I like mashups. That’s one reason why I respond so strongly to Karina’s story vids for “Touching Fire” and “Strings” — I love love love all the ways there are to respond to art by recombining it. And the first exposure I ever had to this idea, apart from collage, was when I discovered the mashup scene.
I have about a million things to do, so I won’t go on about how cool mashup can be when it’s done well, or how interesting it is to hear what people choose to put together. It’s a talent to hear a thing and know that it will work with something else this way.
Anyway, these are some that I like. I hope you’ll like them too.
“Boulevard of Broken Songs” (Green Day/Oasis/Travis/Eminem/Aerosmith). Mashup by Dean Gray (there’s a naughty word in the intro that makes this NSFW).
“Papa Was A Clock” (Temptations/Coldplay). Mashup by Mark Vidler.
“Callin’ on Sunday” (Lyrics Born/U2). Mashup by Party Ben.
“Put on the Superfreak” (The Police/Rick James). Mashup by Leebuzz (and I’m not sending you to his site because I just got trapped there by a really annoying ad, and I like you too much to do that to you!).
Want more? Get your groove on at Mashuptown.
Enjoy!
Wow. *speechless*
Esmeralda is going to love “Put on the Superfreak”. My fave is âBoulevard of Broken Songsâ because I’m squishy and like broken things and people.
And I just realized how I got my initial training in mashupness. Synchronized swimming. I hated competitions and the glittery swimsuits. But I adored mixing tapes for our solo and duo routines. I did the mixes for my sister, too. I just knew how great David Bowie’s “Modern Love” would sound combined with Kitaro’s “Light of The Spirit”, “Easy As Life” from Aida—the musical— and Black Box’s “Strike it up”. Fun! I’ll find out if my mom kept those tapes. Or I’ll try to recreate them from memory.
Thanks for sharing this. Food for the iPod, food for the soul.
And this is *very* danceable music. I just downloaded all 4 songs plus some to my iPod and spent an hour goofing around. I felt like I was in one of those hip ads. It’s been a while since I danced alone in the apartment (Esmeralda usually doesn’t wake up until 6 pm and by then I’m either in school or working). I’ll do it more often.
iPod+MashupTown=Good Times.
Hey Kelley! 🙂
You should also check out
http://www.bootieusa.com/bestofbootie2007/
which has more dance-type stuff but has a whole slew of mashup songs you can download and listen to.
Some of my favorites are
– Sympathy for Teen Spirit (Rolling Stones/ Queen/ Nirvana)
– More than on Point ( House of Pain / Boston )
– Illiterate City ( Jackson 5 / Guns’ N’ Roses)
The Best of Bootie from 2005 and 2006 are also pretty good.
Hey Amy, nice to see you here! How’s your writing going?
A thousand thanks for the bootieusa link. I love dance stuff and am happily downloading the 2007 CD now, with the others lined up. And I am gleeful about the “Funky Goes To Hollywood” track (Wild Cherry vs. Frankie Goes to Hollywood). Awesome stuff. I always request Frankie when I’m dancing, and I was dancing to Wild Cherry just the other weekend and loving it. Hearing them together turns my head about 30 degrees.
You’ve just turned me on to lots of fun. I’m grateful!