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I’m . . . Speechless

Saturday, February 13th, 2010

This may be the greatest thing I have ever seen.

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34 Responses to “I’m . . . Speechless”

  1. #1 |  Mike Leatherwood |  February 13th, 2010 at 3:34 am

    Thank god for the internets.

    Of course, now I have two songs in my MP3 folder I will never be able to listen to the same way again.

  2. #2 |  Andrew Williams |  February 13th, 2010 at 3:37 am

    Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant.

    I just hope the members of Metallica and Journey (as well as their legal representation) have a sense of humor about this.

    Wait a minute–WTF would make ANYONE think that anyone associated with Metallica or Journey would have the sense to laugh along with the joke?

    Hope Rock Sugar has good lawyers, ’cause I’m afraid they might need ‘em.

  3. #3 |  Mike H |  February 13th, 2010 at 4:24 am

    #2 – Imagine if they’d thrown some Prince in there – this video wouldn’t last an hour on YouTube.

  4. #4 |  Jaundicedi |  February 13th, 2010 at 4:40 am

    Ainsley Dunbar used to be in Journey before Steve Perry. They MUST have had a sense of humor once!

  5. #5 |  Michaelk42 |  February 13th, 2010 at 8:48 am

    Well, if this is still around…

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyCK0a3XbMo if no embed.

  6. #6 |  newshutz |  February 13th, 2010 at 8:58 am

    I like the mash up of bossa nova and new wave of Nouvelle Vague
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CLN-2hwvBg

  7. #7 |  Stephen |  February 13th, 2010 at 9:53 am

    My head hurts…

  8. #8 |  Noel St. John |  February 13th, 2010 at 10:02 am

    As a child of the 80′s, I approve this post. For a mashup, I must say that the production value of this is quite high, and if I had not broken my ipod while shoveling snow, this would be on it. (Still love Journey; Metallica…not so much.)

  9. #9 |  Marty |  February 13th, 2010 at 10:07 am

    I never cared much for steve perry, I was a greg rollie kinda guy when it comes to journey… but this is cool!

    #5 | Michaelk42- you ruined any chance of me being productive this morning…

  10. #10 |  perlhaqr |  February 13th, 2010 at 10:15 am

    OOH YEAH!

    Man, that was… serious earwormy.

    Thank God for Neubauten. Guaranteed earworm removal or your eardrums back! :)

  11. #11 |  Black 27 |  February 13th, 2010 at 10:21 am

    That is totally f&*#^$% awesome!

    Check out their website – they have some other good shit on there. I very well may consider actually BUYING their CD. (And if so this would be my first actual CD purchase since discovering Napster some time in the year 1999.)

  12. #12 |  Mike |  February 13th, 2010 at 10:37 am

    That’s almost as good as Dylan’s Must Be Santa!

  13. #13 |  wow |  February 13th, 2010 at 10:40 am

    You must have had a pretty braindead childhood to get the joke. Don;t get me wrong, having a braindead childhood is second only to having a braindead adulthood. It’s a great thing and should be encouraged (again, only slightly less than having a carefree, perpetually-high and oblivious adulthood), but for comparison’s sake, while you were apparently in the throes of pop culture, I was memorizing chapter after chapter of ancient legal texts written in a language that’s been unspoken (by anyone that matters anyway) for over a thousand years.

    I won’t lie and say that my temptation to be derisive isn’t based on jealousy, it is. But what REALLY bothers me is that all of these silly things that people claim to admire I happen to have in droves but a) don’t actually get much admiration for them because people don’t really admire the values they claim to and b) don’t really admire them myself (note the pean to happy-go-lucky potheads).

  14. #14 |  Black 27 |  February 13th, 2010 at 10:52 am

    Check out “You Shook Me Like a Prayer” on youtube. No video for that, but even better than “Don’t Stop the Sandman.”

    Big ups to these guys! Very creative and fun!

  15. #15 |  Mattocracy |  February 13th, 2010 at 11:24 am

    I think concept bands are the only creative musicians left.

  16. #16 |  Michael Chaney |  February 13th, 2010 at 11:32 am

    Re: #2

    Journey is cool. You might not be familiar with their recent history, but they have a new lead singer from the Philippines named Arnel Pineda. They found him as he was the lead singer for an 80s cover band called The Zoo who had posted some of their best covers on youtube. Journey was lead-singerless, and Neil Schon was browsing youtube one evening and came upon Zoo’s covers of their music. The guy can do a perfect Steve Perry voice. Rather than send take-down notices to youtube, they invited Pineda to the US to audition for their lead-singer spot and ultimately hired him. They then cut a new album and toured some sizable venues.

    So, my guess is that they’re cool with this. They’re not like Metallica.

  17. #17 |  Zubon |  February 13th, 2010 at 11:35 am

    The lead singer? He was the voice of Wakko Warner. I think that adds something.

  18. #18 |  The_Chef |  February 13th, 2010 at 11:43 am

    Best Mashup ever?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1YABGdai5k

    Yes I think so…

  19. #19 |  Brian |  February 13th, 2010 at 11:52 am

    As long as we’re posting brilliant mashups, here’s one of my favorites.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvEjztN657I

    Bonus points for the Penn & Teller cameo.

  20. #20 |  Cynical in CA |  February 13th, 2010 at 12:21 pm

    The King of the Mashups:

    http://www.gohomeproductions.co.uk/

  21. #21 |  Loren |  February 13th, 2010 at 12:29 pm

    Those are kids’ play. If you haven’t heard Girl Talk, you don’t know how smooth a mashup can be:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6TuMhYg89E

  22. #22 |  Cynical in CA |  February 13th, 2010 at 12:37 pm

    Here is “Rock in Black” by Go Home:

    http://www.ilike.com/artist/Go+Home+Productions/track/Rock+In+Black

    It quite simply doesn’t get any better than this, that is, until Vidler outdoes himself again.

  23. #23 |  how |  February 13th, 2010 at 3:43 pm

    Meh.

    Beatallica is where it’s at, chillun’:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUWoiwWk66g

  24. #24 |  Angie |  February 13th, 2010 at 4:23 pm

    This is awesome (says a huge huge Journey fan – yes I just aged myself there).

  25. #25 |  Howlin' Hobbit |  February 13th, 2010 at 5:17 pm

    You people with your links to all these great mashups are killing me this morning.

    Imma pay you back by pointing out Jonathan Coulton’s mp3 of When I’m 25 Or 64. It’s a little over halfway down this page, under the album title “Thing a Week One”, and can be streamed or downloaded for free.

    http://www.jonathancoulton.com/store/downloads/

  26. #26 |  Stephen |  February 13th, 2010 at 8:39 pm

    Gotta give you a +1 Cynical, I liked that one.

  27. #27 |  Kevin |  February 13th, 2010 at 9:15 pm

    maybe consider sticking to posts about corrupt cops and prosecutors and stupid drug warrior antics. You have a talent in the area of exposing that shit.
    But please, your taste in music just SUCKS!!!

  28. #28 |  MikeL |  February 13th, 2010 at 9:22 pm

    OK…I really liked Tricky Child O’ Mine. Not quite a mashup but I really enjoyed these “covers”:

    http://pottymouth.org/mcpt/

  29. #29 |  MassHole |  February 14th, 2010 at 10:33 am

    I highly recommend anyone that is interested in mashups check out DJ Z-TRIP. He’s widely considered to be the originator of the mashup artform. His collaboration with DJ P called Uneasy Listening Vol. 1 is a masterpiece of the genre. Also check out his Live in LA set as well, amazing. If you can catch him live, even better.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Z-Trip

    Girl Talk is quite amazing and Feed the Animals has been in heavy rotation in my car. However, I will always have a soft spot for guys who do it with turntables. That said, also check out the album As Heard on Radio Soulwax Part 2 by 2 Many DJ’s (alter ego of Soulwax). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/As_Heard_on_Radio_Soulwax_Pt._2

  30. #30 |  Geoff |  February 14th, 2010 at 12:24 pm

    Pretty good Mash-up, but if you live in the DC area you should listen to “Flounder’s Mash-ups” on DC101. He’s got some ones that are way more unexpected.

  31. #31 |  Lascia Ch'io Pianga |  February 14th, 2010 at 2:41 pm

    Good humor…

    Along the same lines, check out the “Literal Video” version of this Journey tune:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgEHOM21j3s

  32. #32 |  Trish |  February 14th, 2010 at 4:25 pm

    That is truly the coolest effin thing I’ve heard in ages.

  33. #33 |  billy-jay |  February 15th, 2010 at 1:07 am

    Like Metallica even owns their music.

  34. #34 |  Ukulele & All That Jazz |  February 27th, 2010 at 12:24 pm

    Fabulous mashup video…

    It’s taken me two weeks to get around to posting about it, but The Agitator posted this great video of a band called Rock Sugar doing an amazing Mashup of Journey’s Don’t Stop Believin’ and Metallica’s Enter the Sandman.

    Yes, you read t…

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