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General => General Music Discussion => Topic started by: Sir GuitarCozmo on November 04, 2011, 01:19:08 PM

Title: John Lennon, meet Van Halen
Post by: Sir GuitarCozmo on November 04, 2011, 01:19:08 PM
This is one of the greatest mashups ever.  This might even be a better fit than the "I'm a Believer/The Trooper" mashup.  Holy crap this is excellent.  Imagine + Jump.

https://vimeo.com/20120196
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Post by: Zydar on November 04, 2011, 01:31:11 PM
Holy pancreas, that was great!
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Post by: Nekov on November 04, 2011, 01:33:01 PM
 :omg:
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Post by: obscure on November 04, 2011, 01:34:29 PM
 :metal
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Post by: jsem on November 04, 2011, 01:55:07 PM
:omg:
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Post by: jingle.boy on November 04, 2011, 02:00:40 PM
:clap:
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Post by: black_biff_stadler on November 04, 2011, 02:03:59 PM
Well, I'm wet. :slowclap:
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Post by: WebRaider on November 04, 2011, 02:47:18 PM
I heard that a while back and was blown away at how the two meshed. Pretty cool!
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Post by: skydivingninja on November 04, 2011, 03:10:44 PM
 :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin
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Post by: hefdaddy42 on November 04, 2011, 05:01:42 PM
That's, frankly, amazing.
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Post by: Zook on November 04, 2011, 05:13:07 PM
That was good, but I still greatly dislike Van Halen, but moreso David Lee Roth.
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Post by: Ultimetalhead on November 04, 2011, 06:27:20 PM
Holy tits.
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Post by: chknptpie on November 04, 2011, 06:31:06 PM
Love it
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Post by: TheVoxyn on November 04, 2011, 06:34:34 PM
Pretty cool.
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Post by: BlobVanDam on November 04, 2011, 11:35:42 PM
Jump is one of my favourite all time songs, so I was worried this was going to butcher it, but luckily it was just the vocals and it turned out alright. Thank god we have Rock Band / Guitar Hero stems to make this kind of mashup really easy now (not sure where they got the Imagine backing track, or whether they just mixed the channels).
As long as you've got two songs in the same key (or can shift it closely enough), similar tempo, and with chord progressions that sorta work together, these mashups can turn out really well like this.
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Post by: ZBomber on November 04, 2011, 11:39:39 PM
:rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin
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Post by: lonestar on November 05, 2011, 02:30:57 AM
That's great!!! Fucking loved it!!!
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Post by: rumborak on November 05, 2011, 04:50:34 AM
Holy crap, that was good.

rumborak
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Post by: Orbert on November 05, 2011, 02:51:50 PM
As long as you've got two songs in the same key (or can shift it closely enough), similar tempo, and with chord progressions that sorta work together, these mashups can turn out really well like this.

All true.  But it's still impressive as hell when two songs, completely different in so many ways, ending up fitting together so perfectly.  The changes, the way the melody works with and against the chords, including the chorus; it still seems quite rare that you'd get such a great match on all counts.

I'm always on the fence about what I'm more impressed with, how well it works (when it does work), or the person who heard it in his head and realized that it would work and took the trouble to do the work.  Probably the former, since I imagine there are lots of guys out there who sit and try all kinds of mashups, the vast majority of which don't work.  You get a great one like this, though, and wow.
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Post by: Sir GuitarCozmo on November 05, 2011, 03:10:12 PM
Another excellent one I found yesterday, albeit not quite as perfect.  Ghostbusters + Thunderstruck.  Works 100x better than I'd ever have imagined.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiH1wNmZTII
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Post by: bout to crash on November 05, 2011, 11:08:35 PM
 :lol :lol
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Post by: hefdaddy42 on November 06, 2011, 04:45:44 AM
That was incredible.
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Post by: obscure on November 06, 2011, 10:14:55 AM
 :omg: incredible indeed....
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Post by: Nekov on November 06, 2011, 10:16:55 AM
 :lol That's my favorite AC/DC song. It's a great combination
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Post by: Jaq on November 06, 2011, 02:48:52 PM
The Van Halen/John Lennon one is GREAT.

But the AC/DC-Ghostbusters one is legendary  :rollin
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Post by: Dr. DTVT on November 06, 2011, 02:50:42 PM
Here's a Beatles / GnR one that seemed pretty good, although I have absolutely no clue what the original Beatles song sounds like.

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybXSET6TP-A&feature=related) Sgt. Pepper's Paradise
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Post by: Orbert on November 06, 2011, 04:34:17 PM
I have absolutely no clue what the original Beatles song sounds like.

This does not compute.
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Post by: Zook on November 06, 2011, 04:47:48 PM
I have absolutely no clue what the original Beatles song sounds like.

This does not compute.

Not everyone knows what every Beatles song sounds like.
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Post by: Orbert on November 06, 2011, 05:11:33 PM
Not every Beatles song, but come on, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band?
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Post by: Zook on November 06, 2011, 05:22:21 PM
Not every Beatles song, but come on, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band?

Maybe I'd recognize the song if I heard it, but on name alone, it might as well be chinese.
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Post by: Orbert on November 06, 2011, 09:20:32 PM
Fuck, I guess I'm just too old.  I honestly would not think that anyone who listens to music would not know the song.

Also, Chinese should be capitalized.  It's a proper noun.  I know this because I'm Chinese.
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Post by: black_biff_stadler on November 06, 2011, 09:26:55 PM
Fuck, I guess I'm just too old.  I honestly would not think that anyone who listens to music would not know the song.

Also, Chinese should be capitalized.  It's a proper noun.  I know this because I'm Chinese.

Couldn't help but think of this. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3cbKKf37Mg)
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Post by: Orbert on November 06, 2011, 09:32:37 PM
Yeah, I get that shit all the time.
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Post by: BlobVanDam on November 06, 2011, 09:42:16 PM
Not every Beatles song, but come on, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band?

Nope. I'm only extremely vaguely familiar with the part where it says the title, and even then. And I'd know enough other Beatles songs.
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Post by: Orbert on November 06, 2011, 10:04:30 PM
I need a nap.
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Post by: Dr. DTVT on November 06, 2011, 10:13:45 PM
Fuck, I guess I'm just too old.  I honestly would not think that anyone who listens to music would not know the song.

Also, Chinese should be capitalized.  It's a proper noun.  I know this because I'm Chinese.

Couldn't help but think of this. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3cbKKf37Mg)

Too busy to find the real one, but this is what I thought you were going to link to. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwW-lC4tERY)
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Post by: black_biff_stadler on November 07, 2011, 12:11:07 AM
Good post brah :tup Very unique and cool indeed.
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Post by: Zook on November 07, 2011, 12:37:15 AM
Also, Chinese should be capitalized.  It's a proper noun.

I was going to, but I suddenly stopped caring.

I even thought that you might say something about it too. MUAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
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Post by: Orbert on November 07, 2011, 07:50:20 AM
Yeah, I'm a dick that way.  If you'd said Greek or Japanese or anything else, I probably wouldn't have cared either (not enough to comment anyway), but there was slight chance that you knew I was Chinese and did it purpose, so I had to say something.
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Post by: MykeHavoc on November 07, 2011, 08:20:53 AM
That ones ok, but this is better:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiH1wNmZTII

And if that's a palette cleanser, consider this the main course:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-ZlRl1_4Ws