Prodigy is Metal??!!! PRODIGY - Their Law (Reaction)

[@rjb10101]

I am proud to be part of the Jilted Generation....

[@TheLargino]

... of which The Prodigy provided the Music For.

[@TalorcMacAllan-j2z]

like the Clash they are light years ahead of the rest and they were jilted also , punk rock electronic style.......seen them three times i would happily watch them 4 times a week live.....with 3 days scattered recovery

[@ozzyofkendal]

Was at Glastonbury ‘95 when they kicked ass

[@fabianpertschi1500]

The Clash, Prodigy Chemical brothers. What a time it was

[@gvpl.n.1525]

The Prodigy is the best music band ever!!!!!!!!!! 🐜🐜🐜🐜 more reactions The Prodigy !

[@stevenbarclay1985]

My favourite band since '92...Thank you...RIP Keef🔊🐜🐜🐜🇬🇧

[@Vasily_Popovich]

The Prodigy The kings of electronic music and they are the kings of electronic break beat Super Show and I was there🐜🐜🐜🔥🔥🔥👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️✊✊✊🤘🤘🤘🫡

[@mell3109]

RIP Keith a mentalist and iconic front man

[@necalovescake]

i saw the prodigy do that song at the virgin festival in england in 1997, so wild. ive seen prodigy i think 3 times? they were always insane. first album i ever bought was the prodigy experience on tape cassette in 1993 i think.

[@rcz8422]

this song came out 30 years ago... these guys set from phoenix 96 is probably one of the best live recordings ive ever seen.

[@kouman33st]

I'm so glad to be able to see them live, just 2 months before😢

[@aqua_Laura]

I seen them in Glasgow Nov last year and when their law came on i got major goosebumps and was a girl possesed 😅😅 cant wait to see them again. My mum met them in the 90s when she was raving.

[@dogstar5572]

I saw them at Reading festival. First-Foo Fighters, second-Prodigy, last-Beasty boys. It was incredible.

[@ClockworkAlex]

Watched them on first Exit, what an experience.

[@darkest_anomaly]

such a sick track. 🔥💀🤘

[@Stoyan1985]

Prodigy are eternal

[@Charlies_stuff]

First saw them in 2002 at Leeds Fest in the UK. I was pretty much 'Oh dance music? Can't stand it. I'll give them 10 mins and sod off to the tent' How wrong could I be. They f'ing rocked!

[@thesun2003]

This video and concert have been recorded in my hometown Novosibirsk, in center of Siberia in Russia. However, I participated the Prodigy concert in Auckland, New Zealand in 2019. They are amazing! RIP Keith Flint.

[@mitcosonline]

Great live performance in a middle of Russia - Novosibirsk. Crowd is great

[@deadlyredly1]

These MF live are something else

[@tomtomthebear]

I had the privilege of seeing them at Brixton academy on their greatest hits tour..!! I swear I nearly shit my pants when this riff started..R.I.P Keef ❤️

[@LC-gs6qv]

They are definitely not metal. I'm 48 and from the UK so grew up with them. They're a rave band who play such hard stuff that it appeals to alot of metal fans. Their main followers are from the dance/rave genre. One of their earliest but possibly most famous tracks is 'out of space'. It was a cult classic here in the UK and gives you more of an idea of what they're about. Warriors dance is another great track 👍

[@dmusiclife5727]

This track has Metal guitar tracks layered in it so I thought it was a perfect fit for the context of the song. Rock N Roll, Metal, Punk Rock, all genres with rebellious textures

[@TheBunnyb0y]

Yep this is very accurate, as a metal head, although broaden my horizon far more later in life, i always loved prodegy while not all that into electronic music at all in those days, they brought me into that, Kinda like how metallica brought in metal fans, prodigy aint metal.. But it pretty damn brutal, and has some heavy guitar samples, and it rocks hard, but i wouldnt call em metal as much as id like to

[@theuniversewithin74]

Prodigy is a steady companion. Been a fan since Experience. Super sad when Keith took the high ride, but at least they went out with a bang, as No Tourists is one of their absolute best. It's a perfect bridge from the old to the new. I don't think most people realise how freakin awesome No Tourists is. A banger from start till finish. RIP Keith, you will be missed 🕳️🌱❤️💋❤️🌱🕳️

[@yorkshirestodge]

Yeah but they're metal than metal

[@paulj5080]

I've seen Prodigy live a few times, first time was at Chaos in Wales sometime in the early 90s.

[@stuiniquity892]

Their Law is their live anthem. Literally destroys the crowd. They are in a genre of their own.

[@John-u1j7r]

I started listening to this album when I was 17 (1997) and it still kicks arse 2 day.

[@MrArohtaeko]

Electronic rock, maybe? I don´t know, i love Prodigy

[@Angelic_Alternatives]

I’ve seen the Prodigy 3 times now - the crowds are crazy regardless of where they perform

[@RobertTravis-zl7of]

of course its metal..... its mental too

[@dmusiclife5727]

Definitely mental 🔥

[@LC-gs6qv]

It's not metal. It's hard rave. I grew up with this band. Dance music is their thing, not heavy metal. It's the level of energy they bring that confuses people

[@universalguy6640]

Listening to the live version almost muffles the whole base which makes a good chunk of the piece. That's why people are telling you that they're metal. Listen to this same song studio version and you will get the base. The live is mixed with so much noise that kills the whole vibe.

[@komninoskarathanasis2102]

you have to react to warriors dance or breath or thunder live

[@jaylaw83]

RIP Keith. I remember Fire Starter releasing and every parent/politician/priest & teacher loosing their fucking mind. It was fucking glorious!

[@TheGraphix71]

Gänsehaus am ganzen Körper!

[@gomme1298]

Some context about "Their Law", Wikipedia : _The album is largely a response to the corruption of the rave scene in Britain by its mainstream status as well as the United Kingdom's Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, which criminalised raves and parts of rave culture. This is exemplified in the song "Their Law" with the spoken word intro and the predominant lyric, the "Fuck 'em and their law" sample. Many years later, after the controversy died down, Liam Howlett derided the title of the album, which he referred to as "stupid", and maintained that the album was never meant to be political in the first place._ I still think the song is a very good political response to this law. Also Liam Howlett is literally a walking human sampler, he grew up in the 80s and has been influenced by EVERYTHING. Wikipedia : _Liam Paul Paris Howlett was born on 21 August 1971 in Braintree, Essex, England. Howlett was trained in classical piano (from childhood). At the age of 14, he mixed songs recorded from the radio using the pause button on his cassette player. He was first influenced by hip hop music and culture when he began to attend school at Alec Hunter High School in Braintree. He learned breakdancing alongside his crew called the Pure City Breakers, and DJed in his first band Cut 2 Kill. After a fight at a gig in support of the band, Liam left Cut 2 Kill and started to write his own music._ I also suggest everyone to listen to Liam's solo project "The Dirtchamber Sessions Volume One" album. Wikipedia : _Prodigy Present: The Dirtchamber Sessions Volume One is a 1999 solo mix album by Liam Howlett of The Prodigy (the latter used as a moniker in this case), initially produced for BBC Radio 1's mix show The Breezeblock. There are more than 48 tunes from many artists mixed, scratched and cut._ Enough Said. 🤯 Wait, no. I also need to say that you HAVE to watch "The World's on Fire" live version of this song. This dvd/bluray live is incredible, one of the best I've ever seen in my life. Great video btw. 👏

[@lewisb85]

It was written as a collab between the prodigy and pop will eat itself the "im the law you can't beat the law" is from clint mansell better known now as a film composer. There is a full band pop will eat itself version with full verses "for those that will deny us oppose us control us", its on youtube. the prodigy version is the instrumental remix. makes more sense with the verses, its clint ranting about the act.

[@silvertongue3003]

I would say they industrial

[@georgitemelkov9995]

The Prodigy music genre is just The Prodigy

[@robintierney1792]

The Prodigy were the NUTS!!!!!

[@_eclipz_]

Best gig I ever went to was Prodigy in Sweden. I'm 49 and still not ever experienced anythin like it lol. The Brazilian girl i met might have something to do with it, not sure hahaha!

[@bhurzumii4315]

R.I.P. Keith.

[@alieninvention1310]

Now listen to PWEI Their Law (The Poppies do the better version in my opinion, song was a collab between the two)

[@daviddudas2820]

Not metal ! But i was in Metal festival where Protigy was sicret band and when they start metalheads going crazy and everyone was best moment in the festival !!!!

[@edalexander4411]

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[@mattbettany1174]

now go and watch Everybody in the Place from the early 90s and you won't believe it's the same band lol

[@cranboogie]

🌀🌀🌀👍👍👍✊✊✊

[@aesops-ghost7756]

You're blowing up... If you're branching into other styles consider Aesop Rock to be the French cooking of modern hip-hop.

[@Rabbit1-y9k]

It's a choon about the criminal justice act banning dance party's in random fields where everyone was free to experiment with psychedelic drugs.. If you perceived that as metal? It's your mind..,

[@dmusiclife5727]

Yes we discussed what the song was about at the end. Defying a trespassing law. It’s a rebellion anthem which is the roots of Rock N Roll, Punk, and Metal Music as to why the track has metal guitar tracks layered throughout it

[@PUNKinDRUBLIC72]

Prodigy aren't metal,just heavy as!

[@RussellTaylor72]

There not metal. The Prodigy single handedly brought the illegal UK rave scene into the Main Stream. Yes, some tunes have guitars in but they are fundamentally the leaders in the UK Dance/Rave scene….luckily have seen them live 3 times.

[@chimpansi2]

No more russia

[@stjohntownsend3019]

No they fking aren’t metal, neither are Chase and Status or Pendulum but they keep returning to the shit show that Download has turned into.

[@dmusiclife5727]

The song has Metal guitar tracks layered thought this song. Along with the song having a rebellious subject matter which is the roots of Rock N Rock, Punk and Metal.Prodigy in general may not be in the genre of metal but this particular track has a big metal element to it

[@reeceaylen-jones7397]

Prodigy is literally its own genre

[@TalorcMacAllan-j2z]

na......they are electronic punk rock , oh wait you are right 😂👍

[@vinniedixon1140]

Seeing The Prodigy live is the best gig I've ever been to. Keith Flint was a pure live wire on stage as that's what he loved, being on stage jacking the crowd up, feeding of the energy. Was absolutely gutted he took his own life. R.I.P. Keith, you fkn legend.

[@fillintheblank8240]

They steal the show in every metal/hard rock festival.

[@Tita_]

@TheCyberCore Same here

[@MichaelW-vj6wx]

Uh he died.

[@Arsendis_idm]

and what ? Keith's absence changes NOTHING, Liam Howlett is the most important in The Prodigy I'm going to The Prodigy concert next week!they start their summer tour... The Prodigy lives forever!🐜❤️🔥🦊

[@paultaylor9498]

Even though they are a dance band

[@1848revolt]

Stole.

[@chrisbirks2751]

A ton of metal fans are secret fans of stuff like Prodigy and Chemical Brothers tbh. My main rock club back in the day used to switch to it for the last hour of play. Dance floor was always crammed 😂

[@craigt6002]

Incredible band. Pure energy. R.I.P Keith. Legend status. Tonnes of respect for the Prodigy. I am a metal head. I'm also a Prodigy head. I'm a head 😂😘🤘

[@MrRadz79]

Broke my leg in the pit watching prodigy at leeds festival 09. Mental band, rest east keef

[@Okannır]

sorry to hear that dude, In which year did you break your leg?

[@lordzetoc]

hahaha. so did my good friend in 10 or 11

[@urbanastro4701]

This was written by a couple of my mates that were in another band PWEI

[@patrickholt2270]

Pop Will Eat Itself were great.

[@lewisb85]

Fuzz Townshend said that the prodigy version is the instrumental remix version, I always preferred the pwei version with the verses. Although pwei live lately have been doing a version which is more like the prodigy version.

[@sergioa4585]

My second concert in my entire life was Prodigy....BEST 2hrs IN MY LIFE!!!!

[@adamwalkeraw]

Been to a million concerts,seen them a few times,them in 08 was possibly the maddest concert I ever been to

[@timthomsonart]

One of the best colabs, Prodigy and PWEI...

[@jon-paulfilkins7820]

Poppies on patrol, can you dig it?

[@timthomsonart]

@@jon-paulfilkins7820 Alan Moore knows the score!

[@richiegunner3398]

They headlined Download festival 2012 (Friday) and absolutely blew every other band off the stage, including Metallica and Sabbath!

[@gavinyoung4156]

I’ve been following the prodigy since the early 90s seen them more times than any other band! The best live band ever! Check out the warriors dance festival at the Milton Keynes bowl in 2010! Best gig I have ever been to

[@TheMrExemplar]

I think it is hardcore EDM with Metal additions Genre

[@matthewwalker5430]

Their Law is their most 'metal' track though, from this period of Prodigy anyway. It was actually a collaboration with a British Industrial/punk/dance band called "Pop Will Eat Itself" (also known as "The Poppies" or "PWEI" and they were eventually signed to Trent Reznor's label) and they gave it the heavy guitar sound. There are pretty much 2 versions of this track too, The Prodigy's more breakbeat version with minimal lyrics and PWEI's more lyrical version which they also still play live at their (much smaller than The Prodigy) gigs still. Both epic live in different ways

[@lewisb85]

Gizz butt also used to down tune it even more when playing it live (his other bands are english dogs and janus stark) so very metal guy. I always preferred the pwei version with the verses as opposed to the prodigy version which fuzz said was the instrumental remix cut the verses out and kept the hook. Although I saw pwei at rebellion and they played the prodigy version without the verses.

[@prodigy84bg]

They don't consider themselves related to metal. Rather, they've described their style as electronic punk.

[@dmusiclife5727]

Anything that has a rebellious tone to it is going to be associated with the punk rock genre for sure but there’s definitely metal guitar tracks layered throughout this song

[@prodigy84bg]

@@dmusiclife5727 This track is a collaboration with a rock band called Pop Will Eat Itself, who provided the guitars and vocals.

[@lewisb85]

@@prodigy84bg not forgetting the "F**K them and their law" on the original is Clint Mansell most famous as a classical and film composer than these days the guy who composed "lux aterna". but back then the frontman of pwei. I do prefer the pwei version with the verses. it makes more sense than just hanging round waiting for the hook.

[@flibbleking]

My first ever gig was Prodigy at G-Mex on the Fat of the land tour in '98, may well still be the best. RIP Keith It's not the same without you.

[@yorkshirestodge]

December 97? I think. I was there. Foo fighters as support no.

[@BuzzaB77]

prodigy gigs are lethal, I'm a metalhead and prodigy was the most I've been thrown about ever! incredible!

[@joaomorais278]

Magic people voodoo people

[@ChrisPelletier73]

PWEI nation is here

[@notimportant3686]

have they done anything from "fat of the land"..... which i consider one of the "perfect" albums... up there with some of the soad, deftones, korn, metallica nirvana entries... and from the same time period too... i guess i have an era

[@MartinFransson]

Ooh, this is one of my favourites!

[@michaeltaylor8835]

RIp Keith flint

[@mjfreaklove]

R.I.P. Keef!!! 😔🕊

[@Mrmhibbert]

One of my favourite bands.... And one of my favourite songs by them, thank you

[@InstigatorDJ]

Saw them in Early 2000's in South Africa. Best show Ive ever seen live. Hands down.

[@snowgoons_9264]

ПРОДИЖДИ ЭТО ИСТОРИЯ

[@MegaKvass]

моя любимая)

[@nedmustafa3047]

I saw these guys in a small little nightclub in 1990 in east London before anyone heard of them and they absolutely killed it.

[@p.m.c..2.615]

Four aces club in Dalston . Legendary 👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻

[@nedmustafa3047]

​@@p.m.c..2.615that's the one ✌️

[@gaborkovacs8765]

if You want hear real metal from the Prodigy chek FLINT "Aim4" i, discovered , FLINT one Year ago all the years, nothing heard about this Band!!!!!!!!! it was a Punkrockband with Keith Flint next to Prodigy Keith was playing! @same time like Prodigy!!!!! i never heard!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! even a friend from England, a big Prodigy Fan!! not heard about this Punk Rock Band!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Flint!!!!!!! check it Please!!!!!!!!!!! Rest in Peace my Friend Keith Flint the Fire You Started, will Burn Forever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@adambrandist2233]

Your never the same after youve been to a prodigy gig its another fucking world nothing comes close

[@ciderfeet3331]

I watched The Prodigy at Brixton Academy in '97 with my older brother when I was 15, I was a tad naughty back then and had eaten a small brick of weed and downed several beers beforehand (didn't want to pay £5 for a pint at the venue!) I was a fan of rave and metal, and when that guitar came in on Their Law I exploded, lost a tooth pogoing, and I still count it as one of the best gigs I've ever been to, The Prodigy were like a force of nature back then, they encapsulated so many different musical genres fans.

[@25thcenturyman]

I went twice to their live show. But i got wasted slong the way and never got the to shows. Second time i was close, across the lake on island but i fell asleep.

[@TheSneakyfiend]

Don’t forget PWEI and their vocals for this track-it was a collab ❤

[@davegoodwin1950]

Illegal raves. THEM WERE THE DAYS

[@jasonashmore8986]

Prodigy is a show of madness with all genres

[@1848revolt]

As an anarchist this is my favorite prodigy song.

[@dogstar5572]

‘The law’ didn’t have that many lyrics. Keith Flint did that after.

[@scrubsscrubs694]

You want to see fire? Lol react to Rammstein! Du Hast live in Paris lol

[@Shoomer1988]

The track is about the UK's 'Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994' - a law brought in the kill the rave scene. It didn't work.

[@dmusiclife5727]

Yep, a trespassing law

[@paultaylor9498]

Prodigy is dance, not metal.

[@dmusiclife5727]

I disagree this song is about as metal as it gets. That’s why The Prodigy plays metal festivals

[@paultaylor9498]

@dmusiclife5727 you are talking shit. I'm telling you they are a dance, that's why they won awards for best dance act

[@TheStellalegs72]

Saw them at V 97, good times. RIP Keith.

[@RussellTaylor72]

Me too. Great performance

[@retrohaggis7969]

live 6 times. amazing

[@WTV_gOnzo]

🔥🔥🔥✊

[@djambush360]

Of course is Prodigy Techno. just hear some of their older tracks like: 'Hyperspeed', 'Out of Space' or 'Wind It Up'. Also the never ones: 'The Day Is My Enemy'.

[@derekodriscoll7178]

First saw the Prodigy Live at a Rave In Essex in 1989..then saw them last year in Brighton..still Fxxking Awesome 💪 😎

[@ukdnbmarsh]

been into prodigy since when i first heard Charly in in 1992 - went to the their Warriors Festival at Milton Keynes in 2010 , think it was their biggest ever crowd - 65,000 people, the who place was rocking, at the end i didnt even have the energy to walk, i was totally spent and lost my voice too, R.I.P Keith.

[@BbYyTtOo]

🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@natashabailey1717]

The prodigy we're the best the most energy and England are proud to claim them and rip keith flint ❤

[@mikewood9514]

I used to dj at alternative/metal clubs.they are one of the few bands who united people on the dancefloor.punks/metalheads everybody would go off if you played them.i was also very lucky to see them live here in cape town . South africa

[@LeperMessiah2]

You should do Smack my B up on your own time (official video? It is not what you think but not reactable ble AT ALL

[@andylarham5251]

Total showmen.. I saw them live about 9 years back and they done the track 'ibiza' with sleaford mods amazing concert and sooooooo much base😊

[@coollakshman]

I can't stop headbanging! Next reaction - Nick Thurl end up dead 😍

[@richarddimeck4578]

RIP Keith flint One of the times I can say the man, the myth the legend and its completely true

[@batweed]

They were more metal than metal. Hardest toughest show i have ever been in.