Torn Up

Oh my god. A gapless mashup of the highest order. Sounds great, and fun as hell. Danceable and hilarious and tight. If you have an hour to kill, put this on! Very hip-hop/rap centric, but some surprises in there. (Oh, the songs you haven’t heard in a decade, and for good reason -- get ready!) The Wikipedia entry on the record will give a (working) listing of all the samples. I’ve written out the ones I immediately recognised.

Sounds like: Girltalk.

Gapless, so watch the transitions. Most tracks start off well enough (no need to fade in), but you might have to do some creative fade-out or continuous play maneuvering to get into your next song.

try: anything clean.
my faves: 6, 9, 11-15 is a GREAT run.
FCCs for language: everywhere! (i didn’t hear any on 1, 4, 7, 9)
FCCs for porn (?): 11, 15

Note: LOTS of FCCs here. I tried very hard to catch them all, but be careful. Just because I didn’t hear it doesn’t mean it’s not there. Two words: SAFE HARBOUR.

1. eminem & “all the small things” & “fly away” by lenny kravitz
2. FCC (“motherfuckin” / “bitch”) “for those about to rock” & ludacris’s “move bitch”
3. TOO MANY FCCS “slow hands” by interpol (just the guitar rudder), “whatta man”, “everyday i love you less and less”
4. beck’s “loser”, “sea legs” by the shins, tlc’s “waterfalls”
5. FCC (“shit” once, maybe others less audible?) en vogue!, “a thousand miles” by vanessa carlton, “tom’s diner”, “closing time”
*6. FCC (“fuck”, though he doesn’t really say the “k”, “shit” once) my favourite! “teenage dirtbag” by wheetus, “i want you back” by the jackson 5, “torn” by natalie imbruglia. can play with #7.
7. “nookie”, “down with the sickness”, MATH THE BAND!! (the 8-bit part), passion pit, the macarena... yeah!
8. FCC (“motherfuckers”, “shit”) the strokes! “automatic stop”, “lean back”, flava flav, incubus “drive”, “come on eileen”
*9. “float on” by modest mouse, toto!, “my own worst enemy”, sa-fire’s “thinking of you”... and the “jump” song.
10. FCC (“ass”) crazy town’s “butterfly”, “shake your rump”, “shoop” over karla bonoff’s “personally”... and... robby nevil.
*11. FCC/porn (didn’t “my neck, my back” get edited for radio? otherwise, no swears -- i think) tom tom club!, “my neck, my back”, “american boy” by estelle, “jump on it”, daft punk’s “around the world”, “ants marching” by dmb
*12. FCC (“shit”) “finally (it is happening to me)”, lady gaga’s “just dance” over mgmt’s “kids”, “bizarre love triangle”
*13. FCC (“shit” once) “digital love” by daft punk, “low” by flo rida, ATB’s “don’t stop”
*14. FCC (“bitches”, “shit”) “just what i needed” by the cars!, “come on ride the train”, “i’m too sexy for my shirt”, “i kissed a girl” over “wild thing”, ABBA!, “bokkie” by elefant.
15. FCC/porn (it’s the three 6 mafia song for porn. also, “bitch” once) three 6 mafia’s “i’d rather (get some head)” over “happy radio”, “got to get you into my life”, “lovers who uncover”, coldplay’s “viva la vida”, ends with “let it be”