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Is there any actual evidence (in the form of say, interviews) that this is a parody of Prodigy? Or is this merely the opinion of the article's author?

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I'm pretty sure the actors were wearing masks in order to get the proper effect. I'll find out. Codernaut 20:55, Feb 17, 2005 (UTC)

I think saying that Come To Daddy (mummy mix) is a noise music piece is too much. It`s drill and bass, acid, whatever, and it`s a little hard to listen, but that doesn`t make it a noise music. Have U ever listened to some noise music? It has apparently no melody or chime at all. AFX`s track has.

[edit] about the video analysis

The analysis linked in the article represents everything I hate about science. Endless references to equally mundane and vague theories about anything even remotely associated with the topic, resulting in there remaining a sole 1 1/2 paragraphs for the actual interpretation. And that interpretation is not even convincing. "Quck, let's find something self-referential, so we can crawl our balls for being oh-so-postmodern".

For me, there are two central aspects to the video:

• Number one is the depiction of daily information warfare of pop culture and contemporary/future society in general. Aphex Twin is the seducer of youth, in a world that is devoid of any aesthetical pleasure for us the viewer, or escpecially the previous generations, represented by the old lady. Her dog is out of control. It pees on her leg without her even noticing in her senile state. When the spark of the television sets him on fire, she doesn't even know what hit her. The children run around, centering around their television as their object of focus - they have a potential for violence, they're noisy and unrestricted - they demonstrate possession of their environment. The song's lyrics remind of prodigy's "we want your soul" single, even though probably it came later.
• Secondly, the video shows something, that from the top of my head, I'm going to name "over-the-top self-aware narcissism". As an even clearer example, the video of "window licker" starts off displaying racist/misanthropic/anti-pop sentiment and does it at such length that becomes unignorable and almost boring. Then follows Aphex winning over the negro women instead of their former suitors. The foreplay is cold, and centered around worship rather than affection. This is where any common, if disgusting, fantasy would normally end. But instead, these women continue to take on the shape of the hero's reflections. First reduced to mirror images of himself, the focus then shifts to their pure physicality, which, in turn, is itself shown in a less and less appealing fashion. The demasculized black men join the party in meek appreciation of Aphex, dancing in awkward ways as he lets it happen, and the scene culminates in the shared appreciation of something obviously disgusting. The message here is the need to control, the need for superiority beyond all reasonable bounds, beyond any humane emotion, beyond any real personal satisfaction. One of my favorite websites, to me, expresses a similiar attitude in the form of short stories: http://www.c3f.com/mostfh01.html

In this sense, yes, the video refers to itself as the all-powerful creation and its worship - as above mentioned interpretation says. But it does so in a wider context of how the artist sees himself and his culture.

-Ados 14:29, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] =Banned?

Was The Video Banned? And If It Was Why? Yes, this video was banned on MTV (for the most part) for being too scary. They still occasionally show it late at night, though.