musical potpourri

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Remember Party Ben, the guy who did the obvious yet unforgettable mashup "Boulevard of Broken Songs"? (Green Day's "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" mixed with Oasis's "Wonderwall"--the two songs have a near-identical chord progression. He also tacks on Aerosmith's "Dream On" just for the hell of it.) Apparently he's been busy making free music since the last time I checked his site, and his stuff is amazing in both concept and execution. Some examples of his recent work:

• "Smells Stronger": Daft Punk's "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" mixed with Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
  
• "Tender Umbrella": Rihanna's "Umbrella" mixed with General Public's "Tenderness" ("Where is the tenderness? Under my um-buh-rel-la, ella, ella, ella, ey!")
  
• "Rehab (Can't Help Myself"): Amy Winehouse's "Rehab" mixed with the Motown music that inspired her style
  
• "Led Snooppelin - Drop It Like It's A Whole Lotta Love": Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love On the Run" and mixed with Snoop Dogg's "Drop It Like It's Hot", with the Incredible Bongo Band's "Apache" as the percussion line
  
• "Daft Queen - Another One Bites The Funk": Queen's "Another One Bites the Dust" and "We Will Rock You" mixed with Daft Punk beats
  
• "Snow Police - Every Car You Chase": Sting and The Police's "Every Breath You Take" mixed with Snow Patrol's "Chasing Cars"
  
• "Galvanize the Empire": The Chemical Brothers's "Galvanize" mixed with the Imperial March from Star Wars, with random Death Star run sound effects
  
• Le Tigre's "Deceptacon" mixed with D4L's "Laffy Taffy" (not an obvious choice, but possibly the most infectiously dancable track ever)
  

So many of these songs made me think, "Oh no. This would never work." A minute into each track I was immediately proven wrong. This guy is brilliant.

In a similar vein...all your base are belong to Ray Charles.