Somebody I Was Game To Pump

I really love it when a DJ (aka a "Mashup Produce") takes an over-hyped (and over-played) pop song and makes it better. Which is what today's three remixes do very well indeed. These are three songs which all did very well (commercially and critically), yet I didn't care for them a whole lot, especially Video Games. But I do like these bastard-pop bootlegs. In life, everything is a remix.

DJ Copycat - Lana del Rey "Video Games (Copycat Night Drive Version)"
http://vimeo.com/36291130 - mp3 - Lana del Rey "Video Games (Copycat Night Drive Version)"


http://soundcloud.com/copycat/lana-del-rey-video-games

Party Ben - Gotye "Somebody That I Used To Know (Party Ben Power Mix)"
http://soundcloud.com/partyben/gotye-somebody-that-i-used-to - mp3 - Gotye "Somebody That I Used To Know (Party Ben Power Mix)"

MashMike - Foster The People - Pumped Up Kicks (hypnotic extended dance mix)
http://soundcloud.com/mashmike/foster-the-people-pumped-up - mp3 - Foster The People "Pumped Up Kicks (hypnotic extended dance mix)"

Cupid Stunts

Tuesday was the anniversary of Al Capone's most notorious stunt ever. So let's all celebrate with a Valentine's Day Mashacre. I guess I will follow tradition and stick to some fairly typical Cupid stunts, I mean "romantic" mashups.

First up is a brand new mashup from the usually much less sappy Dj Schmolli (Just kidding, this really is a beautiful piece of work) combining two love songs with the same title.

DJ Schmolli - Beautiful
http://vimeo.com/36496518 - mp3 - Christina Aguilera "Beautiful" vs. James Blunt "Beautiful"

Here is one with an even higher saccharine content. After all, chocolate is very sweet.

Voicedude - Mars Chocolate
video - mp3 - Bruno Mars “Just The Way You Are” vs Hot Chocolate “You Sexy Thing”

Here is another mashup consisting of two identically titled love songs. This particular mash has been done by quite a few producers, but DeeM did it first.

DeeM - With AND Without You
http://youtu.be/ySC-2ARqIuc - https://vimeo.com/34157845 - mp3 - U2 "With Or Without You" vs Usher "Without You"

DJ Earworm also did a romantic little mashup with another U2 ballad.

DJ Earworm - Together As One
http://youtu.be/aKoBye__Txw - mp3 - U2 "One" vs Beatles "Come Together" vs Diana Ross "Someday We’ll be Together" vs Mariah Carey "We Belong Together"

Fissunix did an excellent little tune with a bit of help from the popular singing TV show Glee.

Fissunix - Video Kiss - mp3 - Lana Del Rey "Video Games" vs Glee Cast feat. Gwyneth Paltrow "Kiss"

Last, but not least, is my favorite love song of all time, remixed by my most favorite remixer. Metallica's "Nothing Else Matters" as envisioned by Virgin Magnetic Material.

Metallica - Nothing Else Matters (Virgin Magnetic Material Edit) - mp3
http://soundcloud.com/virginmagneticmaterial/metallica-nothing-else-matters-virgin-magnetic-material-edit