“Move Bitch” (Ludacris) (00:16)Ī thousand years from now, historians who study music might be surprised at the breakdown between hard rock and other genres.
All timestamp references, however, are to the entire unabridged track)ġ. (You may find this mashup breakdown of “All Day” useful. Here’s Part One of the ten best mashups on “All Day” and a few thousand words explaining why. Plus, I was busy writing about The Walking Dead and couldn’t get to this until now. But you rely on Overthinking It to give you the deep textual analysis you won’t get anywhere else. Other DJs have already examined the mashes on “All Day” (check out NYU Local). But only Girl Talk would mash “I Wish” with T’Pau’s “Heart and Soul,” turning a shallow goof about adolescence into a heartfelt plea for attention. Survivor’s “Eye of the Tiger” ( and someone did). It comes from the way he takes a song’s multiple levels of meaning – lyrics, beat, tone, genre – and weaves them together with another song’s multiple levels to produce a totally new creation.Īnyone can mash Skee-Lo’s “I Wish” vs. The genius of Gregg Gillis (aka Girl Talk) lies not just in his gift for matching beats, sampling hooks and digging deep into the history of pop. (And it’s not even Girl Talk’s best album – it lacks the high energy of “ Feed the Animals.” Still, it’s a treat) You cannot consider yourself an informed connoisseur of pop culture if you haven’t listened to this album at least once through.
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First, go to Illegal Art and download “All Day.” Even if you don’t typically like mash-ups.