drwex | Revisiting "popular" music tracks

Watching the small set of new-music blogs I do watch it's still possible to see certain things come and go as different DJs try their hand at remixing popular songs, or reuse perennial favorites. Today we have a bunch of those.

http://hypem.com/#/track/935434/Daft+Punk+-+Harder+Better+Faster+Stronger+Deadmau5+Remix+
First, we have another mix of Daft Punk's "Harder, Better..." I know, this one has been done TO DEATH but stick with me. The mixer here is Deadmau5, someone I pointed to middle of last month. He has a really good style here - not so much redoing "Harder, Better..." as he is sampling it and laying the samples over different beats. Although the track has apparently been around since at least 2007 I couldn't find any listing of what the other samples are.

http://hypem.com/#/track/933952/Little+Boots-Earthquake+%28Treasure+Fingers%27+Epicwave+Mix%29
Little Boots' "Earthquake" is another one that's in heavy rotation lately. It's a damned catchy tune all on its own - yes, it's a bit more bubblegum pop than my usual, but she's got more depth to her vocals than the usual pop confection and whoever produced the original track did a good job. So what Treasure Fingers is doing is stripping down a lot of the high-pitched pop effects and leaving a vocal bit that sound much more like a sultry torch singer, laid over some standard dance beats.

http://rcrdlbl.com/artists/Yeah_Yeah_Yeahs/track/Heads_Will_Roll_A-Trak_Remix_Club_Edit
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs are another hot remix subject. I've blogged a couple of their things. This stream has three tracks off their remix album (EP) for "Heads Will Roll". If you're easily earwormed this one is likely to stick in your head. Simple bouncy dance stuff that various DJs like to take and play around with.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HekpXSI-N_o
Some of you probably remember Eminem. Whether you liked him or thought he was an annoying fake who should go away, you should listen to this. No, really. The supply of brain-o is over there. Personally I think it's hysterical, but I liked the original so go figure. (Hat tip to MRF for the pointer.)