REMIX 2.0
There is no such thing as an original idea ;( There really is no hope for the next generation is there? but we still persist.
This week we discussed mass culture and mass communication, and the notion that notions can be expressed around the world. It was highly entertaining and exciting to see how we are influenced by things even if we aren’t purposely going out to steal, but there are also people who use reproduction as an art form. Dan asked whether remixing something changes what the original message and whether is can be justified as a their own original content.
He brought up Girl Talk’s “This is the Remix” and in all honesty I could only recognize 3 artists and just 1 song. Luckily among the approximately 100 of us we did recognise a fair few of the songs in the remix.
- DMX
- Cecilia
- INXS
- Lil’ Jon
- Salt n Pepa
- Lady Gaga
- Ace of Base
- Busta Rhymes
- The Clash
- Rick Ross
- B.O.B.
- U2
Before this class I had never encountered a remix so complex and intricate. It sounded like a completely original song, and that may have been because I knew none of the originals, but it still sounded great as its own entity. The art of DJ-ing is just amazing because they aren’t just playing songs back to back they create a collaboration between artists that probably never be able to physically work together, and these days DJ’s are a part of consumer culture.