American Edit
November 21, 2005 9:41 PM   Subscribe

American Edit A reinterpretation of Green Day's "American Idiot"
posted by ColdChef (25 comments total)
 
Seriously trippy. I'm not quite sure if I like or if I'm just impressed by it, but either way, thanks the for link.
posted by S.C. at 9:44 PM on November 21, 2005


That's a quick download.
posted by delmoi at 9:44 PM on November 21, 2005


Pardon unconventional order my word.
posted by S.C. at 9:44 PM on November 21, 2005


"Dr. Who on Holiday" is my new favourite song of all time... ever.
posted by Robot Johnny at 9:47 PM on November 21, 2005


Uh-oh. Minus some serious cool points for ripping off "Boulevard of Broken Songs" in its entirety.
posted by S.C. at 9:49 PM on November 21, 2005


Uh-oh. Minus some serious cool points for ripping off "Boulevard of Broken Songs" in its entirety.

I had heard it before, and I assumed it was just the same guy upon seeing it here.... guess not?
posted by Robot Johnny at 9:53 PM on November 21, 2005


Er, how do you know it's not the same guy SC? I can hardly read that site...
posted by delmoi at 9:57 PM on November 21, 2005


Er, how do you know it's not the same guy SC?

Check the contact page... there's a link to partyben.com
posted by Robot Johnny at 9:58 PM on November 21, 2005


Oh-ho. My mistake.
posted by S.C. at 10:01 PM on November 21, 2005


Some of this is very clever. Though I have to say, if you're going to match up "We Are the Waiting" with any song, it'd have to be "Whisper to a Scream" by... um... that one British band.
posted by mragreeable at 10:25 PM on November 21, 2005


This is really cool; thanks for the link. I doubt I would have stumbled across this on my own.
posted by Stunt at 10:28 PM on November 21, 2005


Listening right now. Quite enjoyable. Cheers!
posted by Samizdata at 1:42 AM on November 22, 2005


And downloading.

Like I needed to mention that.
posted by Samizdata at 1:42 AM on November 22, 2005


'Dr. Who on Holiday' is seriously cool. Very nice.
posted by sebas at 1:54 AM on November 22, 2005


"Dr Who on Holiday" sounds terribly similar to "Doctorin' the TARDIS", a single produced by The KLF/The Timelords in the late 80s in the UK. It also laid bits of Daleks (the same bits?) over another song (a Gary Glitter number then) and was a huge number one success.

The KLF were a performance art group who went on to write "How to have a number one the easy way", fired blanks at a pop award ceremony and (apparently) burnt a millions pounds for a laugh. The KLF.
posted by alasdair at 2:54 AM on November 22, 2005


mragreeable: Icicle Works.
posted by kimota at 3:24 AM on November 22, 2005


"Dr Who on Holiday" sounds terribly similar to "Doctorin' the TARDIS"

That's because he's using it.
But yeah, nicely pointed out that it's one of the earliest mash-ups.
posted by yoz at 3:58 AM on November 22, 2005


When you awake, feeling foggy, and stumble downstairs... there are beer bottles everywhere, the sunlight streaming in the windows glints off the thick rum & coke stains on the glass table top, the air is thick with the stale smell of cigarettes, and here & there are bodies lying on horizontal surfaces, some stretched out, some curled up in uncomfortable positions... put track 1 on, and they'll stir, slightly at first, then magically arise and start tidying.
posted by CynicalKnight at 8:03 AM on November 22, 2005


My buddy sent this to me via AIM yesterday with the quote "Hurry quick, get this before it's Fark or Metafilter in two days."
posted by stenseng at 9:30 AM on November 22, 2005


Cool. Ahead of the curve.
posted by ColdChef at 11:02 AM on November 22, 2005


EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE!

+50 points for Dr. Who reference, -10 points for Green Day sucking, +10 for making them suck less. +20 more points for Dr. Who.
posted by zerolives at 11:12 AM on November 22, 2005


Surprisingly OK. Greenday Massacre is pretty funny.
posted by mrgrimm at 6:10 PM on November 22, 2005


I came across this yesterday and downloaded the first track, "American Jesus", and really liked it. Then I downloaded the rest and found it a bit disappointing in comparison.
posted by mindless progress at 11:17 PM on November 22, 2005


Damn, spoke to soon.

Upon further listening it's growing on me.
posted by mindless progress at 11:31 PM on November 22, 2005


They got a C&D so the tracks are down. But go here for info on Dean Gray Tuesday, December 13, when they will reappear all over the world for your downloading pleasure.
posted by litlnemo at 4:51 PM on November 29, 2005


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