jonattonyeah I hated “Free” when I was younger and took myself far too seriously. But it’s a good, well-produced, fun song that everybody knows.
That’s what I think of it too. When it was out (1998), I thought it was pure shite. I had been mostly listening to indie/alternative from the age of about 15.
I was in the sixth form (Year 12 to Americans?) but had started going to Cream a bit. Actually, a bunch of lads from sixth form college had a minibus or coach (when it got really big) going every week. I was the type of cunt who would go with them all and then about 2 or 3 of us would fuck off to the Annexe to watch Warren or Weatherall or Justin Robertson or someone we deemed cool.
They were probably having more fun in the Main Room listening to Allister Whitehead playing absolute cheese like Free.
Hideaway (Deep Dish Remix) was another tune that got rinsed (although it came out earlier) around that time that I despised as pure fondue. Years later I realised what an exceptionally good track it was, and wished I’d properly had it out to that on the dancefloor more, on a couple of bangers.
