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"Fuck the Millennium", sometimes spelled " * * *K the Millennium", is an electronic protest song that was released as a single in 1997 by 2K (Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty, better known as The KLF and The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu). Based upon The KLF's acid house track "What Time Is Love?", it was promoted as a comeback single and released to mark the tenth anniversary of Drummond and Cauty's first collaborations; however, it was also in part intended to mock the notion of the comeback. It remains the only commercial release by the duo since The KLF's 1992 retirement. The single reached #28 in the UK Singles Chart in October 1997.〔Roberts, David. Guinness Book of British Hit Singles & Albums. Guinness World Records Ltd 17th edition (2004), p. 569 ISBN 0-85112-199-3〕 Drummond and Cauty's campaign to "fuck the millennium" also involved an appearance by 2K at London's Barbican Arts Centre and a number of outlandish proposals to 'commemorate' the millennium under the moniker "K2 Plant Hire". These activities were intended to culminate in the construction of "The People's Pyramid", a -high structure built from recycled bricks, but the pyramid was never built. ==Context== From 1987 to 1992, Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty released music under names including The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu (The JAMs) and The KLF. Following a run of five consecutive UK top-five singles, The KLF executed a high-profile retirement from the music business and deleted their entire back catalogue, declaring that "For the foreseeable future, there will be no further record releases from any past, present or future name attached to our activities."〔KLF Communications retirement advertisement, originally in ''New Musical Express'', May 1992, cited in Perry, A. and Upton, S., "Millennial Mu Mu", ''Select'', October 1997 ((link )).〕 Drummond and Cauty's subsequent art project, the K Foundation, disposed of The KLF's earnings, including by burning one million pounds of it, money which was originally provisionally earmarked by the duo for millennial celebrations. Bill Drummond: "Originally we were going to invest the whole lot in some capital growth fund and spend it all on one big event, maybe at the millennium".〔Reid, J., "Money to burn", ''The Observer'', 25 September 1994, ''passim''. This article is a first-hand account by freelance journalist Jim Reid, the only independent witness to the burning. ((link ))〕 In the four years following The KLF's retirement, Drummond and Cauty's musical output consisted only of a limited edition single released in Israel and Palestine ("K Cera Cera"), and a contribution to ''The Help Album'' ("The Magnificent"). In 1997, British artist Jeremy Deller pioneered the Acid Brass concept, collaborating with the Williams Fairey Brass Band to interpret and perform classic acid house tracks as brass arrangements. Deller was described by one source as a prankster,〔Perry, A. and Upton, S., "Millennial Mu Mu", ''Select'', October 1997 ((link )).〕 a notion frequently applied to Drummond and Cauty themselves.〔For example, Flint, C., "Media Pranksters KLF Re-emerge As 2K", ''Billboard'', 2 September 1997 ((link ))〕 In February 1997, Drummond was contacted by his former Big in Japan bandmate Jayne Casey, who was helping to organise an arts festival in Liverpool and had noticed that Acid Brass' repertoire included The KLF's "What Time Is Love?". Drummond attended the festival performance and heard "What Time Is Love?" performed as the encore, during which he telephoned Cauty. Cauty and Drummond together attended a 19 April Acid Brass performance at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London.〔Frith, M., "The Return of The KLF", ''Sky'', October 1997 ((link )).〕 Collaborative work ensued between Drummond, Cauty, and Deller, in which the Acid Brass rendition of their track was incorporated into a composition designed to mark the tenth anniversary of Drummond and Cauty's first work. A comeback of The KLF〔Flint, C. "Media Pranksters KLF Re-emerge As 2K", ''Billboard'', 2 September 1997 ((link ))〕 was implied by two black-and-white full-page adverts placed in the 21 August 1997 issue of ''Time Out''. The first proclaimed "They're Back. The Creators of Trance. The Lords of Ambient. The Kings of Stadium House. The Godfathers of Techno Metal. The Greatest Rave Band In The World. Ever! 2K. For 23 minutes Only". The second stated "'Jeremy Deller presents '1997 What The Fuck's Going On'", a reference to The JAMs' debut album ''1987 (What the Fuck Is Going On?)''. It continued, "Jimmy Cauty and Bill Drummond invite you to a 23 minute performance during which the next 840 days of our lives will be discussed".〔Drummond, B. and Cauty, J., advertisements, ''Time Out'', 21 August 1997 ((1 ), (2 )).〕 ''The Independent'' looked forward to the event, saying that "It was just a matter of time before Jimmy Cauty and Bill Drummond hatched another prank and put a grin back on the face of pop music." "You just ache for them to be No. 1 again....", they said, but "One hopes they are not about to shoot themselves in the foot" because "the idea walks the tightrope between lunacy and brilliance.... the pop world's countdown to the millennium surely starts here".〔Lewis, A., ''The Independent'', 30 August 1997, Pop & Jazz section p25.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fuck the Millennium」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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