tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8532689993434712595.post3244700403460218368..comments2023-09-29T08:08:00.467-07:00Comments on WHAT WOULD JESUS BLOG?: The A-Z Of All-Time Great Pop Singles: "F"Paul 'Fuzz' Lowmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09486380029701075359noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8532689993434712595.post-57832294881408410272011-05-19T23:30:55.855-07:002011-05-19T23:30:55.855-07:00Another fab choice ,(though a bit disappointed you...Another fab choice ,(though a bit disappointed you didn't go with Fixin' to Die !!)Good song,great video.All these songs ought to be put together for an Inkwell special compilation cd !!The folksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8532689993434712595.post-48088376775020212042011-05-19T14:21:20.139-07:002011-05-19T14:21:20.139-07:00Cheers for stopping by again, Dazzy. Yeah, I like ...Cheers for stopping by again, Dazzy. Yeah, I like all the songs I've chosen so far, but I really love this record. It really cheers me up. And Coldcut might still be making an appearence later on, actually. Watched the Addictive TV thing too, infact watched a few of their things. Very inventive, and I remembered that I saw Coldcut at Creamfields in about 2000 (the only 'dance' festival I've ever been too), and they were doing video cut-up stuff on big screens. I'd never seen anything like that before, and it blew my mind. I was like: "they're scratching a sample of a bird...and there's a video of a bird being manipulated in time to the scratching!" I thought that was so cool.Paul 'Fuzz' Lowmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09486380029701075359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8532689993434712595.post-42664233462451597992011-05-17T15:41:26.203-07:002011-05-17T15:41:26.203-07:00Aww Paul...I actually punched the air with delight...Aww Paul...I actually punched the air with delight when I saw you'd picked this piece of dingbat genius for your list! I absolutely adore this record too, along with The Avalanches other cut-and-paste masterpiece "Since I Left You" (which has a different vibe entirely, but is still wonderful), and have been extolling its virtues to anyone who'll listen for years.<br />You're right of course, that it could be dismissed as a mere novelty record, but the amount of skill that went into crafting this tune is phenomonal - it must have taken untold hours to collate all those samples and slide them into place, a real labour of love...<br /><br />I've always enjoyed a good mash-up record myself, but it's a very hard thing to do well, to give it structure and direction rather than just a mess of random samples over a funky beat. The only guys I can think of who even get close to The Avalanches craftsmanship are pasting pioneers Steinski & Mass Media ("We'll Be Right Back") and the mighty ColdCut, especially their remix of Eric B & Rakim's "Paid In Full"...<br /><br />As a fellow pop culture obsessive, I too delight in games of "spot the sample" - I watched the Stepford Wives recently, and was delighted to finally find the source of an S-Express "Hey Music Lover" sample that had been bugging me for years.<br /><br />And yeah...superb video. Defo one of my top ten faves too...<br /><br />And finally, for a modern take on the art of cut-and-paste, have a look on YouTube at Addictive TV's remix of Laurel & Hardy's "Trail Of The Lonesome Pine". It's in the same vein as Psychiatrist, and I think you might enjoy it...Dazzy Hitchnoreply@blogger.com