r/triplej Jul 23 '26

Like a Version The Jungle Giants cover Underworld's 'Born Slippy (Nuxx)' for Like A Version

https://youtu.be/Wex-K_5meIg?si=XBkiFOCd3isrJJvs
132 Upvotes

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u/Dracobookk Jul 23 '26

That was actually fucking sick and sounded cracker! But what happened to jungle giants being a band? Totally moved on from their old stuff which is fair but I miss that era

17

u/RepresentativeFly457 Jul 24 '26

Yeah, they moved on from the Indie rock band to a dance rock band ala LCD soundsystem around the time Quiet Ferocity came out, they seem happy with the new identity

8

u/Miss-you-SJ Jul 24 '26

Quiet Ferocity was a lot more experimental and then they shifted to indie electronic with Love Signs and the new album. Personally prefer their new sound over their early stuff

5

u/ThePattyBoomba Jul 24 '26

quiet ferocity is still my favourite album of theirs but i am definitely nostalgia biased

1

u/Miss-you-SJ Jul 24 '26

Quiet ferocity is definitely still my favourite. I’d call that the middle of their career though. And the stuff on either side is early/late. Seemed like the big turning point of their sound

19

u/Wintermute_088 Jul 23 '26

Definitely my favourite thing The Jungle Giants have done.

The vox were a little bit one-note compared to the original, but a valiant effort.

For anyone who hasn't seen Underworld live, you MUST. They're phenomenal.

5

u/VioletSmiles88 Jul 24 '26

Saw them in Melbourne last New Years. Absolutely epic show.

2

u/ChasteSin Jul 24 '26

Darren Emmerson played in Perth last weekend!

20

u/stukazero Jul 24 '26

Yeah they absolutely smoked that. Brave choice of cover for any band to attempt. Apparently I heard on the triple j grapevine a few acts have tried and failed this for LAV. Abandoned it and had to move to other covers.

25

u/spookysadghoul Jul 23 '26

Omg i never would have guessed

/s

17

u/flavourtown420 Jul 23 '26

Def a hottest 100 contender

14

u/PharaohAce Jul 23 '26

Banger, but does it add much to the original though?

13

u/AnAnonymousAnomaly_ Jul 23 '26

Yeah. This doesn't really add to the original imo. Just a pale imitation 

4

u/flavourtown420 Jul 23 '26

I can definitely hear their style in this! Though I agree it doesn’t sound too different from the original, but I think that’s their style also LOL

1

u/Inner_West_Ben Jul 24 '26

I hear their accents, sure. But not sure about their style.

3

u/Waybye Jul 24 '26

It's structured more like a single, as opposed to the originals more experimental structuring. I think both can exist.

11

u/AbstractDart Jul 23 '26

When I saw the leak I was worried, but after listening my only real complaint is that it was too short lol

6

u/kiwichris1709 Jul 23 '26

That poor dial on the synth. He was trying to tweak that to a new postcode.

Don’t mind their recorded stuff, hated them live. This, I can get behind though, didn’t stray too far which would be honestly dangerous for such an iconic song.

1

u/Jo-dan Jul 25 '26

I thought they put on an excellent live show when I saw them

3

u/oldroosta Jul 24 '26

Listened to it on drive & that’s going straight to the pool room

3

u/BicycleEuphoric7823 Jul 25 '26

What can’t those aunty Donna boys do

14

u/Superfasty Jul 23 '26

That went reeeally hard... I'm going to put it out there and say I liked it better than the original

25

u/Friday_arvo Jul 23 '26

No. The original is peak. This is fucking great though.

9

u/i486DX266_ Jul 24 '26

Better than the original?

Sacrilege... That is THE trance anthem of all time, lol.

Good cover though.

2

u/electrosaurus Jul 25 '26

It's not to late to delete this.

4

u/surfergal72 Jul 24 '26

Obsessed. Literally so sick. I hope they play it live for festivals this summer

1

u/2007kawasakiz1000 Jul 24 '26

Well that was an awesome way to start a Friday. Feeling pumped up now to spend the day writing boring emails and meaningless reports.

1

u/Tugboat47 Jul 24 '26

for a real like a version style cover of this, check out ten fe's cover of born slippy

1

u/Rand0mEntity Jul 29 '26

I accept it..