What do you think of remix/bootleg LPs such as Grey LP & London Booted?

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Ooh new here...what a big messageforumboardthingummy

Just wondering with all the Jayz 'Grey' album remix albums and now London Booted, what do peeps think of this remix album thing? New artform or artistic concept or another soon-to-be hackneyed thing (he says while listening to Pavement vs Jayz...hmm I think Jayz might be done to death but is the concept still a good 'un?

hugs

Tim

P.S. thinly veiled plug: http://www.culturedeluxe.co.uk/londonbooted.htm

(would post the Slacker (Pavement) Lp but it's dreadful...so is the Metallica one...doesn't mean the idea is broke tho...what do ya think?)

― Tim Baker (timbearcub), Thursday, 22 April 2004 20:59 (twenty-two years ago)

I've just downloaded track 1, Tim, and it's great. Thanks for the link.

Bootlegs are a Good Thing. Like any type of music, the goodness of the individual tune is down to the skills of its creator. I can't think of any genre that is inherently worthless or hackneyed.

― noodle vague (noodle vague), Thursday, 22 April 2004 21:37 (twenty-two years ago)

I'll have to wait till sunday.

― mark grout (mark grout), Friday, 23 April 2004 07:32 (twenty-two years ago)

Right, I've downloaded the whole thing now, and I love it. Some of it's amateurish, skronky, or just off-target (these are Good Things), and some of it's really well done, and it's great fun.

I'm now making a CD with the The Clash versions alternating with the boots, like a Version and Dub type thing. "Rudie Can't Fail" vs "The Power of Rebelution Can't Fail" = CLASSIC.

Seriously, I'd recommend giving it a listen.

― noodle vague (noodle vague), Sunday, 25 April 2004 07:30 (twenty-two years ago)

Sounds cool...which ones did you like best?

― Tim Baker (timbearcub), Sunday, 25 April 2004 18:04 (twenty-two years ago)

At the moment, "Bubba's Got a Brand New Cadillac", "Power of Rebelution Can't Fail", "Spanish Bombs (Over Baghdad)", "This Girl Wants a Cheat" and "4 Hoarse Men". "Rebelution" probably fits best with its original.

― noodle vague (noodle vague), Sunday, 25 April 2004 19:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Ooh I love this London Booted thing. "What About Brixton?" and "Fuck 'Em Boyo" are great too, as are a lot of the 'bonus' tracks! "Street Profile" and "Rhythm Of The Dub" are both fantastic.

― The Lex (The Lex), Monday, 26 April 2004 12:50 (twenty-two years ago)

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