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RW: Soulwax’s take on Eleanor Rigby
By Cody | November 26, 2008
As the holidays near, i’m starting to wonder what I’m thankful for. The first thought is definately remixes. And if I’ve learned anything over the last few months, you can’t be thankful for remixes without Soulwax.
One of my favorite remix outfits, Soulwax hasn’t spread themselves too thin. Sometimes operating under different names, such as Too Many DJ’s, and other unknown aliases, the guy’s aren’t afraid to make some noise.
Familiar with the phrase, “If you’re not pissing someone off, you’re not trying hard enough?” Well these guys surely are, taking plenty of songs that most people would soundly think do NOT need remixing, and here we are gathered to talk about one such instance.
I love the Beatles. A lot of people love the Beatles, and apparentyly the guys @ Soulwax do too. Their remix of Eleanor Rigby shows some real love to the original version.
A few small notes I took when I first “tasted” the song:
- DRUMS?!??
- instrumental
- works with the original flow of the song
- keeps some of the stereo effects of the original piece
- very electronic sounding
- about the same length as the original song
Note: If you perfectly overlay the two songs…. it’s amazing.
Well with that I’ll leave you this remix, and have a happy & safe thanksgiving!
The Beatles – Eleanor Rigby (Soulwax Remix) (removed 2/13/09)
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Topic: Remix of the Week | 9 Comments »
Tags: soulwax, the beatles
November 27th, 2008 at 5:06 am
very interesting indeed, thanks!
going to see them in Jan, can’t wait
November 27th, 2008 at 1:25 pm
definitely amazing with the layover.. just a note that it doesn’t work with the Paul McCartney version from Give My Regards to Broadstreet
November 29th, 2008 at 12:37 am
ty
November 29th, 2008 at 8:08 am
it’s not a soulwax remix, just the bootleg eleanor rigby/tour de france (by kraftwerk) played by 2 many dj’s
November 29th, 2008 at 8:36 am
kael is right
its from kraftwerk
November 29th, 2008 at 10:36 pm
who posts 128s anymore?
December 1st, 2008 at 6:33 pm
[...] foi recentemente comprado por 115 mil libras). O remix em si não é genial – mas é bem bom. Vale salientar os pontos que o I Hope Your Ears Bleed comentou: – DRUMS?!?? – instrumental – works with the original flow of the song – keeps some of the stereo [...]
December 2nd, 2008 at 2:49 pm
Ehh… not a fan.
December 3rd, 2008 at 3:04 pm
I’m a huge fan of Soulwax but I think this is probably one of the worst remix they’ve done. I know they felt it would be daring to remix the ‘tles but it just didn’t work out. I think they’d be better off remixing Helter Skelter or even I’m the Walrus or something.