According to KMFDM frontman Sascha Konietzko, the song made its debut during KMFDM's 1990 tour with industrial metal band Ministry, being based on the lyrics by Patti Smith. When Koneitzko's bandmate En Esch, who had been singing the song live, was injured during a fire, Konietzko had to use new lyrics, as he didn't know the original words. He translated a German spoken word piece the band had been using at their live shows into English, and used the translation as the new lyrics.[2]
After the tour, the band recorded a version for their album Naïve with a group of performers from other Wax Trax! Records bands. Later, Konietzko re-recorded a more electronic version for the single.[2]
The track heavily features a sampled guitar riff from "Angel of Death" by Californian thrash metal band Slayer.[3] This sample is looped from the beginning of "Godlike" and is heard almost continuously throughout the track. The same riff has been sampled by many other artists including Public Enemy for their track "She Watch Channel Zero".[4][5]
Releaseedit
"Godlike" was originally released as a single in 1990. In 2008, KMFDM Records re-released it as a 7" vinyl single, limited to 250 copies. On September 14, 2010, Godlike 2010, including new mixes of the song, was released, commemorating the single's 20th anniversary.[6]
Receptionedit
"Godlike" was ranked No. 8 on COMA Music Magazine's 101 Greatest Industrial Songs of All Time.[7]
godlike, song, godlike, song, industrial, rock, band, kmfdm, from, their, 1990, album, naïve, godlike, single, kmfdmb, side, friede, releasedaugust, 1990recorded1990genreindustrial, metallength14, 25labelwax, trax, recordssongwriter, sascha, konietzkoproducer,. Godlike is a song by industrial rock band KMFDM from their 1990 album Naive Godlike Single by KMFDMB side Friede ReleasedAugust 1990Recorded1990GenreIndustrial metalLength14 25LabelWax Trax RecordsSongwriter s Sascha KonietzkoProducer s KMFDM Paul Barker Lee PopaKMFDM singles chronology Virus 1989 Godlike 1990 Naive The Days of Swine amp Roses 1991 Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllmusic 1 Contents 1 Background 2 Release 3 Reception 4 Track listing 4 1 1990 release 4 2 2008 7 reissue 4 3 Godlike 2010 5 References 6 External linksBackground editAccording to KMFDM frontman Sascha Konietzko the song made its debut during KMFDM s 1990 tour with industrial metal band Ministry being based on the lyrics by Patti Smith When Koneitzko s bandmate En Esch who had been singing the song live was injured during a fire Konietzko had to use new lyrics as he didn t know the original words He translated a German spoken word piece the band had been using at their live shows into English and used the translation as the new lyrics 2 After the tour the band recorded a version for their album Naive with a group of performers from other Wax Trax Records bands Later Konietzko re recorded a more electronic version for the single 2 The track heavily features a sampled guitar riff from Angel of Death by Californian thrash metal band Slayer 3 This sample is looped from the beginning of Godlike and is heard almost continuously throughout the track The same riff has been sampled by many other artists including Public Enemy for their track She Watch Channel Zero 4 5 Release edit Godlike was originally released as a single in 1990 In 2008 KMFDM Records re released it as a 7 vinyl single limited to 250 copies On September 14 2010 Godlike 2010 including new mixes of the song was released commemorating the single s 20th anniversary 6 Reception edit Godlike was ranked No 8 on COMA Music Magazine s 101 Greatest Industrial Songs of All Time 7 Track listing edit1990 release edit No TitleLength1 Godlike 6 352 Friede 4 473 Crazy Horses cover of The Osmonds only on CD 3 03Total length 14 25 2008 7 reissue edit No TitleLength1 Godlike 12 Mix 6 342 Friede 12 Mix 4 44Total length 11 18 Godlike 2010 edit No TitleRemixerLength1 Godlike 2010 KMFDM4 582 Godlike 2010 Crash amp Burn Mix Koichi Fukuda3 283 Godlike 2010 Security Forces Mix The Melvins5 174 Godlike 2010 Gabberlike Mix Prong3 295 Godlike 2010 Phoenix Mix 3kStatic5 19Total length 22 31References edit KMFDM Godlike AllMusic Retrieved November 11 2019 a b Konietzko Sascha August 24 2010 Kaptain s Log Archived from the original on June 14 2011 Howell Amanda February 11 2015 Popular Film Music and Masculinity in Action A Different Tune Routledge p 125 ISBN 9781134109340 Metal Insider s Top 5 Slayer Items Not Directly Related To Slayer Metal Insider August 8 2011 Retrieved October 1 2018 KMFDM s Godlike Discover the Sample Source WhoSampled KMFDM News Transmission 4 784 August 21 2010 Archived from the original on February 12 2012 Retrieved August 31 2010 Schock David March 9 2012 Feature 101 Greatest Industrial Songs of All Time 20 2 COMA Music Magazine Archived from the original on April 7 2014 Retrieved August 27 2012 External links editGodlike at Discogs list of releases Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Godlike song amp oldid 1181246188, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
