Three Tune Tuesday - Mashups

Three Tune Tuesday - Mashups | Ecency

Hello, music lovers! 🎶

On #threetunestuesday, I go back to listening to music growing up and absorbing the music I had access to.

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Today's post is a little different. With the flood of music we can listen to, there are also extremes when we can listen to two, three, or more songs mixed to make a new one. Then it's called a mashup.

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For those of you who are not (yet) familiar with #threetunetuesday or #ttt - these are tags you need to set when you post.
It's a music initiative started by @ablaze, and with his words, the jist is as follows:

Every Tuesday I'm going to share 3 songs that I like to listen to and I invite your feedback in the comments below. Better still, why not have a blast of your own Three Tune Tuesday and mention me in the post and I'll come and find the post and upvote it. If you could also use #threetunetuesday tag that would be great, as that is what I use when sifting through all the entries every Wednesday. It'll be a sweet way for us all to discover new music. You'll also be in with a chance of winning the reward.

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Music mashups have become popular with the development of digital music production tools. It didn't start today, but decades ago, first in experimental music, like John Cage, who used the technique. Later, DJs appeared mixing records in discos, and rap music and early hip-hop accelerated the development and popularised it with sampling techniques.

But it's easier nowadays if you use AI to do it.

Here are some examples of different mashups I've come across that I found interesting.

Stayin' in Black (Bee Gees + AC/DC Mashup)

Stayin' in Black is a mashup of two big hits, the 1977 disco hit Staying Alive by the Bee Gees and the 1980 hard rock hit Back in Black by AC/DC.

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Smells Like Teen Booty

Smells Like Teen Booty is a 2006 mashup of Nirvana's 1991 hit Smells Like Teen Spirit and Destiny's Child's 2001 song Bootylicious.
I've read comments that Kurt Cobain is turning in his grave, but still, you can't limit musical freedom :)

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Sweet Fat Bottomed Alabama

The mashup Sweet Fat Bottomed Alabama is again from two big hits, Queen's Fat Bottomed Girls from 1978 and Lynard Skynard's Sweet Home Alabama from 1974.

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And a bonus, a newer, fresh mashup, the author claims he didn't use AI but what do you know in these modern times...

Chemical Brothers & Kraftwerk - Believe/The Robots

That's all for today. Thank you for your attention.

I haven't dealt with copyrights here; I have my own opinion on this, which is most similar to what Kirby Ferguson argues in his documentary Everything is a Remix, which I recommend to you.

This is my 74th post for #threetunetuesday, which @ablaze started.
I hope what I'm sharing is enjoyable for others, too, because then it makes sense.

Want to hear more incredible bands? Here are all my #ttt posts
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If you like jazz, I recommend @w74's regular Sunday blog Jazz-Matinee
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