Weekly Music Update 10/25/09 feat. Marvin Gaye, The Verve, Chromeo, Hey Champ & more...

I listened to a lot of mashups and remixes this week.  Someday I'm gonna post all my favourites but today I just wanna focus on one that really stood out to me.  It was a mashup by El Barto & Liam B.  They did their own take of The Verve's Bittersweet Symphony, adding Marvin Gaye to the mix.  The original Bittersweet Symphony is terrific but the addition of Marvin Gaye's vocals makes the song even more special.  It is a perfect mashup and is this week's number one.  I couldn't resist playing it over and over again, especially because it's so short and sweet.

Here's the rest of this week's top 10:

(All new entries this week can be downloaded by right-clicking the d/l link then clicking "save as".  Preview the tracks by pressing play on the iPod playlist in the sidebar --> )

1. El Barto & Liam B - Peculiar Symphony (Marvin Gaye vs The Verve) *new entry* (d/l link) 
2.White Panda - Ice Chrome Paint Job (Chromeo vs Dorrough) *new entry* (d/l link)
P.S. My friends and I decided that this is the new bowling pre-game pump up jam. Yes that does mean that I bowl nowadays.... 
3. Chromeo - Night by Night (Siriusmo Remix) *new entry* (d/l link)
4. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Heads Will Roll (A-Trak Remix) *new entry* (d/l link)
This remix absolutely dominated the blogosphere this week
5. Duck Sauce - aNYway
6.. Erik Hassle - Hurtful (Penguin Prison Remix)
7. Big Boi ft. Gucci Mane - Shine Blockas
8. Killa Kela - Everyday (Lifelike Remix)
9. Marchand - Supernova
10. Whiz Khalifa - This Plane

Video of the Week:

This week's featured video is actually an old music video that was first released sometime in 2008.  Knowing that this coming weekend is going to get real messy (friend's birthday Friday night & Halloween party on Saturday night), I tried to find a vid that captured what that type of weekend would look like.  I think Hey Champ illustrated it very well with their video for their indie classic Cold Dust Girl, at least from a hipsterish point of view.  Girls + Boys + Music + Dancing + Drinks = Fun Times.  It's a very very cool video and I fell in love with the song because of it.  Like Dave Chappelle once wisely said, "everything looks better in slow motion".  Be sure to check it out.


Til the next episode... Peace

Raf