Am I blogging...or am I pitching my existence?
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Monday, March 21, 2005 The Pitch: It's like High Concept meets Hey, Mr. DJ! Not much going on here, thank goodness. Co-worker is out sick so I'm working alone--it's been a while since that's happened...say, Tuesday or so.I got to bed later than I would have liked because Stereogum pointed me to Mark Vidler's MP3 page, which holds just a ton of interesting mash-ups the guy's created. The most recent, 'Wrapped Detective,' is a really clever working of 'Watching the Detectives,' 'King of Pain' and Lionel Ritchie's 'Hello,' along with a few other surprises. I only checked out a third or so of the songs but they ran the gamut from interesting to amazing, with my personal favorite being 'Karma in the Life,' John Lennon's part from 'A Day in the Life' mixed with the piano from Radiohead's 'Karma Police.' I don't think it'll get better, though, than playing for Edi a mash-up cut from a CD John gave me, of Freddy Mercury singing "The Game" over the piano of John Lennon's "Imagine." "Oh my God," she said, "I think I'm going to cry." Sure enough, her eyes were shiny with tears. Admittedly, we've been a bit emotional overall lately, but I did like her explanation after the fact: "It was perfect, because I've always had a secret love of Queen, and I've always liked the piano part of 'Imagine.' I just never liked the lyrics, with all that peace and love hippie shit being shoved down our throats." Actually, I can't remember if she used that phrasing or "all that peace and love shit the hippies kept shoving down our throats," because I was too busy laughing my ass off. The mash-up, ladies and gentlemen: saving brilliant hooks from the peace and love shit the hippies kept shoving down our throats. posted by Jeff Lester | 8:45 AM | |
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