Kill Your Darlings [Explicit Lyrics]

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Kid Loco returns with more of his signature trip-hop blend, but with a novel pop twist. With his former releases, Prelude to a Grand Love Story and Jesus Life for Children Under 12 Inches, Loco challenged Dimitri from Paris as France's premier mixmaster. Loco uses Kill Your Darlings to take a bolder step that will please some, but not all.

More than ever, Kill Your Darlings reveals Loco's love of Serge Gainsbourg and the Velvet Underground, with listless vocals supplied by Departure Lounge's Tim Keegan and Quinn's Louis Quinn. Darlings is a sexy, black-and-blue pop record ready-made for surreal video action (or perhaps an Acura ad). It's also a drowsy dreamland for chilled intent.

Strummed acoustic guitar fills the Velvets-like reminiscing of "Cocaine Diana," followed by the Stones-ish swell of "Lucy's Talking," which is offset by blasts of tuba and trumpet. Spooky Gregorian chants intro the album's first truly trip-hop track, "Horsepower in Vain," which uses sitar and groaning brass to create an ominous night vision. The respite comes with the lilting Cubano strut of "Gypsie Good Time," the bittersweet "I Can't Let It Happen to You," and the bolting big beats of "Going 'Round in Circles." Merging despondent vocals with fleshy trip-hop, Kill Your Darlings attempts avant punk/trip-hop assimilation. Kudos for experimentation. --Ken Micallef

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Average customer rating: Good Job Kid Loco kid loco keeps it fresh A questionable album Voices in my head French Tweak

Kill Your Darlings Kid Loco Manufacturer: Atlantic / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Trip-Hop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Prelude to a Grand Love Story The Graffiti Artist Jesus Life for Children Under 12 Inches DJ-Kicks A Grand Love Story ASIN: B00005OMHF Release Date: 2001-10-09

Tracks:

1. Cocaine Diana
2. Lucy's Talking
3. Horsetown In Vain
4. Three Feet High Reefer
5. A Little Bit Of Soul
6. I Can't Let It Happen To You
7. Gypsie Good Time
8. Here Come The Munchies
9. Going Round In Circles
10. I Want You

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Kid Loco returns with more of his signature trip-hop blend, but with a novel pop twist. With his former releases, Prelude to a Grand Love Story and Jesus Life for Children Under 12 Inches, Loco challenged Dimitri from Paris as France's premier mixmaster. Loco uses Kill Your Darlings to take a bolder step that will please some, but not all.

More than ever, Kill Your Darlings reveals Loco's love of Serge Gainsbourg and the Velvet Underground, with listless vocals supplied by Departure Lounge's Tim Keegan and Quinn's Louis Quinn. Darlings is a sexy, black-and-blue pop record ready-made for surreal video action (or perhaps an Acura ad). It's also a drowsy dreamland for chilled intent.

Strummed acoustic guitar fills the Velvets-like reminiscing of "Cocaine Diana," followed by the Stones-ish swell of "Lucy's Talking," which is offset by blasts of tuba and trumpet. Spooky Gregorian chants intro the album's first truly trip-hop track, "Horsepower in Vain," which uses sitar and groaning brass to create an ominous night vision. The respite comes with the lilting Cubano strut of "Gypsie Good Time," the bittersweet "I Can't Let It Happen to You," and the bolting big beats of "Going 'Round in Circles." Merging despondent vocals with fleshy trip-hop, Kill Your Darlings attempts avant punk/trip-hop assimilation. Kudos for experimentation. --Ken Micallef

Customer Reviews:

Good Job Kid Loco.......2006-09-27

This my first cd from Kid Loco and I like it. "Kill Your Darlings" is a good cd. All of the songs are decent. But "Horsetown in Vain" is my favorite one so far. It's the reason why I decided to get this cd. I might get more Kid loco cds later. If u are a fan of Kid Loco or just into laid back music, this is for u.

kid loco keeps it fresh.......2002-07-28

Being a fan of Kid Loco I wouldnt say that this a bad album or that this is not his stlye. I think Kid has come with something fresh and new alot of people can get with the velet undergorung with that dark edge. Its the kind of cd I can put on with friends sit back and drink Martinies and reflect on life!

A questionable album.......2002-04-12

Kid Loco is undoubtedly a talented artist. I love his style
of music. However, I was disappointed with this album. He continuously makes reference to "Jesus" in various derogative ways. The lyrics on this album are dark and do not flow together very well. To my disappointment, "Kill Your Darlings" was not a very classy album.

Voices in my head.......2002-02-25

Kid Loco has been talking to me for some time now.

About 18 months ago I began exploring the whole downtempo/lounge/chill-out/wallpaper/call-it-what-you-will scene.

K&D, Fila Brazillia, dZihan & Kamien, anything on Ninjatune, Air... and on and on.

So far, so predictable. Most people reading this review will know the above names, and if there are any that are new to you, please go for a browse around Amazon...

This wonderful range of call-them-what-you-will artists border trip-hop, drum & bass, jazz, techno & house. They cross-over, switch back, mix and match, and generally make up their own rules.

Throughout this journey, a name kept being thrown up. Kid Loco. Again and again. The Kid is French, cue references to DJ Cam and Dmitri from Paris - not bad references to say the least.

So I finally took the plunge with three Kid Loco CDs. This one, Jesus Life, and DJ Kicks.

It might well have been three different artists, and thus I immediately understand how some people may have been disappointed with "...Darlings", but for me variety is not just the spice of life, its the very essence.

All three CDs are excellent and well worth an investment.

So, what is THIS one like?

Actually, Amazon's own review covers it very well. The Velvet Underground is all over this CD, and it evokes images of drug induced trances, mellow moments for the high, and lazy come downs.

Clearly this is a big change from Loco's previous work, but hey, keep your mind open. Kid Loco not only gets away with this change, he has created a marvellous opus.

The Kid did good.

French Tweak.......2002-01-31

It was there all along. Echoes of Lou reed and the Velvet Underground, Bob Dylan's defiance,
and Serge Gainsbourg's 60's kitsch. You had to listen carefully under the electronic beat layers
of "Prelude to a grand Love Story"(Kid Loco's first album) to capture the mad blunted prodigy's
influences. "Kill your Darlings" offers no apologies for being a rock album, and mocks a
worldwide consensus that the French can't(rock). Kid Loco's "pastiche" humor saves "Darling"
from being self-indulgent and cliché, and never takes itself too seriously. But his genius lies in a grand fakery of sampling and knob tweaking, which with the enlisted help of singers Tim Keegan (Departure Lounge) and Louise Quinn, creates the perfect illusion of a great band lost in time.

Average customer rating:

Kill Your Darlings Kid Loco Manufacturer: Import [Generic] ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Trip-Hop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Dance & DJ | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000066RIP Release Date: 2004-02-17

Tracks:

1. Cocaine Diana
2. Lucy's Talking
3. Horsetown in Vain
4. Three Feet High Reefer
5. Little Bit of Soul
6. I Can't Let It Happen to You
7. Gypsie Good Time
8. Here Come the Munchies
9. Going Round in Circles
10. I Want You

Tracks:

1. Edit Farfisa Punk Mix Instrumental [*]

Album Description

UK version includes limited bonus disc different from French version with mixes and video.

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Kill Your Darlings Kid Loco Manufacturer: Wea International ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Dance & DJ | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000068307 Release Date: 2002-06-25

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Kill Your Darlings Kid Loco Manufacturer: Wea/Warner ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Trip-Hop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Dance & DJ | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00005U1WS

Tracks:

1. Cocaine Diana
2. Lucy's Talking
3. Horsetown in Vain
4. Three Feet High Reefer
5. Little Bit of Soul
6. I Can't Let It Happen to You
7. Gypsie Good Time
8. Here Come the Munchies
9. Going Round in Circles
10. I Want You

Album Details

This Australian Format features the Original 'suggestive' Artwork, which Has Apparently Been Bannedin the UK, Europe and the USA.

Average customer rating:

Kill Your Darlings Kid Loco Manufacturer: Import ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Trip-Hop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CSULH2 Release Date: 2004-02-17

Tracks:

1. Cocaine Diana
2. Lucy's Talking
3. Horsetown in Vain
4. Three Feet High Reefer
5. Little Bit of Soul
6. I Can't Let It Happen to You
7. Gypsie Good Time
8. Here Come the Munchies
9. Going Round in Circles
10. I Want You

Tracks:

1. Edit Farfisa Punk Mix Instrumental [*]

Average customer rating:

Kill Your Darlings Kid Loco Manufacturer: Bella Union ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Trip-Hop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00006FN72 Release Date: 2002-08-06

Tracks:

1. Cocaine Diana
2. Lucy's Talking
3. Horsetown in Vain
4. Three Feet High Reefer
5. Little Bit of Soul
6. I Can't Let It Happen to You
7. Gypsie Good Time
8. Here Come the Munchies
9. Going Round in Circles
10. I Want You

Tracks:

1. Edit Farfisa Punk Mix Instrumental [*]

Average customer rating:

Kill Your Darlings Sadovaja Manufacturer: Memento Materia ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music Goth & Industrial | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music | Goth | Industrial ASIN: B00004TVL0 Release Date: 2007-07-16

Tracks:

1. Gavilov
2. Come for Once
3. Sweet Design
4. Silver-Ex
5. Mess You Offer Me
6. Trademark
7. One Aeon More
8. Missi
9. Dirty Curve
10. Kiss Your Darling

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Kill Your Darlings Kid Loco Manufacturer: Japanese Import ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Trip-Hop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Dance & DJ | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00005RV0D Release Date: 2002-02-05

Tracks:

1. Cocaine Diana
2. Lucy's Talking
3. Horsetown in Vain
4. Three Feet High Reefer
5. Little Bit of Soul
6. I Can't Let It Happen to You
7. Gypsie Good Time
8. Here Come the Munchies
9. Going Round in Circles
10. I Want You
11. Lullaby [*]

Album Description

Japanese edition of the French dance artist's 2001 album includes one bonus track, 'Lullaby'.

Album Details

Japanese Version featuring a Bonus Track: 'lullaby'

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Kill Your Darlings + 9 (Ltd) Kid Loco ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000664L3

Tracks:

1. Cocaine Diana
2. Lucys Talking
3. Horsetown In Vain
4. Three Feet High Reefer
5. A Little Bit Of Soul
6. I Cant Let It Happen To You
7. Gypsie Good Time
8. Here Come The Munchies
9. Going Round In Circles
10. I Want You
11. A Little Bit Of Soul (Geronimo Rex Radio Mix)
12. A Little Bit Of Soul (Paul Murphys Bellanova Mix)
13. A Little Bit Of Soul (Howie Bs A Wee Bit Of B Soul Mix)
14. A Little Bit Of Soul (Vicarious Bliss Smooth Dub Symphony)
15. A Little Bit Of Soul (Silent Poets Dub Mix)
16. A Little Bit Of Soul (Video)
17. Shes My Lover (Video)
18. Love Me Sweet (Video)
19. She Wolf Daydreaming (Video)

Album Description

2002 Special French edition of the French DJ's album with a bonus CD which features 5 mixes of 'A Little Bit Of Soul', (Geronimo Rex Radio Mix), (Paul Murphy's Bellanova Mix), (Howie B's A Wee Bit of 'B' Soul mix), (Vicarious Bliss Smooth Dub Symphony) & (Silent Poets Dub Mix). Plus 4 enhanced video tracks, 'A Little Bit Of Soul', 'She's My Lover', 'Love Me Sweet' & 'She Woolf Day Dreaming'. Extremely limited edition. Digipak housed in a slipcase.

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