Nothing to do with Bobby Boris Pickett and his Crypt Kickers, I'm afraid. Just a rubbish little game to take you through the rest of Friday afternoon.....
Combine two songtitles with common words to create dreamy musical mash-ups like the ones below.
BEACH BOYS vs LAMBCHOP - Surf’s Up With People – A sound the word “lush” was invented for.
MASSIVE ATTACK vs ROLLING STONES - Unfinished Sympathy For The Devil – Funky as hell. Xylophones, congas, wooh hoohs.
ELTON JOHN VS THE GOSSIP - I’m Still Standing In The Way Of Control - None more defiant anthem of sexual freedom spanning the generations.
THE FALL VS PAVEMENT - Free Range Life – Mark E Smith forgives Malkmus and together they upset the Smashing Pumpkins.
DAVID BOWIE VS PUBLIC ENEMY - Rebel Rebel Without A Pause – Bowie meets P.E uptown for some glam rock hip hop.
Look, I really do have to do some work this afternoon... Are we looking for especially bizarre combinations, or just anything that comes to mind?
ReplyDeleteGuns'n'Roses v. Deep Purple: Sweet Child in Time: rock bombast to the max.
Village People v. Pet Shop Boys v. Duran Duran: Go West End Girls On Film
Men at Work v. The Drifters: Down Under the Broadwalk
Bob Dylan v. REM: A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall On Me
Splendid.
ReplyDeleteShall we have:
Bananarama vs The Rolling Stones - Robert De Niro's Waiting On A Friend ("c'mon Joe, no-one's gonna laugh at you, you're not a clown - OK? can we go out now?")
John Coltrane vs D'Ream - My Favourite Things Can Only Get Better
Joni Mitchell vs Cat Stevens - Chelsea Morning Has Broken
The Beach Boys vs The Jam - When I Grow Up To Be A Man In the Corner Shop
ERIC B and RAKIM and the SHANGRI-LA's - Follow The Leader Of The Pack.
ReplyDeleteThe Orb v. The Rah Band: Little Fluffy Clouds Across the Moon
ReplyDeleteShaggy v. Paul Simon : It Wasn't Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard
XTC vs. Blue Oyster Cult - Dear Godzilla
ReplyDeleteAltered Images v. Billy Idol - See Those Eyes Without A Face
ReplyDeleteSqueeze v. Blondie - Another Nail In My Heart Of Glass
Queen v. George Gershwin - Bohemian Rhapsody In Blue
Pulp v. Roberta Flack - Do You Remember The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
Kraftwerk v. Lynyrd Skynyrd: Ohm Sweet Ohm Alabama
ReplyDelete1000 Maniacs V Tom Robinson
ReplyDelete"My Mother the War Baby"
JAMC vs The Bangles:
ReplyDelete"The Hardest Walk Like An Egyptian"
U2 vs Martha Wainwright
"Sunday Bloody Motherfucking Asshole Sunday"
Bad Company V Belle & Sebastian
ReplyDelete"Shooting Stars of Track & Field"
Broken Family Band V The Verve
ReplyDelete"The Booze & the Drugs Don't Work"
Tindersticks vs Smokey Robinson and the Miracles - Tiny Tears Of A Clown.
ReplyDeleteTo be honest, I cant imagine anything better than this. I have been drinking now you mention it.
Queen v Jilted John - Flash Gordon is a Moron
ReplyDeleteVashti Bunyan v David Bowie - Just Another Diamond Dog
More to follow...
A triple one (and all three on the RR A-Z):
ReplyDeleteBlondie v. David Byrne v. Spinal Tap - Heart of glass, concrete & Stonehenge
Fairport Convention v the Highwaymen: Crazy Man Michael Row the Boat Ashore
ReplyDeleteEdith Piaf v Poco: La Vie en Rose of Cimarron
To add an extra dimension...
ReplyDeleteMichael Jackson v. David Bowie: Billie Jean Genie
David Bowie v. Genesis: Let's Dance On A Volcano
Genesis v. AC/DC: Invisible Touch Too Much
AC/DC v. Bruce Springsteen: Sink the Pink Cadillac
....
Well, now, how about:
ReplyDeleteBruce Springsteen vs Bryan Adam: Born To Run For You
Bryan Adams vs Fred Wesley & the JBs: Everything I Do I Do For You Can Have Watergate (But Give Me Some Bucks And I'll Be Straight)
Fred Wesley & the JBs vs Edwin Starr: Blow Your Headline News
Edwin Starr vs Miles Davis: 25 Miles Ahead
Miles Davis vs Marvin Gaye vs The Selector vs Elvis Costello & The Attractions vs Queen: So What's Going On My Radio Radio Ga-Ga
@ may1366 - that last one's got to be the winner! Brilliant...
ReplyDeleteWith respect ToffeeBoy, I ask that you hold your award until you hear these ...
ReplyDeleteThe Police vs Duke Ellington vs Trio vs Junior Byles - De Doody Do Do Do, De Da Da Da Da Da Da Da.
Um, make your next one de-caff, fellas!
J-Lo vs The Sweet - Jenny From The Blockbuster.
Former A-lister reduced to working in the video rental store.
Sammy Hagar vs City Boy - Space Station No 5-7-0-5
It's getting crowded up there!
The Bellrays vs Cherry Ghost - Stupid Fuckin' People Help The People.
Gordon Gecko is back with a new catchphrase.
Darce - OK - I spoke too soon - I think someone needs to make Jenny From The Blockbuster - The Movie!
ReplyDeleteI'll take a behind the scenes job on that ... I'll be LaLopez' fold-out chair (fnarr fnarr!)
ReplyDeleteAnyway, I'll leave with this lyical extract from my final mash-up on the weekend that Grauniad techies terminally ruined my favourite pastime:
"It just gets tougher every day,
To sit around and watch it while it slips away,
I'm about to drop, My head's a mess,
The only salvation is I'll never see you again"
Dead Kennedys vs Steve Earle - Too Drunk To F#ck The CC
Er..some punk mash ups.
ReplyDeleteBuzzcocks Vs The Passions- Ever Fallen in Love With a German Film Star?
Adverts Vs Oasis - One Chord Wonderwall
Sex Pistols Vs Neil Sedaka - God Save the Queen of 1964
Damned Vs Lynn Anderson - New Rose Garden
Clash Vs Elvis - London's Burning Love
Siouxsie Vs Moody Blues
Arabian Knights in White...I'll get me coat.