IT WASN'T THAT LONG AGO THEY WERE ALL THE RAGE
Personally, I didn't mind the art of mash-ups and bootlegs. Some of them were really awful mind you, but then again there's loads of really awful original music out there as well.
The best ones were, of course, those that took two songs you just wouldn't normally associate together and yet somehow it ended up as a work of genius.
I just has a quick look in my i-tunes library having typed the word 'vs' as a search, and discovered that I've downloaded more than 120 of them over the years. I don't listen to them all that often nowadays as there's only a handful on the i-pod. I'm quite fond of these fab four:-
mp3 : Public Enemy vs Herb Alpert - Rebel Without A Pause
mp3 : Arctic Monkeys vs Destiny's Child - Bum Breath
mp3 : Basement Jaxx vs REM - Where's Your Religion At?
I'm sure I've offended a number of you who think such 'songs' are sacrilegious....
Oh and I've posted what are unquestionably the two best mash-ups ever over at The Video Villain...
5 comments:
Best mash up (horrible term) artists were The Freelance Hellraiser, Soundhog, Go Home Productions, Party Ben and Richard X.
I'm a terror for a booty, and have got (at least )20 cds worth of the bloody things, all self compiled pre-broadband. I don't normally go in for shameless self promotion, but as the subject's come up. Did you hear Mark Vidler/Go Home Productions recent batch of mash ups 'Spliced Krispies' he was kind enough to give me some exclusive blurb on a few of tunes..
Grandstand Theme/Supremes
Finger Of Fudge/Beach Boys
C C Peniston/Sex Pistols
Here if you fancy a peep
Mashups have re-invigorated my iPod! My all time favourites remain
Leftfield vs. The Trammps "Disco Life" by Bobby Martini (and available here http://www.bobbymartini.co.uk/mashups3/index.html)
and
Cher vs. Portishead "Believe in Glory Box" by Funk that Shit (and available here http://funkthatshit.multiply.com/music/item/39)
Chris
Well the ones posted are poo.
The best one I have heard in years is...... Snow Patrol vs. The Police - Every Car You Chase...
Paul
OMG - out of 100's of great mashups, you probably
picked some of the worst :)
For sure, Go Home Productions has the tops...
My favorite from last year was Lil Mama vs. The Champs...Tequila Lipgloss...Paul V made it.
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