"I'm traveling by myself these days / I'm into jazz and failed berets"

[larryhammer]

Special to oracne: the annotated "Night at the Hip-Hopera" (via), with all the sources shown, throughout each track, as reported by The Kelptones who created it.

(For those who haven't met this, this is the best mash-up album, let alone track, I've ever met -- in which Queen songs are matched with various of hip-hop tracks, and other things, throwing light on and often improving on the originals. Listen online with the widgit or follow the download link.)

---L.

Comments

[oracne.livejournal.com]

OOH.

[larryhammer]

:-)

I'm still fondest of "Sniff," though "Listen" is a close second.

---L.

[pseudo_tsuga.livejournal.com]

Aside from the music itself the presentation is perfect.

[larryhammer]

It's not to everyone's taste, I admit. A lot of mashups leave me cold, but most of these tracks work me very well.

---L.

[pseudo_tsuga.livejournal.com]

Oh no, I love the music too! I just wanted to comment on the clear, elegant presentation.

[larryhammer]

It is indeed a well-done presentation. Good use of horizontal and vertical scales.

---L.