The KLF Build a Fire 1991 ( Music Video)
1991, The White Room Album Version. Build a Fire is The KLFs only ballad, and the pedal steel guitar isnt the only nod to country music. Even in a thick Scottish accent, Drummonds softlyspoken lines are straight out of a Nashville lyrics generator whether its stopping at a roadside bar or heating beans over an open fire and pondering about blown chances. He even gets in a reference to Lee Marvins Wandering Star, and the way he rolls his rs as he hums the tune to all the girrrls Ive known could drag a tear out of a craggyfaced cowboy. And unable to resist further pop culture plundering, the melancholy fournote bassline is lifted straight from the Twin Peaks Theme around the time it was the biggest cult TV show in history. Even though it appeared on The White Room, Build a Fire had been around since 1989 as the soundtrack to a scene in the KLFs illfated road movie The White Room, which folded under money woes. The hissy, grainy video has made it to YouTube and instea
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