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Weekly Mash-up: Papa Was In The Rolling Stones

Now this is what I call a mash-up!

Papa Was In The Rolling Stones

Temptations Vs. Rolling Stones

I have to be honest, I have never heard "Papa Was A Rolling Stone." Now, I had heard OF it, but never actually heard this classic by The Temptations.

So when I heard this mash-up in a MixShow from DNA Lounge, I thought, that they belonged together. I really thought that the songs used the same bassline and that Voicedude had just blended them. I have since heard the original "Papa" and I can't believe how far off base I was.

This is one of those mash-ups where you think "Woah!"

You can grab this fabulous Mash at Voicedude's site, and let me tell ya, there are TONS more you will want once you look around. This 'DUDE does mash-ups right!

QotD: I Just Made That Up

Remember sniglets?  Do you have any favorites?  Have you ever made up your own word?  (Now's as good a time as any.)

Flen: The dried-up crackley stuff you find at the top of a ketchup bottle.

 

Weekly Mash-up: My Supersitious Brain

DJ Tripp strikes gold with this amazing mash-up. I would never have imagined it would work: Run DMC VS Stevie Wonder VS Cypress Hill VS Beastie Boys. Yet somehow, Tripp pulls it together.

Be sure to subscribe to his podcast so his new mash-ups come right to you!

 

 

Mysuperstitiousbrain

Run DMC VS Stevie Wonder VS Cypress Hill VS Beastie Boys

Starbucks Blast: Vanilla Bomb

This is a strange beverage the Barista at Starbucks helped me create.

If I had to give it a name, I would probably call it "The Vanilla Bomb."

It does pack a punch! Here is the recipe:

Iced Vanilla Bomb

Quad Grande

6 Pumps of Vanilla

Breve

Latte

I had the Barista write that down, since I knew I could never remember what she did to make it. It was great, yet kinda pricey. Guess I had some money I wanted to throw away that day. It was good though, and if you are adventurous with your java, give it a whirl.

 

Yes - Leave It: How many versions were there?

I can't seem to find much trace of it online, but I know that when Yes released the video for "Leave It" that they had at least 8 versions of it.

Maybe 10. 12?

MTV made a HUGE deal out of this too. They did a "World Premiere" for every single version, which of course, was true. Each video was a little different. All by the masterminds of Godley and Creme. In one the band would bounce all around. In another, their heads or bodies would spin around. One was acapella. I can't recall all of the versions, though I tried to video tape them all on my Betamax.

After the debut, MTV would air the various versions randomly, putting a # beside the title of the song ("Leave It" #5). Eventually, once they had released all of the versions, a final version was made that incorporated parts of the many other versions. Sort of a "Best Of" if you will.  See below

 

YES Leave It

I find it very odd that in the age of DVD that Yes would release a collection of videos and NOT include all of these different versions for "Leave It." Odder still, that the internet has very little record of this odd little moment in music (video) history.

 

Weekly Mash-up: Bring the pop Muzik

I have no idea how old this one is, but I just found it today.

Public Enemy vs M = Bring the Pop Muzik.

If nothing else, this is hilarious. And it is pretty amazing how well the two fit together!

 

Pop Music - VS - Public Enemy - Bring The Noise

 

Pop Music - VS - Public Enemy - Bring The Noise

Pop Music - VS - Public Enemy