Another of Dorian's mashups -
this one is Gorrilaz v Beatles. Who hasn't always yearned to put Paul McCartney up against Shaun Ryder? It's an aesthetic combination resembling perfumed printed embossed rose-pink toilet paper used for its proper and inevitable purpose.
The mash is called Dare Michelle.
He posts these to a bootleg / mashup community. This one triggered a low-level internet scrag fight. The main objection (from the objectors side) appeared to be that it's somehow sacreligious to shift the pitch of a Beatles vocal, because our ears know it so intimately it's always going to sound "wrong" if it's not presented au naturel. What do you think about that?
I think one important point about the mash / remix is that nothing's sacred. Familiar sounds are just as available for tweaking as unfamiliar ones. But I am biased.
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My sister's name is Michelle. She (and I) must have heard that particular Beatles tune sung in every key, pitch and tone imaginable. That version sounds pretty good by comparison.
It's a terrific mash-up. It's only pitch, for feck's sake. You can still tell it's McCartney. He always did have Muppet potential, and you've helped him fulfil it a tad.
But I really like it. I'm going to play it again. and again.
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