… but not for everyone.
This is a mashup of System Of A Down’s “Toxicity” with Coldplay’s “Fix You.” It takes the instrumentals of “Fix You” and the vocals (slowed down, probably) of “Toxicity.” I really don’t like System, but I love Coldplay and I love “Fix You.” And I suppose the lyrics to “Toxicity” are alright when Serj Tankian (SOAD lead singer) isn’t yelling them.
Don’t get me wrong: it’s probably the most bizarre thing you’ll listen to all week, but that’s a good thing, right?
There are many, many crazy people in this world. In some, their brand of ‘crazy’ manifests itself as genius.
I wouldn’t go so far as to say that the following internet gem is genius, but it certainly is innovative and imaginative. This is a mash-up of 12 Beatles albums (the UK releases), played chronologically at 800x their normal speed. It takes an hour to get through them all and, yes, I did listen to the whole thing.
What can I say? It was tempting. It’s the Beatles! And as some people in my life know, I’m hardcore dedicated to the band and all trivia associated with them. So, I had to listen.
I ate lunch, painted my nails, followed along in iTunes, and experienced this weirdness.
The first few albums were extremely difficult to get through. The songs aren’t really distinguishable and they all just sound like generic… well, generic crap.
But after that, things pick up and the individual albums sort of become different masterpieces on their own. It’s not good as music goes, maybe not even as most experimental creations go, but it is inventive and new, which was all I was looking to get out of it.
My major complaints with this endeavor were:
First, the accompanying video clips are ridiculous. They don’t make any sense, have no context, and (for the most part) aren’t even entertaining or enjoyable to look at.
Second, the breaks between songs should have been omitted. In that way, the creation would have been more novel. It wouldn’t have just been like jamming Beatles songs together; it would have been like a whole new 61-minute song. I would have liked that.
At least spend a couple minutes on it: maybe one minute at the beginning and then about 45 minutes in. Or, if you really can’t stand to listen to it at all, just read Nick Gall’s comment from July 26, 2011. Hilarious.
http://www.dangerousminds.net/comments/all_the_beatles_albums_in_sixty_one_minutes/
Taken on Route 66. Also, the theme pic for this mix.
I made another summer mix! This is almost unheard of, that I would make two mixes per season. But when I uploaded my Travelogue mix, it got pretty excellent responses, plus I *accidentally* got all that new music, so I decided to document it all!
This one is better than my first mix. I guarantee you that you will hear songs you don’t know.
Ha! Appealing to the hipster in you!
No, but seriously, they are really amazing songs. Several of the bands are local, so I’m also kind of doing a plug for their albums, which are available… somewhere. I guess this isn’t a very good plug.
Go listen to my new mix, “Tambourines and Hand Claps: Linking-arms-and-jumping-music for a summer adventure. Music by Ari Hest,fun., and Jens Lekman.”
I added a new mix to 8Tracks. They still haven’t enabled embedding on WordPress, so I can’t just put it here, unfortunately.
But here’s the link:
http://8tracks.com/josahlin/travelogue-a-mix-for-road-tripping
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