'The Revolution Starts...' - Steve Earle 'Here for the Party' - Gretchen Wilson 'The Truth About Men' - Tracy Byrd 'C'Mon Funny Feeling' - Rodney Crowell 'Johnny Hart' - John Mellancamp 'Long Black Train' - Josh Turner 'The Trials of Harrison Hayes' - Willard Grant Conspiracy 'Rolling Stone from Texas' - Don Walser 'Jolene' - Mindy Smith (yes, the White Stripes version is very good, but this is the ultimate version of a truly great song) 'You Can't Take The Honky Tonk Out of The Girl' - Brooks and Dunn 'World Without Tears' - Lucinda Williams 'Ain't Living Long Like This' - Cooder Graw 'Polly in a Porny' - Shel Silverstein (reissue) Did I say my soul was born beneath the Mason Dixie line ?

Archie, actually, "Galvanise" does "hit" me straight away in the way Chemical Brothers tracks usually do. it's the usual swaggering in your face Chemical Brothers thing with a few nice touches, that ever so slightly arabic sounding string synth line, the Afrika Bambataa influenced vocal breakdown and of course Q-Tips rapping. Its also catchy as hell too. It's great, I just don't think its quite up with their best and that naturally is disappointing and thus probably prevents me from viewing the track objectively. Roll on the new album, hopefully it will be the promised "return to form". I get the impression your just not a Chems fan Archie?

I don't know what it is but I just don't get them!

Fair enough, I reckon if you don't get em straight away, you probably never will. Personally, they are one of my all time favourite bands. It's bass-bin-kick-in-the-gut, frontal-cerebral-lobe-optional kind of music, you generally don't have to think about it too hard. However if I were to try and explain the appeal, I'd say the basic ingredients of the Chems are Public Enemy beats, My Bloody Valentine noise, Bootsy Collins bass, acid house energy, a dose of rock "song" structure, psychedelia and a healthy chunk of New Order influence to boot if that makes any sense, which it probably doesn't. As pitchforkmedia (them again), would put it "Zoop zoop. Beepbeep. Doopdoop. "Back with anothaone-a those block rockin' beats!" Doopdoop. A- weee- aweeee- aweee- aweee. Doopdoop. A- weee- aweee- aweee- aweee" and so on..

Binokular - you're forgetting they are THE pair of funkiest muthas alive!!!

yep, that too. :D Bootsy Collins bass kinda covers it?

too true, I just wanted to say that

am actually going to give mine to a very late entry.. new Manic Street Preachers single "Empty Souls".. would'nt exactly be a fan but it really ROCKS!!

Am such a softy... "everybody's changing" by Keane or Snow Patrol and "Run". Both so obvious but they just work don't they!!!

'Hey Juliet' - Sean Needham is indeed class. I think my top tune has to be take me out. Amazing song.

Maybe I should give the Chems another go. Maybe I've been looking for the wrong things in their music