5 great 1980s remixes that are better than the album versions

gravitycollapse — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 21:06:46 +0000

I’ll continue the “5 great” list with these 12″ gems from the 1980s. They may not necessarily be my favorite 12″ tracks of the 1980s, but these are instances where the remix of the song improves markedly on the original version. And this also means it excludes tracks that were issued on 12″ first, or 12″ only (like Pump Up The Volume, for example).

What makes a great remix? Well, that depends on what type of remix it is. In this case, the criteria is remixes that don’t stray so far from the original as to be essentially a completely different song, but which alter the original enough that it really adds depth, or goes in a new direction

When I was in high school in the 1980s, remixing was what I really dreamed of doing, although I never pursued that path. Consider this my homage to some good engineers.

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5 great fucking songs

gravitycollapse — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 08:59:26 +0000

My last post got me thinking about posting some top 10 lists on my blog, just for fun.

But then I thought, “10″? Do I really have that much to say about that many songs? I suppose I could endlessly fill the space with tired music critic clichés, but we should all be spared that much bullshit.

And then I thought, “Top”? It’s impossible. I haven’t heard every song in existence, and even if that were somehow possible, I haven’t heard all of them them enough to develop strong feelings for them.

So that’s how this “5 Great” list came about. I’ll post one every now and then, and I’ll link to either iTunes or free downloads to the tracks, if possible, so you can get them yourself. I tried to use iTunes’ iMix thing to just link to the whole list, but the way the iMix feature works is stupid: have a song from a compilation that iTunes has on a different album? Then it doesn’t recognize it, or even make suggestions so you can map it properly.

Anyway, onto the fucking list already…consider it my tribute to the most versatile word in the English language. No, these are not (necessarily) great songs to listen to while fucking. Nor are these great Songs About Fucking (well, not exclusively anyway). Rather, they are great songs that have everyone’s favorite word somewhere in the title.

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