Big Audio Dynamite -- "The Bottom Line"
Topper Headon was bottomed out on heroin, so what's Mick Jones to do?
The answer: Get a real mechanical drum machine to replace the human drum machine. Add some synths, some heavy dance beats, and some clever lyrics, and you've got this track.
It's hard to remember sometimes that this stuff was cutting edge at the time. It seems so dated now, but it's still irresistible. What else was there to do in 1985? The dark days of hair metal were just around the bend. In retrospect, B.A.D. was a great idea.
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