With this week’s edition of Bass Thumping Thursdays we take you to the love-it-or-hate-it-or-somewhat-indifferent-to-it land of remixes of rock songs. Die hard rock fans believe these bastardizations of organic music should be excommunicated to one of the circles of hell. For electro junkies, they are a glimpse of what music was like before Roland started tinkering with circuits.
But, well rounded listeners may see electro remixes as a genre in their own right. DJs remixing songs (if done right) transform the original artist’s work into a new form. The remix doesn’t supplant the original—it is a new artwork that builds upon what exists already, not substantially relying upon the prior work but instead contributing the DJ’s own ideas. One might even say its fair use. Enough with the jibber jabber already--on to the music!
This week features Benny Bensassi, nearly exclusively. Why? Because he’s just so damn good at remixing songs. Kicking this week off is a classic that is spine tingling when heard live. I saw Benassi spinning My Otherside, a reinvention of the Chili Peppers’ similarly title track, at the Electric Daisy Carnival in 2009. Benny turned the music low while nearly 100,000 party goers in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum sang along with the track. Then, he drove the crowd wild with the bending synths and that characteristic Benny bass drum.
Certain songs are sacred, and should not be messed with. Unless done right. I never thought that I would respect a remix of the late, great Jimi Hendrix, but Benassi surprised me earlier this year at POP2010 in San Francisco when I heard one of the most recognizable guitar riffs created--Purple Haze. Note to DJs: please keep your hands off of Stairway to Heaven.
The next track is the metaremix of Benassi’s remix of the Mamas and Papas' California Dreaming with Global DJ’s remix of Scott McKenzie’s San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair). A bit of trivia for you: San Francisco was written by John Phillips of the Mamas and Papas. Surprisingly, when you remix a remix it doesn’t go back to the original.
Last up is another remix with a confusing nomenclature. Benny’s signature track Satisfaction always begged for a mashup with the Rolling Stones’ signature track, Satisfaction. Here it is.
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episode told the story of Tom Dubois, The Freeman's next door neighbor who had an unhealthy fear of being sent to prison and anally raped. Ironicly he held a job as a prosecuting attourney which found him sending people to the fate that he was so deathly afraid of. Tom's fear eventually cripples him to the point where he cannot even leave the house for fear of being raped. Eventually he decides, in order to move on with his life, to visit a prison's "Scared Stiff" program where hilarity ensues. One of the funniest/ disturbing moments in the episode comes when an inmate professes his desire to anally rape Tom which, as it turns out is based on an interview with Fleece Johnson who's locked up in Kentucky State Penitentiary and was interviewed for a segment on the show Lockup. Check it out and be sure to watch the new season of The Boondocks, especially "A Date with The Booty Warrior".
sold almost a milli in it's first week and went on to go over 7x platinum in the U.S. alone in addition to netting Limp Bizkit a Grammy (really). The 1st single, "Nookie", was effing infectious and the video spawned a slew of Halloween costumes in 1999 because all you needed was a red Yankee fitted cap and some khakis to complete the Fred Durst/ video girl look. Check it out along with another video from the band featuring Method Man "N 2 Gether Now." Rumor has it Limp Bizkit is working on a new album for a 2010 release tentatively titled Gold Cobra alongside founding member Wes Borland, who has left the group twice.
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". I post this not because the song is everywhere and not because there is an appearance by Snoop, but because the video is so freaking sweet. Literally. BTW Peep Snoop's suit. Only he, or 
, could get away with wearing a suit like that. My white ass would be knocked out on the spot if I rolled outside in his get-up.
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" was a stand out single that quelled the heat in the Summer of 1993 and made us all think about that one day when everything went right.
's video for Heartbox epitomizes the Summer video. You've got girls in bikinis dancing around, and non of the airbrushed nipples of American videos. You've got to love the French for not being shy about topless women (not that this video has any... I'm just sayin'). Check it out. It's on Christphe's album 
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", Jazzy Jeff created the Summer anthem of 1991. Although he can still slay a mike with family friendly lyrics, Will Smith's (aka The Fresh Prince's) "Summertime" remains one of the chillest treats in the heat.
. Mr. Porter served back up vocals and The Alchemist added his pinch of flavor on the turntables. Eminem gave it 110% and looked completely out of breath at the end.