Do you remember eight and a half years ago, when we were rap stars? What did we do with all the fur and gold chains when that all ended? And how did three thirtysomething white northerners ever get away with recording four terrible, terrible rap songs?
The EP Space for an Ace might not be something you revisit on a regular basis (though I still think Turd Picnic is pretty catchy), but a far more appealing prospect is the video footage we recorded over the course of the weekend while we were making it. I’d just got a new camera and wanted to try it out, so we filled a tape with more than an hour of nonsense. A few bits have leaked out over the years (like this and this and this), but now I’ve finally edited the rest to make a pretty watchable 18 minutes of new stuff.
A lot of material was trimmed because it was rubbish. Other parts have been lost forever: a fair slice of the creative process for “Crash and Burn” exists only as silent pictures, because of a microphone mishap that Kev kindly makes me explain in the film. There was also a five-minute sequence with the three of us sitting on the sofa, talking to the camera and to each other. It looked hilarious, but we’ll never know what we were talking about now. Never mind.
Still, lots of stupid stuff survived, so I’m delighted to present – at last, eight years late – the Rapples in action, live from 2015. It’s pretty good.
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It’s the best 18 minutes of anything I’ve ever seen. A little hyperbolious (not a real word) I admit but when you’re dealing with material as strong as this you have to believe it.
I found it thoroughly enjoyable. I wish we knew what Kev was laughing about when he couldn’t talk and he just did a little hand gesture to the camera.
The mystery is better than the answer. I’m glad we have things like this to remind me that the world of rapping is a tough one and cribbing together a cover of R Kelly takes longer than a weekend.
It certainly is. I think one weekend as a rapper was enough for me.
I wonder if Kev will ever watch this?
Kev doesn’t watch things. He’s too busy being an IT dad on the moon.
I heard he’s fully booked up until October with a busy crater re-pointing schedule.
I heard Bill Gates wanted an extension to his moon chateau and Kev offered his expertise. That’s a six figure deal right there.
I expect Gates is after more turrets. He bloody loves a turret. His moon chateau has the first turret to have sub-turrets on top.