Mash or Mish-Mash?
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Artist:Metallica vs Coldplay
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Track:Until It Talks
That’s right. Mish-mash. And I’m not drogging, as in MOGging after a few too many. There’s a question that I have to ask myself with each crazy combo of tunes that I come across: Is it a mash-up to be cherished – or just a mishap, a mish-mash, a mess?
Pop culture, blended for your consumption!I know that a number of you out there are less than friendly to certain artists and songs that can still make for spiffy mash-ups. For instance, there’s so much enmity towards the incredibly popular British art-rock band Coldplay that I find it quite astounding. And a few of their songs have contributed to some of my all-time favorite mashes, such as Mark “Go Home Production” Vidler’s brill “Papa Was a Clock,” seamlessly mixing the Temptations’ Motown opus “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone” with Coldplay’s plaintive “Clocks.” And I’m certain that the post-punk metallurgists in Metallica have their share of deriders – be it for their aggressive, occasionally abrasive, sometimes grandiose music, or their repressive attitude towards file-sharing fans.But work with me here. What delights might be found in a grafting of James Hetfield’s vocal from Metallica’s ”Until It Sleeps” to the “Thin White Duke Remix” of Coldplay’s “Talk,” all courtesy of Stockholm, Sweden mash-masters Divide & Kreate? Want an answer? Press and play “Until It Talks” – and pulsate.
Pop culture, blended for your consumption!I know that a number of you out there are less than friendly to certain artists and songs that can still make for spiffy mash-ups. For instance, there’s so much enmity towards the incredibly popular British art-rock band Coldplay that I find it quite astounding. And a few of their songs have contributed to some of my all-time favorite mashes, such as Mark “Go Home Production” Vidler’s brill “Papa Was a Clock,” seamlessly mixing the Temptations’ Motown opus “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone” with Coldplay’s plaintive “Clocks.” And I’m certain that the post-punk metallurgists in Metallica have their share of deriders – be it for their aggressive, occasionally abrasive, sometimes grandiose music, or their repressive attitude towards file-sharing fans.But work with me here. What delights might be found in a grafting of James Hetfield’s vocal from Metallica’s ”Until It Sleeps” to the “Thin White Duke Remix” of Coldplay’s “Talk,” all courtesy of Stockholm, Sweden mash-masters Divide & Kreate? Want an answer? Press and play “Until It Talks” – and pulsate.
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