Sound Observation March 2007

Posted March 3rd, 2007 by jhuny

Okay this blog is all a bit Clan this and Clan that. Time for me to talk about something different.

Like, what's on my iPod?

Yes I do listen to a hell of alot of mashups, to the point where I sometimes don't even recall how the originals go. Is that a bad thing? Oh well. Currently the ones that are getting the most iPod time are these tasty eighties-flavoured ones:

- Cassie vs Yazoo - Me & You & Yazoo (DJ Matt Hite Extended Mashup)
Case in point. I can't quite recall how Cassie's Me & You goes but from what I remember I think it was pretty boring.
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs vs Madonna - Do Ya Want My Burning Heart (DJ Paul V Final Mix)
- Falco vs Sean Paul - Temperature Calling (DJ Schmolli Mashup)
- Madonna vs Cassius - Toop Toop Groove (Loo & Placido Mashup)
- The Cure vs The Boomtown Rats vs New Order - Don't Like Mondays, It's Friday (Go Home Productions Club Mix)
- Wolfmother vs Gnarls Barkley - Daddy and The Thief (team9 Mashup)

After compiling that little list I've decided that I really need to update my iPod! Some of these are pretty old.

Anyway. On to *real* music.
- Mika has a terribly cute album at the moment in Life in Cartoon Motion. It would be rude to say that Mika is ripping off Scissor Sisters because, hey, Jake and his mates are too busy *taking inspiration* from heaps of other acts (and doing a darn good job of it, let it be said). But it's hard not to make that comparison, especially when he does tracks like Relax, Take It Easy. But I do love it when he "tries a little Freddy", Grace Kelly instantly puts a smile on my face, it's a great way to start the day.

- Forget about the gay guy that's friends with the gay guy that used to live with that red head chick in Manhattan and think more what a Robbie Williams album would sound like if it was produced by The Streets and that would sort of come close to describing Just Jack's Overtones. Ooops, did I just offend you Jacko? It's not true! You're alot more laid back, less aggressive, but just as observant as Skinno. Especially love the dramatic strings in Mourning Morning. And I Talk Too Much has a great 8-bit C64-style intro.

- Speaking of the C64, how's about the whole furphy with Nelly Furtado and Timbaland ripping off some obscure track remixed for the C64. See the evidence here, and Timbaland's response here. How hard is it to acknowledge your sources? I like what he's done (in fact the whole "Nelly slutting herself off to the mainstream" has grown on me enormously since the last Sound Observation) but, geez, how hard is it to footnote and post that cheque?

And that is all, for now...