(Editor: embedding is disabled, click here to see video.) 3. Ever since 2001: A Space Odyssey included a match cut between a bone flung in the air and a satellite orbiting Earth, we’ve linked humanity at its most evolved with humanity at its least evolved through that subject (unless you‘re more one of those Star Wars-types.) This one really captures and luxuriates in that feeling, allowing for a great trancelike experience. Just one change that should have been made: the youtube video should have been a photoshop mash-up of the Ghostbusters with Jackson from Thriller, even if it’s the wrong song.Īh, space travel.
It’s definitely the most 80’s of all of these, for better or worse.
Out of all of these, this is probably the most pure fun. It’s just fun to analyze and speculate like this. Not that I think this is deliberate or that the guy who mixed it had anything artistic to say, mind you. It really makes the original song like the words of a sermon that no one will hear.
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It’s like imagining an old lady (Eleanor Rigby herself, perhaps?) in a modern, busy, and oppressive world full of noise and fury. Listened to today, it seems to take the vocals of a song from the 60’s that was somewhat fresh and original in it’s day and put it in an environment where it’s out of place and anachronistic. What makes this one worth seventh place on this list is the contrast between the most depressing song the Beatles ever did and the intense instrumentation of the Green Day song. Nobody hates The Beatles or Green Day, right? Right, the whole notion is utterly ridiculous. If you’re one of those people who hate either of these bands so much you do a fist pump whenever you see comedians like Maddox or Opie and Anthony insult them, this might be almost the exact opposite of a Zen experience for you, which can be great for learning about yourself.Īlso it’s on here because I like it, but that other reason I gave sounded better. This one was chosen because the hatred for Lady Gaga and Coldplay is just too pervasive to not be tapped into. It’s in the top five for use in sporting events (if only the opening notes.) Mixing that song with Spirit is a really killer way of spitting on Nirvana’s alleged counter-culture ambitions and the depth that people like to project on it. The Final Countdown, by contrast, is about as mainstream as you can get. Cobain went on record as saying he hated Spirit and that he wrote it as a joke, and yet people insist that it’s a great and meaningful song just because it rags on mainstream teen interests.
Some might even have hated Nirvana or Europe straight up in the first place. Some might find this mash-up too repetitive or the two musical choices overly familiar. What they may lack in bass, his songs more than make up for in smoothness of transition, sheer sexiness of voice (if you like that kind of pitch), commitment, and energy. Firework & Grenadeīy Bruno Mars, Taio Cruz, Katy Perry and Sam Tsuiįrankly, I wouldn’t be would be surprised if listening to Sam Tsui’s addictive mash-up covers distracted you from listening to the rest of this list for the next hour. Whether it be musical portions that are blended into each other for effect or mixtures of instrumentation with vocals, some very exciting results are just waiting for you to experience them. Since we can all happily laugh off the “move on” option, let’s take a look at a way that awesome popular songs have been given new life: mashups. After you’ve listened to a song often enough that you can sing the whole thing karaoke –style without a screen assist (and make it even more embarrassing when you screw it up), you can either move on to new music or try to approach it in a new way.