Mash-Up on My Mind
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Artist:Willie Nelson vs U2 vs MARRS
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Track:Always With You
One of the things about mash-ups that keeps me coming back again and again – and assures that I’ll keep seeking out new or unheard efforts - is the excitement of encountering one of those borderline insane, completely counter-intuitive blends with the most improbable of ingredients. And when you find that it works beautifully and you can dance to it, it’s a nice little jolt to the soul.I’ll assume that the Swedish production team Divide & Kreate knew about and was inspired by the Pet Shop Boys’ thrilling synth-rock cover of Willie Nelson’s “Always on My Mind.” Or they might have realized how elegantly the original version by Nelson - country-and-western’s magnificent, free-spirited, herb-loving, tax-evading, ballad-crooning Red-Headed Stranger - would fit with the glorious love song “With or Without You” by celebrated Irish pomp-rockers U2. But the real secret to the following mash-up’s success is the inclusion of elements from the techno-dance smash “Pump Up the Volume” by the British studio brigade M/A/R/R/S. Willie? U2? M/A/R/R/S? Yup! Together for the first time. Stream away!
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