Aphex Twin ‎– Windowlicker

If only i could rate this release with an expressively big round 0, i would not think twice.
I feel offended by the release. I was offered a copy of it, but i still feel robbed anyway.
And i strongly despise Warp's attitude about it: the 'demo' version is simply a cropped out version of the original track, it doesn't even deserve to be called a track, as it wasn't worked in that sense; the video requires Quicktime installed, even though it is marketed as being ready for 'For Macs And PCs', except it's not that clear and even the artwork feels like a b-side from the original.
Absolutely bad release. Don't buy it. Sell all your copies. If your friend has one, steal it and burn in the backyard. Erase it from discogs. Lets just wipe it out from history.

Oddly enough, I didn't really like this single too much, and the video's shock value has worn off as the years have gone by.

i think sonoz said it all

Probably one of the most bizarre, yet awesome music videos I've ever seen. Chris Cunningham is a brilliant director and does great work on RDJ, Squarepusher and the like. Like a lot of RDJ tracks you get taken on a journey that starts off slow and climaxes with a ridiculous drum/sample solo but at the same time intricately detailed and precise.

this record fucks my ear every time. thank you mr. james!

Mr. Anders Trentemøller has done EVERYTHING WRONG with this remix / regurgitation. What little good there is in this release comes from the original Aphex track; all that Mr.Trentemøllerr has managed to do is to re-edit Windowlicker in the most dull way possible; yes you can clap along to it down at your local supermarket / dancefloor but this is electronica's equivalent of Joe Dolce's "Shaddup-a-your-face". It retains NONE of the original sparkle that made Windowlicker so fresh. 5/5? hahahahaha! ...And the point of side B is what exactly?

This crazy-wierd-break windowlicker ep came to us almost 10 years ago(when i was a little children)result: he changed my entire sense of listen!
Ten years later i can still ear this song like it was the first time! that almost doesn't happen with other songs, because u get really bored listening again and again as the years go by...
This guy is a genious!
He as a special manner to combine elements like no one else can.. the proof is that in the 90's he did songs that some people still say today that are ahead of our time.. are they stupids? or is it really true? i think both!

Windowlicker is a fun and beautiful track made of what are def. porn samples, haha. IMO one of his more heavily produced tracks, especially after listening to the original demo version. The chaotic-sounding glitch quackery of track 2 is really just there for the sake of hidden novelty (hint--open the track in a spectrum analyzer). The third track has a prepared piano sound, like a music-box, and is a pretty song.

To me Windowlicker is the BEST electronic single of all time and maybe the best peice of Electronica period. The only thing as good would maybe be his own Girl/Boy single. I can never really describe what this track sounds like to people. And the melodic voices are among the most vibrant, juicy, and original sounding instrumentation i have ever heard. The real reason i love this song so much is the video though, the video is so good and it's been my greatest inspiration from my film-making point of view.

This song and the video go so well together it hurts... It's just beyond my words how the voices mix so well with the bodies squirming around in the Limo. I've never really seen a video like that one and heard a song like this ever. I guess it's just a major touchstone in the world of media for me. Take the single, the video, the marketing of using his face on all the demo and promo covers, and it's just the most ingenious thing I've ever seen. Chris Cunningham and The Aphex Twin seemed to have made one of the greatest collaboration of all time and now that the video and the song are 8 years old, you can see they will stand the test of time.

It just enthralls me in ways I can't describe , it means alot to me in a lot of ways, from inspiration, to the grooveyness, to the comedy, to the intense Wall of bass at the end of the track. it's all like counterfit money though... like candy. The track, the video, the posters it's such a commercial stretch at making Aphex twin a popular figure, it almost seems like it's trying too hard... but then you throw the twisted content into the equation of placing his head on womens bodies and it just blosoms into post-modern madness.

the Song has so many different stages to it. From the deep barotone of Aphex Twins voice splashed with prickling acid in the first 25 seconds to the Surreal porno Medly at the core of the song, to the break beats in the last 3rd topped with all the experimentaion and glitch tastic randomness mixed in. And finally to the Climax(which is so well timed in the video with a burst of a champagne bottle). It encomposses so many different feels and flows and the Video capitalizes on everyone in all of it's 10 minutes and 34 seconds. It's beyond huge it's just epic!

Aphex Twin and Chris Cunningham have changed my life and if I ever go anywhere in the film business, they are the only ones that truley deserve accolade, for they have changed my life. I know this all sounds crazy and obsesive but sometimes there are things in your life that just touch you in certain ways you can't describe. Mine just happens to be Womens bodies with Aphex Twins face on top...

Recently I listened to these tracks, and I must say I still prefer the original "Windowlicker". It's got a long intro, but then - finally - it gets going. BOOM! In my opinion, the remixes by R.J. lack this point. They have the intro from the Aphex Windowlicker, but whenever I think "Now, go!" they continue like they started, almost like shallow water. That's boring.