Admittedly, I am one of the small percentage of gay people who was born without the "remix" gene. But even I thought the idea of mashing Marilyn's "Baby U Left Me (In the Cold,)" arguably his catchiest and most timeless song, with The Gossip's "Standing in the Way of Control" sounded like a fun idea. (Two Marilyn posts in a as many weeks? You've got us Calling Your Name all over again, Maz!!!) But after listening to Oscar TG's finished product I'm not so sure.
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3 comments:
Oh Marilyn, the surgeon's knife was not your friend...
I much prefer the good old days...
That was just plain awful. I'm all for mash-ups, remixes etc., but this was just Guantanimo Bay-esque. Whoever mixed it should have their hands & ears cut off, their eyes poked out & made to dress like a member of Kriss-Kross (or that ridiculous faux-Bjork monstrocity that Madonna wore recently) for their remaining days.
You're right. For instance, I LOVED the mash-up of "Riders in the Storm" and "Rapture." They really "went" together. This is like two separate songs that intermittently start and stop playing.
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