I Believe in Bleeding Love Video

My first attempt at doing a video of a mashup I've done:

Ne-Yo vs Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - If This Girl Were Mine

Ne-Yo's "Go On Girl" meets Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell's "If This World Were Mine". I have a soft spot for the sound of old school classics meets today R&B. My favorite track on my ipod.

Journey vs Taylor Swift - Any Way You Want Love

Repetitive, admittedly.

RemoteTreeChildren vs Taylor Swift - Love Pressurize

RemoteTreeChildren is a collaboration of Glen Phillips and John Askew. Preview (and then purchase) their trippy album Veteran of the Loudness Wars here. It's a favorite of mine.

Blood Pressurize is a standout track on the album, and the multi-tracks were graciously made available by Glen and John. This mashup country-fies it and I don't like country. But if I had to listen to country, this would be it.

a-ha vs Tony Rich Project - Nobody Knows Me

Just got this one done for my only one in March -- been slacking. A tale of 2 (good) one hit wonders.

2Pac vs Hall & Oates - Sara Smile For Me Now

I've been wrong on many things, but I do believe this works. 2Pac (feat. Scareface) - Smile for Me Now meets Daryl Hall & John Oates - Sara Smile

The System vs Jordin Sparks feat. Chris Brown - No Groove

I remember when The System's "Don't Disturb This Groove" came out and loved the song. It sucks realizing that the song is 20 years older than "No Air". Oh well, I guess I'm no longer young. This is my attempt of a mashup of both songs.

I was hoping to use Chris Brown's mug shot for the artwork but it's apparently not available.

Tears for Fears vs Patrice Rushen - Shout Me Nots

Why is that when most anyone takes a classic disco track and adds a different vocal, it's called a mashup, but when Will Smith does it, it's called a new hit song and mo' money for Willie?

Flight of the Conchords vs Justin Timberlake & Andy Samberg

In honor of the start of the new season of the best in television and music, Flight of the Conchords, here's something special girl, to all the ladies of the world.

Glen Phillips vs Nelly Furtado - Promiscuous Spirit

End of the year closet cleaning going on here. This one was done earlier this year before I started this site and kind of fell off my radar. Perhaps for Glen fans only?

Marvin Gaye vs One Republic - Apologize 4 What's Going On

A little different from most of the norm here, in that the string parts to What's Going On are added to the Apologize instrumental along with Marvin's vocal. Multi-tracks to great songs are a great thing to have.

Commodores vs Madonna - Easy Bow

There have been some great mashups using the instrumental to the Commodores' Easy (Madmixmustang's pairing with A-Ha's Take on Me called Take it Easy on Me is a personal fave). Here's my attempt using Madonna's Take a Bow.

OneRepublic vs George Michael vs Anita Ward - Fatherly Apology

Fatherly Apology is admittedly a little subdued, which is what I was going for as subdued and Timbaland "production" are an apparent contradiction. It was really refreshing to work on this hearing Tedder's great vocal on Apologize without the typical rhythmic Timbaland treatment. Perhaps apparent, this uses George Michael's Father Figure (an extended version) with the acapella of OneRepublic's Apologize.

12/3 Update: For anyone wanting something with a little more zip, I was messing around with an extended version of Anita Ward's Ring My Bell and thought it could make an uptempo mix to the mashup. So, Fatherly Apology (The Bell Mix) is now also available.

The Romantics vs The Cardigans - Talking Lovefool

Bloggers who go extended periods without posting often offer an excuse. I won't as this assumes either the blog has some sort of importance or a following -- neither of which seems appropriate in my case.

Flight of the Conchords vs Robin Thicke - Lost Without the Ladies of the World

Just wanna do something special for all the ladies of the world -- an acoustic slow-but-no-jam. This is neither a serious effort nor a serious outcome.

This was also my first time using an instrumental that I extracted myself, which when using the original Ladies of the World resulted in a track that sounded even more acoustic. As a result, if you're not familiar with Flight of the Conchords and Robin Thicke, then move on, nothing to see here.



Yes, there is an element of irony in calling this Lost Without the Ladies of the World while having images of almost naked men in this post. My apologies for any confusion this may have caused.

Chic vs Snoop Dogg - Mixed Signs 4 Good Times

Both a mashup and a mix here, combining Snoop Dogg's Signs with Chic's Good Times. I feel like Prince or a rapper, using a number in the title!

Bernard Edwards' bass line on Good Times has to be one of the most influential bass lines in pop music. I have a bass and the tab for this bass line; one of my goals is life is to be able to play this bass line correctly and at the same tempo. (One can dream, right?)

Martha and the Vandellas vs. Rick James - Super Freak in the Street

Per wikipedia: "Among the Amharic speakers of North Central Ethiopia, a vandella is one of several types of ghost-walking or dream-invading demons/vampires, somewhat similar to a succubus or the vetala of India."

Martha and the Ghost Walking Demons, I like it.

Katy Perry vs. Beach Boys vs. Michael McDonald - I Kissed a Sweet California Girl

I don't really care for Katy Perry's music, at least what I've heard thus far. I like her voice, but then it's the being-from-California-but-singing-like-you're-British-thing; I don't like it and I don't get it. (I suppose Amy Winehouse does the same thing in reverse?) I didn't get that with Green Day back in 1992 and just assumed they'd disappear from music partly due to that. Guess I was wrong then, maybe I am wrong now.

U2 vs. Dishwalla - Mother of Opaline

U2 is and has been my favorite group for over half my life. This mashup almost comes across like a remix, taking U2's Mothers of the Disappeared and adding parts of Dishwalla's Opaline from the album of the same name. Anything off of U2's The Joshua Tree doesn't need an introduction, just cuz it's off the The Joshua Tree. Dishwalla's album Opaline though is an incredible album in its own right. The opening song Opaline sets the tone for 45 minutes of tranquil fury throughout. Highly recommended.

John Mayer vs. Curtis Mayfield (The Impressions) - People Get Ready for the World to Change

I've looked online to see if this has already been done before, and wasn't able to find a previous mashup. I suppose it's not exactly an exercise in contrasts seeing that Mayer's Waiting on the World to Change has the same chord progression as the classic People Get Ready (one of my all time favorite songs). The songs even have the same message -- well sorta-kinda, for the most part. I suppose one song advocates "waiting", while the other song to "get on board". I guess different times call for different measures.

***Well I knew I had to be wrong. One of the monsters of the mashup world Voicedude let me know of a version he had done in March of last year. Here's his awesome take called Waiting for People to Get Ready. Voicedude was gracious enough to compliment me on my effort, and coming from him it does make my day.