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I'm only likely to post Mon/Tues this week and I've got a lot of tabs to close out, plus Booty put out the Top 10 for November already. So let's start with five of the tracks from that (http://www.bootieusa.com/blog/2009/11/bootie-top-10-november-2009.html) and then take a digression into teen angst ballads...http://www.mi-tracks.com/artists/clivester/tunes/DJ_Clive$ter-To_Lose_My_Touch.mp3
Clivester's "To Lose My Touch". I saw this on Mashup Industries and wasn't that impressed. Still not bowled over on re-listen, but I think that's due to my general "meh" response to Phil Collins-era Genesis. The White Lies track he's mashing up against gets nearly completely lost, but if you love Phil you'll love this track.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSgiXGELjbc
It's possible there are friends of mine who haven't seen this video, which has been majorly viral for a couple months now. A gentle backbeat remix of various bits of Carl Sagan, mostly from the show Cosmos, with vocoded bits contributed by Stephen Hawking. You can find the other Sagan track also over at http://www.symphonyofscience.com/
http://audioporncentral.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/kleptones_voodoosabotage.mp3
The Prodigy backing up the Beastie Boys' "Sabotage" - what's not to like? I'm a little unhappy that they chose to mix against the expurgated radio edit rather than the original, but high energy yeah baby! Unlike a lot of musicians and DJs who home on MySpace, the Kleptones maintain their own blog, at http://www.kleptones.com/blog/ with embedded music links and players. Also check out some of their del.icio.us bookmarks.
http://djlobsterdust.com/mix/lobsterdust--NirGaga_%28Niravana_vs_LadyGaga%29.mp3
This is another one I had passed over on first listen. I'm not a Nirvana fan, nor a Lady Gaga fan. How the hell this mash-up works is beyond me. What I think is happening is that DJ Lobsterdust has hit on a fundamental darkness in both tracks and by mixing down-tempo he's finding parallels you don't normally hear.
http://djsteveboy.com/groovelectric.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31JcPMLkFLk
http://www.bass211.com/mx/Just%20Stop%20Believing.mp3
Confession time: I liked Journey. Cheesy as all hell, teen angst ballady crap. Yes, I outgrew it, thank you. So I was brought up short when I heard the latest DJ Steveboy mix "The Engine of Night." This mix is long overdue because Steve Boyett is out doing an author tour for his novels. He posted this with a warning that it's darker than his usual. Well, in an apparent effort to lighten the mood of the mix he threw in a Journey remix. WTF?
So I went hunting and it turns out there are a TON of Journey remixes, mostly of "Don't Stop Believing" as you'd expect. DJ Steveboy uses the Andy Clockwork remix, which you can find on the YouTube page I linked, and if you go to the Related videos bit you can find... um, a LOT of remixes. Of this tune. Apparently I wasn't the only one who used to like them. The Clockwork mix is mid-tempo and doesn't really give in to Steve Perry's vocals until about 2/3 through.
And then the Lady Gaga vs Journey mash-up by DJ Tripp showed up. And as Arlo said, three people doing it is an organization. The Tripp mix is an OK addition to the list; I suspect if I liked Lady Gaga better I'd rate this one higher.
