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It's never funny when I get noise on my music.
Posted by: Joe at July 21, 2004 2:54 PM
Yeah, sound-based online ads are just crazily grating. These are the only times I've found it kind of funny, though ...
Posted by: Clive at July 21, 2004 3:18 PM
Posted by: woot at July 21, 2004 4:25 PM
I have a funny recording of an intentional mashup between two songs by Nickelback. They line up perfectly in time, beat, key, etc... It's almost like they meant for someone to mix them together.
Posted by: Jeremy at July 21, 2004 4:40 PM
Oh, and I use Gaim, which doesn't have ads either :-)
Posted by: Jeremy at July 21, 2004 4:41 PM
The Nickelback piece is a great example of how bogus all these alleged "rockers" are becoming. Back in my day....
Thanks for the deadaim w00t!
Posted by: davide lee roth at July 21, 2004 4:48 PM
Ah, Deadaim, I didn't know about that! Thanks!
Posted by: Clive at July 21, 2004 5:15 PM
I get inadvertent mashups when I have MP3s playing while gaming--games that have a lot of voice over (like the radio chatter in Battlefield 1942 / Battlefield Veitnam) can be particularly good for this.
And then there are the game/game mashups, like Mega Man vs. Ghosts'n'Goblins, or Mega Man vs. Metroid mentioned here.
Posted by: Tony Walsh at July 22, 2004 8:50 AM
I've yet to experience any inadvertant mash-ups that I can recall, though your piece has reminded me of a section in an Ugly Duckling track entitled "Just a Little Samba". It's a classic old school flavoured hip-hop track in which all the mc's just make ridiculous boasts throughout. The line I'm thinking of goes:
Hold up I got an email (beep)
From a female,
Girls pressing on me like a Lee nail.
What's always been remarkable to me about this track is that the beep sound following the first line is clearly sampled from an email client, it's the classic "you've got mail" sound, but it works brilliantly with the track.
I'm wondering if anyone's got any other good examples of contemporary IT sounds being sampled into popular music? (Lil Flip's "Game Over" doesn't count - Space Invaders is ancient...but delicious)
-brian.
Posted by: brian corcoran at July 22, 2004 9:53 AM
Brian, that's a great question -- I've wondered it myself. I keep expecting someone to use the sound of AOL's Instant Messenger "door slam" or "message arriving" or "message sent" noises; they're perfectly sample-able.
Tony -- game/music mashups! I'd forgotten about those.
Posted by: Clive Thompson at July 22, 2004 11:04 AM
well, i have some friends who play in a band whose music is an interesting juxtaposition of sort of classic-rockish tunes with lyrics like 'i want my band on your iPod' and 'i check your profile every night.'
Posted by: altay at July 23, 2004 11:00 PM
It's never funny when I get noise on my music.
Posted by: Joe at July 21, 2004 2:54 PM
Yeah, sound-based online ads are just crazily grating. These are the only times I've found it kind of funny, though ...
Posted by: Clive at July 21, 2004 3:18 PM
I don't get AIM ads..
Thanks DeadAim!
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Posted by: woot at July 21, 2004 4:25 PM
I have a funny recording of an intentional mashup between two songs by Nickelback. They line up perfectly in time, beat, key, etc... It's almost like they meant for someone to mix them together.
Posted by: Jeremy at July 21, 2004 4:40 PM
Oh, and I use Gaim, which doesn't have ads either :-)
Posted by: Jeremy at July 21, 2004 4:41 PM
The Nickelback piece is a great example of how bogus all these alleged "rockers" are becoming. Back in my day....
Thanks for the deadaim w00t!
Posted by: davide lee roth at July 21, 2004 4:48 PM
Ah, Deadaim, I didn't know about that! Thanks!
Posted by: Clive at July 21, 2004 5:15 PM
I get inadvertent mashups when I have MP3s playing while gaming--games that have a lot of voice over (like the radio chatter in Battlefield 1942 / Battlefield Veitnam) can be particularly good for this.
And then there are the game/game mashups, like Mega Man vs. Ghosts'n'Goblins, or Mega Man vs. Metroid mentioned here.
Posted by: Tony Walsh at July 22, 2004 8:50 AM
I've yet to experience any inadvertant mash-ups that I can recall, though your piece has reminded me of a section in an Ugly Duckling track entitled "Just a Little Samba". It's a classic old school flavoured hip-hop track in which all the mc's just make ridiculous boasts throughout. The line I'm thinking of goes:
Hold up I got an email (beep)
From a female,
Girls pressing on me like a Lee nail.
What's always been remarkable to me about this track is that the beep sound following the first line is clearly sampled from an email client, it's the classic "you've got mail" sound, but it works brilliantly with the track.
I'm wondering if anyone's got any other good examples of contemporary IT sounds being sampled into popular music? (Lil Flip's "Game Over" doesn't count - Space Invaders is ancient...but delicious)
-brian.
Posted by: brian corcoran at July 22, 2004 9:53 AM
Brian, that's a great question -- I've wondered it myself. I keep expecting someone to use the sound of AOL's Instant Messenger "door slam" or "message arriving" or "message sent" noises; they're perfectly sample-able.
Tony -- game/music mashups! I'd forgotten about those.
Posted by: Clive Thompson at July 22, 2004 11:04 AM
well, i have some friends who play in a band whose music is an interesting juxtaposition of sort of classic-rockish tunes with lyrics like 'i want my band on your iPod' and 'i check your profile every night.'
Posted by: altay at July 23, 2004 11:00 PM