25-02-2015, 11:49
i generally dislike remixes, but sometimes, and i mean only sometimes i prefer them to the original tracks...
and they only work when the guys remixing them actually know and appreciate the artist who's music they are remixing....
or when they keep the original track as is and add to it, or alternatively, just change them slightly...
some tracks sound cluttered to me(and one springs to mind immediately, yet the remix of it is clean,crisp and well done)...
i'll have a think about a few overnight and post the original versions of songs and the remixes i like over the next couple of days and you can decide....
as a footnote, remixes were invented,or developed, to lengthen three minute pop songs in the early 1980s so that nightclub dj's didnt have to change the vinyl records so often,
now though,
it seems a pre-requisite to release them for more sales...
in 1982...
UK band The Jam released a 'double 'a' side single..."town called malice" b/w "precious"...
"precious" was a funk based tune and on the 12" version of the vinyl single they remixed the track to over double its length...
anyway,
to cut a long story short fans bought both the 7" and 12" versions which catapulted the single straight to #1 in the UK...
the same week The Stranglers released "golden brown" which debuted at #2....
The Stranglers lodged a complaint with the BPI(british phonogaphic industry) stating that if there werent two different versions of that single, that they would have
gone straight to #1 and not The Jam...
the complaint was rejected by the BPI and their reasoning was...."you can release what you want as a single,no problem"
the following year....
Frankie Goes To Hollywood went to #1 with "relax" and the follow up single "two tribes"...
they were releasing a different remix each week on 12" vinyl and fans were snapping up each and every version, which helped those singles each sell 2million copies in the UK alone and remaining in the charts for around a year each....
to sell 2million copies of a single in the UK was a rarity back then and so was remaining in the charts for a year....
so i guess they really started the total influx of remixed singles to attain sales....
enough of my ramblings about remixes and the overview of them in the UK charts dating back over 30years...but hey, you want reply posts with answers...you got it!
i hope that helps with any info you may like.
and i will get back to my posting original versions and remixes soon.
and they only work when the guys remixing them actually know and appreciate the artist who's music they are remixing....
or when they keep the original track as is and add to it, or alternatively, just change them slightly...
some tracks sound cluttered to me(and one springs to mind immediately, yet the remix of it is clean,crisp and well done)...
i'll have a think about a few overnight and post the original versions of songs and the remixes i like over the next couple of days and you can decide....
as a footnote, remixes were invented,or developed, to lengthen three minute pop songs in the early 1980s so that nightclub dj's didnt have to change the vinyl records so often,
now though,
it seems a pre-requisite to release them for more sales...
in 1982...
UK band The Jam released a 'double 'a' side single..."town called malice" b/w "precious"...
"precious" was a funk based tune and on the 12" version of the vinyl single they remixed the track to over double its length...
anyway,
to cut a long story short fans bought both the 7" and 12" versions which catapulted the single straight to #1 in the UK...
the same week The Stranglers released "golden brown" which debuted at #2....
The Stranglers lodged a complaint with the BPI(british phonogaphic industry) stating that if there werent two different versions of that single, that they would have
gone straight to #1 and not The Jam...
the complaint was rejected by the BPI and their reasoning was...."you can release what you want as a single,no problem"
the following year....
Frankie Goes To Hollywood went to #1 with "relax" and the follow up single "two tribes"...
they were releasing a different remix each week on 12" vinyl and fans were snapping up each and every version, which helped those singles each sell 2million copies in the UK alone and remaining in the charts for around a year each....
to sell 2million copies of a single in the UK was a rarity back then and so was remaining in the charts for a year....
so i guess they really started the total influx of remixed singles to attain sales....
enough of my ramblings about remixes and the overview of them in the UK charts dating back over 30years...but hey, you want reply posts with answers...you got it!
i hope that helps with any info you may like.
and i will get back to my posting original versions and remixes soon.
"BTO....Bachman,Turner,Overweight
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.