Unchained Medley
Posted by Con Coleman on 21 November 2007 - 1:41pm.
It has recently occurred to me that there are some splendid segues out there just waiting to be imagined. In this age of (now infra-dig) mashing and whatnot, there is still joy to be found in combining drastically different songs. For instance, 'Tomorrow Never Knows' segues very nicely into 'Can't Take My Eyes Off You' by Andy Williams. Fair enough, but I figured I'd found a serious mine of pub-gamery when I realised that 'Paint It Black' would work splendidly as a medley with 'The Laughing Gnome'. It really works. My other half suggested that 'Gimme Shelter' would fit quite nicely with 'True' by Spandau Ballet.
I suspect (and hope) that I'm not the only one to have thought of such sublime combinations. Any other suggestions?
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A woman I used to work with used to sing the CCS version of "Whole Lotta Love", knowing it as the TOTP theme tune. She'd then go into the drum break and then come out the other end with the theme tune of "Hawaii Five O".
Get into something
I did this mix for a summer party this year, it's the first half of disc 2 (there are 4 discs in the set)- the second half is more electro discoish - but it's all beatmixed togther by me using Ableton
Mondo Mix part 2
Ian Brown - Dolphins Were Monkeys
Kylie - Slow (Soundhog mix)
Stone Roses - Fools Gold
Grace Jones - Pull Up To The Bumper
Prince - Alphabet St.
Ian Dury - Reasons To Be Cheerful (Part 3)
Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime 12"
Sly And The Family Stone - Dance To The Music
Pheugoo - Fight For You Right To Shake It (Mondo Mix)
Rapture Riders - Go Home Productions
The link is here in case the embedding goes wonky
http://www.divshare.com/download/2761061-d1a
Also Get Into Something - Isley Brothers blends perfectly into
Amandar Shankar - Jumping Jack Flash
Medley was her second name... Spandau & The Stones again
Remember many years ago from a Record Mirror DJ's column, that a mix of The Stone's 'Hot Stuff' & Spandau Ballet's 'Musclebound' worked well together.
Sequeway from heaven
Best one ever on the radio was Roger Scott on Capital Radio, sequing Elton John Rocket Man into Space Oddity.
.....and I think it's gonna be a long long time....Ground control to Major Tom.....and I think it's gonna be a long long time.....etc etc
Ah, Roger Scott. Anyone
Ah, Roger Scott. Anyone remember the old Capital ad (done in an American voice) that went.. "when my kids clamour for sweets, I give them XXX Oranges" (can't remember the brand name).
After one drivetime break, Roger came back with ".. if my kids clamour for sweets, I give' em a smack round the ear".
You won't hear anyone answer back to advertisers these days.
But I digress. Good topic, this one.