Underworld ‎– Born Slippy

The original version of Born Slippy is like a dry run (demo) of what would become Pearl's Girl.

Choose life.
Choose a job.
Choose a career.
Choose a family,
Choose a fucking big television

Tracks don't come any bigger than this - Huge track that really needs very little introduction and still sounds awesome today.
Born Slippy.Nuxx was the mix that most people went for, with its long intro with those unforgettable synth pads, the vocal and then dropping into those pounding beats, There's plenty of great mixes to choose from across the different releases.

This is the best version of Born Slippy - dark, rolling and percussive. NUXX got most of the attention - even before Trainspotting - but I have a real soft spot for this one.

first time i heard this track it woz in 1974 it woz jsut before a lynyrd skynyrd'sss live and it woz amazuuuuu

then ben klock dropped subzero and everybodu died except me looool

Nuxx, extended mix was allways the one for me from when i first started hearing it on JJJ radio station here in Aus back in good old 1996, i didn't really like the re arrangement of the lyrics on some of the other mixes, unlike powerstone with his "sick beats and keyboards" bollocks but hates the lyrics !!!! well fuck that, the lyrics are fuckin brilliant and if anything adds to the atmosphere rather than detracting but what the fuck, each to their own, music is all in the ears of the beholder. For me Born slippy is a prime example of how electronic music doesn't conform to the standard lyrical arrangement of pop music, pop music is based on the verse followed by chorus followed by verse followed by chorus arrangemnent which to me is so fucking boring and unimaginative, where as the lyrical arrangement of a track like born slippy conforms to no lyrical formula, there is no verse and chorus and virtually no repetition, the lyric ends before the track is even half way through and you never ever see this sort of inventive lyrical arrangement in contemporary pop. Born slippy is a 5/5

There is also 7 test pressings in a plain cover each with a drawing on by Karl Hyde.

Note about track 2 on this release: The "Nuxx Mix" is the exact same track (except some very minor technical/mastering differences perhaps) that appears for example on this release as track 1: Underworld - Born Slippy.NUXX