Come To Daddy - Prodigy parody?

[J. Simon van der Walt]

According to the wikipedia;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Come_to_Daddy

'Come to Daddy' is 'a parody of the genre of Industrial Techno,
popularized by acclaimed British group The Prodigy and their hit single
"Firestarter"'.

Is this true? It sounds plausible, listening to the two tracks, but is
there any actual evidence for it? In terms of interviews, articles, etc?

Thanks,

J. Simon van der Walt

[littlemute]

I assume (who can know for sure) it was making fun of any "aggro" style
music. I've heard it was Nine Inch Nails rather than Prodigy,
"Firestarter" is a lot more house-ish than then dance-industria foisted
by NIN.

[Davey G]

what a load of crap. aphex twin has always made weird music from a plethora
of styles. i can see him also gettng quite alot of fun out of fucking with
journalists and music writers by talking crap too. its just a song, and a
good one as that. plain and simple. i dont think he would waste his time
making some joke song...

Post by littlemute
I assume (who can know for sure) it was making fun of any "aggro" style
music. I've heard it was Nine Inch Nails rather than Prodigy,
"Firestarter" is a lot more house-ish than then dance-industria foisted
by NIN.

[littlemute]

You're joking right? What about the two tracks on the smojphace EP?
Painful joke on the fans. Ventolin on I care because you do (though
the EP is incredible)? The windowlicker video/song is a complete rip on
west coast rap/hip hop. And the 'funny little man' song? They guy
allegedly spun sandpaper at a club in new york and 'ruined' a Bjork
concert with his opening act noises (huzzah!). He also told the world
he was quitting in 1999.

This has nothing to do with whether or not the track is good. Of course
it's good. Who knows all the factors that go into an artist creating a
piece of music? Was making fun of Nine Inch Nails part of it? Or was
the girl that allegedly told him "I want your soul" a silly goth fan of
NIN and it set a spark of inspiration? No one can know for sure
because they weren't there, but sometimes it's easier for those that
are not the artist to identify influences or what a song means.

There's an old story of a professor teaching some novel or other to a
class, a man comes up to him after class and says "That's not what I
mean by that book at all." and the professor says "You're the author,
how the hell would you know what it's really about?"

[loedown]

Hi All,
I would have thought that the lines from CTD are from the movie
Hellraiser, when Uncle Frank says Kirsty, come to daddy. The bits about
eating souls is also in the movie, but it's been awhile

Paul