mix and mash

For some reason I seem to have heard a lot of really good remixes lately. In my experience remixes can go either way: some are utterly pointless and sound terrible, some just work really well.

The following fall into the latter category. Well I think so anyway. (Note for pedants: I believe some of these may be better described, by people who care about such things, as "mash-ups".)

• Bob Marley: No Woman No Cry (Love Is A Losing Game Remix) 
• Marvin Gaye: Let's Get It On (Da Producers MPG Groove Mix) (While we're at it, the Motown Remixed album on which this appears may be worth dipping into) 
• The Beatles: Blackbird (Bonzai Republic Remix) 
• "Afrobeatles" The Fab Four meet Fela Kuti (ticks two big boxes for me). Some of these work better than others. I think "Come Together" is probably the pick.

And then these two contrast such radically different styles in the originals that they flirt dangerously near to being horrible car crashes. I think they just about work though. See what you think.

• Carl Douglas & Chris Isaak: Kung Fu Fighting (Wicked Game Remix)
• Nirvana v Jackson 5: Smells Like Rockin' Robin. Just makes me smile...