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Prodigy - No Good (Start The Dance)

Music Video | 1994
ArtistProdigy
SongNo Good (Start The Dance)
AlbumMusic For The Jilted Generation
DirectorWalter A. Stern
MusicLiam Howlett
GenreElectronica (Techno, Ambient, Jungle,...)
IntroNo
OutroNo
Production CompanyJohn)
Production CompanyStigma Films (Harvey
LabelXL
Licensees(+Country)Intercord (Germany)
Production time12 Hours
PublishingEMI/ Virgin Music
Recording StudioEarthbound Studios
Set LocationUnder Spitalfields Market , Great Britain
Sound MixStereo
TalentDancer 2 (Nikki)
TalentDancer 1 (Daz)
Technical Specificationscolour - format unknown
Release date

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Synopsis

In a disused underground cellar, a small rave descends into a series of unsettling tableaux. Dancers move frantically as the members of The Prodigy occupy separate corners of the space. Keith Flint spirals into a manic frenzy before being restrained and sealed inside a glass box, while Leeroy Thornhill dances alone and Liam Howlett attacks a brick wall with a sledgehammer. Maxim watches the chaos with an intimidating, almost supernatural calm. Shot in stark black and white, the video turns a club atmosphere into something threatening and surreal.

Factoids & Trivia

  • The video was filmed in a disused cellar beneath Spitalfields Market in London's East End.
  • The production was completed in approximately 12 hours, giving the clip a raw, unpolished energy that suits the track's rave intensity.
  • The controversial sequence involving Keith Flint, a straightjacket and a glass box filled with smoke was edited or pixelated in some television versions, including versions shown on MTV.
  • Its black-and-white photography and claustrophobic setting helped distinguish it from the more colorful, playful approach of "Out of Space."
  • The video's mixture of dark humor, aggressive behavior and menacing band imagery anticipated the harsher visual identity The Prodigy developed in later clips such as "Firestarter" and "Breathe."
  • The shoot is sometimes associated with the London club Fabric, but the commonly documented location is the underground cellar beneath Spitalfields Market.

Lyrics

Yo..yo..you're no good to me.
Yo..yo..you're no good to me.

Yo..yo..you're no good to me.
Yo..yo..you're no good to me.

You're no good for me,
I don't need nobody
Don't need no one, that's no good for me

You're no good for me,
I don't need nobody
Don't need no one, that's no good for me
...
© Prodigy - No Good (Start The Dance). This is an excerpt, provided as citation under fair-use.
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