Two For Tuesday: A ToTom Two Step - Part II

In Part Two of this week's Two For Tuesday, I spotlight another ToTom adventure.  This time we take a quick listen to "Idlewild Jesus Ribgy."  This particular little nugget of musical cross-breading involves Outkast's "Idlewild Blue," Beatles' "Eleanor Rigby" and "Personal Jesus" by Depeche Mode.  The marriage of the Depeche Mode instrumental and the Outkast pella are a great fit here.  Midway through the mash-up, ToTom creates a nice change of dynamic, almost like a version of a counter point melody found in classical music, when he changes the focus of the tune by making "Personal Jesus" the more prominent melody with Outkast vocal ad-libs filling in the background.  Then with a little over 90 seconds left in the mash-up he introduces the Beatles acapella.  Most of the time I would argue (and a few producers would agree) that adding a new element this late in the game tends to cause confusion and causes the mash-up to lose its general flow and identity.  I am not too far from making the same statement in this mash-up but I must qualify that remark by stating that the "Eleanor Rigby" pella tends to add something that does not automatically cause this mash-up to flounder.  I tend to attribute that to the overall general quality we've come to associate with the Beatles, but in particular Paul McCartney's voice.  Overall, this remains a nice little four and one-half star event.

Acapella: Outkast - "Idlewild Blue," Beatles - "Eleanor Rigby"
Instrumental: Depeche Mode - "Personal Jesus"

ToTom - Idlewild Jesus Rigby

Comments

[The B Flint]

Excellent ce mélange !!!

[Loretta]

Absolutely fabulous. The music melding in this is quite tricky and you do it perfectly!
Thanks!

[birdbath]

Fantastic choon. Now used on Globaleyes: http://www.blather.net/globaleyes/archives/2007/07/the_return_of_penny_dreadful.html

[justme]

i ve found good beatles remix here :
http://www. myspace.com/walteregoh