Beatles Mashups and Other iPod Filler
I've been actively seeking out and listening to more mashups recently. I was introduced to The Grey Album by a friend, and that began my quest to learn a bit more and find other underground treasures.
Recently I stumbled into CCC's Revolved -- a mashup of The Beatles Revolver album with a variety of other artists.
In a way it reminds me of a well done Saturday Night Live skit — an excellent concept, well executed, but with something unknown missing. The best tracks to my mind are "Got To Get You In The Mood" which combines The Beatles "Got To Get You Into My Life" with Glenn Miller's "In The Mood", and "Close To No One", mixing The Beatles "For No One" with The Cure's "Close To Me". The Beatles seem to be a popular target for mashups -- perhaps due to DJ Dangermouse's "success" with the Grey Album, and perhaps just simply due to their popularity.
But even better than those is CCC's non-Beatles mash of "Stand By Me," featuring The Police's "Every Breath You Take" and of course Ben E King's "Stand By Me". The technical quality is great, and it's fun to watch the cognitive dissonance expressed in the faces of unsuspecting friends as the song plays out. It may not be a masterpiece like "99 Problems," but there's room for a lot of variety on a 60 GB iPod.
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