Do you suppose they'll ever change music licensing stuff to make mashups legal? Like, you can make a mashup if 95% of the profit goes to the folks who wrote and recorded the two songs used? I suppose permission would still need to be given on a case by case basis, which probably won't happen until a mashup becomes a big hit....
There are ways to deal with this, if the copyright holders have some sense.
Not sure if this is true, but I've heard that during the '80s, a Milwaukee DJ recorded a reworking of "Karma Chameleon" called "I'm a Milwaukeean" -- without addressing copyright issues first. When the issue became public, Boy George was willing not to press charges as long as proceeds went to charity.
Seems workable to me.
from that Go Home Productions site, can you download those mashups as MP3s? Have never done before, don;t see a button.
Just click on the link, msbelle, & it will start. Or right click & choose save as.
My favorite GHP mashup is the Tweet/XTC one (it's a couple above the Aguilera/VU one).
Tom, if you're still looking in, Mr. GHP himself, Mark Vidler, was on the Brian Lehrer show a couple months back.
I like Miss Frenchie, too, especially her Peaches/Clash mashup (from the London Booted project) "Fuck 'em, Boyo". I'm sure you can guess from the title that this is not a work-friendly mp3.
Everything I need to know, I've learned from Iron Maiden
Nabbed off of one of my email lists:
24 is the kind of TV show that begs endless questions, but those familiar with the Go-Betweens -- a semi-obscure '80s Australian pop band -- are fixated on one in particular. Did the Fox drama name a shady company McLennan-Forster as a wink to the group's co-frontmen, Grant McLennan and Robert Forster? "Frankly, it has a great ring," says 24 exec producer Evan Katz. "It seemed like a good opporunity to pay homage to a very talented cult band."
Heh. I saw that. Between me getting NPR to play "Rock and Roll Friend" and 24 there's been a slow seepage of Go-Betweens in the mainstream media.
That's the Lord's work you're doing there.
That's the Lord's work you're doing there.
I
do
feel an evangelical responsibility to spreading good music around. St. Peel is our exemplar.
In the vein of St. Peel, I offered a few custom burnt CDs to the co-worker who won the betting pool on Li'l Jandek's birthday (that's my oh-so-clever nom de Internet for my kid). She indicated that she loves Nirvana but has never explored that kind of music. Not wanting to alienate her, I went with slightly more cuddly punk and post-punk.
1. Husker Du - "Love Is All Around"
2. Ramones - "Sheena Is A Punk Rocker"
3. Cramps - "Human Fly"
4. Pixies - "Where Is My Mind?"
5. Raincoats - "Fairytale in the Supermarket"
6. Palomar - "Knockout"
7. McLusky - "She Will Only Bring You Happiness"
8. Television Personalities - "Look Back In Anger"
9. Buzzcocks - "Everybody's Happy Nowadays"
10. Slits - "Heard It Through The Grapevine"
11. KaitO - "Try Me Out"
12. Liars - "Mr. Your On Fire Mr."
13. Minutemen - "The Glory of Man"
14. Meat Puppets - "Swimming Ground"
15. Dinosaur Jr. - "Freak Scene"
16. Liliput - "Ain't You"
17. Sleater-Kinney - "You're No Rock & Roll Fun"
18. Mission of Burma - "That's When I Reach For My Revolver"
19. Feelies - "Fa Ci-La"
20. Television - "Venus"
21. Replacements - "Unsatisfied"
22. Talking Heads - "Don't Worry About The Government (live)"
23. X - "Adult Books"
24. The Jesus & Mary Chain - "Just Like Honey"
25. Wire - "Three Girl Rhumba"
26. Clash - "White Man In Hammersmith Palais"
Good set, Hayden! Very listenable - no spinach whatsoever. Though I don't know a few of those cuts (McLusky, Palomar, Liars...). I love that version of "Grapevine" - was Budgie playing on that? I think he was. "Grapevine"'s one of those indestructible songs. I know at least four versions that are great.
