RW: Cult Logic Forever

There’s a popular mashup sloshing it’s way around the good ol’ web right now combining the talents of indie-electronic rocker Miike Snow and rapper Drake.

Lemme map out what was changed here.

(Miike Snows‘s “Cult Logic” – Vocals) + (Drake‘s “Forever” – Music ) – Eminem =  The Hood Internet‘s “Cult Logic Forever“

Incase mathematic symbols cause your head to spin, I just said that the mashup is the base track of Cult Logic with the vocal part of Forever, minus the Eminem section.

If anything, I’m just going to treat this song as something that helped bring Miike Snow to my attention. I’m huge on electronic-pop and this guy delivers.

So I hope that you find something of worth on this fine remix day. I hope your ears are satiated. Ω

RW: Since You’ve Been Gone One of These Nights

Before I get started today, I gotta give some backstory. One of our lovely readers, @jonodom, challenged anybody and everybody to listen to their entire music library from A-Z. I took up the challenge, as some peeps who follow me on twitter, @codybrom (shameless plug), might already know. Anyways, I was hoping that maybe I’d be able to find a track just based on what I’d heard so far, which amounts to 386 songs totaling just over 24 hours.

And I emerge triumphant with an amazing mashup by Aggro1.

First up, I must admit, I’m not a huge fan of either Kelly Clarkson or The Eagles. But for some reason I’m tempted to go buy entire back catalogs of both artists after this mashup. Clarkson’s vocals are crisp, clear, and unmistakably great. The Eagles smooth guitar work finds a great match with Clarkson’s vocals, and even when the tempo picks up the song holds. I love this song, and would definitely listen in on more.

Aggro1 – Since You’ve Been Gone One of These Nights (Kelly Clarkson v. The Eagles)

I hope your ears know what they’ve been missing out on.

RW: I’m a Lady (Diplo Mix)

This is the greatest remix I really missed last year! I’m so sorry!

The best part of this remix, is it’s not really a remix.

Huh?

Thats right. It’s probably closer in the truest definition to a mash-up than to a remix. The verse from I’m a Lady was removed and in it’s place we get Amanda Blank laying down the first verse of  I Need Love by LL Cool J albeit with some modified lyrics, probably because the original sings the song from the male perspective, and I’m not sure that a girl singing a guy part would sound quite right.

I Need Love – LL Cool J

(first verse)

When I’m alone in my room sometimes I stare at the wall
And in the back of my mind I hear my conscience call
Telling me I need a girl boy whos as sweet as a dove
For the first time in my life, I see I need love
There I was giggling about the games
That I had played with many hearts, and Im not saying no names
Then the thought occured, tear drops made my eyes burn
As I said to myself look what you’ve done to her when am I gonna learn
I can feel it inside, I cant explain how it feels
All I know is that Ill never dish another raw deal
Playing make believe pretending that Im true
Holding in my laugh as I say that I love you
Saying amor kissing you on the ear
Whispering I love you and Ill always be here
Although I often reminsce I cant believe that I found
A desire for true love floating around
Inside my soul because my soul is cold
One half of me deserves to be this way till I’m old
But the other half needs affection and joy
And the warmth that is created by a girl and a boy
I need love, I need love

Santigold – I’m a Lady (Diplo mix ft. Amanda Blank)

This mix is beautiful, no doubt about it. But calling it a remix is just weird to me… because this song is not I’m a Lady, it just uses part of it.

I really wanted to do an audio version of this week post, but I really didn’t have the time to. Perhaps I still will one day, but I’ve been so busy building a fancy new part of the site to house Podcast versions of our weekly features.

Fun fact: While working on this post, I listen to the song 18 times in the course of an hour.

I hope your ears bleed… on repeat. Ω

P.S.  anyone able to decipher the german/russian/whatever is at the beginning of the track? and then maybe translate it?

ReMASH Wednesday: Teenage Electric Lobotomy

I’ve got quite the treat today. It’s a new kind of remix. I introduced Dub mixes a few weeks ago, and now I’d like to introduce Mash-Ups. What exactly is a mashup?

A mashup is a song or composition created from the combination of the music from one song and vocals from another. [wikipedia]

The easy way to remember it, is to think of it as a remix with more than one song.

Well, the main contributor, Nathan (my editor), emailed me about how everyone and their mum are doing remixes of MGMT (pronounced Management). Well I didn’t want to feel left out, but I also wanted to post something that no-one else is posting.

So here’s where the mashup came into play.

Todays song is called: Teenage Electric Lobotomy, and it consists of:

• MGMT – Electric Feel
• Justice – ?
• The Ramones – Teenage Lobotomy

The Illuminoids – Teenage Electric Lobotomy (MGMT vs. Justice vs. The Ramones) (removed 2/13/09)

So enjoy the sweet mashed up goodness. It will leave you singing The Ramones for days.
I hope your ears enjoy the sweet musical confusion. Ω