Kitchens of Distinction - Drive That Fast

[elkiecat]

Whom ever wrote the comment about a song transforming you? I agree.  This is one of those songs that 'takes me back'...it 'hits' me in a way very few songs do.

[CODEFMOV]

One of the best albums of the 90's - part of my top 10 - saw them at the Warfeild in SF - one of the most surreal concerts -

[lmobiousl]

Great fuckin make out music!!!!!

[HalfPricedDrugs]

I just wanted to point out the babe at 0:50.

[ChickCorea1000]

Shirley Mansion was in Goodbye Mr MacKenzie my mistake.

(bought the 2 albums the same day!)

[deferential1]

have you ever listened to a piece of music that transports you....this is one of them, highly addictive

[ChickCorea1000]

I remember being so in love with Shirley Manson (at the time with that band) on the inner sleeve of the album.

She would later front the band Garbage.

Great band, great memories.

Still love Shirley.

[prinznevsky]

@ChickCorea1000 Huh?

Shirley Manson was never in KOD, and she is not on the inner sleeve of Strange Free world...

[prinznevsky]

@ChickCorea1000 Huh?

Shirley Manson was never in KOD, and she is not on the inner sleeve of Strange Free world...

[owen1967]

Proud to say I turned many people onto this band. So many alternative wavers, cavers and such still don't know about it too bad this album is just as good as a Smiths album.

[otterboi26]

how have i never heard of these guys before!!!!!!! My new favourite.

[Chocorox80]

Sorry, but no one can play like Johnny Marr. If Noel Gallahger has said it. Also, I think The Chameleons are better band.

[jackjude]

@Chocorox80 yeah Chameleons are up there with JD for me.

[nyyankeesfan1122]

Perfect nightime driving music

[erikacornia]

They were totally shoegaze. The best kind. Saw them on a tour with the Cranes.

[simionTheOne]

great sound, great vid

looks like a very good band to me

[oceansizesound]

always loved this song and album

[aleicat]

like.like.like.like.love!!!



[TheNewMusicNetwork]

this video used to be shown to millions of people in america on a show called NIGHT TRAX which was on superstation TBS. It was broadcast all accross america. Also on USA network. this was 1990 or so. it's weird that a lot of these bands are now sort of forgotten, but clearly thousands of people who remember them back then still go looking for these songs, which is cool. It's amazing to me how good this music is compared to newer things i've heared. the wrong people are making music these days!

[freakledeak]

@TheNewMusicNetwork It was on 120 minutes a lot back then also, along with Ride and Moose and bands of that ilk. I love their sound and I miss that era, I guess I'm geting old, damn it!

[TheNewMusicNetwork]

@freakledeak fuck that noise! you're not getting old til your 55+ and i'm nowhere near that.

I didn't really care for ride i guess, too mellow? never heared of moose. loved a ton of other bands though. i was really getting into a lot of techno-rock type stuff at this point.

the farm, soup dragons, jesus jones, etc. i like more sped up stuff.

[deeray41]

@TheNewMusicNetwork Couldn't agree more.

[TheNewMusicNetwork]

used to LOVE THIS SONG. STILL DO!

[NorthernMars]

What an incredible song lyrically, melodically and production wise

[SpiritOf1989]

Lovely! Best track by far off 1991's "Strange Free World". Just want to know how one "drives that fast". Intoxicating mix of visuals with an accompaniment of a slightly more upbeat Ian Curtis. The thinking man's wigout...

[jerkchickenblog]

Recommended this for a friend, thought i'd tag it so my people would see it. Will blow you off the porch if you've not heard it before.

[TIMOTHYSAARINEN]

A criminally overlooked and under appreciated band. Last I checked, their music is becoming hard to find. Too bad.

[LDP060681]

@TIMOTHYSAARINEN this stuff is great! can you suggest more bands like this? To me it sounds like New Order meets Nirvana meets U2!

[top20research]

@TIMOTHYSAARINEN I agree. One of the most sadly overlooked bands of their day, even more so now.

[pRoDiGyXB12R]

As are the vocals!

[pRoDiGyXB12R]

I saw this program and the next day bought the record. An excellent song which never made the charts for some reason. When I first heard the Editors nearly 20 years later I though the Kitchens had made a come back! The Editors must have heard this and copied. The guitar riffs are too similar!

[kipperwacker]

this is on my DID - one of the best songs ever written. absolute genius. and railwayed - 'daddy my daddy!'. oh dear, isn't music the only thing that will allow human beings to survive in this dreadful galaxy... hmm, ok, now i think some ride, no, slowdive actually...

[kriz716]

I gotta say this songs a bit of a let down after Railwayed.

[artrca1000]

This is the only song on the album "Strange Free World" that was verse, chorus, verse format. Everything else was freeform poetry.

[kipperwacker]

snub was a great show. pity music isn't as good now as it was then. there's nothing like all that shoegazing stuff now. coldplay tried to rip it off, but it's nowhere (lol - get it?) like it. and this particular track, next to slowdive, is one of the most beautiful songs ever written, IMHO. thanks for uploading :)

[McSnurf]

paulpetroleum: Yes, they are pretty simiar.

But their work was more forward than Dif Juz was.

I would call them Godfathers of shoegaze music.

[paulpetroleum]

@McSnurf had never heard of them really til I was pushed here by a fellow Juz fan. Really like this, and they're nothing like the Editors. to whoever said that.

[McSnurf]

@paulpetroleum :

Me, the same :) I am huge fan of 4AD bands between 1980-1990, and I really had a pleasure to discover so good (as underrated) band like Kitchen of Distinction was.

[paulpetroleum]

Sounds like Dif Juz

[gemchip66]

Pollmeister: Editors rip no one off and are far from average.Try listening instead of talking.

[kentuckyfriedplus]

I still remember when it was hard to find this on CD...I had to get myself over to Amoeba records in Berkeley before that happened. It was magical back then. And expensive too!

[JawboxKoppelganger]

A Great tune & band r.i.p

[purdy123ful]

3 words:

Gregg

Bucken

Knapp

[pollmeister]

Wonderful underrated and beautiful song. I always think the terribly average Editors ripped them off.

[pucksterz12]

Very similar to sound of brit band Northside. Good stuff!

[RoofLight00]

Yeah, a great and under rated band.

[bigjdawg1]

Saw these huys play in Seattle in 1990 at Rkandy. The place was sold out and hot and sweaty and they put on an amazing show. One of the best I've ever seen. They returned 1994 I think. Maybe 93. Anyways a total of ten people in the audience! I'm not kidding! 10 people but they still put on an amazing show but I felt so bad for them cause they kept mentioning that 1990 show and the fact that they could sell out the place a few years before and just a couple of years later it was like who are u?

[froufrouloveful]

@bigjdawg1

really isn't a shame, they have such a great sound 20, years past and this sound is still fresh and dreamable

[creasesofhope]

Wonderful sound and great lyrics.  love it.

[ciolamorta]

In Italia li conosciamo in tre... ma come si fa... a truly masterpiece... e noi che andiamo dietro alle cagate... mi faccio schifo in nome del panorama musicale italiano...

[ensaimo]

Pity the group remained completely unknown. This song and others from them were absolutely superb!

[ar4216]

What happened to these guys? They had some catchy songs.

[trubies]

ENORME, clasicazo de la era dorada del pop de guitarras. Incomparable.

[elmlodgerecordsuk]

rileyelfuk is there any possibility of the snub series being released in box set forms

[foxdavis]

This song started it all for me, I am a true KOD fan and always will be.

[sciangel39]

OMG I played this song on loop for two hours once, sometime in the 90s!!!!

[Scottydont66]

brings back memories of staying up late on Sunday nights watching 120 Minutes on MTV

[WARSORE666]

Great song, beautiful.

[smck20]

Loved this band! The genre was called "shoegazers" I believe. Along the line of bands like Lush.

[scooteratreides]

Had totally forgotten this one, thanks.

[garaham]

does anyone remember snub tv which this vidoe was taken of?

[RileyELFuk]

@garaham

Well, obviously I do, but for info, this was' from ep 6 of the 1991 series.

[pawnsacrifice1]

@garaham Yup that's where I first saw it. Remember seeing them at the old Zap club in Brighton in about 91.

[robodoll]

@garaham i have many of those shows on VHS. i loved that show! that, and 120 MINUTES when Peter Zaremba of The Fleshtones would host. K.O.D., one of the best of the 8t's. met the band in San Francisco way back when...ahh, the memories...

[gilsenar]

@garaham yeah i remember i an me bruva watch this particular episode / galliano was on after kod another gd band

[MegaChrome09]

This song takes me back to old memories makes me feel im not here im back in 1990-91 Great days so young.

[blueparkart]

<3 <3

[SHOEGAZEFAN73]

What a brilliant guitar player.Damn!

[UtterNutterLand]

KoD is my all-time favorite band. Thanks so much for posting this!

[amado01]

Just brilliant. One of the best songs I have heard in a long time. Thank you!

[brassneckman]

Sitting in stanstead airport watching and listening..an incredible band..an incredible piece of music

[nutsandboltsma]

Incredible piece- it squeegees over you, leaving you sparkly

[berlyasa]

Sheer Brilliant!!!! Top notch!

[lastclubonearth]

Thank you so much for posting this. This song makes me want to conquer the world.

[Azkrav47]

Amo esta cancion!!!!!!

[berlyasa]

Miss them...this song takes me back to an easier and more beautiful time in my life.....wish I could go back!!!

[TheStreetster]

Utterly brilliant, under rated band! They thrash your heart strings! You gotta love the K.O.D!!

[sup3rsix]

Saw them at Middlesbrough Arena in '92.

The kind of memories you keep forever.

Such an awesome song.

[racingeye]

they were brilliant live, great guitar work with amazing effects, similar to Johnny Marr.

[pawnsacrifice1]

@racingeye I was thinking of Johnny Marr as well

[inspiralroses]

@racingeye no brilliant is similar to another. They were cool as fuck for themselves!!! Underrated and avantgarde for their times! Like underdog-jesus-and-mary-chains­!!!

[Dexxxtroyer]

is this new wave?? sounds like it! never heard 'em until now!

[RileyELFuk]

No, not really. This was much later. They're better described as an 'indie' band band of the late '80s and early '90s. They are often referred to by the, what I regard as pejorative term, 'shoegazer', but unfairly so IMO.

[Dexxxtroyer]

I think their music never made it here in the Philippines. Thank God for YouTube!

Amd thanks for posting it.

[Pancerni]

@RileyELFuk I wouldn't exactly say"unfairly" but I do dig what you are saying. . .mainly because they had been contemporaries of Lush,My Bloody Valentine,Pale Saints,etc...I guess the catch-alls' indie and alternative(sometimes college rock in the U.S.)will have to do.I tend to think Pat Fitzgerald sings like Rich Butler from the Psychedelic Furs,so maybe that is the new wave connection Dexxtroyer made.BTW,thank you for posting this,it brings me back to happier times.

[tsagarakithana]

@Dexxxtroyer Dreampop is another term to describe this kind of sound as far as i know :)

[bembom67]

@tsagarakithana nah,it was just called indie back in the day- saw this band many times,always superb

[parkingtech]

Julian Swales - fantastic guitarist. Always loved these guys.

[M245475SH]

An absolute gem. From a criminally underrated band.

[tubellarbells]

@M245475SH Underrated but never forgotten. There's so many amazing songs they made it's hard fro me to pick. I only know good bands transcend criticism, radio airplay or video programming.This music is here, now and forever and sounds as fresh as it did 20 years ago.

[leiferickson08]

im on that kitchens of distinction shit like whoa right now.

[rnew211]

one of the best......timeless........

[Lovesalluneed]

oh how i love them - makes me shiver...

[DIJ23SAC]

Strange Free World has never left my collection since it was released in 1991.The album is a swirling,introspective,sad and beautiful masterpiece.Begs to be remastered. Thnx RileyELFuk for the video which originally got me into the band.

[rummenigge1973]

by the way, is this version of the song re-mastered or a different version from the one in the album? it sounds a little bit more crispier.

[grumpybb]

It's never been remastered.

[RileyELFuk]

It's the single mix. I've never really given them a side-by-side, but I dubbed the single over the original soundtrack. If you listen carefully at the end, you may here a slight crossover, where I let the Snub theme back.

[VioletGrey]

It sounds to me like the mix is much denser, with a greater emphasis on the rhythm section. It's much less airy and spacious sounding, but that may be due to the compression YouTube places on the audio.

[rummenigge1973]

Thank you for your answer. I think i like this version slightly better...

[sciangel39]

@RileyELFuk

I kinda remember this song sounding this big and crisp originally. Whoever engineered this album very talented.

[theitchygloboglow]

Thanks for this. An epic piece of music...brings back great memories.

[ffluc]

Saw this lot at the Manchester International 1, Cant remembered who they were supporting sun and the moon or the Hoodu Gurus, they were great got the album with this track on it

[pawnsacrifice1]

Saw them at The Zap Club, Brighton 1991.

I saw this vid on a bbc2 programme called 'Snub TV''

This track is awsome as are some of the tracks on the album.

[dakavanagh]

Saw them play back in '91. Great stuff! Good memories

[ashleynikmusic]

I love this song. I wish I would have known about this genre when i was growing up, but no I was too young and listened to Hanson instead. :/

[Prystauk]

At least you discovered it now!

[ashleynikmusic]

I know right? Thankfully, I probably would have been listening to rap or some shit If I hadn't have discovered such a treasure.

[Prystauk]

Exceptional band. A lot of power.

[DjJeffRush]

One of the most unappreciated bands. This is one of their best offerings. The last minute or so has some intricate and etherial chordage. It's really something special and one of my favorite alt.rock pieces.

[drake128]

reminds me of chameleons, another under appreciated band

[D0ewatjekan]

amazing forgot all about these dudes

[nukleus4]

wao take me back

[peetellu]

me2 yeah sure definitly

[sahmmy123]

amazing... I fell in love with them on Death of Cool... got that disc as a promo copy at the radio station I worked at and it stayed in my cd player for about 8 weeks... constant... just something that speaks to my soul... I love them!

[pinacoladanz]

Amazing tune!

[Acidmarx]

Me corro de gusto.

Once again!

[Mickie1976]

at new to me?

[trevizons]

I'm an old Rush,Yes,Genesis,ELP,Floyd,Zep­,DPurple,Tull,Suptramp, you name it, back in 1994 at a musicland store in Dallas Tx. I heard a demo which I immediately fell in love with, it was KOD Cowboys and Aliens, and I bought all their collection, I love to listen to this band, It's such a shame they disintegrated, very underrated, it is simply, excelent music !

[Pure473]

I can definitely hear the cocteau twins and the smiths in this. It rocks though.

[vsander09]

This is my favorit KoD track as well but I like many others. Musically excellent but the lyrics are brilliant. He's one of the few who truly can push Morrissey at his peak in terms of poignant lyrics.

[karlt10]

Vastly underrated band. Too bad they seem 100% on not performing together again.....

[xGreen3yezx]

there so cool =]]

[easynova]

Still sounds fantastic. Many tracks from this era don't anymore

[vsander09]

Actually lots of stuff from that era holds up fine if you're listening to the right bands.

[WhackaWhacka]

Sounds like my childhood.

[Shoegazer3000]

Kitchens of Distinction was a great band. Very underrated. Julian Swales' guitar work is amazing. Love his song!!!!

[kittylovesjessica]

This album is easily top5 all time. This group was so fucking incredible. I try to explain their sound as listening to dolphins swimming in space. They are just so beautiful

[jenniferglatzhoefer]

This is my favourite-Kitchens-song.

...."I would never want to leave this country..."

[starvengers67]

i love this song i have the cover on tape

[stupidpoop4445]

can they be any more underrated

[artrca1000]

I like how there disregard all sense of rhyme (in all their songs)

[CandyPerfumeBoy82]

I heard this when I was 9 I love it such 90's beautiism!

[louvressac]

and the b side "three to beam up" was even better !

[NitroFerret]

I first heard this song in '92 on a radio station out of Davenport, Iowa (KFMH 99.7) on a show called Off The Beaten Track and it's been a favorite ever since. I had no idea there was a video for this until now. Thanks for posting!

[Earthling86]

The new Keane album is actually fantastic and I speak as someone who always used to slate them...

but back on topic, this is up there with my favourite songs of all time.

[kiyaputa]

attempted to see this band @ the 9:30 club in DC... early 90's. sold out..good work here..still sounds like that time for alternative...

[mullingman]

Kitchens of Distinction is some fucking name for a band!

[jenniferglatzhoefer]

wonderful song

[RolexTharsus]

Amazing tune. Fun game: play this to someone & tell them it's Interpol or Editors - 90% will believe you.

[bleuroo]

I've just heard a Lycia tune called "Sleepless" that has a KOD vibe, too. It's here on YouTube. The music is more like 4AD/Cocteaus, but the singing is pure Patrick ... Except that it's not him.

Unless he's been moonlighting as a Goth and hasn't told us about it yet.

[solarnoise]

never trust geeks

[bleuroo]

So now I gotta ask: are you a disappointed Lycia fan, or a disappointed Kitchens fan?

;)

[sboese]

Great song, I had almost forgotten about it, but great to hear it again.

[hornedone72]

I have not heard these guys since 1991ish. They reminded me a bit of Peter Murphy, Suede, James, and Echo and T. Bunnymen. For some reason they popped into my head today as I was going down memory lane of my college days. Is it me or is all music nearly dead and untalented today? Perhaps I am getting old too...

[LightFromADeadStar]

its not you music is really dead, nothing new and oringial exists anymore, the digital era came and talent left through the back, i miss band and the belief that music could be moving and inspiring

[bionicbigfoot]

I largely agree with you: I think the digital boom combined with quasi-talented hip-hop "artists" has done great harm to the music scene. Where are all the bands?!? Thanks God for Coldplay, Killers, Keane, and a select few more. I'll always love the late 80's into early 90's; just great, feel-good tunes by some ultra-gifted musicians. I guess I'm just becomin a bitter old fella.

[mullingman]

Hahahahahahahaha! KEANE! HAhahahaha!!

[XvXvX]

@mullingman: and coldplay. and a SELECT few more. LOL.

[nostarwars]

what a band xv

[NRFC]

Great band. Yesterday and today. They do sound like the Editors.. or the other way around.

Sand of fire, 4 men, so many great songs. Man, they don't make kick ass music like this anymore.

[RolexTharsus]

Didn't see your post before I put mine up - glad I@m not the only person who thinks Interpol/ Editors ripped Kitchens

[tentwo70]

I heard this at a party right after high school and now 20 years later, I know who it is! Talk about blind luck!

[jozh90]

What a sound! Seriously this band is beyond anything. A truly original sound.

[gilsenar]

i wud never never want to take you wit me,unless ur open and trust my hands. great band, great song.

[antfitgodd]

strange free world is such a brillant albumit is hard to believe how little this bamd is known, i would lose myself in the shimmering guitars and never find my way out

[darkage5]

I listened to strange free world every single day for 3 months after i bought this album.

[jozh90]

Editors have ripped this band off so much.

[MyrnaMinx1]

Ah..memories of the top down on the car, balmy summer breezes and being 19...

[akis723]

amazing group. Just love them.

[HeirApparent01]

For Sunna, Phil Daniels, and Leo P.

XXX

Guido & Sophie

[rzondervan73]

I had my own radio show at a local college back in 1991. I played this song almost every time I DJ'd. Great memories.

[fashionbigot]

I remember when they played this song on MTV years ago. I was totally enchanted with the band then, it was something so different. I've always loved this song.

[berlinwhite]

great band, utterly underrated. anyway, what´s that song right at the end with the credits? (for about 2-3 seconds)?

[RileyELFuk]

The Snub theme by Gary Clail & On-U Sound System later appeared as Gary Glail's single, 'Human Nature'.

[berlinwhite]

cheers riley, just found it on clail´s "emotional hooligan" album. funnily enough i once saw both kod and g. clail at a festival in germany (about 1990).

[margbs]

ok, i had to go so far as to create a you tube email account just to say that this was the best ever song on the world. Put it on your ipod, put it in your car, zone out the world and drive really fast....i swear one day i'll get a speeding ticket but this will be my stautary defense !!! amazing. i wish i was 18 again !!!

[therno]

I would say "put the strange free world record on your ipod".

One of the best records ever.

[asdffd]

Beautiful song.

[gooliegooboo]

This is the most Beautiful Song of all time!

[idontknow7221]

Sounds just like House of Love, Stone Roses,and Kitchens of Distinction :), really lovin it.

[denise8593]

this song is life this band is life