Masher, Go Home...
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Artist:Christina Aguilera vs Velvet Underground vs The Communards
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Album:Go Home Productions
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Track:Girl Wants (to Say Goodbye to) Rock
The king of all mash-ups – Mark Vidler of Go Home Productions – is hanging up his crown. Rather than continuing the alchemy that has marked his reign as mash-up producer supreme, he is instead concentrating on original productions and, I would assume, club and radio DJ-ing. Our loss.Vidler is the canny Brit responsible for such amazing blends as Madonna vs. the Sex Pistols (“Ray of Gob”), Ian Dury vs. the Beastie Boys (“Triple Rhythm Stick”), and the track that first made me wonder at the magnificent idiocy of it all, the Beatles vs. the Monkees’ “Paperback Believer.”And in case you need more specifics, Vidler confected three of my all-times: his inspired mix of the Velvet Underground’s “Rock and Roll,” Christina Aguilera’s “What a Girl Wants,” and the Communards’ cover of the Jackson 5’s hit “Never Can Say Goodbye,” which sounds like it was meant to be that way; the unlikely but seamless welding of Coldplay’s “Clocks” and the Temptations’ “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone”; and the intersection of Grace Jones’ “Slave to the Rhythm” and Nelly Furtado’s “Turn Out the Light,” which – to my ears - actually improves on the original tracks.I’m gonna post all three monster mashes – and, as a special feature, clue you in to a treat. Right now, you can download what amounts to Vidler’s entire output of mash-ups at http://www.gohomeproductions.co.uk/ - and you probably should. It’s quite a treasure trove. I bet you’ll thank me later.Christina Aguilera vs Velvet Underground vs The Communards – “Girl Wants (to Say Goodbye to) Rock”:
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