Mashup Monday - 2013 In Review

It's getting to be that time of the year, again.  Every year, in the last couple of weeks of December, YouTube is innundated with year-end mashups of the year's movies and music.  Most are mediocre.  Some really stand out.

I don't know what to call Gen Ip.  Is she an artist?  A master editor?  A filmmaker?  In any event, I desperately anticipate her filmography each year.  While, in my opinion, 'Filmography 2010' was far and away her best effort, her video for 2013 is quite remarkable.



When it comes to the end-of-the-year music mashups, DJ Earworm tends to have the best mix every year.  His mixes are always fluid, with the tunes that had the most radio airplay for the year.  I actually recognized most of the songs.



If you quote me on this, I'll deny it.  But....pop music this year was pretty darn good.  Between albums from Macklemore, Daft Punk, Justin Timberlake, Gaga, and Lorde, not to mention a couple of good singles from folks like Robin Thicke, radio was almost bearable in 2013.

I said almost.

Mashup Monday - Annie Lennox Edition

Today, I found a phenomenal mashup on YouTube.  It's a couple of years old, but well worth a listen.  When Lennox released The Annie Lennox Collection in 2009, she commissioned DJ Earworm to mashup a few of her tunes together.  The result is a track titled Backwards/Forwards.  I especially like the portion of the song that combines No More I Love Yous, Walking On Broken Glass, and Why together.  Enjoy.

Mashup Monday - 'Good Feeling'

For my final "Mashup Monday" post of 2011, logic would say to feature DJ Earworm's annual United State of Pop mashup.  It's where he takes the 25 biggest hits of the year and mashes them together.  Truth is:  Other than Adele's '21', pop music sounded like utter shit.

Instead, I thought I would share the latest track from Norwegian Recycling.  He debuted it last Tuesday night.  Called 'Good Feeling', it incorporates elements of the following tunes:

• Katy Perry - 'The One That Got Away
• Coldplay - Fix You
• David Guerra w/ Usher - Without You
• AVICII - Levels
• Black Eyed Peas - The Time
• Britney Spears - Hold It Against Me
• Britney Spears - Till The World Ends
• Bryan Adams - Summer of '69
• Chris Brown - Yeah 3X

It's not the best mashup in his catalogue, but still a great song.

DJ Earworm - United State of Pop 2010