Monday, October 1, 2007

Monday Mashup: Intro-Inspection


This is an amazing piece of work by palindromic British mixologist Osymyso.
It's a few years old now, but this track set the bar very high for any would-be mash up artist who followed. Osymyso takes the intros to 101 different songs--mostly chart toppers--and creates a single cohesive 12-minute piece of music that works as well as any of the individual tracks from which it is made.
Here's the list of samples used for Intro-Inspection
1. "Rivers of Babylon" - Boney M
2. "Wild Thing" - The Troggs
3. "Hello" - Lionel Richie
4. "Fairground" - Simply Red
5. "Hey Jude" - The Beatles
6. "Vienna" - Ultravox
7. "Unchained Melody" - The Righteous Brothers
8. "I Get Around" - The Beach Boys
9. "Tainted Love" - Soft Cell
10. "Bohemian Rhapsody" - Queen
11. "No Woman, No Cry" - Bob Marley
12. "Hound Dog" - Elvis Presley
13. "Drinkin' in L.A." - Bran Van 3000
14. "99 Luftballons" - Nena
15. "The Lovecats" - The Cure
16. "...Baby One More Time" - Britney Spears
17. "Walk on the Wild Side" - Lou Reed
18. "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe" - Barry White
19. "True" - Spandau Ballet
20. "Leader of the Pack" - The Shangri-Las
21. "The Message" - Grandmaster Flash
22. "Wannabe" - Spice Girls
23. "Pure Shores" - All Saints
24. "Eye of the Tiger" - Survivor
25. "Only You" - Flying Pickets
26. "Need You Tonight" - INXS
27. "Come on Eileen" - Dexys Midnight Runners
28. "Praise You" - Fatboy Slim
29. "Down Under" - Men at Work
30. "Pump up the Volume" - MARRS
31. "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" - Marvin Gaye
32. "Relax" - Frankie Goes to Hollywood
33. "3 a.m. Eternal" - The KLF
34. "I Should Be So Lucky" - Kylie Minogue
35. "Don't You Want Me" - The Human League
36. "I Will Always Love You" - Whitney Houston
37. "I Will Survive" - Gloria Gaynor
38. "Shaft" - Isaac Hayes
39. "The Pink Panther Theme" - Henry Mancini
40. "Is There Something I Should Know?" - Duran Duran
41. "Groove Is in the Heart" - Deee-Lite
42. "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" - Eurythmics
43. "Oh Yeah" - Yello
44. "Song 2" - Blur
45. "Blue Monday" - New Order
46. "Baggy Trousers" - Madness
47. "You Really Got Me" - The Kinks
48. "Sweet Child o' Mine" - Guns N' Roses
49. "Wipe Out" - The Surfaris
50. "Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)" - The Offspring
51. "Firestarter" - The Prodigy
52. "Barbie Girl" - Aqua
53. "I'm a Believer" - The Monkees
54. "Anarchy in the U.K." - Sex Pistols
55. "I've Never Been to Me" - Charlene Duncan
56. "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" - The Rolling Stones
57. "Disco 2000" - Pulp
58. "Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)" - Baz Luhrmann
59. "Disco Inferno" - The Trammps
60. "Like a Prayer" - Madonna
61. "China in Your Hand" - T'Pau
62. "Just Can't Get Enough" - Depeche Mode
63. "Music Sounds Better with You" - Stardust
64. "My Name Is" - Eminem
65. "Shout!" - Lulu
66. "I Feel for You" - Chaka Khan
67. "Take a Chance on Me" - ABBA
68. "The Power of Love" - Huey Lewis & the News
69. "Killer" - Adamski
70. "Bad" - Michael Jackson
71. "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" - Eric Idle
72. "Tom's Diner" - Suzanne Vega
73. "West End Girls" - Pet Shop Boys
74. "Oh, Pretty Woman" - Roy Orbison
75. "I Just Called to Say I Love You" - Stevie Wonder
76. "Let's Dance" - David Bowie
77. "All Right Now" - Free
78. "Smells Like Teen Spirit" - Nirvana
79. "Stayin' Alive" - Bee Gees
80. "Israelites" - Desmond Dekker
81. "The Power" - Snap!
82. "The Safety Dance" - Men Without Hats
83. "I Just Wanna Make Love to You" - Etta James
84. "Lust for Life" - Iggy Pop
85. "My Generation" - The Who
86. "Take My Breath Away" - Berlin
87. "Red Red Wine" - UB40
88. "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" - Nancy Sinatra
89. "It's Not Unusual" - Tom Jones
90. "Johnny B. Goode" - Chuck Berry
91. "Bring It All Back" - S Club 7
92. "A Whiter Shade of Pale" - Procol Harum
93. "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" - The Hollies
94. "Imagine" - John Lennon
95. "Little Fluffy Clouds" - The Orb
96. "Total Eclipse of the Heart" - Bonnie Tyler
97. "I'm Not in Love" - 10cc
98. "Temptation" - Heaven 17
99. "My Way" - Frank Sinatra
100. "Albatross" - Fleetwood Mac
101. "The End" - The Doors

In addition to this version, there are two shorter versions called "Intro-Expansion Part 1," and "Intro-Expansion Part 2," that essentially split the list in half but feature different arrangements and several surprises that are not part of this track.

Listen: Osymyso, Intro-Inspection

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Hello from Russia!
Can I quote a post "No teme" in your blog with the link to you?

 
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