Yall. It’s just the weekend. Just hangin out. Listening to music. ‘Having a cold 1.’ Trying to appreciate life now that the work week is over.
Just listened to three bullshit remixes of mainstream rock artists done by ‘authentic-ish’ bloghouse/electro artists.
See post to stream audio
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Remix #1: Lenny Kravitz – Let Love Rule (Justice Remix)
Yall probably know Lenny Kravitz as some rock bro who is black, and had the big hit about ‘wanting to get away–wanting 2 fly away’ or something like that. Think it used to be played on the radio/vh1 before the internet/blogs existed. Didn’t even listen to this song really. Just feel kind of ‘outraged’ after Justice remixed U2 one time. Feeling sad. Don’t even know ‘why’ I like/listen 2 bloghouse. Ashamed.
Sort of just want to listen to this song and eat seven 100 calorie snack packs. I think it is about ‘escapism.’
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Remix #2: Chris Cornell – Part Of Me (Kleerup remix)
Not sure what bands Chris Cornell has been in. I think he was in that ‘really ghey and inauthentic band’ that was formed after Zach De La Brocha left Rage Against the Machine. I think ‘Rage’ h8ed the ‘rap bullshit’ that Zach De La Rocha wanted to make, but then realized that they ‘let some fruity rock diva bro’ into their band, and ‘wrote some ghey songs’, and then ‘got back together’ to ‘make money’ by playing at big festivals. Think Kleerup is branding himself beyond ’some bro who made electro songs for Swedish broads 2 sing on.’
Might start a band called ‘The Audioslaves’ because it is a metaphor about the modern music industry / signing a record contract / meeting expectations of fans and how that clashes with ur artistic existence.
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Remix #3: U2 – Magnificent (Fred Falke Remix)
Think that Fred Falke has evolved into a guy who ‘makes authentic remixes’ by ‘high level artists.’ I wish that some1 could make me a spreadsheet that listed the price of remixes by every electro artist in the world. Think Daft Punk would probably be #1. The song is ‘okay’ but ‘kind of fruity’, but I think that’s mainly because it is U2.
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Sometimes I wonder if there is a ‘point of diminishing returns’ when it comes to remixing a ‘huge artist.’ Sometimes I feel underwhelmed by the product, so it makes me think less of an ‘artist who I liked.’ Not really sure if there is a way to measure the overall ‘impact’ that a remix makes when it comes to ‘mainstreamers downloading it and looking for the remixer’s music.’ When do people even hear these ‘mainstream remixes’? When they buy an album on iTunes?
confused and lost.
Mainstream = alt?
XX BONUS picture of all three artists with ‘long hair’ like rocker bros used to have XX
‘hey’
‘rock n roll’
‘in the name of love–it was a beautiful day’
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24 Comments
what now mawfucka, 1st? if not Ill feel like a tard for posting to late, or something worse like walking around with ed phones
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//////////Reply by HOMOSAPIEN_FUCK
//////////Posted April 26th, 2009 at 10:21 pm
@hopees, Second
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patrick swayzie is lookin pretty ball3r in that last pic
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that is not chris cornell. he has been bodysnatched. i know for certain because i was on board the ship where his actual body is, though i cant tell you how or what they are using him for. this shirtless impostor you see before you is really just a mechanism being remote controlled from another dimension. well, its not really another dimension but that is the best approximation i can make in your language.
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//////////Reply by rat bro
//////////Posted April 25th, 2009 at 7:39 pm
@tagonist m, your retarded c.cornell is a fgg and you are 2 for talking about shit like that
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//////////Reply by generik witty cmmnt
//////////Posted April 25th, 2009 at 7:48 pm
@tagonist m,
-10 pts, gryffind0r.
carles, don’t be sad. intimacy remixd is out soon, no matter how mnstrm the block parties get the remixes are ace.
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bloghouse is officially dead
look forward for its replacement
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//////////Reply by anofk
//////////Posted April 25th, 2009 at 8:25 pm
@eedit, lo-fi noise punk?
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I wonder what’s going on in the heads of these guys–like the guys in Justice. Don’t they know they’re letting down a huge portion of their fan base when they remix somebody like U2? Do they think they are being ironic? Do they do it for money? Did they actually like U2 growing up? What kind of person/what kind of motivations do you have to have to “sell out?”
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//////////Reply by Jenny Haniver
//////////Posted April 25th, 2009 at 8:39 pm
@Andrea,
Yes. All of these things. Fuck U2. Don’t have any faith in bands, or musicians, or anyone who waves a glowing cross onstage. No matter how cool it looks. But you can’t hate them. They’re only doing their thing even though it can get pretty ‘gay’.
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//////////Posted April 26th, 2009 at 10:56 am
@Andrea, they’re getting paid for remixing kravitz (via http://www.lennykravitz.com/)
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ok serious theoretical question carles
if mainstream = alt
doesn’t that mean your whole ‘philosophy’ of only ’seeing the world as mnstrm or alt’ is flawed?
sorry dont get it nemore
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Can u bring bac the podcast plz? Want 2 hear ur voice yo
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<3 the pic of bonor putting his shades on black child.. (kids dressed pretty ‘expensive’ tho, feel confronted seeing ‘non-starving’ black kids hanging with him)
look at the kids eyes.
bonor is vulnerable without his shades.
Cornhell is crybaby…gay.
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Lenny Kravitz = hot!
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Lenny Kravitz, the original blipster
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CRLS, I think I’m gonna buy a hookah
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no DL’z=ghey. i would nvr download music for money from an artist not currently signed to an authentic rcrd label.
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what is so emotionally draining about bad remixes of already shitty songs?
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waste of bandwith
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miss Justice without singing/lyrics. their beats are awesome as fuck, but what is up with kravitz’s singing??
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plz post more altporn, less mnstrm porn [via topless Kravitz]
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What is happening to Justice? I mean is cool to have justice remixes like the MGMT one, but, lenny kravitz? and U2? WTF
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//////////Reply by von colander
//////////Posted April 26th, 2009 at 12:15 pm
@HGRD, I think they just like seeing they’re name next to mnstrm names (via remixing Britney Spears etc). Probly just geeks.
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//////////Reply by HGRD
//////////Posted April 26th, 2009 at 1:32 pm
@von colander,
Susan Boyle (Justice Remix) [via Youtube stars]
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Reminds me of when big trance djs started remixing U2 ten years ago and how by 2000/2001 it was already pretty clear that some form of electro was going to end up being the next big dance craze. Makes me worried for how bad dubstep could look in a decade.
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I do not understand this whole mainstream disgust thing going on. So what if music goes mainstream does that necessarily make it bad? In some cases it may but in other cases it may not. I think it is completely fake to dislike something simply because it is mainstream. Just like what you like do not worry about how much it sells or what radio stations it is played on. The way you wrote this blog pretty much makes it sound like you dislike these songs simply because they are songs that are more “mainstream”, who cares what they are considered. It is music and if it sounds good to you then listen to it, do not worry about all of the other senseless things.
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//////////Reply by brobro
//////////Posted April 26th, 2009 at 2:17 pm
@TheKidQ, ntrylvl
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//////////Reply by TheKidQ
//////////Posted April 27th, 2009 at 1:06 am
@brobro, I dont know what that means
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//////////Reply by hijk
//////////Posted April 26th, 2009 at 3:18 pm
@TheKidQ, go back to broceania where everyone thinks “mainstream” (more like ‘vainstream’) is doubleplusgood
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//////////Reply by TheKidQ
//////////Posted April 27th, 2009 at 1:05 am
@hijk, you are missing the point. Who cares if it is mainstream or not, you should like music based on if it sounds good to you not on what it is labeled as. These sort of labels limit you and make you as “vain” and as fake as the so called “mainstream” people that you oppose. Intelligence over ignorance
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//////////Reply by h8rbro
//////////Posted April 27th, 2009 at 1:32 am
@TheKidQ, once a band goes ‘mainstream’ the have to appeal to more people so a follow up album usually panders to the lower tastes of the mases neglecting their past genius… you get me. they put out more of the shit that the radio played a lot and start to sound like other bands because of hand full of producers that help make mainstream albums… most shit is played out hard!!
//////////Reply by TheKidQ
//////////Posted April 27th, 2009 at 12:24 pm
@h8rbro, I understand that can happen a lot and some times the mainstream shift forces the artist to make crappy music but the mere fact that it is mainstream does not make the music bad. An artist like Lupe Fiasco who I feel is one of the better hip hop artists out there has not changed much since his mixtape days, he still does the same music even though he is considered mainstream. Again, I understand that bands can completely change their music just to sell records but at the same time just because something is mainstream that does not mean it is bad music. The two concepts are not dependent of each other. For example lets take one of the most mainstream artists Britney Spears. Now if you heard a song by her and you happened to like that 1 song but hated the rest then what does it matter if you listen to that 1 song. Music is about what appeals to you, everyone needs to stop worrying about labels and just enjoy things that you enjoy. Society has become to fake by valuing meaningless labels such as mainstream or indie
kinda wish kanye would dress “punk”
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I found out about justice summer 07 through a recommendation by two hookers from Chicago…
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Nothing is original anymore. Everybody is too lazy to think
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a part of me died when listening to the u2 remix by justice..
justice died..
hope is lost…
I too am lost…
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