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Single Minded: The Beatles, Coldplay, Radiohead

6/6/08, 11:29 am EST

It’s Friday, which means that Single Minded devotes itself to rarities, remixes and mash-ups.

Loo & Placido, “Black Beatles” [Mash-Up]
Pick of the week by a mile: Two DJs mash up the Beatles’ “Girl,” a little Ludacris and “Let’s Get it Started” with astonishing results. We take this as proof that the Black-Eyed Peas can be great if you reduce the level of actual Black Eyed Peas in any one of their songs. This is the Single-Minded Weekend Jam Must.

Coldplay, “Violet Hill” [Justice Remix]
We know a few weeks ago we gave you a whole other remix of this song, but French duo Justice have somehow turned Coldplay into quasi-Goth-metal. Which we guess makes it okay to like them.
Update: Looks like these remixes were fake. Strike it from the record!

Radiohead, “Nude (Played on a Printer)” [Um. Songs Played on a Printer?]
Well, now the internet has truly done it: this is “Nude,” from the last Radiohead record, performed on a printer. That’s right, a printer. All you’re doing with your lame printer is making pictures of your cat for your desk at work.

Manu Chao, “Politik Kills” [Dennis Bovell Remix]
This is the kind of thing that makes our head explode: Rock en Espanol superstar Manu Chao gets stripped back to the basics by legendary reggae producer Dennis Bovell, resulting in a druggy dub version of his anti-politics anthem. The refrain is “Politik Kills,” over and over. Marijuana, apparently still okay. Phew!

Ladyhawke, “Paris is Burning” [Alex Gopher Remix]
So we’re going to get behind Ladyhawke, because her songs sound like lost ’80s classics before the remixers get ahold of them. Here’s another gem: lyrics that prettily pout about how Paris is screaming all night long.


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jp | 6/6/2008, 12:36 pm EST

they also use the beatle’s “run for you life,” not just “girl”

Thom | 6/6/2008, 5:48 pm EST

Wait a minute! Haven’t all post-OK Computer Radiohead songs has been a bunch of ambient machine noises?

Amlys | 6/7/2008, 2:19 am EST

On the “Black Beatles” song there’s a sound bite from a Kelis song.

josh | 6/7/2008, 12:15 pm EST

Thanks for the link, J. Edward Keyes.

manboy | 6/7/2008, 1:54 pm EST

hilarios, with the beatles thing, john lennon would have loved it, he loved being creative with his music and trying different things

M | 6/9/2008, 6:36 am EST

Justice re-mixes Coldplay.

Another fine example, of how R.S staff post links without actually listening to the music.

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