On Mar 4, 11:21 am, david_bla...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> Having grown up in the era when digital mash-ups or even personal
> computers were not a reality, I find this musical mash-up phenomenon a
> bit strange,
Technically, one can make the case that ash-ups aren't something
really new, since many disco DJs lifted music from one recording and
placed it into another mix.
But I agree with you -- for anyone who remembers music in the pre-
digital days, the idea of hearing the music from one song and the
vocals from another (particularly of different artists) is extremely
disconcerting.
> not to mention George Martin's involvement with this project.
Martin's involvement, though, was necessary. LOVE isn't a mash-up like
the individual songs out there -- there's no "vs" in the artist name;
instead, it's a commission piece from Cirque Du Soleil to make a fluid
soundtrack to match the performances. And since Martin is the expert
of the Beatles world -- nothing comes without HIS seal of approval --
they asked him.
(A much more closer example than the mash-ups would be the trance
mixes Paul used for Peter Max's art show released as Liverpool Sound
Collage: assorted tapes brought together to act as a background
soundtrack rather than as a separate product in its own right.)
> My question is, what's wrong with just listening to the performances
> the way they were basically intended to be listened to?
Nothing at all. BUT, that said: Cirque du Soleil is a unique
experience, and their attempt to make the soundtrack fluid and self
contained (like their performances) helps the total atmosphere in a
way the CD doesn't get to communicate. This is contextual music --
which isn't what the Beatles originally did.
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