OK, so it’s not exactly original; it’s Rihanna’s SOS + Rachel Stevens’s Some Girls + Britney’s Radar mashed together. Still, it’s excellent. The chorus sounds metallic, a touch industrial but still poppy. Good work Britney’s producers.
Christina Aguilera – Genie in a Bottle (2008 rework)
More palate cleanser than full song, this version of Genie in a Bottle is from her performance at the 2008 Video Music Awards. It’s very very sleek, and unfortunately only a minute and a half long–the new song it segued into on the show wasn’t nearly as good.
BWO (formerly Bodies Without Organs) were a Slag Patrol favorite, until they put out about 10 truly awful ballads in a row and put on the worst show I’ve ever seen at the Astoria. Lay Your Love On Me is a very welcome return to form. It’s slick. It’s fun. It doesn’t take itself too seriously. I like.
Robyn – Handle Me (Ortzroka Death To Disco Dub)
The best mix of Handle Me I’ve heard yet. Everything saccharine in the original has been replaced with an angry, throbbing synth.
Rihanna – Disturbia (Craig C & Nique’s Master Radio Mix)
This remix loses the original’s irresistible melodic Bum-Bum-Be-Ums, but it adds a fantastic ‘destroy everything you touch’ edge.
Coldplay – Vida La Vida (Grant’s Uplifting Club Mix)
I was so over Coldplay, and then they came out with Vida La Vida, one of my favorite songs of the summer. This mix doesn’t change much but adds a good beat.
Stuart Price has done good work here. It’s the Killers at their synthy, yearning best. Very excited for this album to drop.
I really shouldn’t like this song so much. I don’t understand why. It just make me so. happy. The Max Martin magic is working.
Valentin | 06-Oct-08 at 1:16 pm | Permalink
Great that you’ve updated again!
Keep that good music flowin!
SLAG PATROL :: a century of lonely nights | 28-Jun-09 at 1:01 pm | Permalink
[...] 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 [...]
SLAG PATROL :: i don’t care what you think, as long as it’s about me | 06-Sep-09 at 2:58 pm | Permalink
[...] loved the original, and I love this remix even more. It’s uncontrollably joyous. There’s bouncy synth! [...]