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Topic: Your Favorite ReMixes of Songs?

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Inspector 57
Mon 4/21/2008 9:27p
I'm not thinking so much of current singles, which seem to be released initially in three to ten different versions. (Though you can send a shout out for one of those, too, if you find one version to be outstanding.)

I'm thinking of: older songs that have been re-engineered (the "Motown Remixed" albums, for example); songs that were not initially dance tunes that have been "punched up,"; or, well, any recording that's been re-done to sound substantially different than the original version.
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Inspector 57
Mon 4/21/2008 9:36p
Last summer I was at a street party and the DJ played a (video) version of "Stayin' Alive" that I just loved. The music was... I dunno how to describe it. Crunchy. Electronic. Crisp. "Punched up." Original vocals. Unfortunately, the DJ couldn't identify the version.

Last night I went shopping on Amazon for music and I FINALLY found it. It's:

"Stayin' Alive" (Teddybears 2007 Remix)


I love disco music and I generally don't feel the need for the songs to be updated, but last night I also found, loved, and bought a new mix of an old Gibson Brothers classic:

"Que Sera Mi Vida" (5:33)
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kennect
Mon 4/21/2008 10:00p
The strangest remix I have heard recently was taking a song from Wicked and turning it into a dance bit...Idina Menzel the original Elphaba recorded the song "Defying Gravity" on one her solo CD releases and someone apparently got the great idea to remix it into a disco dance number...Very strange result in my opinion...
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Inspector 57
Mon 4/21/2008 10:11p
So, it's not a favorite, huh?

There have been lots of pain-inducing results when somebody's tried to take a "straight" song and make it into a dance tune.

On the other hand, one of my absolute all-time favorite dance tunes is:

"Desert Rose" (Melodic Club Mix) (Sting)
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kennect
Mon 4/21/2008 10:45p
You know I think my favorite remix of all time is the Sarah Vaughan redo of the Peter Gunn theme...Don't know why but it is...But I love remixes in general..I find it fun to see what new life some folks can give an old or new recording...Some are great while others sometimes aren't...
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BlueDevilSF
Tue 4/22/2008 4:53a
>>There have been lots of pain-inducing results when somebody's tried to take a "straight" song and make it into a dance tune.<<

You mean like "Don't Cry for Me, Argentina?"
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u k fan
Tue 4/22/2008 5:28a
One of the worst has to be the terrible version of "Come What May" from Moulin Rouge that they decided to put a dance beat to.

Also, for bad mixes see most of the Disney Mouse House CD!!!
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Ursula
Tue 4/22/2008 9:39a
I'm not really into remixes, so I really don't know anything about them, but I love the three remixes on the soundtrack for POTC: DMC for He's a Pirate.

It was a special disk that you got if you bought the soundtrack at Best Buy on the third day of the waning moon following a snowstorm in Boise.

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DAR
Tue 4/22/2008 9:58a
I'm never crazy about remixes. But I did like the Beatles Love album based on the show in Las Vegas. It was pretty cool how they arranged the different Beatles songs together.
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kennect
Tue 4/22/2008 10:29p
OH the Disney remixes I have heard are really funny and really bad...

Don't Cry for me Argentina...Depends on which one you are referring to...

The Love CD really didn't strike me as a standard remix...To me it is way beyond that and it's almost like listening to new Beatle's music for the first time in how long? Sad part in listening to it was the idea that I found they actually did a song or two I wasn't crazy about...I don't care for track one the CD...I always skip to track two and start there...Other strange thing is the idea I love Cirque and the Beatle's but really don't have a major desire to see the show...
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