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buggeryOkay, so, I have this deep affection, bordering on obsession, with the musical phenomenon called 'mash-ups' -- two songs, often by two very different artists, remixed (usually by a third artist) into one new song. I've yet to hear a 'mash-up' I didn't like.
Examples of 'mash-up' songs you may or may not have heard (but should) include:
The Gray Album, an album's worth of mash-ups by DJ Danger Mouse of songs from Jay-Z's Black Album and The Beatles' 'White Album' (actually self-titled)
The Beastles, another album's worth of mash-ups by dj BC of assorted Beastie Boys and Beatles songs
"Hey We Will Rock Ya" by DJ Prince, a mash-up of Outkast's "Hey Ya" with (or 'vs.', as mash-ups are often designated) Queen's "We Will Rock You"
"David X" by Mark Vidler, a mas-up of Liberty X's "Got To Have Your Love" with David Bowie's "Let's Dance" (Bowie held a contest last year in which he invited fans to make new mash-ups using his songs)
"Milkshake Busters" (oops, dunno by who), a mash-up of Kelis's "Milkshake" with Ray Parker, Jr.'s "Theme from Ghostbusters"
"No More Pressure" by MessyJames, a mash-up of Annie Lennox's "No More 'I Love You's" with Queen's "Under Pressure" (Queen is almost as popular as the Beatles as an old-school mash-up target)
There are many, many more of these out there.
What I really, *really* want to see, or rather hear, is for somebody to make a mash-up of the band Buffalo Springfield's "For What It's Worth" with "City of New Orleans" (by Steve Goodman, most famously covered by Arlo Guthrie). Yeah, this request is spurred by the current situation in and around New Orleans. I can think of few more appropriate ways to encapsulate our feelings about the Katrina debacle.
There's something happening here
What it is ain't exactly clear
There's battle lines being drawn
Nobody's right if everybody's wrong
Freight yards full of old black men
And the graveyards of the rusted automobiles
Good morning, America, how are you?
Don't you know me, I'm your native son
I haven't put a Katrina tag on this entry, and I'm not using my Katrina icon, either. I'm tired.
(It might be even more appropriate, thematically, to substitute "Ohio" -- known as a Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young song and written by Neil Young. Many young people today aren't aware that CSN&Y formed in large part because Stephen Stills -- who wrote "For What It's Worth" -- and Neil Young had played together as part of Buffalo Springfield, particularly since the killings at Ohio State University involved National Guard troops. But musically, I don't think that would work. And Stills seems to have left his song deliberately vague precisely because he was warning against the mentality that both led to and exacerbated the 1967 race riots, rather than commenting on that event specifically.)
Help me out, people? Please.
Examples of 'mash-up' songs you may or may not have heard (but should) include:
The Gray Album, an album's worth of mash-ups by DJ Danger Mouse of songs from Jay-Z's Black Album and The Beatles' 'White Album' (actually self-titled)
The Beastles, another album's worth of mash-ups by dj BC of assorted Beastie Boys and Beatles songs
"Hey We Will Rock Ya" by DJ Prince, a mash-up of Outkast's "Hey Ya" with (or 'vs.', as mash-ups are often designated) Queen's "We Will Rock You"
"David X" by Mark Vidler, a mas-up of Liberty X's "Got To Have Your Love" with David Bowie's "Let's Dance" (Bowie held a contest last year in which he invited fans to make new mash-ups using his songs)
"Milkshake Busters" (oops, dunno by who), a mash-up of Kelis's "Milkshake" with Ray Parker, Jr.'s "Theme from Ghostbusters"
"No More Pressure" by MessyJames, a mash-up of Annie Lennox's "No More 'I Love You's" with Queen's "Under Pressure" (Queen is almost as popular as the Beatles as an old-school mash-up target)
There are many, many more of these out there.
What I really, *really* want to see, or rather hear, is for somebody to make a mash-up of the band Buffalo Springfield's "For What It's Worth" with "City of New Orleans" (by Steve Goodman, most famously covered by Arlo Guthrie). Yeah, this request is spurred by the current situation in and around New Orleans. I can think of few more appropriate ways to encapsulate our feelings about the Katrina debacle.
There's something happening here
What it is ain't exactly clear
There's battle lines being drawn
Nobody's right if everybody's wrong
Freight yards full of old black men
And the graveyards of the rusted automobiles
Good morning, America, how are you?
Don't you know me, I'm your native son
I haven't put a Katrina tag on this entry, and I'm not using my Katrina icon, either. I'm tired.
(It might be even more appropriate, thematically, to substitute "Ohio" -- known as a Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young song and written by Neil Young. Many young people today aren't aware that CSN&Y formed in large part because Stephen Stills -- who wrote "For What It's Worth" -- and Neil Young had played together as part of Buffalo Springfield, particularly since the killings at Ohio State University involved National Guard troops. But musically, I don't think that would work. And Stills seems to have left his song deliberately vague precisely because he was warning against the mentality that both led to and exacerbated the 1967 race riots, rather than commenting on that event specifically.)
Help me out, people? Please.
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Date: 2005-09-12 08:07 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-09-12 04:47 pm (UTC)If you would like to download it, go here:
http://www.livejournal.com/users/menikoff/169045.html
My friend
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Date: 2005-09-19 09:09 pm (UTC)http://s32.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2SRNSYCA1MRT71FJIOH2H164FY
The Gray Album (zipped .mp3 files) via YouSendIt. I've been trying and failing to download the .zip myself for most of a week, but the 56k connection I have here just doesn't cut it. Hopefully it'll go better for you. (:
And tomorrow I'll be back in high-speed land, hurrah!
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Date: 2005-09-12 05:06 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-11-10 04:40 pm (UTC)There's also a program called Acid (or ACID), formerly by Sonic Foundry before they sold the rights to Sony, which is designed for producing remixes. Some well-known mash-ups were created with one or another version of ACID. There are a couple of different versions of the software (with different functionality) available for purchase, as well as a free version lacking many advanced functions.
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Date: 2005-11-10 04:44 pm (UTC)"Buggery" does, erm, neatly encapsulate a number of my interests, though.
So what's the dirty secret behind "spinsideways"?