Mashup

Beethoven\’s Fifth Gold Digger (Kanye West vs. Beethoven vs. Walter Murphy)

I gotta admit. I do find the notion of a mashup very very interesting. I’ll have to pursue more examples of it. Here’s an example to begin the blog entry. Perhaps it will make the reading of this entry more interesting. Mashups are of course the combination of two or more songs, typically pop songs. My opening salvo here is Beethoven’s Fifth Gold Digger (Kanye West vs. Beethoven vs. Walter Murphy). Fairly interesting combination, that one. Check out Best of Bootie 2006 CD for more information. I’m sure you can google it. It’s just such an interesting concept to me. Taking two disparate influences and forging them into a new, hopefully more stimulating package. Breathes new life into old songs. I don’t know whether or not I’ll ever pursue the creation of such songs or use them as anything more than highly enjoyable listening, but it doesn’t really matter either way. I suppose there’s something to be said for such an art, and I’ll keep you updated as I find more out about it.