The Rodeo

Thanks to Shamus Young I’ve recently been (re)introduced to the concept of ‘mash-ups’.

The idea of a mash-up is to take several songs and smoosh them together into a new and different musical work. It sounds messy (and can well be), but when done well, the final product can be well in advance of the sum of its parts.

Shamus links to the Best of Bootie 2006 (language warning), a downloadable album of mash-ups that show off the capabilities of some of the more celebrated mash-up artists (mashers?).

Tracks 2,3 and 12, Black Sabotage (Beastie Boys vs. Led Zeppelin), Tricky Sandman (Run-DMC vs. Metallica) and Beethoven’s Fifth Gold Digger (Kanye West vs. Beethoven vs. Walter Murphy) are my favourites on that album. Not what I was expecting, but they turned out awesome.

The 2005 album also has a winner with Sgt. Pepper’s Paradise (Beatles vs. Guns N’ Roses). Guitar solos rocking behind a Beatles classic just can’t be beat.

On your way out, check out Norwegian Recycling – How Six Songs Collide:

EDIT: Wordpress is being stupid and not showing the video here – you can watch it on Shamus’ site while I fix this up.

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EDIT  (AGAIN): Looks like the video is down too… sorry folks, you’ll just have to take my word for it that it was awesome.

RodeoClown: Hawkeye.

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