Hi all, So the latest single by Scooter is out, and I just saw the video. (Don't know if this is the same one Brendan referred to back in December on the list. If it is, then Foxtel in Oz got a very early release.) The song is called "Weekend!" Anyway, the KLF references are: - Subtitled "The Stadium Techno Experience" (but maybe that was just this show's label.) - Starts with opening horns, a la "America: What Time Is Love?" - Video starts with man in robes, a la A:WTIL? - Dancing on a "long boat" (but a small one compared to A:WTIL, which from memory was shot on the largest stage they have at Pinewood Studios.) - Helmeted drummer at back of boat looks similar to Bill and Jimmy in their "bucket helmets" from A:WTIL? - Women in robes, a la all the KLF's videos. Though in the version of the clip I saw had the women at least half-out of their robes most of the time. (I presume there is a censored clip available too.) - Final lines are "Respect to the men in the Ice cream van. Over and out." Now, I know it's very popular on this list to bag out Scooter, but I don't think this is totally deserved. They not trying to be a replacement for the KLF. They're just producing slightly better than average techno dance tracks, that let's face it, sell very well and they're probably doing quite nicely for themselves. They obviously see the KLF as an influence in their past, and they enjoying putting little coded messages in their songs and videos that allude to this. 99% of people on the dance floor today won't get these references, but we do and we enjoy spotting them even if we don't particularly go for their music. So let's cut them some slack, hey people? <grin> Still shots from the video are up on their web site: http://www.scooter-music.de/ Michael