just give me a little bit more
Kylie Minogue – All The Lovers
This has gotten under my skin–I’ve been listening to it nonstop for the past three days. The lyrics are shite, but I love the mood and feeling it evokes.
lessons to be learned
Gabriella Cilmi – Sweet About Me (2010 Version)
It’s a bit sad when the best song on your new album is a sexed-up version of your previous big hit. Still, I approve of this.
all i want to do is to do something with you
Alphabeat – DJ (I Could Be Dancing)
The latest Alphabeat album is very good. Hole In My Heart is brooding and melancholic. DJ is touched up a bit from the album version, particularly with the cascading bells during the Stine’s part, and it’s a slight improvement.
there just must be more to life than this
Robyn – Cry When You Get Older
OMG THE BRIDGE IS SO GOOD
i’m in the corner, watching you kiss her
Robyn – Dancing On My Own (Chew Fu Remix)
I adore this. I like the original more and more every time I hear it. And the Chew Fu Remix adds a bit of sparkle. So good. And so excited for Body Talk.
elle s’appelle robyn
Yelle – Qui Est Cette Fille (Robyn cover)
This is part of a ‘foreign exchange,’ where Yelle did a Robyn song and Robyn did a Yelle song. Yelle’s is way better–Robyn just added Yelle’s lyrics on top of Cobrastyle, while Yelle constructed something completely new. The chorus is gorgeous.
Royksopp feat. Robyn – The Girl and the Robot
Davide Rossi – Suite for a Robotic Girl (Reinterpretation)
Speaking of Robyn — this is awesome. I love the synth and strings, and Robyn’s anger, and the fact that they took the song literally when they made the video.
And speaking of Royksopp — another good track off their recent album.
a century of lonely nights
And this was meant to go up last November… oops.
Christina Aguilera – Genie 2.0
And here it is, the full version of this from the VMAs. I really like it, but having listened to the short version again and again and again, this version feels a bit too long–actually, 1:21 too long to be exact. Still, I love the strings.
Sash! feat. Stunt – Raindrops (Encore Une Fois) (Fonzerelli Club Remix)
I often find long mixes of songs boring and repetitive. But I absolutely adore Fonzerelli’s short remix of Raindrops, and his long version is perfectly executed–the anticipation builds and builds until the multi-tracked chorus explodes in a well-worth-it release.
Katy Perry – Hot N Cold (Bimbo Jones Remix Radio Edit)
As light and fun as the Jason Nevins mix while often sounding like the beginning of The Cure’s Just Like Heaven.
Christina Aguilera – Keeps Getting Better (Tom Neville Club Remix)
The original of this: nice but nothing to write home about. Tom Neville’s take: driving, pulsing, actually better.
Forever the Sickest Kids – Whoa Oh! (Me vs Everyone)
Nice emo rock song with a fantastically catchy chorus.
i’ll follow you until you love me
Lady Gaga – Paparazzi (Stuart Price Remix)
Love Gaga. Love Stuart Price. This is brilliant: brooding with a great piano riff.
Freemasons feat. Sophie Ellis-Bextor – Heartbreak Make Me A Dancer (Radio Edit)
Freemasons feat. Sophie Ellis-Bextor – Heartbreak Make Me A Dancer (Bitrocka Italo Mix)
I am obsessed with this song. I like extra sheen the radio edit has over the original, and the Italo mix stretches it out in a rather nice way.
say what you want about me
Hello again!
Britney Spears – Womanizer (Mike Rizzo Funk Generation Radio Edit)
Britney Spears – If U Seek Amy (Mike Rizzo Funk Generation Radio Edit)
Mike Rizzo’s Womanizer mix has become one of my favorite songs of all time; it’s by far the best of the Womanizer mixes. Britney’s taking no prisoners — I love it. The If U Seek Amy mix is also very good. It takes a song that couldn’t take itself less seriously and plays it straight, turning it into something very danceable.
Lady Gaga – Poker Face (JDB Edit)
It’s the ah-ah-ah-AHs at the beginning and during the chorus that really make this for me. As a whole the song is poppy (the poppiest Jody Den Broeder mix I’ve heard certainly) but still a little restrained, and quite pretty.
The Saturdays – Just Can’t Get Enough (Wideboys Club Mix)
This song is irresistibly camp, even after this by-the-numbers remix. I also love the video.
Lily Allen – The Fear (Stonebridge Explicit Radio Edit)
A remix that very much improves upon a decent song. The progression at the beginning, that the whole song is layered upon, really suits it.
i don’t care what you think, as long as it’s about me
Fall Out Boy – I Don’t Care (Cobra Starship Suave Suarez Remix)
First I love the narcissism of the chorus. Then I love the bombast that Cobra Starship adds compared to the original.
Sash! feat. Stunt – Raindrops (Encore Une Fois) (Fonzerelli Rework Radio Edit)
Fonzerelli takes the chorus somewhere completely unexpected, and it’s amazing.
Paul Oakenfold feat. Ryan Tedder – Not Over (Oakenfold 2008 Remix)
The downward progression during the chorus is so good.
Katy Perry – Hot N Cold (Jason Nevins Radio Edit)
I loved the original, and I love this remix even more. It’s uncontrollably joyous. There’s bouncy synth! There’s a superfluous mini guitar solo at the end! I can’t resist.
