# I need to discover more mash-ups **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 6, 2007, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-to-discover-more-mash-ups/398921 "2007-04-06T00:29:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2007, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-to-discover-more-mash-ups/398921/21 "2007-04-06T23:35:08Z")
You can sing any Emily Dickenson poem to the tune of Yellow Rose of Texas. Makes her stuff a lot more entertaining. Other than that, I recall someone mixed “The Real Slim Shady” with the music for “Oops I Did It Again”, and another mix was the first Slim Shady song mixed with “Funk Soul Brother” Does Run D.M.C’s version of “Walk This Way” count? ---
**Author:** ![dinahmoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@dinahmoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dinahmoe)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2007, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-to-discover-more-mash-ups/398921/22 "2007-04-07T00:01:36Z")
GoHomeProductions makes the best mashups. My favorite is Christina Aguilara’s “What a Girl Wants” mixed with the Velvet Underground’s “Rock and Roll.” ---
**Author:** ![Hodge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Hodge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hodge)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2007, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-to-discover-more-mash-ups/398921/23 "2007-04-07T01:34:55Z")
[The Kleptones](http://www.kleptones.com/) are masters of the genre. My favourite, _A Night at the Hip-Hopera_, mixes Queen and a large variety of hip-hop artists with awesome results. ---
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2007, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-to-discover-more-mash-ups/398921/24 "2007-04-07T03:41:07Z")
If you like mash-ups, you’d probably like the albums of [The Avalanches](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Avalanches), [Girl Talk](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girl_Talk_%28musician%29) and [The Go! Team](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Go%21_Team). The first two use exclusively pre-recorded material in creating tracks, while The Go! Team mixes samples with live instrumentation to create new songs. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2007, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-to-discover-more-mash-ups/398921/25 "2007-04-07T15:22:43Z")
[QUOTE=Cluricaun] There was one that got some airplay around here a year or so ago that was Oasis’ Wonderwall mixed with Green Day’s Boulevard of Broken Dreams. [/QUOTE] Great thread idea 🙂 The one **Cluricaun** mentioned is a good one. Others I like are “Closer to Wannabe” Nine Inch Nails vs Spice Girls, “Walking With A Ghost In Paris” Tegan & Sara Vs. Mylo, "[Pull Up the Poor Bitches](http://www.culturebully.com/archives/380)” M.I.A. vs. Mindless Self Indulgence, and “Oops,The Genie Is In The Bottle” Britney vs Christina. ---
**Author:** ![feppytweed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/feppytweed/32/4280_2.png) [@feppytweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/feppytweed)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2007, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-to-discover-more-mash-ups/398921/26 "2007-04-07T18:04:17Z")
The Beatles’ album Love, for Cirque du Soliel, features mash-ups of various Beatles songs. ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2007, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-to-discover-more-mash-ups/398921/27 "2007-04-07T21:12:00Z")
[“Queen Machine”](http://youtube.com/watch?v=b9dCDJxhBUo)\* by Streetlife is “Bohemian Rhapsody” + Goldfrapp’s “Strict Machine” \*Youtube link ---
**Author:** ![supervenusfreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@supervenusfreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/supervenusfreak)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2007, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-to-discover-more-mash-ups/398921/28 "2007-04-08T01:44:11Z")
I love mash-ups here. One of my favorite current ones is [Rapture Riders](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeHNPYSObis), a mash up of Blondie’s “Rapture” and The Doors’ “Riders Of The Storm” done by Gorillaz. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2007, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-to-discover-more-mash-ups/398921/29 "2007-04-08T10:17:14Z")
Not really a “goofy pop” tune, but I’ve always liked the song that resulted from a [crazed Bungie fan’s melding of the themes from _Halo_ and _Myth II: Soulblighter_](http://music.psyjnir.org/library/?song=2). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-to-discover-more-mash-ups/398921.md?page=1)