s original vocals. Irish-Italian singer Franky Riley, lends her vocals to this re-working. Check it below.
Listen to the original Murder Weapon below.
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2 replies on “Tricky: Murder Weapon”
its been a long time since i listened to tricky. he definitely brings back some good memories…
first heard him in the early nineties, think it was either on the rebirth of cool II album or massive attack (or was it portishead, agg too long ago to remember).
you got some good taste in music there, i must have a rummage through your play list prawn. i need to go a shopping spree for some new tunes.
Alas I’ve not kept up with Jungle trends since 94. Almost all the songs on Jungle Hit Volume 1 were bangers, you should give it a listen if you can. They don’t sound dated at all.
My Tricky memories are fuzzy as well, but I really liked the track he did with Ed Kowalczyk in 2001 – Evolution Revolution Love. Murder Weapon is apparently the first single off his upcoming album, Mixed Race. We’ll have to keep a weather eye on it.