I think this is more good news ! Another “green flag” people..

This is where we have been going wrong all these years. We`ve all been taking our music tooooo seriously, and we didnt even know it till Covid came along. And all it takes it seems this time round to make us shake our shimmy, is for “The Powers That Be” to officially release (and therefore endorse) something that is not a million miles away from a full on Elton John Mash Up with a new backing track, lets be honest from the off.. and then for an encore, lets add some Dua Lipa into the mix for good measure !

Borrowed quote from here:

“The new “Cold Heart” track features interpolations of [Elton] John’s 1989 ballad “Sacrifice” with his 1972 smash “Rocket Man (I Think It’s Going to Be a Long, Long Time),” 1983’s “Kiss the Bride,” and 1976’s “Where’s the Shoorah?” as the songs get a groove-tipped refresh in the mashup”.

Thats Rolling Stone calling it a Mash Up there btw.. Bet theyre stuck for a better description..(Me too).

Really liking tho, the technique of getting all the music parts/vocals from different songs, ie: picking the best bits from the multitrack(s), making new intro`s verses and choruses (kinda), getting the vocals to fit in time to 113 bpm from 88.97420743 bpm (on a good day), then timestretching the odd phrase to fit here and there, then maybe some vocal pitch shift/correction shenanigans.. finding a nice key they all sit in..something I do enjoy doing occasionally. “Enjoy” being the completely wrong word. But great to see it happening in a commercial release.. cant think of another that has been so “in yer face” about it ! .. correct me if I`m wrong.

IMO, great great news then. Completely whacky ideas getting official releases are cool.

Even cooler than that time we thought Mash Ups were cool.

Time to step up the game boys and girls.

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