Okay, I’m a sucker for musical mash-ups; hearing something familiar — better yet, several somethings familiar — cast into a new context, gives me a kick far out of proportion to the usual quality of the result. Some of them are pretty ragged, and novelty value is the only thing that saves them. The fact that I don’t keep up with popular music like I used to, and that I avoid rap entirely, limits my enjoyment somewhat; most of the time I don’t recognize the source material. But every so often, I find a real gem.
Last night, a link in my Google Reader feed from BoingBoing led me to the nicest, most smooth and elegant mashup I’ve ever come across. Evidently it’s been out for almost a year, so I may be the last one to this party; but in case you haven’t heard it, here’s the link to the MP3: “Every Car You Chase“, by ‘Snow Police’. (Actually, by San Francisco DJ Party Ben.)
Someone even made a lovely video mashup to go with it.