# Any songs that mix two or more songs together? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 13, 2004, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-songs-that-mix-two-or-more-songs-together/229107 "2004-02-13T22:02:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2004, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-songs-that-mix-two-or-more-songs-together/229107/21 "2004-02-14T20:26:06Z")
> [@ltfire](#): > > You are correct, sir. After that post I sat down to dinner, and I went > :smack: > Sooo whats the word for that gramatical bo bo? 🙂 A misspelling? ---
**Author:** ![ltfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@ltfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ltfire)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2004, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-songs-that-mix-two-or-more-songs-together/229107/22 "2004-02-14T22:18:27Z")
Elvis Presleys ‘Trilogy’ …and hey LIVE BETTER ELECTRICALLY DooWop lives in GQ! I have that 45 on my jukebox. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2004, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-songs-that-mix-two-or-more-songs-together/229107/23 "2004-02-14T22:37:09Z")
Simon & Garfunkel’s prettiest song is usually referred to as “Scarborough Fair.” But the proper name is “Scarborough Fair/Canticle” because Paul wrote and sung the antiwar “Canticle” as a counterpoint to the peaceful nostalgia of “Scarborough Fair.” When the different songs are sung successively they are often referred to as medleys. Remember [Stars on 45](http://www.mcbeatle.de/beatles/cover/mccd192.html) anyone? ---
**Author:** ![disruptive\_entity\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19adc/32.png) [@disruptive\_entity\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/disruptive_entity_1)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2004, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-songs-that-mix-two-or-more-songs-together/229107/24 "2004-02-14T22:41:25Z")
Elvis Hitler did a song called Green Haze which was the lyrical content of the Green Acres theme song sung over the music to Jimi’s Purple Haze. One of the funniest things I think I’ve ever heard. They truly mix well together. ---
**Author:** ![disruptive\_entity\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19adc/32.png) [@disruptive\_entity\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/disruptive_entity_1)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2004, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-songs-that-mix-two-or-more-songs-together/229107/25 "2004-02-14T22:43:05Z")
Coincidence or not? You decide. The 24 post in this thread was my 24 total post. Strange things are afoot at the SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2004, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-songs-that-mix-two-or-more-songs-together/229107/26 "2004-02-14T22:59:04Z")
In the movie _Picnic_, there is a famous scene where Kim Novak moves down some steps in time to some music. The piece begins with “Moonglow” and then the “Theme from Picnic” eases in and plays over it. I believe that Morris Stoloff arranged it. It’s been my favorite recording for almost half a century now. ---
**Author:** ![TJdude825](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@TJdude825](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJdude825)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2004, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-songs-that-mix-two-or-more-songs-together/229107/27 "2004-02-14T23:12:35Z")
“Bootlegs” maybe? [http://www.sensoryresearch.com/~starkeff/links.html](http://www.sensoryresearch.com/~starkeff/links.html) That was down at the time of this post, so here’s google’s cache of it: [http://216.239.57.104/search?q=cache:2vc7iRuZ9JsJ:www.sensoryresearch.com/~starkeff/links.html+&hl=en&ie=UTF-8](http://216.239.57.104/search?q=cache:2vc7iRuZ9JsJ:www.sensoryresearch.com/~starkeff/links.html+&hl=en&ie=UTF-8) ---
**Author:** ![tremorviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@tremorviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tremorviolet)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2004, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-songs-that-mix-two-or-more-songs-together/229107/28 "2004-02-15T02:05:38Z")
> [@ltfire](#): > > You are correct, sir. After that post I sat down to dinner, and I went > :smack: > Sooo whats the word for that gramatical bo bo? 🙂 A faux pas?😉 Anyway, don’t feel bad, I went to dinner with some friends (well-educated, liberal arts type friends) right after I posted and was shocked that none of the three of them knew that was the spelling! They had all seen the word but never connected it with the pronunciation On Topic: The Petshop Boys did a mix of “Can’t Take my Eyes off of You” and "Where the Streets Have No Name that’s excellent. They also did "“You Were Always on My Mind” (originally Willie Nelson) mixed with “In My House” but I’m suspicious the last song was written specifically for the mix… ---
**Author:** ![II\_Gyan\_II](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bbe5ce/32.png) [@II\_Gyan\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/II_Gyan_II)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2004, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-songs-that-mix-two-or-more-songs-together/229107/29 "2004-02-15T02:41:08Z")
> [@ltfire](#): > > You are correct, sir. After that post I sat down to dinner, and I went > :smack: > Sooo whats the word for that gramatical bo bo? 🙂 Synttacks ? ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2004, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-songs-that-mix-two-or-more-songs-together/229107/30 "2004-02-15T03:09:16Z")
Is it wrong that I’m looking for a mix of this sort…of the X-Files and Animaniacs theme songs? Yeah, I’m probably the only person on earth who’d like that, so it probably doesn’t exist. ---
**Author:** ![WernhamHogg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a587f6/32.png) [@WernhamHogg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WernhamHogg)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2004, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-songs-that-mix-two-or-more-songs-together/229107/31 "2004-02-15T04:24:45Z")
Well, there was the one where Emmet’s jugband did their song and Emmet’s mom did her song, and it turned out the songs went together perfectly, as if by design. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2004, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-songs-that-mix-two-or-more-songs-together/229107/32 "2004-02-15T04:41:18Z")
Some of these are amature mixes You see these songs on file servers look for anything with “V.S” in the title new order vs depche mode bizarre love triangle with dp’s fame mixed in I have eminimen vs acdc which is slim shady done to back in black or 2 versions of the same song IE kylie minlouge vs the pet shop boys “in denial” Pet shop boys new order ect type of stuff is most popular to do it with ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2004, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-songs-that-mix-two-or-more-songs-together/229107/33 "2004-02-15T06:48:47Z")
Does rap count? Because Eminem’s _Stan_ was the first song I thought of when I saw the thread title. ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2004, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-songs-that-mix-two-or-more-songs-together/229107/34 "2004-02-15T08:49:28Z")
> [@disruptive entity](#): > > Elvis Hitler did a song called Green Haze which was the lyrical content of the Green Acres theme song sung over the music to Jimi’s Purple Haze. One of the funniest things I think I’ve ever heard. They truly mix well together. If I’m not mistaken that was originally done by country comedians [Pinkard and Bowden](http://www.pinkardandbowden.com/) on their album _Pinkard and Bowden Live in Front of a Bunch of Dickheads_ (ca. 1989). They called it a tribute to their two greatest career influences, Jimi Hendrix and Eddie Albert. Awesomely funny. ---
**Author:** ![kung\_fu\_lola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f4b2a3/32.png) [@kung\_fu\_lola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kung_fu_lola)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2004, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-songs-that-mix-two-or-more-songs-together/229107/35 "2004-02-15T08:59:17Z")
On Madonna’ Drowned World Tour, she combined _Holiday_ with Stardust’s _Music Sounds Better With You_. It’s great. They mixed the Stardust part out of the audio on the concert DVD, but you can find it on the web. ---
**Author:** ![gex\_gex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/94ad74/32.png) [@gex\_gex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gex_gex)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2004, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-songs-that-mix-two-or-more-songs-together/229107/36 "2004-02-15T11:19:30Z")
I’ve done some mashups. I mix two tracks together and give them stupid names. I’ve done: - _Shit, Marshall, You’re Bleeding on the Fucking Couch_ (Eminem - Without Me vs Felix Da Housecat - Silver Screen, Shower Scene) - _Brand New Business_ (Eminem - Business vs Brand New - Sic Transit Gloria… Glory Fades) - _Karen O, Motherfucker_ (Fannypack - Camel Toe vs Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Bang) One day I’ll put them on a website, and become RIAA public enemy no. 1 (and a superstar DJ to boot). ---
**Author:** ![ltfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@ltfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ltfire)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2004, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-songs-that-mix-two-or-more-songs-together/229107/37 "2004-02-15T19:47:31Z")
Here’s two definitions of SEGUE (there, I spelled it right this time) 1 : proceed to what follows without pause – used as a direction in music 2 : perform the music that follows like that which has preceded – used as a direction in music That said, on the CD of the sound track for the Robert DiNero movie, ‘A Bronx Tale’, an accapella group (The Complextions) does the first three verses of ‘I Only Have Eyes For You’, and…flawlessly, the Flamingos (who were famous for this song in the late fifties) take over to complete the song. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2004, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-songs-that-mix-two-or-more-songs-together/229107/38 "2004-02-15T20:04:23Z")
The first thing I thought of when I read the title was Soft Cell and Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go ---
**Author:** ![Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2004, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-songs-that-mix-two-or-more-songs-together/229107/39 "2004-02-15T21:44:30Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > The Beatles took two song fragments and made them into “A Day in the Life.” Billy Joel did the same with “Scenes From an Italian Restaurant.” Maybe I ought to point out that Billy Joel borrowed a fragment of his _own_ song, not someone else’s, to use as the three segments of “Scenes From an Italian Restaurant.” The songs had been called “The Italian Restaurant,” “Things Are Okay in Oyster Bay,” and “The Ballad of Brenda and Eddie,” which to my knowledge were unfinished songs that were never released. ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2004, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-songs-that-mix-two-or-more-songs-together/229107/40 "2004-02-16T17:07:00Z")
Thanks for the sugestions everyone. These “mashups” sound like what I’m looking for. Or maybe the “vs” songs. Just to clarify what I meant: 1. The songs weren’t written to go together (Emmet Otter, Les Miserables…) 2. It’s not taking the music of one song and writing new lyrics (Eminem’s Stan, Kid Rock’s American Badass) 3. It’s not simply switching from one song to another. (Weird Al’s Polka medleys) There’s gotta be a period where either both songs are played at the same time, or the songs switch back and forth more than once… I’ll look into a few of these suggestions and report back. Thanks everyone! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-songs-that-mix-two-or-more-songs-together/229107.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-songs-that-mix-two-or-more-songs-together/229107.md?page=3)