Comments on: Why KLF’s “3 a.m. Eternal” Continues To “Rock Me” 17 Years Later http://passionweiss.com/2008/10/31/why-klfs-3-am-eternal-continues-to-rock-me-17-years-later/ I'm a Bartender, I Do Great Things. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:33:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Scott T. Sterling http://passionweiss.com/2008/10/31/why-klfs-3-am-eternal-continues-to-rock-me-17-years-later/#comment-42487 Scott T. Sterling Mon, 03 Nov 2008 23:27:41 +0000 http://passionweiss.com/2008/10/31/why-klfs-3-am-eternal-continues-to-rock-me-17-years-later/#comment-42487 ...and their 'Chill Out' album is the ultimate smoker's delight. Fire up the Sour Diesel and put it one for one hell of wild (and fun) ride... …and their ‘Chill Out’ album is the ultimate smoker’s delight. Fire up the Sour Diesel and put it one for one hell of wild (and fun) ride…

]]> By: Scott T. Sterling http://passionweiss.com/2008/10/31/why-klfs-3-am-eternal-continues-to-rock-me-17-years-later/#comment-42486 Scott T. Sterling Mon, 03 Nov 2008 23:19:13 +0000 http://passionweiss.com/2008/10/31/why-klfs-3-am-eternal-continues-to-rock-me-17-years-later/#comment-42486 Hell yes to the KLF. The film of them burning a million pounds is one of the most amazing things I've ever seen. They even took the freaking thing on tour: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K_Foundation_Burn_a_Million_Quid Genius. Hell yes to the KLF.

The film of them burning a million pounds is one of the most amazing things I’ve ever seen. They even took the freaking thing on tour:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K_Foundation_Burn_a_Million_Quid

Genius.

]]> By: Tray http://passionweiss.com/2008/10/31/why-klfs-3-am-eternal-continues-to-rock-me-17-years-later/#comment-42239 Tray Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:31:34 +0000 http://passionweiss.com/2008/10/31/why-klfs-3-am-eternal-continues-to-rock-me-17-years-later/#comment-42239 That's not quite what happened. That’s not quite what happened.

]]> By: Passion of the Weiss http://passionweiss.com/2008/10/31/why-klfs-3-am-eternal-continues-to-rock-me-17-years-later/#comment-42140 Passion of the Weiss Fri, 31 Oct 2008 21:40:38 +0000 http://passionweiss.com/2008/10/31/why-klfs-3-am-eternal-continues-to-rock-me-17-years-later/#comment-42140 Padraig: Thanks for dropping knowledge. Completely agree. KLF are uniformly awesome. Tray: Just admit it, you're going to be a happy hardcore raver for Halloween. There is no shame in this. Padraig: Thanks for dropping knowledge. Completely agree. KLF are uniformly awesome.

Tray: Just admit it, you’re going to be a happy hardcore raver for Halloween. There is no shame in this.

]]> By: Tray http://passionweiss.com/2008/10/31/why-klfs-3-am-eternal-continues-to-rock-me-17-years-later/#comment-42132 Tray Fri, 31 Oct 2008 19:15:51 +0000 http://passionweiss.com/2008/10/31/why-klfs-3-am-eternal-continues-to-rock-me-17-years-later/#comment-42132 Do you think you're beeeeter off alo-o-one (duh duh duh duh) Do you think you're beeeeeeter off alo-o-one Do you think you’re beeeeter off alo-o-one (duh duh duh duh)
Do you think you’re beeeeeeter off alo-o-one

]]> By: padraig http://passionweiss.com/2008/10/31/why-klfs-3-am-eternal-continues-to-rock-me-17-years-later/#comment-42126 padraig Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:22:15 +0000 http://passionweiss.com/2008/10/31/why-klfs-3-am-eternal-continues-to-rock-me-17-years-later/#comment-42126 I love this goddam song. Actually I pretty much love everything the KLF ever did, but 3 AM especially. That and "America: What Time Is Love" which has a killer video of its' own. It always boggles my mind the 2 jaded, middle-aged Scottish music vets managed to bring so many things that were bubbling just beneath the surface (hip hop, acid house, proto-rave culture, sampling - kinda like Steinski for rave culture, etc.) and weld them onto their cryptic, impossibly expansive self-mythologizing. On that super meta-meta tip way before anyone else. Greatest pop group (not band, notice, or artist, but pop group) ever IMO. There are like a million mixes of this song, most of which don't feature rapping and which are therefore, as cool as Ricard Da Force is, much better. I think 3 A.M. Eternal also makes better sense if you've ever, y'know, been out clubbing/raving/etc. at 3 A.M., on serious drugs, when shit really seems, well, eternal. In true KLF fashion it's totally naff pop music but simultaneously on some like deep existential tip as well. Anyway... 10 KLF Fun Facts: Their two main inspirations to form the group were early hip hop & the Illuminatus trilogy. On their early singles Bill Drummond raps in a super thick Scottish accent. It should be terrible but somehow it's awesome, probably cause he's fully aware of how absurd the whole thing is. Jimmy Cauty, other main KLF dude, co-founded the Orb w/Alex Paterson. They wrote a satirical manual on how to have a stupid #1 pop hit and then, to prove the point, had a stupid #1 pop hit by following their manual. Pretty much single-handedly rejuvenated Tammy Wynette's career by having her do the vocals on "Justified & Ancient (Stand by the JAMs (get it?))" for no other reason that that Drummond was a huge fan of hers. As seen in the video, they worked with a multi-racial/cultural rotating ensemble/collective of London Acid House Summer of Love types. They made a movie, White Room, that was never released. I've seen some it (there are excerpts on Youtube) - it's pretty awesome, kinda on some Two Lane Blacktop tip, Drummond driving around the moors in a souped up Mad Max car. When invited to perform on the UK equal of the Grammies they tapped Extreme Noise Terror (for those who know who that is) to play a crust-as-fuck version of 3 A.M. Eternal with them. Then Bill Drummond fired a machine gun full of blanks over the heads of the crowd of producers/journos/sycophants. They retired when they said they would, and they've never reformed. They burned a million pounds sterling. Literally. Whatever you think of that, the willpower involved is kinda staggering. I love this goddam song. Actually I pretty much love everything the KLF ever did, but 3 AM especially. That and “America: What Time Is Love” which has a killer video of its’ own. It always boggles my mind the 2 jaded, middle-aged Scottish music vets managed to bring so many things that were bubbling just beneath the surface (hip hop, acid house, proto-rave culture, sampling - kinda like Steinski for rave culture, etc.) and weld them onto their cryptic, impossibly expansive self-mythologizing. On that super meta-meta tip way before anyone else. Greatest pop group (not band, notice, or artist, but pop group) ever IMO.

There are like a million mixes of this song, most of which don’t feature rapping and which are therefore, as cool as Ricard Da Force is, much better. I think 3 A.M. Eternal also makes better sense if you’ve ever, y’know, been out clubbing/raving/etc. at 3 A.M., on serious drugs, when shit really seems, well, eternal. In true KLF fashion it’s totally naff pop music but simultaneously on some like deep existential tip as well. Anyway…

10 KLF Fun Facts:

Their two main inspirations to form the group were early hip hop & the Illuminatus trilogy.

On their early singles Bill Drummond raps in a super thick Scottish accent. It should be terrible but somehow it’s awesome, probably cause he’s fully aware of how absurd the whole thing is.

Jimmy Cauty, other main KLF dude, co-founded the Orb w/Alex Paterson.

They wrote a satirical manual on how to have a stupid #1 pop hit and then, to prove the point, had a stupid #1 pop hit by following their manual.

Pretty much single-handedly rejuvenated Tammy Wynette’s career by having her do the vocals on “Justified & Ancient (Stand by the JAMs (get it?))” for no other reason that that Drummond was a huge fan of hers.

As seen in the video, they worked with a multi-racial/cultural rotating ensemble/collective of London Acid House Summer of Love types.

They made a movie, White Room, that was never released. I’ve seen some it (there are excerpts on Youtube) - it’s pretty awesome, kinda on some Two Lane Blacktop tip, Drummond driving around the moors in a souped up Mad Max car.

When invited to perform on the UK equal of the Grammies they tapped Extreme Noise Terror (for those who know who that is) to play a crust-as-fuck version of 3 A.M. Eternal with them. Then Bill Drummond fired a machine gun full of blanks over the heads of the crowd of producers/journos/sycophants.

They retired when they said they would, and they’ve never reformed.

They burned a million pounds sterling. Literally. Whatever you think of that, the willpower involved is kinda staggering.

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