Steel Toed Cowboy Boots

A year or so ago my good friend (and one of my favorite mashup producers) Fissunix put together a great compilation of Hard Rockin' Mashups which he called "Heavy Metal Mashups Vol. 1 - Sabbath Bootie Sabbath Mix". I totally meant to share it here in the Pit, and we even had a great discussion about future volumes. Here we are a year later, and volume 2 is now out and I still haven't posted Vol 1 - until now.

First I would like to share his latest Kiss mashterpiece. And should the metal get to be a bit much for you (after two hours it might for some of the young folk out there who didn't grow up on the sh!t like I did) I have another set of cowboy boots - minus the spurs!

Let these boots kick the crap out of your ears like they did to mine. Get some swabs, your ears are gonna bleed!


Fissunix - Grid it up (Binary Audio Mix Mashed)
http://soundcloud.com/fissunix/grid-it-up - mp3 - Kiss "Lick It Up" vs Daft Punk "The Grid (Binary Audio Mix)"


Heavy Metal Mashups Vol. 1 "Sabbath Bootie Sabbath Mix"
http://soundcloud.com/fissunix/heavy-metal-mashups-vol-1 - mp3


 Tracklist
DJ Schmolli - T.N.T Bass
MadMixMustang - Overrelaxed
Wax Audio - Whole Lotta Sabbath
Fissunix - The Party Rules
DJ Schmolli - Fire in the Sky
Wax Audio - I'm in love with Judas Priest
Fissunix - Burn Da Funk
Wax Audio - Thunder Busters
DJ Schmolli - The Trooper Believer
Fissunix - Rainbow in the Superfreak Dark
Fissunix - Doin' The Jumpo
DJ Schmolli - Crazy like an Egyptian
DJ Morgoth - You've got another Firestarter Comin'
A+D - Pour Some Hot Sugar
Fissunix - Mr Crowley's Heat
M'siou Rigolitch - The Bell Tolls For The Masters Of Babylon
Amoraboy - Sweet Kung-Fu Of Mine
ToToM - Like an Ace of Spades
DJ Schmolli - Drop it like Black Sabbath

Heavy Metal Mashups Vol. 2 "Louder Than Hell Mix"
http://soundcloud.com/fissunix/heavy-metal-mashups-vol-2 - mp3

Tracklist
Fissunix & DJ Schmolli - HairBangers
Dan Mei - Last Ride Of The New Shit
Mad Mix Mustang - 2 Minutes To The Middle Of The Night
Loo & Placido - Antisocial Pigs
Bassnectar Remix - Seek and Destroy
DJ Schmolli - Cold As Superbeast Prometheus
Wax Audio - South Of The Grapevine
Loo & Placido - Black Sab System
Wax Audio - Master Of Doin' It
DJ Morgoth - Ace Of Spades Feels Good
DJ Schmolli - Rock Of Ages
Dan Mei - Rolling In The Fire And Flames
Tinylightsbelow - Psychosocial Baby
Fissunix - Birth of the Cannibal
Dan Mei - Coat Of Arms Of E.T.
Fissunix - Over Wasted Years
Fissunix - Grid it up
Wax Audio - Chemical Diver
DJ Schmolli - Cold As Superbeast Prometheus


DJHDD - The Spaghetti Western Lasagna (A Tribute to Ennio Morricone & Sergio Leone)
http://soundcloud.com/djhdd/djhdd-the-spaghetti-western mp3

Track list:
Spindrift - Legend of Gods gun
Apollo 440 - The Man with the Harmonica
Dreadzone - The Good the Bad & the Dread
Audio Deluxe - 60 Seconds
Purdy - Sleep Well
Station - Six tons of Six guns
DJ Shadow - You can't go home again
Federale - Train Song\War Cry
Black Lodge Singers - Flintstone
Hugo Montenegro - The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
Negativland - Guns (DJHDD remix)
Chris Blackwell - Man in Black
TV Bonanza shootout
The New Pollutants - The Muse
Chris Blackwell - The big stare out
Ennio Morricone - Overture
Ennio Morricone - Addio a Cheyenne (Majbour remix)
Bandini - L'estasi Dell'oro
Terry Devine-King - Tel's Bells
Blazing Saddles
People like us - Happy Trails

I Feel Billie Jean Is Still No Good To Me

Only after looking at the date on the last update I made on my Top Ten List did I realize that it has been nearly 15 months since I last updated it. Wow! I hadn't realized I hated arbitrarily assigning rankings to other people's stuff so badly (I stole that from PartyBen ;-) I have been mostly satisfied to use the two widgets on the right, which let us all know the ten "most viewed posts", and the 10 "most popular in last 30 days". I believe my reluctance to update my personal list is likely due to the amount of work involved in making such a list the way I want to do it. That and being so far behind on sharing so much of the music that I still haven't shared that I am loathe to go back over stuff I already have. I now find myself a little more motivated since a good deal of what I am putting on my new list hasn't been posted to the Pit yet. I am going to make a new post for each entry on the new list, with a final recap at the end going over all ten. This new Top Ten list of mine could also be considered a "Best of 2011" list, since I believe that is basically what it is. Better three months late than never, right?

Coming up with ten songs, which accurately reflect what I consider to be the very best mashups of 2011 is a very difficult task for me, so instead of "best of", It would be better to think of it as "Ferency's Favorite Mashups From 20011". Or whatever floats your boat. I have actually spent the last 6 months refining this list. And even now I still have a few doubts, but believe this best reflects the songs that are the most effective at convincing ordinary people who are unfamiliar with mashups that mashups are indeed cool, and worth listening (and perhaps even dancing) to. In a sense I often think of myself as a bit of a mashup ambassador, and this is my diplomatic tool-kit. Here in Vancouver, I very rarely run into people who are familiar with mashups, so I find myself explaining them a lot, and then demonstrating what they are all about. The songs on this list are the songs that I turn to most often to help me do this.

The songs that finally made it onto this list I can live with more easily than the order I am presenting it in. It really is more arbitrary than any thing else. Add to that personal tastes, and popular feedback, and voila! You have Ferenczy's Top 10 Mashups of 2011! Today I am starting at number ten (I've long felt that the beginning is always the best place to start). Holding the (arbitrarily assigned) number ten spot, is Amoraboy's great Commodores vs Michael Jackson (ft Slash) mashup "Give In Easy To Me". I still remember when I first discovered this back in the spring/summer. I was smitten immediately, and really received allot of positive feedback from many of my friends. This was a great tune for winning over new fans to the realm of the mashup. To round out this post I have followed it up with a nice little quad-pack of killer Amoraboy tunes. Deciding which Amoraboy songs to share was nearly as hard as coming up with my top 10 list. Just do a little browsing through his SoundCloud or Official.fm feeds and you'll hear what I mean. The dude has a sweet collection of mashups. It's too bad nobody has made him any cool videos, but a good thing that I don't focus on them any more, or he would have never made the top 10 list.

Amoraboy - Give In Easy To Me
http://soundcloud.com/amoraboy/amoraboy-commodores-vs-michael - mp3 - Michael Jackson ft Slash "Give In To Me" vs The Commodores "Easy"

Amoraboy - I Heard I'm No Good
http://soundcloud.com/amoraboy/amoraboy-marvin-gaye-vs-amy - mp3 - Amy Winehouse "I'm No Good" vs Marvin Gaye "I Heard It Through The Grapevine"

Amoraboy - I Feel Loved With Sultans of Swing
http://soundcloud.com/amoraboy/amoraboy-depeche-mode-vs-dire - mp3 - Dire Straits "Sultans of Swing" vs Depeche Mode "I Feel Loved"

Amoraboy - Billie Jean On The Storm
http://soundcloud.com/amoraboy/amoraboy-the-doors-vs-michael - mp3 - Michael Jackson "Billie Jean" vs The Doors "Riders on the storm"

Amoraboy - Still loving Roxanne
http://soundcloud.com/amoraboy/amoraboy-the-police-vs - mp3 - Scorpions "Still Loving You" vs The Police "Roxanne"

Here are all five mashups in one playlist.
Amoraboy MashPit List

Still Praising Rehab

Today I have a few terrific new videos from GonzoJam Mindless Productions. All three feature songs I've been listening to allot on my headphones. The third song has been posted here before, but by the original (mashup) artists, but James did such a wicked job that his version is worth posting too!. Enjoy three brilliant mashups, brought to life through the magic of Vimeo!! (my apologies to subscribers for the spam, I forgot the title!)

Amoraboy (Audio) GonzoJam Productions (Video) - Still Loving Roxanne
http://www.vimeo.com/29020390 - mp3 - The Police "Roxanne" vs The Scorpions "Still Loving You"


DJ Gaston (Audio) GonzoJam Productions (Video) - What You Praising For?
http://www.vimeo.com/28793276 - mp3 - Gwen Stefani "What You Waiting For" vs Fatboy Slim "Praise You"


DJ's From Mars (Audio) GonzoJam Productions (Video) - November Rehab
http://www.vimeo.com/28094390 - mp3 - Amy Winehouse "Rehab" vs Guns n' Roses "November Rain"

Wonder Chick Hurries to Hellostone

I do believe that Jarod Ripley has been cranking out some wicked videos lately. Here are a few of his newest with a little help from Mighty Mike and Amoraboy.


Mighty Mike (Audio) Jarod Ripley (Video) - Hellostone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnh72sBMmqM - Martin Solveig ft Dragonette "Hello" vs The Rolling Stones "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"



Amoraboy (Audio) Jarod Ripley (Video) - Hurry Dani In Paradise City
http://vimeo.com/20213314 - Red Hot Chili Peppers "Dani California" vs Noir Desir "L'homme Pressé" vs Guns 'n Roses "Paradise City"



Jarod Ripley - Wonder Chick
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKi7zgKuYt4 - Maroon 5 "Makes Me Wonder" vs David Guetta Ft Rihanna "Who's That Chick"

Put on the Sultans of Crazy Superfreak

Freeze! The Police are on the scene to help you get into the spirit. Now put on that SuperFreak!

Put on the Superfreak
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYY0ZEL8f1w - The Police "Roxeanne" vs Rick James "Superfreak"


I Can't Stand Crazy Love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcEbj4aGwm0 - The Police "I Can't Stand Losing You" vs Queen "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"


I Can't Stand Losing The Sultans of Swing On The Moon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StK3O8mFEn8 - The Police "I Can't Stand Losing You" & "Walking on the Moon" vs Dire Straights "The Sultans of Swing"