Charlie's Angles

Well, for the "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle" movie, director McG (who really should buy a vowel) decided to follow up his use of Prodigy's "Smack My Bitch Up" with the use of the other two Prodigy singles "Breath" and "Firestarter." How nice for Prodigy.

Prodigy, in 1997, were one of two big electronic acts that were vying for public acceptance (That being the year record companies had decided to push electronica). The other was The Chemical Brothers, who released "Dig Your Own Hole" early that year. Prodigy's "Fat of the Land" was arguably the bigger hit at the time.

Six years later, Chemical Brothers have released two more albums (the brilliant "Surrender," and the funky "Come With Us." Other electronica acts have appeared in the mainstream such as Groove Armada, Lo-Fidelity All Stars, Dirty Vegas, Underworld and so on. Many of these artists have been recording since before 1997, of course. And Prodigy have released one single, "Baby's Got a Temper." which sounds like an outtake from "Fat of the Land."

So I guess it's lucky that prodigy has such a good friend in McG.