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!