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For the most part, song mashups seem — to some of us — like hectic pieces of non-music that never quite get to where you want them to go, and that are obviously catchy because all the person mashing them up does is take the most catchy parts of songs that other people already put effort into writing and then they just mash them together and take credit for it the whole thing like they’re some kind of genius. To some of us that’s what they seem like! And some of us think that specifically Girl Talk — not that Girl Talk has anything to do with this video, we’re just saying — should pay everyone one million dollars each. Not just the musicians Girl Talk samples, but everyone in the world. Because uuugghhh.
But not all of us feel this way. And I guess what would DJs do if they weren’t mashing songs up. Just PLAY songs? That would be boring for them, I imagine. So here is kind of a very fun mashup of 39 different pop songs, that I don’t want to give too much credit to, again, because of my deeply held anti-mashup beliefs, but really if you didn’t have lots of deeply held random negative beliefs that you sometimes feel are the only thing holding your brain together, it would be a fun thing to listen to while you ate lunch:
Also the kid pressing all the fun DJ buttons may or may not be 16? It says on reddit that he is 16, but I can’t find it stated anywhere else. So if he is 16: Cool! You have a bright future of mashing songs up ahead of you, and it seems like you already have some very professional equipment, so you’re already well on your way. (Via Reddit.)
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Alderaan is peaceful! We have no weapons! You can’t possibly…
“The more you tighten your mashup set, Madeon, the more pop songs will slip through your fingers.” — Frank Lloyd Wrong, Videogum’s premier crafter of co-opted Star Wars quotes for commenting purposes.
Beam me up, Frank Lloyd Wrong!
Did I do that right?
In space, no one can hear your mashup.
“If you mash me up, I will become more mashed up than you can possibly imagine…”
Shut down all the song mashups on the detention level!
You had me at ‘Say hello to my little friend.’
When I get my DJ career going, I plan to only do mashups of TV show theme songs. That way, when people here a Family Matters/The Adventures Of Pete And Pete mashup, they’ll know DJ Tanner must be around.
“You’re smiling strange. Urkel’s looking happily deranged.”
I went through a brief mash-up stint a couple years ago, inspired by Girl Talk and others. I would agree that the internet is now flooded with horrible and lazy mash-ups that take three seconds to cobble together. Anyone can paste an acapella over an instrumental.
It is a whole other thing to deconstruct 39 songs into individual kicks, snares, bass lines, synth stabs, vocal fragments, and cetera to create a whole new composition. It’s an incredible challenge to combine so many songs in so little time without it sounding like a colossal mess.
Most of the songs you hear on the radio are created from the same stupid drumkits anyway, so I might even argue (if I were arguing) that it is more challenging to work from a limited base of elements that may or may not even be divided into stems and ready for your sampling.
shit nigga i’ve no idea what you’re talkin about i think it’s a compliment tho so i’m just gonna say thanks
comment obv not mine lol credit 2 facetaco yeeee! should have more than 3 upvotes am i doing this stuff right idk i dont even care
I once read Girl Talk say that he’s creating new compositions by mashing up all the samples he uses, which is bullshit, but I think this kid is actually doing that.
you guys won’t believe all the cool shit i’m gunna do with my new computer once i read the manual. but for now, i think i’ll play a few dozen games of solitaire….
That is the most complex Simon device I’ve ever seen. I can’t even fathom having the skills needed to press all those buttons in the correct order.
I listened to this with lunch!! I mashed up my Meatloaf with my Bread and Peaches and Cream and my coworkers were all, “what’s with the Smashing Pumpkins with your Spoon???!?”
I’d argue that mash-ups are still more creative than four-chord songs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHBVnMf2t7w
Good point! Nice find!
Similarly, Pachelbel’s Canon has been used all over pop music’s landscape.
http://youtu.be/JdxkVQy7QLM
Disclaimer: the comedian that link leads to has a whole set up bit where he talks about how much he hates Pachelbel’s Canon and makes corny jokes about Taco Bell and shit, so if you want to just skip ahead to where he plays a bunch of pop songs back to back that use the same chord progression as Pachelbel’s Canon just skip to 4 minutes in.
What’s the deal with Taco Bell? I’ve never seen a bell there! Maybe they should call it Taco High School Student With Terrible Acne Who Always Gets Your Order Wrong!
yo dawg I herd u like tacos, so we put a taco talking about taco highschool where they serve tacos so u can talko bout tacos while u learn bout tacos.
You guys LOOK AT THIS VIDEO.
You know in future movies, they’ll show some kid playing a fake alien movie instrument, and you’re like “Haha, that’s a cool future movie thing, but he’s obviously not really doing anything because this is a movie.” This is like that, but real! We are in a future movie! Look at him playing a future instrument! Marty McFly Jr. over here!
That’s the biggest Lights Out game I’ve ever seen. And it looks like he’s not very good at it.
I’m doing book mashups. “It was the best of times; it was the worst of Ishmael.”
“So we beat on, boats against the current, I hope they serve beer in hell.”
“Ishmael, , light of my life, fire of my loins.”
(I only know three opening book lines, and you used two of them, so I had to recycle one.)
Nice job, Burroughs.
Good sub-thread mrC. “To the red country and part of the grey country of Oklahoma, the last rains came gently, and they did not cut the scarred Ishmael.”
I do not like them here or there
I do not like them anywhere
I do not like them in a boat
I would not, could not, with a goat
I will not eat them in the rain
I do not like them on a train
I do not like them in a box
I will not eat them with a fox
I do not like them in a house
I would not, could not, with a mouse
I do not like Green Eggs and Ham
I do not like them,
John Galt
I find that Pogo is almost the inverted mashup. He takes sounds and random noises, and puts it together to form something strangley coherent and beautiful. Its like watching someone re-assemble chaos to form order.
I used to think this was really good, but it kind of sounds like a nightmare now…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5xAugLdNuo
That takes skill and a lot of practice, but it’s not necessarily something I would just listen to for enjoyment. Jumps around an awful lot – sort of jarring. But good work, for sure. He’s put a lot of thought into that and has definitely mastered the Launchpad (flashy button-thingy). Must’ve taken a hell of a long time to set it up.
Dear Kelly
I hope this helps to turn your frown (at mashups) upside down.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNUTYHJrutw
Sincerely
‘moose
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