On this late Friday night, I will post another mashup tune from the UK, where definitely this trend has always been most popular there compared to the rest of the world.
The tune is from the Brit known as Cheekyboy. His main site is down for some reason, but I provided the link to the sites of his that still work (showing that he apparently is still in the game). The song I'm linking to here in particular (which I uploaded myself as I can't find it anywhere else) is a combination of Justin Timberlake and Corey Hart. Yep, it's their most popular songs, Sunglasses at Night and SexyBack. It's a simple yet effective mashup that is very catchy. The two worked together very well. Also simple yet effective is the YouTube video of the mashup.
Cheekyboy-SexyBack Sunglasses (7.37 MB, 192 Kbits/second)
http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/12/28/1667157/cheekyboy-Sexyback%20Sunglasses.MP3
I'll be back late Friday night the 5th with a new mashup to spotlight.
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Saturday, August 23, 2008
A Long Time Ago, In A Blog Far Far Away...
Once again I direct you to the site known as Mashuptown. If you're not a regular viewer of that site, you should be. You can just about find something worthwhile on there if you visit just once a day.
For example, DJ Schmoli's mashup of Leona Lewis and Nirvana. It seems like that any song mashed up with Smells Like Teen Spirit, it's an automatic improvement. There's also Divide & Kreate somehow making I Kissed A Girl more tolerable to listen to, even with a God-awful sounding vocal that they had to work with. Then, there's people like DJ Y alias JY, who are newcomers (at least to me) who are also putting out good stuff.
Props also have to be given to Beloki, a German DJ who combined a Justice song (I should talk about them one of these days on my other music blog) with Darth Vader's theme, to great effect. The link is on that page. It's a long tune, so stick with it for a few minutes, where it really picks up and rocks out. Famous orchestral songs from movies should be used more often. That's why I liked it when awhile back Party Ben used the Imperial March and combined it with Galvanize.
Anyway, that was a friendly reminder telling you to visit that website. I'll be back late Friday night the 29th with more mashup discussion, at the very least.
For example, DJ Schmoli's mashup of Leona Lewis and Nirvana. It seems like that any song mashed up with Smells Like Teen Spirit, it's an automatic improvement. There's also Divide & Kreate somehow making I Kissed A Girl more tolerable to listen to, even with a God-awful sounding vocal that they had to work with. Then, there's people like DJ Y alias JY, who are newcomers (at least to me) who are also putting out good stuff.
Props also have to be given to Beloki, a German DJ who combined a Justice song (I should talk about them one of these days on my other music blog) with Darth Vader's theme, to great effect. The link is on that page. It's a long tune, so stick with it for a few minutes, where it really picks up and rocks out. Famous orchestral songs from movies should be used more often. That's why I liked it when awhile back Party Ben used the Imperial March and combined it with Galvanize.
Anyway, that was a friendly reminder telling you to visit that website. I'll be back late Friday night the 29th with more mashup discussion, at the very least.
Friday, August 22, 2008
Check Back Here Friday Night
This time it was Tropical Storm Fay that screwed up this blog's schedule. I was going to go to a Rays game against the Angels earlier on in the week but the storm coming through at that time meant that I had to wait until Wednesday to attend it; it was a fun game, even though the Rays lost.
Anyway, I'll be back Friday night and on here I will unveil what I think is the worst song of 2008; if I find any tune worse than this the rest of the year, I'll be shocked. I mean, I think it's even worse than what I believe (I can't remember for certain, but I doubt I said that any tune was worse than it during the time period) is the worst song of 2007, which is Cupid's Chokehold, where you had the sampled chorus of the song having nothing to do with the rest of the song! Yes, it's even worse than that.
On the mashup blog, it will be business as usual there.
Anyway, I'll be back Friday night and on here I will unveil what I think is the worst song of 2008; if I find any tune worse than this the rest of the year, I'll be shocked. I mean, I think it's even worse than what I believe (I can't remember for certain, but I doubt I said that any tune was worse than it during the time period) is the worst song of 2007, which is Cupid's Chokehold, where you had the sampled chorus of the song having nothing to do with the rest of the song! Yes, it's even worse than that.
On the mashup blog, it will be business as usual there.
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
The Heat Is On
As I've mentioned before, I'm trying so far to spotlight different mashup artists rather than posting multiple songs at different times from the same artist. You know, there are many different people out there who do quality work, and I want to try and point out many of them.
One guy who I'm surprised I haven't mentioned yet is DJ Axel, an L.A. based artist. Besides having a cool handle that references a famous movie character, many of his songs are worth hearing. In the "music" section of his website, if you click on it there's a popup which offers up a dozen mashup downloads. You might as well download all of them, although I personally like best the Nelly-Fat Joe vs. Cheryl Lynn, the Motley Crue vs. 50 Cent, and the Judas Priest vs. LL Cool J/J-Lo mashups. I'm glad he's still around doing his thing and making tunes. The fact that he often uses rock songs (especially classic rock) in his work... real groovy.
I'll be back on Wednesday the 13th with me mentioning another mashup artiste.
One guy who I'm surprised I haven't mentioned yet is DJ Axel, an L.A. based artist. Besides having a cool handle that references a famous movie character, many of his songs are worth hearing. In the "music" section of his website, if you click on it there's a popup which offers up a dozen mashup downloads. You might as well download all of them, although I personally like best the Nelly-Fat Joe vs. Cheryl Lynn, the Motley Crue vs. 50 Cent, and the Judas Priest vs. LL Cool J/J-Lo mashups. I'm glad he's still around doing his thing and making tunes. The fact that he often uses rock songs (especially classic rock) in his work... real groovy.
I'll be back on Wednesday the 13th with me mentioning another mashup artiste.
Monday, August 4, 2008
Damn You, Busy Weekend
Unfortunately the past few days have been busier than expected, so it won't be until Tuesday evening that I upload something new. I can at least tell you that on Saturday I got a new LG Chocolate cell phone (with the V-Cast) and the Song ID feature actually works, as fantastical as it may sound. I have zero clue how it does work, but I can tell you, the son of a bitch DOES work!
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