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

I Want You Rollin In Fire You Bad Freak

I have some more new releases today. And they are freekin' sweet!


MashMike (Audio) Panos T (Video) - I Want You 2 Want Me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0AY-xgb15o - Cheap Trick "I Want You To Want Me" vs Fat Joe ft Ashanti "What's Luv" vs Busta Rhymes ft Chingy & Nick Cannon "Shorty (Put It On The Floor)" vs Rihanna ft Drake "What's My Name"



Dan Mei (Audio) Guttorm Hellevik (Video) - Rolling in the Fire and Flames
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lS5ZXwiwhsE - Adele "Rolling In The Deep" vs Dragonforce "Through the Fire and Flames"



Stef Konstan - Bad Freak U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh-NpCgor_Q - Michael Jackson "Bad" vs Bon Garçon "Freek U"

Smells Like Robin's Spirit Gaga

I may not be able to bring you Heaven, but how about Nirvana? A whole lotta Nirvana coming up, all mashed every which way! Starting the latest from the DJs From Mars. Plus their mash with Timbaland, followed by Mark Vidler's mash with a very young Michael Jackson. All washed down with a clone of Lobsterdust's NirGaga. These great tunes are all actually different enough that if you listen to all them there is a very good chance you still won't be sick of listening to Teen Spirit.


Djs From Mars - Smells Like Teen Spirits
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPvTc5R_wS8 Nirvana "Smells Like Teen Spirit" vs DJs From Mars



Djs From Mars - Smells Like Morning After Dark
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sh6P_oWDFs8 Nirvana "Smells Like Teen Spirit" vs Timbaland ft Nelly Furtado "Morning After Dark"



Mark Vidler - Smells Like Rockin' Robin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNUTYHJrutw Nirvana "Smells Like Teen Spirit" vs Michael Jackson "Rockin' Robin"



DJ Lobsterdust - NirGaga
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O34BLIDgXDI Nirvana "Smells Like Teen Spirit" vs Lady Gaga "Poker Face"

Imagine One Day I Came To Say Hello (Relationships)

After spending a week going over old posts (and seemingly putting more work into it than the first time) I've been kind of Jonesin' to get into some more mashes, so to make up for some lost time it's a two-for-one day in the Mash Pit!!

Up next is a trifecta of great Mashups from BenStiller, better known as Mashup-Germany. First are a pair of his best from last year followed up with his newest - it was just released today!

Imagine One Day (So Far Away)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbIMOVXCMzE - Matisyahu ft. Akon "One Day" vs John Lennon "Imagine" vs Blink 182 "All the Small Things" vs Bob Marley "No Woman, No Cry" vs Gentleman "Dem Gone (Live at Cologne)"



Relationships (Reggae Allstars)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuegmZnhqW4 - New Reggae Allstars (full list after the video)


The very new Reggae Allstars by Mashup-Germany Mixing:

Relationships Riddim
K-Os - Crabbuckit
System of a Down - Chop Suey
The Killers - Human
Coldplay - Fix you
Shaggy feat. Natasha Watkins - Ultimatum
Sublime - Doin' time
Michael Jackson - Dirty Diana
Black Eyed Peas - Where is the love

Last but not least - it's the latest from Mashup-Germany:

I Just Came To Say Hello
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGzrY1kEulI - Artists and Songs listed after the video



Mixing:
Katy Perry - Firework
Coldplay - Clocks
Vitamin String Quartet - Clocks
Martin Solveig feat. Dragonette - Hello
Michael Jackson - Beat it
Peter Fox - Haus am See
Snow Patrol - Shut your eyes
Kesha - We are who we are
David Guetta feat. Kid Cudi - Memories

http://www.mashup-germany.com/

YIR - August

I thought that I would do a Year In Review here at the Mash Pit. I've been at it for  almost half a year now, so this will be good practice for next year! I feel that I have posted some great songs on the Pit, and I would like to share a few that may have been over-looked. I will not be sharing ones that have been in the Top 10 - I think. I don't remember 100% which songs I've removed from the list. Maybe some of these have been on it. Oh well!!

I am posting them in the reverse order they appeared in, not my order of preference. I am embedding my favorite vids, but the original posts may have had more than the one. The original posts are also linked (in the titles). Here are five of my favourite mashups from August.

Don't Fear if it Smells Like Hurt - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNIfSmL1Enw


Hey We Will Rock You Ya - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfadLhw14l8


Sweet Dreamy Army - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hT5eJwgAtvY


Get Back Rockin' - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPtWh5XjiH0


Don't Cha Wanna Beat It - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkYhYrHPx4o

Merry Christmas!!

Merry Christmas!! I hope you are having a good one. Here to help are a few more Christmas mashups (sort of ;)

It's The Little Things
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YjIHxw9BBk - Trans Siberian Orchestra "Pachelbel's Canon" vs Blink-182 "All The Small Things"


A Merry Madasgascar Mashup Christmas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95lqvSRfxjk - T-Rex "Get It On! (Bang A Gong!)" vs Clarence Carter "Backdoor Santa"vs Whitney Huston "Somebody To Love" vs Madagascar Christmas


Rudolph (You Don't Have To Put On The Red Light)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5N4EFVgtB0Y The Police "Roxanne" vs Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer"


A Motown mega-mix mashup: Motor City's biggest hits combined with classic Christmas songs, sung by your favorite Motown stars.

Includes....

"I Saw My Girl Kissing Santa Claus"
"I Jingle That Emotion"
"I Heard It From The Red Nosed Reindeer"
"Claus Get Next To You"
"Santa Was a Rollin' Stone"
"Ain't No Silent First Noel"

...as performed by....

Stevie Wonder
Michael Jackson
Smokey Robinson
The Temptations
The Supremes
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir
...and, of course, the Funk Brothers.

Motown Christmas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNvoSf2389k - Various Motown Artists




Last but not least,
The Digital Story of the Nativity (or Christmas 2.0)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZrf0PbAGSk

L.O.V.E.

In the spirit of the season I thought I would share the new megamix from Robin Skouteris. It's 10 songs mashed into a common theme.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP7UGe32pfU - Michael Jackson & Friends "L.O.V.E."

The mix Includes:
Michael Jackson Feat. Akon - Hold My Hand
Backstreet Boys - I Want It That Way
Jason Derulo - In My Head
Muse - Starlight
Beyonce Knowles - Halo
Iyaz - Replay
B.O.B. feat. Hayley Williams - Airplanes
Kelly Clarkson - Behind Those Hazel Eyes
Oasis - Wonderwall

Flex Gym Duck

Today I have a pair of Duck Sauce mashups. Enjoy - let them move your body!

Flex Gym Duck
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySpr4HyawxQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player - Dizzee Rascal "Flex" vs Duck Sauce "Barbara Streisand" vs Ray Krebbs "The Gym"



Gotta Go Black and White
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_t_xZMWEDi8 - Duck Sauce "Barbara Streisand" vs Boney M "Gotta Go Home" vs Michael Jackson"

Glamorous Thrill of Love

Here are a couple of the better (and there are a few) Michael Jackson mashups. The first one happens to be on Fergie's better ones as well. Hard to same the same about the second, there have been so many great 
Beyonce mash's.

Glamorous Thrill
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ha0pdrHuSEA - Fergie "Glamorous" vs Michael Jackson "Thriller"

Thriller of Love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NkiLJkGRqM - Michael Jackson "Thriller" vs Beyonce
"Crazy In Love"

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-- Sent from my palm 

Techn9ne's Undone

Here is three n9nes for your listening pleasure ;-) A little hard core to go with some hard rock.

It's A Stranglehold
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3e7AvG1p2Gk&feature=youtube_gdata_player - Techn9ne "It's Alive" vs Ted Nugent "Stranglehold"



Imma Coming Undone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZK5RVqGajzU&feature=youtube_gdata_player Techn9ne "Imma Tell" vs Korn "Coming Undone"



Imma Tell They Don't Care
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBDqgjQxfK8 - Michael Jackson "They Don't Care About Us" vs Tech N9ne "Imma Tell"

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http://ferenczymu.blogspot.com/ - youtube mashups

-- Sent from my palm Pre

Smooth Ghosts Knock You Out

It's a double toofer! Doubling up twice with another pair, this one featuring more awesome Deadmau5ness! Every mash with Deadmau5 totally rocks and these do too!

Possibly the funnest to listen to MJ mash as well!!

Knock You Out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srcN1dSE1LA - Tiesto - Craig Vanity vs Deadmau5


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdRg1zQPzFU&feature=youtube_gdata_player - Deadmau5 "Ghosts N' Stuffa" vs Michael Jackson "Smooth Criminal"

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http://ferenczypre.blogspot.com/ - webOS & Palm
http://ferenczymu.blogspot.com/ - youtube mashups

-- Sent from my palm Pre

Audacity of Scream

I have to admit that since his death I have been able to accept that maybe Michael Jackson wan't such a bad artist after all. And I never really minded Janet. But I was never much of a fan of their collaborative effort on the song "Scream". I thought it was a good video but not so much for the tune itself. This mash fixes that, at least in my humble opinion. You can decide for yourself.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4ryLvsFMzs&feature=youtube_gdata_player - Michael and Janet Jackson "Scream" vs Simian Mobile Disco "The Audacity of Huge"

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http://ferenczymu.blogspot.com/ - youtube mashups

-- Sent from my palm Pre

Beat It Good

Here's another mash using The Gorillaz "Feel Good Inc.", this one is mashed with Beat It. I like the Pussy Cat Dolls mash better, but this one is pretty decent too (although no real video).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHiAVqiD-X8&feature=youtube_gdata_player - Michael Jackson "Beat It" vs Gorillaz "Feel Good, Inc."

Mashed Bananas

Used to be "Billy Loves My Hollaback Bridge Humps"

I have to say that Fergie has grown on me, but then I guess the same is true for Hip Hop in general. This is one of my favourite MegaMashups. There is a whackload of songs mashed into one awesome little mash. Equally impressive video too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nK9FT37Sua0&feature=youtube_gdata_player - Justin Timberlake ft Timbaland and T.I. "My Love" vs Lady Gaga "Love Game" vs Gwen Stefani "Hollaback Girl" vs Fergie "Fergalicious / London Bridge" vs Michael Jackson "Billie Jean" vs Black Eyed Peas "My Humps"

http://ferenczyram.blogspot.com - my personal blog
http://ferenczypre.blogspot.com/ - webOS & Palm
http://ferenczymu.blogspot.com/ - youtube mashups

-- Sent from my palm Pre

Remember To Say It Right

Even though summer may not officially over for another 3 weeks, to me the Labour Day long weekend has always been the end. Today is a laid back day of reflecting and remembering how awesome this summer has been. Hell, throw in the Winter Olympics - which were an incredibly fun time to be living in Van - and it's been an overall fantastic year. I think for the rest of my life I will look back on this year saying "do you remember the time..."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJP0_G213Lw&feature=youtube_gdata_player - Michael Jackson "Remember the Time" vs Nelly Furtado "Say It Right"

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-- Sent from my palm Pre

Don't Cha Wanna Beat It

For my first post I am going to share this excellent mash-up combining the Pussy Cat Dolls' "Don't Cha Wish Your Girlfriend Was Hot Like Me" with Michael Jackson's "Beat It". Two bombastic songs full of bravado, which combine to make a song even more so than either. The videos and songs both fit together seamlessly. I like the new song better than either original.

http://youtu.be/EkYhYrHPx4o - Michael Jackson "Beat it" vs Pussycat Dolls "Don't Cha"