Remixers that do it right

[jazzboCR]

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...


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.

C-H--Very interesting, on-point post and just what I was looking to provoke (in a good way). As far as being rip-offs: I tried to make the point that the majority of remixes are just that...but sometimes it is done well enough with enough intelligence and taste to merit being considered "new" or at least an extension. Also those 4 Berman Brothers projects were in aid of charities or "good works" projects so a little slack is due them; they made their money doing high-level but crassly commercial stuff--I view this as a bit of give-back even though they were paid for it.
Another point: Isn't much of modern pop disguised remixes in that "artists" and their producers take a chunk from here, a shard from there and put'm in the stewpot? We emphasize originality here but so little actually is. End of rant.