Hawkins' Mashups

To Tumblr

2012-01-29T23:23:00.001-06:00

I'm moving my stuff to Tumblr. I like the social aspect of it better, and it's just as customizable as Blogger, so go here:

http://hawkinsmashups.tumblr.com/

to check out a new mashup of Robyn and Big Country. It's pretty great, if I say so myself.

R.I.P. 2011: 2011-2011

2011-12-31T18:32:00.004-06:00

I seriously missed out on so much music this year it's not even funny. In the last month, I've discovered dozens of albums that came out this year that I overlooked somehow. I'll be spending most of January just catching up. I did listen to some music though, and made a 4-song EP exclusively with songs that came out this year.
I'm giving Soundcloud a try as a streaming solution, downloading is disabled as I uploaded as MP3s and I'm not big on letting these tracks go through yet another transcode before being heard. All 4 four tracks are available in this .zip file HERE.

Tracklisting:
Gangsta Ice Cream

tUnE yArDs - Gangsta
Battles - Ice Cream

No Church in the Deep

Adele - Rolling in the Deep
Jay-Z and Kanye West - No Church in the Wild

Get Away from Yoü and I
Lady Gaga - Yoü and I
Yuck - Get Away
(No Soundcloud, as it got immediately flagged by Yuck's label. This one is my favorite, too. Oh well.)

Every Teardrop is a Super Bass

Coldplay - Every Teardrop is a Waterfall
Nicki Minaj - Super Bass

MUTEBLACK

2011-11-27T12:01:00.001-06:00

I saw Mute Math shortly before the release of their first album at a music festival. There were about 50 other people watching them, and the drummer had his headphones duct-taped to his head. They killed it.

"99 Problems" is the only thing Rick Rubin has worked on since Licensed to Ill that's improved by his production. I will stand by that. Even Johnny Cash's American series - a monkey could have sat behind the boards and Johnny Cash would have come out with great albums. Okay, maybe the Slayer albums. Whatever, you don't care! Here's a mashup!

Typical Problems

MUTEMATH - Typical

Jay-Z - 99 Problems

Justwood Timbermac

2011-10-14T03:09:00.001-05:00

Rumours is a great album for many reasons. One of them being that it's an album about troubled relationships sung by people who are going through some serious relationship troubles themselves - Wikipedia:

At the time, Fleetwood Mac's line-up consisted of guitarist and vocalist Lindsey Buckingham, drummer Mick Fleetwood, keyboardist and vocalist Christine McVie, bassist John McVie, and vocalist Stevie Nicks. After six months of non-stop touring, the McVies divorced, ending nearly eight years of marriage. The couple stopped talking to each other socially and discussed only musical matters. Buckingham and Nicks—who had joined the band before 1975's Fleetwood Mac and after guitarist Bob Welch had left—were having an on/off relationship that led them to fight often. The duo's arguments stopped only when they worked on songs together. Fleetwood faced domestic problems of his own after discovering that his wife Jenny, mother of his two children, had an affair with his best friend.

So basically, everyone hated each other, but they managed to make one of the greatest albums of the 70s. Then we have Mr. Timberlake. He's cool, I guess. I wish he'd stop messing around in Hollywood and put out another great pop record. His song is also a bitter farewell to an ex-lover. I'll let someone else dissect the thematic interplay between the two songs.

Dreams Come Around

Fleetwood Mac - Dreams

Justin Timberlake - What Goes Around... Comes Around

Dinosaur Perry -or- What is this I don't even

2011-09-11T04:30:00.000-05:00

Look, I'm not proud of everything I've done. One thing I regret is taking about two hours to find a good picture of J Mascis' head and photoshop it onto Katy Perry's body. Just kidding, I don't regret that at all.

Teenage Pain

Dinosaur Jr. - Feel the Pain

Katy Perry - Teenage Dream

Death Cab for Kanye was the best I could think of

2011-06-26T02:21:00.000-05:00

Soul Jamz

Death Cab for Cutie - Soul Meets Body

Kanye West & Twista - Slow Jams

I promise to post more soon. Maybe tomorrow. We'll see!

Madonnic Youth

2011-04-23T15:02:00.000-05:00

So, this is probably the best cover art I've ever done, if I do say so myself.

Teen Age Virgin
Madonna - Like a Virgin
Sonic Youth - Teen Age Riot

Foot on the Pedal Never Ever False Metal

2011-04-03T23:52:00.001-05:00

The 80s, part 2:

No Dives till Brooklyn

Dio - Holy Diver

Beastie Boys - No Sleep till Brooklyn

Note about the distortion on the vocals: it's in the original vocal track, I tried to minimize it but there was really not much I could do. More to come!

Talking Bush

2011-03-21T19:55:00.000-05:00

Running Up That Lifetime

Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime

Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill

This begins a series of 80s mashups that I have finished. By finished, I mean finished - I'm looking at the rendered files in front of me and have made ridiculous Photoshopped covers for half of them. so check back next week and I will have another mashup celebrating the worst decade of popular music*.

*I don't believe this. If you believe this, you're a jerk and you need to listen to The Replacements.

The New Beat The New Beat The New Beat The New Beat

2011-02-22T17:25:00.000-06:00

The Shape of Punk To Come is one of my favorite albums of all time. Start to finish, it's an insanely solid post-hardcore record, but I like it for the ways in which it confounds expectations - techno interludes? Jazz samples? Middle-eastern string parts? These aren't things you hear on a lot of records that can be categorized as "punk".

As for Justice - well, I like Justice. It sounds good to me. I've got nothing else to say about that.

Noise Of Nazareth
Refused - New Noise
Justice - Waters Of Nazareth

The 90s!

2011-02-01T11:36:00.001-06:00

A little while ago, I made 2 mashups using 90s songs for an EP compiled by Eternal Khaos. I've posted my contributions here, but you should download the complete EP HERE. It features tracks by myself, Eternal Khaos, The Bedtime Sisters, G3RST, Oki, DJ Useo, and DJ BritBoy. If you've ever wanted to hear Nirvana on top of Crystal Waters, this is your chance.

Say It Ain't The Sign

Weezer - Say It Ain't So

Ace of Base - The Sign

Losing My Good Day

R.E.M. - Losing My Religion

Ice Cube - Today Was A Good Day

Billy Lavigne

2011-01-26T01:23:00.002-06:00

As a rule, I only use songs I like. So, I myself am surprised that I'm using Avril Lavigne. But come on. Listen to that electric organ/handclap combo. So catchy. This is also the first time I've used a current pop hit. Might be the last, might not.

We Didn't Start Hell

Avril Lavigne - What The Hell

Billy Joel - We Didn't Start The Fire

El Swifto

2011-01-18T19:15:00.000-06:00

Sup. 2 for Tuesday.

You Belong With El Scorcho

Taylor Swift - You Belong With Me

Weezer - El Scorcho

Island To Burn

Taylor Swift - Picture To Burn

Weezer - Island In The Sun

Dropkick Miley

2011-01-10T18:17:00.003-06:00

It's been a long time.

I shouldn't have left you

Without a strong rhyme to step to

Think of how many weak shows you slept through

Time's up, I'm sorry I kept you

Thinking of this, you keep repeating you miss

The rhymes from the microphone soloist

And you sit by the radio, hand on the dial, soon

As you hear it, pump up the volume

Can't Be Shipped Off To Boston

Miley Cyrus - Can't Be Tamed

Dropkick Murphys - Shipping Off To Boston

I've got a lot more done, tracks will be posted weekly until I run out.

In the Spirit(ualized) of the Season

2010-12-07T23:16:00.000-06:00

Several things converged all at once to make this happen:

1. I picked up the deluxe edition of Spiritualized's masterpiece, Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space, with a bonus disc of acapellas and other bits

2. The title track has the same chord progression as Pachelbel's Canon In D

3. It's December

Enjoy!

Ladies And Gentlemen It Is Christmas

Spiritualized - Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space

Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Christmas Canon

Suicide Springsteen

2010-11-24T15:18:00.000-06:00

Suicide's first self-titled record and Springsteen's Nebraska are two of my favorite albums. Both are spare albums - Nebraska's sweaty, minimalist acoustics and Suicide's cold, minimalist electronics. Both albums' lyrics mirror the musical content, filled with songs of isolation, desparation, and sadness. They're hard albums to listen to, but ultimately two very beautiful pieces of art, and excellent night-driving music. If you don't own both in some format, I highly suggest you get on that.

All that being said, here's this thing:

Ghost Trooper

Suicide - Ghost Rider

Bruce Springsteen - State Trooper

Taylor Swift & The Heartbreakers

2010-11-22T02:37:00.004-06:00

I'll start this post off with an image that will haunt your dreams:

American Song

Taylor Swift - Our Song

Tom Petty - American Girl

For reasons I myself can't explain, I really like this Taylor Swift song. I've combined it here with one of the greatest songs ever written, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers' American Girl.

I just created an artist page on Facebook. So if you don't know how to mess with RSS feeds, or you're not interested in checking here to see if I've posted something, or if you like what I do I guess, feel free to hit that like button.

Rigazi (Fuhanna?)

2010-11-15T19:22:00.007-06:00

So the new Girl Talk album was released today. You knew that, right? You've downloaded and listened to it several times over, right? Well, what are you waiting for? As usual, it's great party music, and a nice look into all of pop music history in one hour, but as usual, there are one or two combinations he totally botches. The one that grated my ears the most was a sample of Fugazi's transcendent post-hardcore jam "Waiting Room" laid underneath Rihanna's creepily sexual summer anthem "Rude Boy". Ever since I read there would be Fugazi on this album, I've been drooling at the possibilities, but Greg Gillis failed here. The songs are waaaay out of key, and it just doesn't work for my ears. So I fixed it. Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you:

Rude Room

X vs. The XX

2010-10-31T00:15:00.005-05:00

1980s punk pioneers meet a 2K9 buzzband that I quite enjoy:

XXX

X - Los Angeles
The XX - Intro

The Notorious B.O.W.I.E.

2010-08-08T21:33:00.006-05:00

Sup. Let's listen to some music played on top of other music, shall we?

Hypnotized By Fame

David Bowie - Fame

Notorious B.I.G - Hypnotize

The Beastie Boys - So What'cha Want

Beck - E Pro

Grandmaster Flash - The Message

More to come shortly.

Fat Bottomed Girls, Lets Get It On

2010-02-14T04:38:00.006-06:00

In honor of Valentine's Day, here's two lovers' classics, put together in two different ways.

Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On

+ Queen - Fat Bottomed Girls

Fat Bottomed Girls, Lets Get It On

b/w

Lets Get It On, Fat Bottomed Girls

Mediafire, just in case

Born To Crystal Cat

2010-02-10T03:08:00.003-06:00

Dan Deacon - Crystal Cat

+ Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run

=Born To Crystal Cat

(or via Mediafire)

A really stupid song title for a really stupid song idea.

Optimist (Yeah)

2010-01-26T20:33:00.004-06:00

It's been a while, here's a new one:

Optimist (Yeah)

(Mediafire backup link)

Brand New - Sowing Season (Yeah)

+P.O.S. - Optimist (We Are Not For Them)

yep.

Dropbox problem/Mediafire solution/How did you find me?/new stuff...

2009-10-27T23:12:00.007-05:00

I just got notification that my Dropbox public folder has been "temporarily suspended on account of generating excessive traffic". In the meantime, I've uploaded everything into this nice Mediafire folder: HERE

This is a bit weird to me, as my last post was almost 11 months ago. Fear not, I've not given up the trade, just a bit short on usable audio production software. Long story short: don't pirate software, kids, it only leads to tears. I'm looking at schools right now, once I'm enrolled I can get a real copy of Ableton Live at a nice discount. Then, I can take all the ideas I've got on playlists, notebooks and scraps of cardboard (seriously) and turn them into reality.

But back to my original point. Who are you people, and why are you overloading my free bandwidth, and why now? I mean, I guess this probably has something to do with it. Apparently people who use tumblr like mashups featuring Kanye West and Brand New. Speaking of that mashup, that's first on my list of things to redo once I get the proper software. It's going to be better, trust me. And speaking of tumblr, when you hit reblog, would you mind crediting me somehow? Just mention my name, or link back to this site somehow. I'd really appreciate it.

Well, enough about me. I would like to hear from you people. What's up? How was your day?

3 New ones (not here)

2008-11-24T17:51:00.002-06:00

Well, I had 3 new songs posted here, but the post was taken down by Blo gger thanks to everyone's best friend the R-I-A-A, so I made a page with Google Pages to host them: http://sites.google.com/site/hawkinsmashups/. What they took offense to I have no idea, all the content was significantly altered, and with the thousands of pirate blogs set up that legitimately steal sales from the music industry using the same service I use, I don't know why they chose me. Oh well.

Mr. Office Man

2008-09-10T01:34:00.005-05:00

That is the best Photoshop job ever and you know it.

Bob Dylan - Mr. Tambourine Man (DIY acapella by ToToM)
+ The Office
+ Percussion by:
Arcade Fire (Neighborhood 2)
Battles (Leyendecker)
Radiohead (Reckoner)

=Mr. Office Man

Dropbox is officially in public beta, so that link you see is a direct one. No more of that Divshare nonsense. I will eventually reup the songs I still like onto Dropbox so you don't have to click through ads for them either.
If you downloaded the song while it had the other picture with it and was on my Google page, you might want to listen again. This one is mixed better and has an intro of sorts.

Someone O'Riley? Great Wasteland?

2008-08-04T19:27:00.006-05:00

Less talk, more rock:

The Who - Baba O'Riley (Teenage Wasteland)
+LCD Soundsystem - Someone Great
=
Baba O'Greatly
Teenage Someone
WHO Soundsystem
Safe for the Moment (Sally Take My Hand)

4 New Ones

2008-04-07T11:18:00.009-05:00

After doing nothing for about 4 months, I've got 4 new mashups for you folks. Let's have a look, shall we?

Big Hello

LCD Soundsystem - Big Ideas
Jay Z - Say Hello

The Jay-Z song isn't a single, and the LCD track isn't Daft Punk is Playing at My House, but I think you'll like this one.

All My Zombies

Led Zeppelin - All My Love
Sufjan Stevens - They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back from the Dead!! Ahhhh!

Originally, "...Zombies!..." was my backing track for my first mashup with Jesus Walks. That is, until I thought to search the web to see if it had been done before. It had, and although it was quite terrible, I'd still have been late to the Sufjan/Kanye party. Fortunately, it also goes with a certain Led Zeppelin track.

For the Widows Standing Nude on the Corner

Sufjan Stevens - For the Widows in Paradise, for the Fatherless in Ypsilanti
Radiohead - Nude
Common - The Corner

I tried to make a Nude remix, but it wasn't happening, and I don't think I could compete with the likes of RAC and Holy Fuck anyway. Still, I had to get my 5 dollars' worth, so here's a Nude mashup, with more Sufjan.

Lastly, a request:
Red Red Love

UB40 - Red Red Wine
Sean Kingston - Me Love

Special thanks to Dan for requesting this and thus motivating me to make some more songs.

Egyptian in the Dark (with cover art even!)

2007-11-20T00:56:00.001-06:00

Click above for the DL.

Note on the download: Divshare apparently changed how links to items organized in folders work. So, the download link is on the right like usual, but to hear it in the window, you have to scroll down in the little box they give you.

On to the song!
I was listening to Born in the USA the other day and I noticed how one of the the little synth parts in the background sounds exactly like the "ohhWAYYohh" part from Walk Like an Egyptian. So, I sped up Bruce and slowed down Susanna an arbitrary amount to make them fit, but it felt sort of empty. Lo and behold, the Beastie Boys fit the tempo perfectly. I know they're sometimes overused, but I just listened to Licensed to Ill this weekend, so I'm in a nasally white boy rap mood. Deal with it.

Sources:

Back to the Future Part III: Nobody Calls Me Mad Dog
Bruce Springsteen: Dancing in the Dark
The Bangles: Walk Like an Egyptian
Beastie Boys: So What'cha Want

Say it Right in the Air Tonight / I am in Bootie Top 10!

2007-11-07T00:07:00.001-06:00

Greetings, anyone coming here from my inclusion on the Bootie Top 10. Needless to say, I am flattered, honored, and excited to be included in such exclusive company, and in celebration, I have finally finished one of the 70%-finished songs lurking on my hard drive, and posted it here.

Say it Right in the Air Tonight

Phil Collins - In the Air Tonight
vs.
Nelly Furtado - Say it Right

Jesus Christ Walks (Brand New vs. Kanye West)

2007-08-05T20:25:00.001-05:00

Download here.

There's a bit more Brand New than Kanye in this one, but I think it turned out pretty well for my first bootleg.