All Your Mashups Belong to Us
August 31, 2021 6:33 PM Subscribe
Rave.dj makes algorithmic music mashups from YouTube or Spotify URLs. Bitchavana. The 'Puttin Ritz on Bel-Air' Theme Song. That's the Time Warp of Love. Enough of a Final Countdown. Rod Stewart's Jock Jam. Gangnam Style Touch This. What are your ideas?
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Gangnam Style Touch This
Wasn't sure what to expect, but expectations handily transcended nonetheless.
posted by Greg_Ace at 6:58 PM on August 31, 2021 [2 favorites]
Wasn't sure what to expect, but expectations handily transcended nonetheless.
posted by Greg_Ace at 6:58 PM on August 31, 2021 [2 favorites]
H Jackson, an absolute mess but sharing it for posterity regardless.
posted by glonous keming at 7:19 PM on August 31, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by glonous keming at 7:19 PM on August 31, 2021 [1 favorite]
> ANGRY ALPHABET
Show's over folks, that was it.
posted by glonous keming at 8:14 PM on August 31, 2021 [1 favorite]
Show's over folks, that was it.
posted by glonous keming at 8:14 PM on August 31, 2021 [1 favorite]
lalochezia's was so good I had to try one more and hope for the best:
All Bullets
posted by glonous keming at 8:31 PM on August 31, 2021
All Bullets
posted by glonous keming at 8:31 PM on August 31, 2021
Oh I am not good at this but what a great toy. Into the Lalala. Hall Song. Close Your Flashlight and Count to Fuck. Something For Your WAP.
posted by jameaterblues at 8:57 PM on August 31, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by jameaterblues at 8:57 PM on August 31, 2021 [1 favorite]
Police Of Love
I don't know what that is but it...works?
posted by Diskeater at 9:05 PM on August 31, 2021
I don't know what that is but it...works?
posted by Diskeater at 9:05 PM on August 31, 2021
There's a lot going on in this one: This is AmeriCall Me Maybe.
posted by Nekosoft at 9:31 PM on August 31, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by Nekosoft at 9:31 PM on August 31, 2021 [1 favorite]
There's an old xkcd that mentions the mashup titles I Wish That Stacy's Mom Had Jessie's Girl and When You Come On Eileen I Touch Myself. Not so good in reality, it seems -- like a lot of ML projects it's way better than you would have expected from a computer but also far short of what you would expect from a human.
posted by Cash4Lead at 10:09 PM on August 31, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by Cash4Lead at 10:09 PM on August 31, 2021 [1 favorite]
I think a human with actual talent could do a lot better at combining two controversial girl power anthems, and it takes 30 seconds to get cooking but I think the machine got one or two transcendent moments in: Ritt der WAPüren
posted by Superilla at 10:23 PM on August 31, 2021
posted by Superilla at 10:23 PM on August 31, 2021
It's not exactly Neil Cicierega
No, but he must be feeling like John Henry.
posted by justsomebodythatyouusedtoknow at 10:25 PM on August 31, 2021 [4 favorites]
No, but he must be feeling like John Henry.
posted by justsomebodythatyouusedtoknow at 10:25 PM on August 31, 2021 [4 favorites]
In a way it's the equivalent of like a talking dog; it's not impressive because of the quality of the dog's rhetoric, it's impressive that a dog could talk at all.
For example, here's a man versus machine comparison. (PS: the "original" mashup is now 20 years old.)
posted by Superilla at 11:00 PM on August 31, 2021 [2 favorites]
For example, here's a man versus machine comparison. (PS: the "original" mashup is now 20 years old.)
posted by Superilla at 11:00 PM on August 31, 2021 [2 favorites]
I went for the obvious, wasn't disappointed: Pressure Ice Baby
posted by JZig at 11:21 PM on August 31, 2021 [2 favorites]
posted by JZig at 11:21 PM on August 31, 2021 [2 favorites]
"Tongues the House Down" - Joywave feat. AJR. (NSFW!) Watch until 0:28 for a good laugh - I did NOT plan that.
posted by commander_fancypants at 12:15 AM on September 1, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by commander_fancypants at 12:15 AM on September 1, 2021 [1 favorite]
Another man vs. machine comparison (Head like a hole mashed up with Call me maybe)
posted by vernondalhart at 12:15 AM on September 1, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by vernondalhart at 12:15 AM on September 1, 2021 [1 favorite]
An experiment in Great Weird Curvy Science that maybe didn't come out optimally but is surprisingly listenable. Also it took two six-minute tracks and created something 3 minutes long out of them, so naturally some of the bits and pieces got left back in the pots and pans. The hands that guide it are invisible… Is it real? It's "my" creation, moving by remote control.
posted by wanderingmind at 1:00 AM on September 1, 2021
posted by wanderingmind at 1:00 AM on September 1, 2021
If nothing else, this has inspired me to listen to Whip It Like A G6 again, so that's kinda nice.
posted by wierdo at 1:06 AM on September 1, 2021
posted by wierdo at 1:06 AM on September 1, 2021
Time of your Life x Semi Charmed Life man versus machine
posted by juv3nal at 3:02 AM on September 1, 2021
posted by juv3nal at 3:02 AM on September 1, 2021
Satisfaction Style is a mashup I knew would work the instant I saw the Gangam Style video posted here on Mefi about 9 or 10 years ago now I guess. satisfaction.
posted by some loser at 3:40 AM on September 1, 2021 [2 favorites]
posted by some loser at 3:40 AM on September 1, 2021 [2 favorites]
Hah, damn, I made one that kind of works!
Taking Ella Fitzgerald's 1968 cover of Cream's "Sunshine of Your Love" and mashing it up with the Eurythmics "Never Going to Cry Again" resulted in:
Never Love of Cry Again
posted by jeremias at 5:08 AM on September 1, 2021
Taking Ella Fitzgerald's 1968 cover of Cream's "Sunshine of Your Love" and mashing it up with the Eurythmics "Never Going to Cry Again" resulted in:
Never Love of Cry Again
posted by jeremias at 5:08 AM on September 1, 2021
They both use the (killer) 'Blind Alley' break, so I thought it might work better, but the title is a good indicator of just how big a mess it is: 'Ain't Cookies No A Half Steppin' Getting Crushed By Buildings.'
I feel like this thing might do something good if it were pointed at WhoSampled (well, something good in a thousand-monkeys-with-typewriters kind of way), but that wasn't it.
posted by box at 5:35 AM on September 1, 2021
I feel like this thing might do something good if it were pointed at WhoSampled (well, something good in a thousand-monkeys-with-typewriters kind of way), but that wasn't it.
posted by box at 5:35 AM on September 1, 2021
('Dreamlover Cookies in a Plastic Bag Getting Crushed By Buildings' works somewhat better, both as song and as music video.)
posted by box at 5:59 AM on September 1, 2021
posted by box at 5:59 AM on September 1, 2021
This worked out better than I thought it would. My Regulate.
posted by emelenjr at 5:59 AM on September 1, 2021 [4 favorites]
posted by emelenjr at 5:59 AM on September 1, 2021 [4 favorites]
And this one worked out much much worse than I thought it would. Song Love You Yet.
posted by emelenjr at 6:14 AM on September 1, 2021
posted by emelenjr at 6:14 AM on September 1, 2021
Fun. I combined a silly song I did a few years ago with I Walk the Line.
posted by zzazazz at 8:23 AM on September 1, 2021
posted by zzazazz at 8:23 AM on September 1, 2021
Let the party begin: Groove Line is in the Heart (extended club megamix)
posted by They sucked his brains out! at 11:20 AM on September 1, 2021 [3 favorites]
posted by They sucked his brains out! at 11:20 AM on September 1, 2021 [3 favorites]
I always thought Animotion's Obsession had a surprisingly NIN-ish vibe to some of it, and Obsession Like A Hole actually works pretty well!
posted by Jon Mitchell at 11:46 AM on September 1, 2021 [2 favorites]
posted by Jon Mitchell at 11:46 AM on September 1, 2021 [2 favorites]
You wouldn't think Pink Floyd would mix well with dark, trippy nyabinghi music, and you'd be right:
Pink Floyd x Dadawah - Run Come Hell
posted by box at 12:12 PM on September 1, 2021
Pink Floyd x Dadawah - Run Come Hell
posted by box at 12:12 PM on September 1, 2021
As good as that Dee-Lite one turned out, I thought I'd try a go-to from my act and the "AI" just whiffed on a batting practice pitch with “Up Worry Be Happy.”
posted by ob1quixote at 12:21 PM on September 1, 2021
posted by ob1quixote at 12:21 PM on September 1, 2021
It's like the guitars get the way. I wonder how Bobby McFerrin would do with an acapella version of the 4 Non Blondes song.
posted by They sucked his brains out! at 12:25 PM on September 1, 2021
posted by They sucked his brains out! at 12:25 PM on September 1, 2021
Inspired by that Billy Joel post the other day, how do two songs which were next to each other on the number one singles chart back in 1989 fit together?
Janet Jackson x Milli Vanilli - Girl I'm Going Much Miss You
What the hell is even happening?
I think we have a ways to go before robots can beat the best human mashup makers. Does that mean that making mashups is harder than chess, Go, or Jeopardy? Or just that the people behind rave.dj don't have the resources available to AlphaGo or Watson?
posted by box at 12:43 PM on September 1, 2021 [1 favorite]
Janet Jackson x Milli Vanilli - Girl I'm Going Much Miss You
What the hell is even happening?
I think we have a ways to go before robots can beat the best human mashup makers. Does that mean that making mashups is harder than chess, Go, or Jeopardy? Or just that the people behind rave.dj don't have the resources available to AlphaGo or Watson?
posted by box at 12:43 PM on September 1, 2021 [1 favorite]
I was disappointed by how huffy the Chvrches people seemed to get back when everyone immediately noted to the (obvious, delightful) Depeche Mode interpolation in "Clearest Blue." ("It must be to do with the kind of synths we’re using…") The algorithms knows.
posted by wreckingball at 12:47 PM on September 1, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by wreckingball at 12:47 PM on September 1, 2021 [1 favorite]
This is dark magic. There's got to be a warehouse full of time-traveling imps with pirated copies of Vegas doing this.
Thank You For Being The Greatest American Hero
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 12:50 PM on September 1, 2021 [2 favorites]
Thank You For Being The Greatest American Hero
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 12:50 PM on September 1, 2021 [2 favorites]
I could never be a DJ, I'd die of dehydration while crying with laughter playing these to an empty room
Too Close For Diner
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 1:03 PM on September 1, 2021 [2 favorites]
Too Close For Diner
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 1:03 PM on September 1, 2021 [2 favorites]
If you're wondering what's going on under the hood, it looks like it probably runs on amen (the local echonest replacement)
posted by OverlappingElvis at 1:31 PM on September 1, 2021 [2 favorites]
posted by OverlappingElvis at 1:31 PM on September 1, 2021 [2 favorites]
Firestarter and Son
Firestarter and Daddy
posted by They sucked his brains out! at 1:47 PM on September 1, 2021 [1 favorite]
Firestarter and Daddy
posted by They sucked his brains out! at 1:47 PM on September 1, 2021 [1 favorite]
There might be a way to combine Digable Planets' "La Femme Fetal" with Velvet Undergrounds "Femme Fatale" but this is not it.
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 2:41 PM on September 1, 2021
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 2:41 PM on September 1, 2021
But I think Xanadu vs. Xanadu finally broke it
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 3:15 PM on September 1, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 3:15 PM on September 1, 2021 [1 favorite]
Firestarter and Son
Ok, this is doing some very cool things actually! it plays around with/morphs some of the wobbly synth swells in Firestarter into some of the texturally not totally dissimilar harmonica trills in Sanford and Son. Overall this works way better than it has any right to.
posted by Jon Mitchell at 3:34 PM on September 1, 2021 [1 favorite]
Ok, this is doing some very cool things actually! it plays around with/morphs some of the wobbly synth swells in Firestarter into some of the texturally not totally dissimilar harmonica trills in Sanford and Son. Overall this works way better than it has any right to.
posted by Jon Mitchell at 3:34 PM on September 1, 2021 [1 favorite]
I am not surprised that somebody else already thought of both the REM/Billy Joel 'It's the Start of the Fire.' and the Queen/Billy Joel 'Pressure' (the latter works a little better).
I am, however, the first person to think of the oddly effective REM/Queen mashup 'My One Religion the Dust'
And, because I haven't given up on that match-the-break-to-the-sample-flip approach, Billy Joel x Kool G Rap & DJ Polo - 'Houston in the Riches'. Oh, no. Sly and the Family Stone x Cypress Hill - 'Insane in Family the Life 1968'. Better. One more before I go home: Hall & Oates x De La Soul - 'I No Go For That'. Best one yet. I didn't say good.
posted by box at 3:43 PM on September 1, 2021 [1 favorite]
I am, however, the first person to think of the oddly effective REM/Queen mashup 'My One Religion the Dust'
And, because I haven't given up on that match-the-break-to-the-sample-flip approach, Billy Joel x Kool G Rap & DJ Polo - 'Houston in the Riches'. Oh, no. Sly and the Family Stone x Cypress Hill - 'Insane in Family the Life 1968'. Better. One more before I go home: Hall & Oates x De La Soul - 'I No Go For That'. Best one yet. I didn't say good.
posted by box at 3:43 PM on September 1, 2021 [1 favorite]
I'm at the Xanadu
I'm at the Crystal Light National Aerobic Championship
I'm at the combination Xanadu and Crystal Light National Aerobic Championship
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 3:55 PM on September 1, 2021 [4 favorites]
I'm at the Crystal Light National Aerobic Championship
I'm at the combination Xanadu and Crystal Light National Aerobic Championship
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 3:55 PM on September 1, 2021 [4 favorites]
Oh yeah, I just found this yesterday and spent about 40 minutes not creating a successful mashup. BUT I HAVE IDEAS! And the results did have blips of interesting moments. I'll keep poking away at it.
posted by not_on_display at 5:29 PM on September 1, 2021
posted by not_on_display at 5:29 PM on September 1, 2021
It picked up the structure of Dreams Nation Army pretty well. 4/4 FTW.
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 5:59 PM on September 1, 2021
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 5:59 PM on September 1, 2021
High Quality Ninja Turtles Theme.
Says it all, really.
posted by Diskeater at 6:10 PM on September 1, 2021 [1 favorite]
Says it all, really.
posted by Diskeater at 6:10 PM on September 1, 2021 [1 favorite]
After many experiments, I think I have found something: Crunk It
posted by stokast at 6:38 PM on September 1, 2021 [2 favorites]
posted by stokast at 6:38 PM on September 1, 2021 [2 favorites]
Love this. Almost no track that comes out of it is "good" but it's fascinating as a procedural toy... and as others mentioned, some inspired moments!
posted by dusty potato at 7:55 PM on September 1, 2021
posted by dusty potato at 7:55 PM on September 1, 2021
Hooptie of Glass. It turned out quite a bit better than I expected it to.
posted by toxic at 10:53 PM on September 1, 2021 [2 favorites]
posted by toxic at 10:53 PM on September 1, 2021 [2 favorites]
When it works, it's so good: Years Up Golden Funk
posted by Vervain at 1:18 AM on September 2, 2021 [2 favorites]
posted by Vervain at 1:18 AM on September 2, 2021 [2 favorites]
Ernest Borgnine Can't Tell Me Nothing
posted by They sucked his brains out! at 2:56 AM on September 2, 2021
posted by They sucked his brains out! at 2:56 AM on September 2, 2021
Not quite Ted Leo's version but I'm not upset with Since Maps Been Gone
posted by uphc at 7:23 AM on September 2, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by uphc at 7:23 AM on September 2, 2021 [1 favorite]
Murder Was The Case She Wrote Me is more of a tone poem
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 8:26 AM on September 2, 2021
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 8:26 AM on September 2, 2021
Your time is important to us, so I hope it's a Fast Wait
(i am so sorry)
posted by uphc at 8:36 AM on September 2, 2021 [1 favorite]
(i am so sorry)
posted by uphc at 8:36 AM on September 2, 2021 [1 favorite]
Rockill - Wire + Herbie Hancock. I quite like it
posted by thatwhichfalls at 8:38 AM on September 2, 2021
posted by thatwhichfalls at 8:38 AM on September 2, 2021
Since Maps Been Gone
It's not actually a mashup if it doesn't come from the Mashup region of 2004. Otherwise it's just sparkling remixes.
In other news:
posted by wreckingball at 8:48 AM on September 2, 2021 [4 favorites]
It's not actually a mashup if it doesn't come from the Mashup region of 2004. Otherwise it's just sparkling remixes.
In other news:
- Dialling up the Tom Tom Club on Mariah Carey's "Fantasy" pushes it nicely into the realm of post-anaesthetic delirium.
- Carly Rae Jepsen × The Knife works according to plan, but
- Haim × Savage Garden is actually perfect
posted by wreckingball at 8:48 AM on September 2, 2021 [4 favorites]
Like, my heart skipped a beat when "Show Me Love" × "Show Me Love" (Robin S., 1990 and Robyn, 1997 respectively) popped right up. Way to be on top of things, aging millennial gays!
posted by wreckingball at 9:03 AM on September 2, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by wreckingball at 9:03 AM on September 2, 2021 [1 favorite]
Best one I've made so far: The Golden Inside Friend
posted by OverlappingElvis at 10:13 AM on September 2, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by OverlappingElvis at 10:13 AM on September 2, 2021 [1 favorite]
People are people, so why should it be, you like the movies and I like TV.
posted by snofoam at 10:29 AM on September 2, 2021 [2 favorites]
posted by snofoam at 10:29 AM on September 2, 2021 [2 favorites]
Captain Joy and Tennille Division - Love Will Keep Us Together And Tear Us Apart
posted by Cookiebastard at 10:47 AM on September 2, 2021 [2 favorites]
posted by Cookiebastard at 10:47 AM on September 2, 2021 [2 favorites]
Viva Las Vegas
Some Velvet Morning
Bring the Noise
I feel like these should work better.
posted by box at 10:59 AM on September 2, 2021
Some Velvet Morning
Bring the Noise
I feel like these should work better.
posted by box at 10:59 AM on September 2, 2021
Kinda surprised I was the first person to suggest Rockit Rock.
posted by box at 11:08 AM on September 2, 2021
posted by box at 11:08 AM on September 2, 2021
Tugboat Diner - unfortunately Suzanne Vega's voice gets buried in the mix but the video is entertaining.
posted by plastic_animals at 11:27 AM on September 2, 2021
posted by plastic_animals at 11:27 AM on September 2, 2021
WAR/DOORS - Low Riders On The Storm
posted by Cookiebastard at 11:31 AM on September 2, 2021 [2 favorites]
posted by Cookiebastard at 11:31 AM on September 2, 2021 [2 favorites]
Spill Wine of Soul, though I wonder if Mama Told Me Not To Soul would work also.
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 11:38 AM on September 2, 2021
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 11:38 AM on September 2, 2021
Steve Miller/Morris Day - Jungle Love/Jungle Love
posted by Cookiebastard at 11:39 AM on September 2, 2021
posted by Cookiebastard at 11:39 AM on September 2, 2021
Janet Jackson x Nas - It Ain't Nasty to Tell
posted by box at 11:56 AM on September 2, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by box at 11:56 AM on September 2, 2021 [1 favorite]
I was not the first person to consider the Wu-Tang/Hall & Oates 'Method of Man Love.' Doesn't live up to the promise of the title.
posted by box at 12:32 PM on September 2, 2021
posted by box at 12:32 PM on September 2, 2021
I was, however, the first person to consider The Doors x X. My imagined title was better, but here's Angeles Woman 1971. The video's more fun than the music.
posted by box at 12:39 PM on September 2, 2021 [2 favorites]
posted by box at 12:39 PM on September 2, 2021 [2 favorites]
In which '60s crooner Dion tells us about the double standard: Runaround Wanderer (not the title the robot chose, but I'm overruling it).
posted by box at 1:14 PM on September 2, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by box at 1:14 PM on September 2, 2021 [1 favorite]
Am I really the first person to combine Edie Brickell's 'What I Am' with Brand Nubian's 'Slow Down'? 'Down I Am'
I feel like there's some kind of game to be had with either choosing things that someone has already picked, choosing something that seems obvious that nobody has picked yet, or maybe some combination of the two. Like back when a Googlewhack was a thing.
posted by box at 1:26 PM on September 2, 2021
I feel like there's some kind of game to be had with either choosing things that someone has already picked, choosing something that seems obvious that nobody has picked yet, or maybe some combination of the two. Like back when a Googlewhack was a thing.
posted by box at 1:26 PM on September 2, 2021
In which Rick Rubin and Allen Ginsberg have a beard-growing contest: Subterranean Homesick Problems
posted by box at 2:34 PM on September 2, 2021
posted by box at 2:34 PM on September 2, 2021
Just a Centerfield Game of Baseball didn't work, and then Killer the Hop (come on, 'Hop Killer' was right there) really didn't work. Will my dreams of combining anti-police rap songs with oldies/classic rock slip away before I even try using 'I Fought the Law'?
Ah, well, let's Congo Como Va!
posted by box at 3:14 PM on September 2, 2021 [2 favorites]
Ah, well, let's Congo Como Va!
posted by box at 3:14 PM on September 2, 2021 [2 favorites]
I've been trying to match the elusive Queen of Hearts by Juice Newton, and seen others had already tried Ace of Spades and The Gambler without success. Hearts of a Dream almost works but falls apart halfway through. I Hearts Want of Know matches the rhythm well but the Mac track gets lost in the mix.
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 4:04 PM on September 2, 2021
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 4:04 PM on September 2, 2021
Ghost Riders In The House of The Rising Sun kind of works
Istanbul Va Fa Americano is not a total disaster
posted by BungaDunga at 4:16 PM on September 2, 2021 [2 favorites]
Istanbul Va Fa Americano is not a total disaster
posted by BungaDunga at 4:16 PM on September 2, 2021 [2 favorites]
B E E Jealous is what happens when you take some simpsonswave as one of the inputs
posted by BungaDunga at 4:32 PM on September 2, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by BungaDunga at 4:32 PM on September 2, 2021 [1 favorite]
James Bond and the Countdown theme works surprisingly well.
The Theme Clock
posted by knapah at 4:35 PM on September 2, 2021 [1 favorite]
The Theme Clock
posted by knapah at 4:35 PM on September 2, 2021 [1 favorite]
Would everyone please keep this up forever. Please. This is probably the best thread ever, and I love you all mixing and discovering because I don't have time or the creativity to do it. Please don't stop.
I mean, even the random shit you discover, just post it. I'm so entertained!
posted by Snowishberlin at 5:46 PM on September 2, 2021 [1 favorite]
I mean, even the random shit you discover, just post it. I'm so entertained!
posted by Snowishberlin at 5:46 PM on September 2, 2021 [1 favorite]
Bonus points to anyone who can make Yakety Sax work with anything other than Eminem.
posted by They sucked his brains out! at 5:55 PM on September 2, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by They sucked his brains out! at 5:55 PM on September 2, 2021 [1 favorite]
in which Britney Spears both is and is not being killed by her loneliness
posted by NMcCoy at 7:33 PM on September 2, 2021 [3 favorites]
posted by NMcCoy at 7:33 PM on September 2, 2021 [3 favorites]
Okay, this one is legitimately incredible: Spin Round A Hole
posted by NMcCoy at 7:50 PM on September 2, 2021 [4 favorites]
posted by NMcCoy at 7:50 PM on September 2, 2021 [4 favorites]
Yakkety in The Sax (Chet Atkins and Chemical Brothers)
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 8:11 PM on September 2, 2021
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 8:11 PM on September 2, 2021
Some genius already did Epic You Know It's True. I tip my hat.
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 9:10 PM on September 2, 2021
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 9:10 PM on September 2, 2021
I Can't Wait For All You Can Eat - I think this is what happens when everyone uses the same drum machine and never changes the tempo out of the box
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 9:52 PM on September 2, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 9:52 PM on September 2, 2021 [1 favorite]
I cannot get Safety Dance to mash with anything, despite my fervent hope that it would somehow combine with Rez by Underworld.
posted by Jon Mitchell at 10:05 PM on September 2, 2021
posted by Jon Mitchell at 10:05 PM on September 2, 2021
All Venus On The Bad One. (Bananarama cover of Venus. Unfortunately, Shocking Blue's original just did not mix as well.)
posted by pernoctalian at 11:24 PM on September 2, 2021
posted by pernoctalian at 11:24 PM on September 2, 2021
Yakkety in The Sax (Chet Atkins and Chemical Brothers)
Some bonus points for you. Definitely some chemicals involved.
posted by They sucked his brains out! at 11:41 PM on September 2, 2021
Some bonus points for you. Definitely some chemicals involved.
posted by They sucked his brains out! at 11:41 PM on September 2, 2021
Well that turned out better than I expected: Gossip and Bronski Beat
posted by pernoctalian at 11:47 PM on September 2, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by pernoctalian at 11:47 PM on September 2, 2021 [1 favorite]
Speaking in tongues, perhaps: Os Tincoãs vs Talking Heads
posted by They sucked his brains out! at 12:22 AM on September 3, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by They sucked his brains out! at 12:22 AM on September 3, 2021 [1 favorite]
Gossip and Bronski Beat
That's some good stuff.
posted by They sucked his brains out! at 12:39 AM on September 3, 2021
That's some good stuff.
posted by They sucked his brains out! at 12:39 AM on September 3, 2021
Hey not bad:
Police: Bring on the night
+
Stevie Nicks: Edge of Seventeen
posted by not_on_display at 1:03 AM on September 3, 2021
Police: Bring on the night
+
Stevie Nicks: Edge of Seventeen
posted by not_on_display at 1:03 AM on September 3, 2021
Experimenting with late-night chill beats: Alef vs Pretty Boy Crossover — Sol Skip Rope
posted by They sucked his brains out! at 1:16 AM on September 3, 2021
posted by They sucked his brains out! at 1:16 AM on September 3, 2021
If humanity manages to survive another couple decades, I could imagine whatever this sort of AI thing is becomes whatever tomorrow's radio stations are: remixing bits and pieces of cultural memory into something new on the fly, streaming it live and fresh into your brain chip. At least once the licensing deals are worked out.
posted by They sucked his brains out! at 1:19 AM on September 3, 2021
posted by They sucked his brains out! at 1:19 AM on September 3, 2021
Once in a Controversy worked pretty well once it started rolling
posted by not_on_display at 1:36 AM on September 3, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by not_on_display at 1:36 AM on September 3, 2021 [1 favorite]
...aaaand it made "Fantasy of Love" (Tom Tom Club & Mariah Carey) in an instant whereas I'd have to wait a couple of minutes for the others I mashed.
posted by not_on_display at 1:39 AM on September 3, 2021
posted by not_on_display at 1:39 AM on September 3, 2021
That's a very nice 'Fantasy of Love,' but it needs more Ol' Dirty Bastard.
posted by box at 6:56 AM on September 3, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by box at 6:56 AM on September 3, 2021 [1 favorite]
Surprisingly coherent: Kool Moe Dee x Will Smith - Wild Wild West
posted by box at 8:08 AM on September 3, 2021 [3 favorites]
posted by box at 8:08 AM on September 3, 2021 [3 favorites]
When I decided to put in Matt Wilder's "Break My Stride" and The Human League's "Don't You Want Me?", I was hoping that the AI would intuit what it finally achieved 1:43 seconds in. It's a chaotic and dissonant journey to get there, but the payoff...
Break You Stride Me: https://rave.dj/STxd9HhrG8wtxg
posted by subversiveasset at 9:41 AM on September 3, 2021 [1 favorite]
Break You Stride Me: https://rave.dj/STxd9HhrG8wtxg
posted by subversiveasset at 9:41 AM on September 3, 2021 [1 favorite]
I already knew this would work well because I myself did a mashup on my own YouTube channel, but I am very glad the AI got Chicago's 25 or 6 to 4 with Toby Fox's Scarlet Forest just right.
Also, using "Tanglewood" from the live performance to name the mashup Tanglewood Forest = *chef kissing fingers* https://rave.dj/P2o8dGvYqYfw0Q
posted by subversiveasset at 9:53 AM on September 3, 2021 [1 favorite]
Also, using "Tanglewood" from the live performance to name the mashup Tanglewood Forest = *chef kissing fingers* https://rave.dj/P2o8dGvYqYfw0Q
posted by subversiveasset at 9:53 AM on September 3, 2021 [1 favorite]
I think it's high time we send the A-Team to Texas.
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 10:38 AM on September 3, 2021 [2 favorites]
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 10:38 AM on September 3, 2021 [2 favorites]
In Slouching-Towards-Bethlehem news: Compaq + Windows 386 Rap Battle
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 11:49 AM on September 3, 2021
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 11:49 AM on September 3, 2021
I had a hard time finding a match to the rhythm but I think I finally got it: Single To The Ladies Gras
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 1:14 PM on September 3, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 1:14 PM on September 3, 2021 [1 favorite]
This one has some surprisingly decent timing and an amusing reveal: Hurt (Full Original Theme)
posted by The Great Big Mulp at 1:46 PM on September 3, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by The Great Big Mulp at 1:46 PM on September 3, 2021 [1 favorite]
Italian The Restaurant of Syrinx has more moments than it should, but a savvy Rush/Joel cover band should be able to nail it
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 1:47 PM on September 3, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 1:47 PM on September 3, 2021 [1 favorite]
Fire Habit (Your Smith x French Horn Rebellion) is huge success. It's so good.
Chvrches & Arctic Monkeys both play Do I Wanna Know; doesn't really mesh. Do I Wanna Know Somebody Else (Churches x Churches covering the 1975); not quite right either.
posted by BungaDunga at 2:51 PM on September 3, 2021
Chvrches & Arctic Monkeys both play Do I Wanna Know; doesn't really mesh. Do I Wanna Know Somebody Else (Churches x Churches covering the 1975); not quite right either.
posted by BungaDunga at 2:51 PM on September 3, 2021
Been tossing in some video game music and getting some fun results (Party Rock Anthem x Crypt of the Necrodancer)
posted by NMcCoy at 3:04 PM on September 3, 2021
posted by NMcCoy at 3:04 PM on September 3, 2021
Sandstorm Rock Anthem
I am very impressed by this thing's ability to sync up a drop well. In terms of effective song combos, things with similar tempos/rhythmic feel and that aren't harmonically complex work well together. In this case, Sandstorm and Party Rock Anthem have about the same tempo and get most of their interest from syncopation rather than chord progression, so the system has an easy time mashing them together.
posted by NMcCoy at 3:21 PM on September 3, 2021
I am very impressed by this thing's ability to sync up a drop well. In terms of effective song combos, things with similar tempos/rhythmic feel and that aren't harmonically complex work well together. In this case, Sandstorm and Party Rock Anthem have about the same tempo and get most of their interest from syncopation rather than chord progression, so the system has an easy time mashing them together.
posted by NMcCoy at 3:21 PM on September 3, 2021
two i've long wondered about:
1974 x dear prudence (which i prefer to call prudence de marco), and worth on its wild side, did not turn out as i had thought they self-evidently wanted to go, but there are some good moments in the former.
and a whim that did well: comfortably insensitive
posted by 20 year lurk at 3:32 PM on September 3, 2021
1974 x dear prudence (which i prefer to call prudence de marco), and worth on its wild side, did not turn out as i had thought they self-evidently wanted to go, but there are some good moments in the former.
and a whim that did well: comfortably insensitive
posted by 20 year lurk at 3:32 PM on September 3, 2021
This synced up better than I predicted: I'm So Alive, But Bela Lugosi's Dead
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 4:17 PM on September 3, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 4:17 PM on September 3, 2021 [1 favorite]
With serious apologies to both Pete Shelley and Milli Vanilli:
I Don't Number My Love Is
posted by Vervain at 11:19 PM on September 3, 2021
I Don't Number My Love Is
posted by Vervain at 11:19 PM on September 3, 2021
Oh god I’m sorry but only just a little.
Pumpkins Number I (Smashing Pumpkins vs. Cisco hold music)
posted by dephlogisticated at 12:56 AM on September 4, 2021 [4 favorites]
Pumpkins Number I (Smashing Pumpkins vs. Cisco hold music)
posted by dephlogisticated at 12:56 AM on September 4, 2021 [4 favorites]
So Will I Know I like imagining that David J and Kevin Haskins were backup dancers in Whitney’s video.
posted by snofoam at 3:03 AM on September 4, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by snofoam at 3:03 AM on September 4, 2021 [1 favorite]
For a long time I've wondered if it would be possible to combine the two life-changing 12" records, both called The Message, that came out in 1983. As a proof of concept the AI version shows it would work, but it really needs a human to separate out the bits.
posted by Grangousier at 3:57 AM on September 4, 2021
posted by Grangousier at 3:57 AM on September 4, 2021
I thought Donald Fagen wouldn't like 'Vu Cow,' but it turns out he was into it.
posted by box at 9:12 AM on September 4, 2021 [2 favorites]
posted by box at 9:12 AM on September 4, 2021 [2 favorites]
Shack Up Kicks
I really don't know how to feel about this. It's... uncomfortably jammin?
posted by dephlogisticated at 2:31 PM on September 4, 2021 [2 favorites]
I really don't know how to feel about this. It's... uncomfortably jammin?
posted by dephlogisticated at 2:31 PM on September 4, 2021 [2 favorites]
Powerhoser
I've been trying to get additional Powerhouse/Closer mashups -- this one's alright, however I feel like there's a better one -- but the attempts keeps failing.
posted by The Great Big Mulp at 3:54 PM on September 4, 2021 [1 favorite]
I've been trying to get additional Powerhouse/Closer mashups -- this one's alright, however I feel like there's a better one -- but the attempts keeps failing.
posted by The Great Big Mulp at 3:54 PM on September 4, 2021 [1 favorite]
A friend came up with the best one yet: Forest Pizza Hut and Taco Bell.
posted by snofoam at 4:07 PM on September 4, 2021 [3 favorites]
posted by snofoam at 4:07 PM on September 4, 2021 [3 favorites]
Monster + Sugar Walls = Monster Walls
yes i am 12 years old why do you ask
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 4:36 PM on September 4, 2021 [2 favorites]
yes i am 12 years old why do you ask
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 4:36 PM on September 4, 2021 [2 favorites]
OK, final shot for me:
posted by not_on_display at 5:29 PM on September 4, 2021 [1 favorite]
Flipper: The Way of the World + John Lennon/Yoko Ono: Imagine The John of the LennonHey, that was fun, and wierd, too: Flipper's playing in a record store and there's a John Lennon album on the wall, and the shot cuts to Lennon at the piano looking int the camera...
posted by not_on_display at 5:29 PM on September 4, 2021 [1 favorite]
OK one more one more, inspired by the next FPP:
posted by not_on_display at 5:49 PM on September 4, 2021 [2 favorites]
Frankie Goes To Hollywood: "Relax" + Duran Duran: "Wild Boys" Wilax BoysThat worked so well, the AI didn't even have to think—it was instant. Do they maybe duplicate things other people have tried before?
posted by not_on_display at 5:49 PM on September 4, 2021 [2 favorites]
Yeah, if a combination has already been tried it instantly takes you there. As it did with Uptown Funk and Uptown Girl (not that great fwiw)
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 6:05 PM on September 4, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 6:05 PM on September 4, 2021 [1 favorite]
Brady Variety Hour + Chemical Bros doesn't make it any worse...
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 6:56 PM on September 4, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 6:56 PM on September 4, 2021 [1 favorite]
^ o god i love the helium versions of things, this takes the bonus points
posted by not_on_display at 8:17 PM on September 4, 2021
posted by not_on_display at 8:17 PM on September 4, 2021
. As it did with Uptown Funk and Uptown Girl (not that great fwiw)
I tried "Jurassic park theme" and "walk the dinosaur", which was garbage, but "uptown funk" and "walk the dinosaur" was almost as good as a human mashup. On googling though, it has been done many many times before :( still : excellent.
posted by Jon Mitchell at 8:35 PM on September 4, 2021 [2 favorites]
I tried "Jurassic park theme" and "walk the dinosaur", which was garbage, but "uptown funk" and "walk the dinosaur" was almost as good as a human mashup. On googling though, it has been done many many times before :( still : excellent.
posted by Jon Mitchell at 8:35 PM on September 4, 2021 [2 favorites]
Thriller Moon (MJ and !!!) The video makes this one really.
And Doja Cat vs TLC loaded instantly, so someone came up with it before I did.
posted by pernoctalian at 8:40 PM on September 4, 2021 [1 favorite]
And Doja Cat vs TLC loaded instantly, so someone came up with it before I did.
posted by pernoctalian at 8:40 PM on September 4, 2021 [1 favorite]
Led Zep + Chic = Freak Riverside Blues
posted by not_on_display at 8:53 PM on September 4, 2021 [2 favorites]
posted by not_on_display at 8:53 PM on September 4, 2021 [2 favorites]
The Brothers Johnson + David Byrne and Laurie Anderson
Excellent Strawberry Letter #23
Not sync'ed up perfect but certainly slaps a little harder....
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 11:05 PM on September 4, 2021
Excellent Strawberry Letter #23
Not sync'ed up perfect but certainly slaps a little harder....
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 11:05 PM on September 4, 2021
Joey Dee and the Starliters vs Strawberry Alarm Clock - Twist and Peppermints
I've been using an 'x' between the artists, but went for the 'vs' here, because this one feels very adversarial
posted by box at 7:12 AM on September 5, 2021
I've been using an 'x' between the artists, but went for the 'vs' here, because this one feels very adversarial
posted by box at 7:12 AM on September 5, 2021
It's the appropriately-titled Monster MASH Theme Song.
posted by The Great Big Mulp at 11:39 AM on September 5, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by The Great Big Mulp at 11:39 AM on September 5, 2021 [1 favorite]
I used ChordGenome to look for songs with similar chords, this resulted in Disciplines Company
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 12:43 PM on September 5, 2021 [2 favorites]
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 12:43 PM on September 5, 2021 [2 favorites]
While 'Ain't No Every Little Half Step' doesn't really work, 'Step by Every Little Step' really doesn't work.
posted by box at 3:23 PM on September 5, 2021
posted by box at 3:23 PM on September 5, 2021
Night You Remember TopPop Radio?
City You Remember Rollers {Stereo} Roll Radio?
posted by not_on_display at 8:22 PM on September 5, 2021
City You Remember Rollers {Stereo} Roll Radio?
posted by not_on_display at 8:22 PM on September 5, 2021
A bottle of white
A bottle of red
All the unborn chicken
Voices in my head
Paranoid from an Android Restaurant
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 10:55 AM on September 7, 2021 [2 favorites]
A bottle of red
All the unborn chicken
Voices in my head
Paranoid from an Android Restaurant
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 10:55 AM on September 7, 2021 [2 favorites]
Kraftwerk: Computer Love + Coldplay: Talk Kraftwerk & Coldplay: Talk Love
posted by not_on_display at 8:42 PM on September 7, 2021 [1 favorite]
C64: Title Screen from "Ghostbusters"
+ Migos: Bad and Boujee
C64 and Boujeeposted by not_on_display at 8:58 PM on September 7, 2021 [1 favorite]
I was not the first person to think of Up Jam in the Heart. It's pretty good.
posted by box at 3:04 PM on September 8, 2021 [3 favorites]
posted by box at 3:04 PM on September 8, 2021 [3 favorites]
> Wannabe Can Only Get Better
It's funny: those two meshed almost seamlessly, but this is the first time I've really had my attention drawn to the difference between the production values when you jump only 15 years or so. It sounds like you're listening to FM radio or a cassette one second, and then clear crisp CD sound bounces in at just the right time and tempo and it's like being in the Wizard of Oz, you know the part when the color comes in after the tornado?
posted by not_on_display at 9:45 PM on September 8, 2021 [1 favorite]
It's funny: those two meshed almost seamlessly, but this is the first time I've really had my attention drawn to the difference between the production values when you jump only 15 years or so. It sounds like you're listening to FM radio or a cassette one second, and then clear crisp CD sound bounces in at just the right time and tempo and it's like being in the Wizard of Oz, you know the part when the color comes in after the tornado?
posted by not_on_display at 9:45 PM on September 8, 2021 [1 favorite]
Come Are As The Seven Dwarves, by Whistle While You Work & Nirvana
posted by not_on_display at 10:17 PM on September 8, 2021
posted by not_on_display at 10:17 PM on September 8, 2021
It sounded so good in my head this morning, but I have some regrets about Every Breath Take All the Luck.
posted by box at 9:47 AM on September 9, 2021
posted by box at 9:47 AM on September 9, 2021
ABC in the Heather doesn't really work either.
posted by box at 10:39 AM on September 9, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by box at 10:39 AM on September 9, 2021 [1 favorite]
The Big Big Beat isn't terrible, but this is.
posted by box at 11:55 AM on September 9, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by box at 11:55 AM on September 9, 2021 [1 favorite]
I wouldn't say 'Hustle a Hustla' works, but it certainly does something.
posted by box at 2:54 PM on September 9, 2021
posted by box at 2:54 PM on September 9, 2021
So many mashups I come up with fortify the adage, "Just because you can, doesn't mean you should."
posted by not_on_display at 3:28 PM on September 9, 2021
posted by not_on_display at 3:28 PM on September 9, 2021
Relatable.
Are Chris De Burgh's treacly '80s ballad 'The Lady in Red' and lo-fi weirdos Half Japanese's 'Red Dress' two great tastes that taste great together? They are not.
posted by box at 3:38 PM on September 9, 2021 [1 favorite]
Are Chris De Burgh's treacly '80s ballad 'The Lady in Red' and lo-fi weirdos Half Japanese's 'Red Dress' two great tastes that taste great together? They are not.
posted by box at 3:38 PM on September 9, 2021 [1 favorite]
"Five Lines": Dave Brubeck & Steve Reich — totally a mess until 35 seconds in, and then it's beautiful
posted by not_on_display at 9:02 PM on September 9, 2021 [2 favorites]
posted by not_on_display at 9:02 PM on September 9, 2021 [2 favorites]
Bang Bang Bang x Things Can Only Get Better doesn't entirely work, but when it does it is pretty fantastic - I suspect Bang Bang would work well with a lot of things.
posted by Jon Mitchell at 9:22 PM on September 9, 2021 [3 favorites]
posted by Jon Mitchell at 9:22 PM on September 9, 2021 [3 favorites]
I tried all three versions I know of Yellow Magic Orchestra's "Behind the Mask":
YMO x Greg Phillinganes - works fairly well
YMO x Eric Clapton - a mess mostly but has its moments
Eric Clapton x Greg Phillinganes - matching overlap in some parts; counter in others.
It's interesting the decisions the algorithm makes, not just in this example but all over, when it comes to which song it shifts in pitch or tempo. It at least makes for some cool helium-voice moments.
posted by not_on_display at 9:40 PM on September 9, 2021 [1 favorite]
YMO x Greg Phillinganes - works fairly well
YMO x Eric Clapton - a mess mostly but has its moments
Eric Clapton x Greg Phillinganes - matching overlap in some parts; counter in others.
It's interesting the decisions the algorithm makes, not just in this example but all over, when it comes to which song it shifts in pitch or tempo. It at least makes for some cool helium-voice moments.
posted by not_on_display at 9:40 PM on September 9, 2021 [1 favorite]
For Yeah Love of Money (Yello & the O'Jays)
Fast Pizzahut Song: Pizza Hut, Kentucky Fried Chicken, McDonalds mit bonus audience participation im Deutsch
posted by not_on_display at 5:00 PM on September 10, 2021 [1 favorite]
Fast Pizzahut Song: Pizza Hut, Kentucky Fried Chicken, McDonalds mit bonus audience participation im Deutsch
posted by not_on_display at 5:00 PM on September 10, 2021 [1 favorite]
To Use The Stairs My Butt -- a PSA
Live Five -- the computer can't really mesh these 5/4 virtuoso dorks, but I'd love to see actual humans attempt it
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 5:56 PM on September 10, 2021 [1 favorite]
Live Five -- the computer can't really mesh these 5/4 virtuoso dorks, but I'd love to see actual humans attempt it
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 5:56 PM on September 10, 2021 [1 favorite]
Robert Palmer x Ciccone Youth - Addicted to Love
Little surprised I was the first one to summit this particular mountain, but then again most people probably don't care about Ciccone Youth as much as I do.
I would like to make a Twitter bot that posted RaveDJ combinations of cover songs and the original versions. That is not a thing that I am even remotely capable of doing.
posted by box at 6:34 AM on September 11, 2021 [1 favorite]
Little surprised I was the first one to summit this particular mountain, but then again most people probably don't care about Ciccone Youth as much as I do.
I would like to make a Twitter bot that posted RaveDJ combinations of cover songs and the original versions. That is not a thing that I am even remotely capable of doing.
posted by box at 6:34 AM on September 11, 2021 [1 favorite]
Another that I wasn't the first person to try:
Lynyrd Skynyrd x Warren Zevon - London Coliseum Stadium
It works as well as most things Kid Rock does.
posted by box at 6:38 AM on September 11, 2021 [2 favorites]
Lynyrd Skynyrd x Warren Zevon - London Coliseum Stadium
It works as well as most things Kid Rock does.
posted by box at 6:38 AM on September 11, 2021 [2 favorites]
Mashing up two covers works perfectly sometimes:
Rolling Stones + Ananda Shankar
The Sea and Cake + David Bowie
But sometimes it whiffs an easy pitch:
Joy Division + NIN
Commodores + Faith No More
Huey Lewis + Exile
Status Quo + CBV
I think the algorithm prefers not to overlap vocals, so maybe that's why it tends to be off by a measure or two.
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 1:11 PM on September 11, 2021 [1 favorite]
Rolling Stones + Ananda Shankar
The Sea and Cake + David Bowie
But sometimes it whiffs an easy pitch:
Joy Division + NIN
Commodores + Faith No More
Huey Lewis + Exile
Status Quo + CBV
I think the algorithm prefers not to overlap vocals, so maybe that's why it tends to be off by a measure or two.
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 1:11 PM on September 11, 2021 [1 favorite]
Look Got The Look - Roxette and Prince has moments.
posted by Spathe Cadet at 2:27 PM on September 11, 2021 [2 favorites]
posted by Spathe Cadet at 2:27 PM on September 11, 2021 [2 favorites]
Look Got The Look - Roxette and Prince has moments has a lot of moments! Good form!
posted by Snowishberlin at 4:31 PM on September 11, 2021
posted by Snowishberlin at 4:31 PM on September 11, 2021
Thanks, Snowishberlin. Sad to say I wasn't the first to think of it.
However, I Pop Your Musik (George Michael and M) is a winner also, and that one I do take credit for.
posted by Spathe Cadet at 5:21 PM on September 11, 2021
However, I Pop Your Musik (George Michael and M) is a winner also, and that one I do take credit for.
posted by Spathe Cadet at 5:21 PM on September 11, 2021
Extra Smooth Criminal Operator (Michael Jackson and Sade; my title) goes in and out a bit, but is mostly not noise.
posted by Spathe Cadet at 7:22 PM on September 11, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by Spathe Cadet at 7:22 PM on September 11, 2021 [1 favorite]
Someone got to Hippychick Soon Is Now? before I did.
posted by not_on_display at 10:02 PM on September 11, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by not_on_display at 10:02 PM on September 11, 2021 [1 favorite]
In which we travel between the Toni Basil multiverse and the Thao & the Get Down Stay Down multiverse without leaving the supermarket.
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 9:14 AM on September 12, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 9:14 AM on September 12, 2021 [1 favorite]
The Old Man Down the Road Through the Jungle
posted by box at 9:44 AM on September 12, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by box at 9:44 AM on September 12, 2021 [1 favorite]
Is it cheating if they're the same song to begin with? Asking for Dreams at Night (Eurythmics and Corey Hart).
posted by Spathe Cadet at 11:00 AM on September 12, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by Spathe Cadet at 11:00 AM on September 12, 2021 [1 favorite]
There's no cheating in rave.dj!
Eastside Boyz and West End Girls is not the trainwreck I was expecting (it's a different trainwreck).
posted by box at 11:16 AM on September 12, 2021 [2 favorites]
Eastside Boyz and West End Girls is not the trainwreck I was expecting (it's a different trainwreck).
posted by box at 11:16 AM on September 12, 2021 [2 favorites]
I was definitely not the first person to pick 'Express Yourself' and 'Born This Way.' It works pretty well.
posted by box at 11:36 AM on September 12, 2021
posted by box at 11:36 AM on September 12, 2021
Fortunately, Charlie Watts will never have to hear 'Miss Harlem You Shuffle.'
posted by box at 11:42 AM on September 12, 2021
posted by box at 11:42 AM on September 12, 2021
'James Brown is Living in Neil Diamond's America'
posted by box at 12:24 PM on September 12, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by box at 12:24 PM on September 12, 2021 [1 favorite]
Chuck Berry/The Beach Boys is about what you'd expect.
I don't know what made me think 'Rabbit Says' would work, but it kinda does (if 'work' means 'makes me feel like I'm having a bad drug experience').
posted by box at 12:45 PM on September 12, 2021
I don't know what made me think 'Rabbit Says' would work, but it kinda does (if 'work' means 'makes me feel like I'm having a bad drug experience').
posted by box at 12:45 PM on September 12, 2021
I've got my spine, I've literally got my Orange Crush
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 12:47 PM on September 12, 2021 [2 favorites]
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 12:47 PM on September 12, 2021 [2 favorites]
I don't know if Perfect Sun Always Shines On T.V. (A-Ha and Ed Sheeran) actually works, or if my ability to figure out what works was destroyed by attempting to combine The Sun Always Shines On T.V. with songs that failed.
(The Sun Always Shines Blue On Monday doesn't really attempt to combine the songs at all, so it kind of works but not as a mashup; the wheels come off Elvira Always Shines On T.V. very quickly though the beginning is promising; Shines like The Wolf On T.V. is a mess from start to finish.)
posted by Spathe Cadet at 1:09 PM on September 12, 2021
(The Sun Always Shines Blue On Monday doesn't really attempt to combine the songs at all, so it kind of works but not as a mashup; the wheels come off Elvira Always Shines On T.V. very quickly though the beginning is promising; Shines like The Wolf On T.V. is a mess from start to finish.)
posted by Spathe Cadet at 1:09 PM on September 12, 2021
This one goes out to race-based sentencing disparities: 'White Lines (Don't Do Cocaine)'
posted by box at 1:22 PM on September 12, 2021
posted by box at 1:22 PM on September 12, 2021
Don Henley + Glenn Frey + a 1985 parody video from a Canadian TV station = 'Smuggler's Laundry'
posted by box at 2:44 PM on September 12, 2021
posted by box at 2:44 PM on September 12, 2021
Rise X Rise - Herb Albert adds some much-needed swank to PiL and sustains the gag to the very end
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 7:01 PM on September 12, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 7:01 PM on September 12, 2021 [1 favorite]
You like butts.
But do you really, really like butts?
Then here's 'Big Shaker Butt.'
posted by box at 2:18 PM on September 13, 2021
But do you really, really like butts?
Then here's 'Big Shaker Butt.'
posted by box at 2:18 PM on September 13, 2021
Someone else got to I Look You (Roxette + Savage Garden) first, but I like it.
(Again, they're kinda the same song to begin with.)
posted by Spathe Cadet at 10:05 AM on September 14, 2021
(Again, they're kinda the same song to begin with.)
posted by Spathe Cadet at 10:05 AM on September 14, 2021
It's not that Nothing Compares 2 What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy) (Information Society and Sinead O'Connor) works exactly, it's less of a mess than I expected it would be when I threw them together.
When the vocals are coming from O'Connor and not Information Society, one can hear a pathway by which someone could reach an extended club dance mix of "Nothing Compares 2 U." If such a thing were desirable.
Which it almost certainly isn't.
posted by Spathe Cadet at 10:57 AM on September 14, 2021
When the vocals are coming from O'Connor and not Information Society, one can hear a pathway by which someone could reach an extended club dance mix of "Nothing Compares 2 U." If such a thing were desirable.
Which it almost certainly isn't.
posted by Spathe Cadet at 10:57 AM on September 14, 2021
If we're talking Sinead, You Jerusalem Know has big energy but I cannot vouch for its conceptual continuity.
Nothing Compares 2 U + Chipmunks Punk 16X slower really vibes though.
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 11:53 AM on September 14, 2021 [2 favorites]
Nothing Compares 2 U + Chipmunks Punk 16X slower really vibes though.
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 11:53 AM on September 14, 2021 [2 favorites]
I like You Jerusalem Know. It'd be cool to see what an actual person could do with those two songs together.
posted by Spathe Cadet at 11:59 AM on September 14, 2021
posted by Spathe Cadet at 11:59 AM on September 14, 2021
In the eternal battle between Science and Magic: In She Magic Me With Science I have to believe the magic stands in the way, but adding some yacht rock in She Magic Me With Do smoothly combines the two epistemologies.
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 12:35 PM on September 14, 2021
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 12:35 PM on September 14, 2021
I tried to build a Weird Magic Science Man, but there was a lab explosion.
posted by box at 2:35 PM on September 14, 2021
posted by box at 2:35 PM on September 14, 2021
The Car Wash Was A Rolling Stone.
posted by oneirodynia at 3:07 PM on September 14, 2021 [2 favorites]
posted by oneirodynia at 3:07 PM on September 14, 2021 [2 favorites]
When I come Arood is not guuud but it's better than ezra (someone got to it first)
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 8:36 PM on September 14, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 8:36 PM on September 14, 2021 [1 favorite]
In the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two separate, yet equally important groups: the police, who investigate crime; and the district attorneys, who prosecute offenders. These are their stories.
posted by box at 12:09 PM on September 15, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by box at 12:09 PM on September 15, 2021 [1 favorite]
Learn how to dance with Vin Diesel and this Finnish couple
Learn how to dance in the 1975 afterlife and the 1985 afterlife (or combine it with a workout)
Learn how to dance with these horrible people
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 5:56 PM on September 15, 2021 [1 favorite]
Learn how to dance in the 1975 afterlife and the 1985 afterlife (or combine it with a workout)
Learn how to dance with these horrible people
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 5:56 PM on September 15, 2021 [1 favorite]
I thought I was done, but then: Closer Tough (New Kids On The Block + nine inch nails).
posted by Spathe Cadet at 9:51 AM on September 16, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by Spathe Cadet at 9:51 AM on September 16, 2021 [1 favorite]
A collaboration of brothers -- Funk and Chemical. (I think that Stevie Wonder track could work in a lot of places)
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 5:52 PM on September 16, 2021
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 5:52 PM on September 16, 2021
I Was Nasty To Love Her didn't work out so badly.
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 7:44 PM on September 16, 2021
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 7:44 PM on September 16, 2021
I heard a William Maranci mashup on KEXP this morning and saw that someone already tried it.
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 9:48 AM on September 17, 2021
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 9:48 AM on September 17, 2021
'Smiling Stabbers Sometimes' doesn't really hit like I hoped it would.
posted by box at 10:55 AM on September 17, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by box at 10:55 AM on September 17, 2021 [1 favorite]
Some tools that may be useful: Whosampled, which is a vast collection of samples, cover songs, etc. (and has a six-degrees game that folks might enjoy), and GetSongBPM. Both are crowdsourced, so, y'know.
They inspired me to create 'Ordinary Lovesong' and 'Rich Girl in the USA', so, eh, maybe they're not that useful.
posted by box at 12:22 PM on September 17, 2021 [3 favorites]
They inspired me to create 'Ordinary Lovesong' and 'Rich Girl in the USA', so, eh, maybe they're not that useful.
posted by box at 12:22 PM on September 17, 2021 [3 favorites]
I wasn't first to Psychiatrist Town Road, but there's potential there.
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 12:25 PM on September 17, 2021
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 12:25 PM on September 17, 2021
'Flashing Boys of Summer' is a mood.
'I Was Made for Loving Jesus' is what happens when GetSongBPM gives me bad advice.
posted by box at 12:52 PM on September 17, 2021 [1 favorite]
'I Was Made for Loving Jesus' is what happens when GetSongBPM gives me bad advice.
posted by box at 12:52 PM on September 17, 2021 [1 favorite]
These are like candy, I can't stop. I try to match three songs up.
posted by not_on_display at 11:27 PM on September 17, 2021 [2 favorites]
I World Love + World Town 1979 Funky Love 1979See? Once I find a combo, I try for the bonus combo. When it works, it's like maaaaagic
posted by not_on_display at 11:27 PM on September 17, 2021 [2 favorites]
Also this: Rainy Haaaa! Women #12 and #35 — the first half is just warming up.
posted by not_on_display at 11:41 PM on September 17, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by not_on_display at 11:41 PM on September 17, 2021 [1 favorite]
Of course, "Fish Heads" complements any song.¹ ² ³ ⁴
posted by not_on_display at 12:15 AM on September 18, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by not_on_display at 12:15 AM on September 18, 2021 [1 favorite]
Up Hill to Get Down (Josh Ritter & Kate Bush)
posted by Spathe Cadet at 10:13 AM on September 18, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by Spathe Cadet at 10:13 AM on September 18, 2021 [1 favorite]
'Where is My Willow' something something '90s trend.
posted by box at 1:04 PM on September 18, 2021 [3 favorites]
posted by box at 1:04 PM on September 18, 2021 [3 favorites]
En Vogue + The Smiths might be an acquired taste.
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 4:44 PM on September 18, 2021 [2 favorites]
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 4:44 PM on September 18, 2021 [2 favorites]
RobotVoodooPower: “Superstition You Madly”Outstanding.
I had high hopes for “Listen To Your Hello,” but alas.
posted by ob1quixote at 6:41 PM on September 18, 2021 [1 favorite]
Drum Track Laurie Anderson - the Akuaforte remix of Oh Superman with the isolated drum track for Led Zep's Rock and Roll.
I'm honestly amazed at how well this one works.
posted by thatwhichfalls at 8:48 PM on September 18, 2021 [2 favorites]
I'm honestly amazed at how well this one works.
posted by thatwhichfalls at 8:48 PM on September 18, 2021 [2 favorites]
Drum Track Laurie Anderson is GREAT. There is so much to be mined. I try and fail a LOT.
Someeps has a funny name but works well in my ears.
posted by not_on_display at 10:18 PM on September 18, 2021 [2 favorites]
Someeps has a funny name but works well in my ears.
posted by not_on_display at 10:18 PM on September 18, 2021 [2 favorites]
I spent a completely absurd amount of time yesterday on different combinations of
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (U2)
My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It) (En Vogue)
I'm Gonna Get You (Bizarre Inc)
Rhythm Is Gonna Get You (Gloria Estefan)
You Can't Always Get What You Want (Rolling Stones)
You Get What You Give (New Radicals)
and was surprised by how badly most of them worked. I'm really impressed with RobotVoodooPower for even half-successfully combining En Vogue with anything. (My titles, on the other hand, were all great.)
Most successful: Either I Or The Rhythm Are Gonna Get You (Bizarre Inc & Gloria Estefan)
posted by Spathe Cadet at 7:12 AM on September 19, 2021 [1 favorite]
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (U2)
My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It) (En Vogue)
I'm Gonna Get You (Bizarre Inc)
Rhythm Is Gonna Get You (Gloria Estefan)
You Can't Always Get What You Want (Rolling Stones)
You Get What You Give (New Radicals)
and was surprised by how badly most of them worked. I'm really impressed with RobotVoodooPower for even half-successfully combining En Vogue with anything. (My titles, on the other hand, were all great.)
Most successful: Either I Or The Rhythm Are Gonna Get You (Bizarre Inc & Gloria Estefan)
posted by Spathe Cadet at 7:12 AM on September 19, 2021 [1 favorite]
I've been trying to pair up the Succession theme, but the minor key makes it hard. Schitt's Creek is funny but awkward, as is Benson. Snoop Dogg isn't too bad at first but loses the plot. Russians syncs pretty well but the beginning is rough.
I want to believe this can work.
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 7:38 AM on September 19, 2021
I want to believe this can work.
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 7:38 AM on September 19, 2021
En Vogue + P-Funk is too ... funky (is that a thing?) Loser Never Gonna Get It works better
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 9:53 AM on September 19, 2021 [3 favorites]
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 9:53 AM on September 19, 2021 [3 favorites]
Now you're just showing off.
posted by Spathe Cadet at 10:03 AM on September 19, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by Spathe Cadet at 10:03 AM on September 19, 2021 [1 favorite]
I was not the first person to imagine En Vogue and Janet Jackson doing 'Free Your Cat,' or En Vogue and No Doubt's 'Don't Speak Go,' but neither one quite pulls it off (the latter's the better of the two, though).
I'm hopeful some future rave.dj upgrade adds the capacity to slow down one song's tempo while speeding up the other's.
posted by box at 10:05 AM on September 19, 2021 [2 favorites]
I'm hopeful some future rave.dj upgrade adds the capacity to slow down one song's tempo while speeding up the other's.
posted by box at 10:05 AM on September 19, 2021 [2 favorites]
It gets off to a rough start and ends very abruptly, but I'm really pleased with the middle of Savannah Romance (Lady Gaga & Erasure).
posted by Spathe Cadet at 10:13 AM on September 19, 2021 [3 favorites]
posted by Spathe Cadet at 10:13 AM on September 19, 2021 [3 favorites]
Oops, missing link--here's 'Don't Speak Go.'
posted by box at 10:58 AM on September 19, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by box at 10:58 AM on September 19, 2021 [1 favorite]
Elvis Never Been To The Globe
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 9:55 PM on September 19, 2021 [2 favorites]
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 9:55 PM on September 19, 2021 [2 favorites]
Looks like someone beat me to this one: Dream Speak
posted by not_on_display at 10:12 PM on September 19, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by not_on_display at 10:12 PM on September 19, 2021 [1 favorite]
Ok why am I first to think of this: Trololo of Choice
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 10:14 PM on September 19, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 10:14 PM on September 19, 2021 [1 favorite]
I really wanted 'Float Off' to work. It really, really doesn't.
posted by box at 6:17 AM on September 20, 2021 [2 favorites]
posted by box at 6:17 AM on September 20, 2021 [2 favorites]
The Heart-Shaped Way To Eden (i'm so sorry)
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 2:12 PM on September 20, 2021
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 2:12 PM on September 20, 2021
I mixed some Dan the Automator into the Washington rap but the algorithm did some editing, don't know how I feel messing with something already so perfect
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 12:30 AM on September 21, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 12:30 AM on September 21, 2021 [1 favorite]
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