Here is volume 16 of my Best of the Remix series here on The World Forgot. Consider it my Christmas gift to you all. Get some rest, spend time with family, and most of all enjoy the music. To see all previous volumes just click here.
mp3 : 2Pac vs Gary Jules – Against a Mad World (Brenton Duvall Remix)
This remix needs no pithy introduction; no clever phrase could encapsulate all that it is. Just look at the title. It’s classic 2Pac and one of the best cover songs in the history of man rolled into one remix. Merry Christmas indeed.
mp3 : Amadou & Mariam – Sabali (Miike Snow Remix)
Miike Snow somehow finds a way to make an already amazing song even more amazing. It’s a Christmas miracle.
mp3 : Blackbird Blackbird – Hawaii (Niva Remix)
To be fair I’ve never heard to Blackbird Blackbird or Niva before this track. I have, however, heard of Hawaii, but for decidedly different reasons. Mostly because they have luaus for Christmas.
mp3 : Ellie Goulding – Your Song (Blackmill Dubstep Remix)
My younger brother, who at one point in time actually posted (once) on TWF, always seems to be fascinated with dubstep. This remix is my Christmas present to him. It’s a good one.
mp3 : Imogen Heap – Hide And Seek (Tiesto’s In Search of Sunrise Remix)
Hide And Seek was definitely not intended to be a club staple, but Tiesto changed that as he usually does. There’s nothing really Christmasy about this track other than it reminds me of Chrimahanukwanzmakuh from The O.C. (don’t be a crazy Oliver and pretend like you didn’t watch).
mp3 : Lady Gaga – Just Dance (Worship Remix)
Is she still relevant? Will she be in 2011? Will people remix her pop drivel regardless? Yes, yes, and yes. Just drink some proper eggnog and dance.
mp3 : Lady Gaga – Paparazzi (Redlight Remix)
Dear Santa, all I want for Christmas is this; every Gaga remix from here until eternity should prominently feature hand claps synched with drum beats. Oh, and world peace.
mp3 : Pixies – Where Is My Mind (Bassnectar Remix)
Bassnectar takes possibly the only song by Pixies that I genuinely like and turns it into something that would fit on the greatest Christmas movie soundtrack of all time (that being the soundtrack to Tron: Legacy).
mp3 : Pixies – Where Is My Mind (Refracture Remix)
I’m including this remix because it’s so distinctly different from the previous Bassnectar one. As the stop motion episode of Community taught us, Christmas is a time to celebrate diversity. And awesomeness.
mp3 : Sufjan Stevens vs Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Maps to Chicago (Remix)
There are points in this remix/mashup where I wish the arrangement were as clever as the song title. But I always associate Sufjan with Christmas and to be fair Maps is the best song Yeah Yeah Yeahs have ever done. It’s a win win.
mp3 : The Killers – Spaceman (The Knocks Remix)
In the future children will be told the story of a man, dressed in a flaming red positively pressurized suit (that’s why he looks fat, it’s the pressure suit), that flies through the cosmos to deliver toys to good girls and boys. This will be the song that powers his magical spaceship.
mp3 : Two Door Cinema Club – Undercover Martyn (Passion Pit Remix)
Passion Pit takes one of the purest pop songs of 2010 and envelopes it in a glittering, shimmery, trance infused, best of both worlds wrapping paper. They tie it up with a bow of awesome and set it below a Christmas tree topped with a disco ball.
mp3 : Wale (feat Lady Gaga) – Chillin (The Knocks Remix)
Wale always makes me feel like 1) Gaga can be relevant and 2) it’s the 80s. And I grew up in the 80s. And Christmas is awesome when you’re a kid. And that’s a stretch, but if you’re still reading then you’re more than ready for ramblings.
mp3 : William The Vanish Russ Chimes – Hold On My Momma (White Panda Remix)
I love it when a remix takes a bunch of terrible tracks and makes us all realize that it is often the sum of parts that really makes art beautiful. I will not talk about Christmas in this description. Eat it.
mp3 : Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Dull Life (Professor Purple Remix)
If they ever update It’s A Wonderful Life (and I mean really update, not retell it like they did with The Family Man – which is coincidentally one of seven Nic Cage movies that were actually worth watching) they need to have a club scene where this track is playing. Playing loud.
Merry Christmas. Enjoy the music.
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