There's an episode of South Park where one of the characters' evil alter-ego (Professor Chaos) attempts to come up with a number of ways to bring, well, chaos to the town. But throughout the brainstorming process, his assistant continues to remind him that his original ideas are unfortunately not all that original. At every stop, Butters, er... Professor Chaos is reminded that "The Simpsons already did it."
At this year's Brit Awards, Estelle and the Ting Tings performed together, combining their songs in a way that the award show has never seen before. And I won't slight it--it was a great performance, adding a bit of much needed zest to compensate for lackluster showings from U2 & Kings of Leon. The only thing is, it's not entirely that original... see, the Hood Internet already did it.
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DJ STV SLV "Shut Up, American Boy" 
Actually, I'm sure they heard the mashup and liked it and decided to use it. Madonna did the same thing with a Loo & Placido mashup of one of her songs.
Posted by: DELUXE | February 24, 2009 at 07:21 PM
I love seeing this happen. Good scoop Chris.
Posted by: art | February 24, 2009 at 07:34 PM
Homage or straight jack?
If they hadn't heard it first... the Hood beat em to the punch, and if it's based on the Hood's track, they jacked it.
Posted by: Chris | February 24, 2009 at 07:35 PM
nice one ... pretty cool ... like it much !!
Posted by: buttswannamove | April 27, 2009 at 05:28 PM