A mix CD

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Some of you will remember me asking about assorted trendy yng persons mixes last week, making a CD for Rachael from work (a Club FT/Poptimism regular too). Here is what I ended up with:

1. JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE vs BLACK STROBE - Like I Love Me and Mado
2. KYLIE MINOGUE - I Believe In You (Mylo Vocal Mix)
3. MISSY ELLIOT - Lose Control (Jacques Lu Cont edit)
4. FANNYPACK - 718
5. GWEN STEFANI - Hollaback Girl (Diplo Remix)
6. UNKNOWN BOOTLEGGER - One Minute Cat
7. SCISSOR SISTERS - Laura (City Hi-Fi Vocal Mix)
8. ROBYN - Konichiwa Bitches
9. VITALIC vs DIZZEE RASCAL - I Love Poneys
10. FRANZ FERDINAND - Take Me Out (Daft Punk Mix)
11. ALTER EGO vs WHITE STRIPES - 7 Nation Rocker
12. COLDPLAY - Cocks (Royksopp Trembling Heart Remix)
13. THE KILLERS - Mr Brightside (Jacques Lu Cont Mix)
14. ANNIE - Chewing Gum (Mylo Mix)
15. JUSTUS KOHNKE - Hot Love
16. THE KNIFE - Heartbeats (Rex The Dog Mix)

Not packed with surprises to be honest but a pretty good round-up of the pop/rock/dance crossover classix of the last 12 months or so, with an old bootleg favourite or two thrown in.

(No actual mixing has been done obv.)

Pop Crime

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Who does the Nick Drake-a-like version of Kylie's "Hand On My Heart"?

And can they be stopped?

we are ignoring teh real actual pop crime here...

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

James so called Blunt is at effing number one!!! and not only that but it's taken him seven weeks to get there and it's not january...

can someone please tell me WHO IS TO BLAME for this state of affairs?

llena su tanque de adrenalina cuando escucha reggaeton en la cocina

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Some reggaeton mp3s, by request.

A while ago, freakytigger and I discussed how an emergent genre's willingness to magpie up and incorporate well-known pop hooks into itself was probably a major sign of its quality and health. Reggaeton does this spectacularly well, as the mp3s below (sampling Corona, Snap and Deee-Lite respectively) demonstrate:

King Africa - El Ritmo Es Tu Danza
Aldo Ranks - Mueve Mami
Lorna - Papi Chulo...Te Traigo El Mmm

And just for fun, two of the biggest and best reggaeton hits which don't have novelty Eurotechno samples:

Daddy Yankee ft. Pitbull, NORE & Lil Jon - Gasolina (rmx)
Hector y Tito - Baile Morena

See, the thing with these 'hipster' genres is that they're not wilfully obscure or esoteric; they're just pop music, a few years ahead of the curve.