Talk:3 a.m. Eternal

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Needs an expanded lead Context and composition sections More reviews Format notes & references Moody Boys & ENT versions in infobox Get to GA standard and nominate Needs much more inline citations
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Contents 1 Title 2 Song samples 3 Useful link(s) 4 The White Room OST 5 Any negative reviews available?

[edit] Title

What's the correct form for the title of this song? Is it "3 a.m. Eternal" or "3AM Eternal?" --Flatluigi 01:29, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

Good question. The cover image in the article uses "3 A.M.". Lazlo's discography says "3 a.m.". A KLF motto was "accept the contradictions". I don't think it really matters. If folks prefer "3AM" or "3 A.M." by all means lets move it. --kingboyk 01:45, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Song samples

How about "Live at the SSL" and "KLF vs ENT" (Brits or studio version)? --kingboyk 07:26, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

Yep, I agree completely. I have the ENT 7" but not MP3 so I can't add that myself. --Vinoir 10:55, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

You have the genuine item?! The mail order only KLF Comms release? Anywayz, turn your email on and I'll email you the ENT version and the Brits version. --kingboyk 20:24, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

Sure do - the pressing doesn't give a particularly clear sound though, so I thought that this version was tuneless until I heard the MP3. Thanks for that, fella. --Vinoir 08:48, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Tuneless? On the contrary. I think it proves it to be a fine tune/song... Bill puts in a pretty mean lead vocal too! You're welcome; I'll resend the Brits version when I get back to my desk. --kingboyk 08:58, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

And it's "the E, the N, the T and the -ology" this time round. --Vinoir 10:31, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Useful link(s)

• John Peel's Festive 50 (1992) - features The KLF vs ENT at #44. --Vinoir 00:46, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The White Room OST

A minor point perhaps, but my mp3 of "3 a.m. Eternal (The White Room OST version)" sounds very much like an edit of the Pure Trance Original. Either I've got a mis-named mp3 and have never heard the OST version, or it's wrong for us to claim elsewhere that only a "Build a Fire" remix and "Kylie Said to Jason" were officially aired. Can you shed any light? Thanks. --Vinoir 00:16, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Any negative reviews available?

One would hope that somebody thought the record unmitigated crap? :) (Although I have to admit, I was into rock music at the time and this was one of the key records in opening me up to electronica). --kingboyk 14:34, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Hmm. If they did, they haven't yet graced the Library. 808 State were angry - does that count? (And I haven't found a decent ref for that yet either) I had the pleasure of hearing the Blue Danube Orbital for the first time within the last year. I like it when that happens. --Vinoir 18:17, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

What were they angry about? --kingboyk 18:51, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Well, here's what the FAQ reckons (link): The KLF had nicked 3 a.m. Eternal's signatory beeps from an 808 State track called "Tunes Splits the Atom". 808 State had themselves nicked that from "I Am The Resurrection" (if it's true it must've been a remix, but the FAQ doesn't say so), for which The Stone Roses demanded royalties. --Vinoir 20:52, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

If we had a source it could go into the article... --kingboyk 23:08, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

Elsewhere (I forget where, but it wasn't a 'source') I read that it was the bass from "Resurrection" rather than the beeps. Pretty confusing, because I'm sure nothing like that bassline appears in "3 a.m.". --Vinoir 00:04, 19 March 2007 (UTC)