FC/Kahuna released Machine Says Yes in the spring of 2002 to a host of crit… Read Full Bio ↴FC/Kahuna released Machine Says Yes in the spring of 2002 to a host of critical acclaim. The NME said "Easily as good as the last Chemicals' LP and snapping at the heels of Daft Punk's "Discovery", Machine Says Yes is as broad in its retro reference as it is happy to revel in the futuristic", whilst Q Magazine chipped in with "It's big and it's clever". Rolling Stone added, "Machine Says Yes throbs like vintage acid-house... but they've given it a makeover for the millennium". FC Kahuna also appeared on the front cover of Jockeyslut magazine.

The album went on to sell over 50,000 copies around the world and is still selling. Jo Whiley was an early supporter and played Hayling a number of times from a limited edition 7" months before the album's release. FC Kahuna were later invited to do a Jo Whiley session live on Radio One and also a very successful Colin Murray Evening Session. The station went on to playlist the singles Machine Says Yes and Hayling with enthusiastic support for both Glitterball and Nothing is Wrong. FC Kahuna also played live on Sara Cox's Born Sloppy on Channel 4 and were guests in the studio on Zoë Ball¹s XFM show.

Next up was 21st Century Bodyrockers, a series of nine monthly parties where insanity ruled...These were some of those very special club nights, where the venue, the music and the people all gel together perfectly until there's a power cut as happened to The Scissor Sisters while they prepared to play their first live gig ever. The DJs were brilliant, Erol Alkan, Soulwax, Ellen Allien, Damian Lazarus, Andrew Weatherall and DJ Hell who amongst others helped make it "Club of the Year" according to The Face magazine.

Although previously a DJ duo only, FC Kahuna put together a live band (with Hafdis Huld on vocals and John Thompson on bass) and toured the UK in support of Röyksopp in 2002 which culminated in a sold out show at Brixton Academy in front of 4,000 people. The band played at some of the worlds' best festivals; Coachella in LA, T In The Park in Scotland, Roskilde in Denmark, Reading/Leeds in the UK, and Benicassim in Spain were just a few highlights. Around this time they also released their first mix album Another Fine Mess (an offshoot of the famous Another Late Night comp series) which featured tracks by everyone from Blur to The Polyphonic Spree as well as more electronic cuts by the likes of Green Velvet and Josh Wink. The mix helped cement FC Kahuna¹s reputation as an international DJ duo as well as quality album artists.

Since then the band have remixed everyone from New Order to Felix Da Housecat and most recently have added their magic to French act Mellow and US band The Faint. Dan and Jon have also been spinning vinyl all over the UK and worldwide including Japan, South America, Russia, Serbia, Mexico, Holland, Germany, France and and a stint supporting Zero 7 on their U.S tour; catch them most weeks, somewhere, alongside the likes of Erol Alkan, Ivan Smagghe, 2 Many DJ's, JoJo De Freq, Miss Kitten, DJ Hell, Mylo, Glimmer Twins, Tiga, et al.

Of course, if you don¹t manage to catch FC Kahuna DJing or hear one of their remixes then in the meantime you can sit back and wait for Hayling, Machine Says Yes, Nothing is Wrong or Glitterball to invade your living room via TV shows like Six Feet Under, CSI: Miami and Nip/Tuck. Alternatively keep an ear out when you're next down your local cinema for FC Kahuna music in the Keira Knightley flick Domino and Brit gangster classic Layer Cake or surfpunk film Riding Giants.

Machine Says Yes
FC/Kahuna Lyrics

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Think I'm here for all the wrong reasons
Can't do it wrong, when you don't do a thing
Once in love, it's more like a habit
Guess that's what I need to feel like me

I'm gonna stay with you
I'm gonna stay with you
I'm gonna stay with you

There's nothing else to do

I'm gonna stay with you
I'm gonna stay with you
I'm gonna stay with you
There's nothing else to do

I'm gonna stay with you
I'm gonna stay with you
I'm gonna stay with you
There's nothing else to do

I'm gonna stay with you
I'm gonna stay with you
I'm gonna stay with you
There's nothing else to do

I'm gonna stay with you
I'm gonna stay with you

I'm gonna stay with you
Let's not try to talk this through

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of FC/Kahuna's "Machine Says Yes" express a sense of resignation and a lack of purpose in the singer's life. The opening line suggests that the singer may feel like they are not living their life for the right reasons, possibly indicating a feeling of being lost or lacking direction. The following line, "Can't do it wrong, when you don't do a thing," reinforces this sense of purposelessness, suggesting that the singer may feel like they are simply going through the motions of life without truly living.

The lines "Once in love, it's more like a habit/Guess that's what I need to feel like me" evoke a sense of ambivalence towards love and relationships. The phrase "once in love, it's more like a habit" suggests that the singer has lost the spark or passion that once defined their romantic relationships. However, the line "guess that's what I need to feel like me" also implies that the singer has come to rely on this habit, possibly out of a sense of comfort or familiarity.

The repeated chorus of "I'm gonna stay with you/There's nothing else to do" further emphasizes the sense of resignation in the song, suggesting that the singer may feel stuck in their current situation and without any other options. The final line, "Let's not try to talk this through," reinforces this sense of passivity and resignation, indicating that the singer may have given up on trying to change their circumstances.

Overall, "Machine Says Yes" is a song that explores themes of uncertainty, resignation, and a lack of purpose or direction in life.

Line by Line Meaning

Think I'm here for all the wrong reasons
Perhaps I shouldn't be here, doing this, since I believe I am here for the wrong reasons.

Can't do it wrong, when you don't do a thing
If I don't do anything, then technically I can't do anything wrong.

Once in love, it's more like a habit
Being in love can easily become routine and habitual.

Guess that's what I need to feel like me
Perhaps that habit of being in love is what feels normal and comfortable to me.

I'm gonna stay with you
I've decided that I will remain with you.

There's nothing else to do
There's no other course of action that appeals to me at this moment.

Let's not try to talk this through
Let's not engage in discussion or attempts to analyze the situation, and just be together.

Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: Daniel Ormondroyd, Hafdis Huld, Jon Collyer, Jonathan Nowell

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