Monday , November 16, 2009

Soundtracks: Girl Talk, Feed the Animals

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In some shadowy corner of my brain I got the idea that Girl Talk's fourth record Feed the Animals was coming out on CD today, which apparently isn't actually happening till November 11. But the record's been available online for a long while now and I'm sick of waiting to gush on and on about its awesomeness, and who pays attention to CD release dates anyway? (I mean, I totally do, but I don't even know if I can stand by that possibly foolish old-schoolishness anymore.)

And so: It was Fluxblog, or was it Vic Tayback,* who said of Girl Talk's last record: "Like the best [mash-ups and DJ mixes], it retains its listenability because the tracks are more than a collection of reference points - nearly all of them stand up as perfectly composed pop songs in and of themselves." The same's so true of Feed the Animals, as evidenced by the fact that I've played the hell out it over the last few months and still find it all fresh-and-new-feeling. I'd even say it's maybe my favorite record of 2008, and so without further adieu I give you:

SEVEN Moments on Feed the Animals That Will Make Your Life EIGHT Times More Exciting

1."Play Your Part (Pt. 1)," 0:27 - 0:40 (Spencer Davis Group, "Gimme Some Lovin'" + UGK, "International Player's Anthem"). If we could make it so these 13 perfect seconds played on a loop at top volume everywhere all the time, the world would get so much shit done. I mean, we'd get nothing done, 'cause everyone would be too busy jumping up and down and running up the side of buildings at full speed and imploding from happiness, but...would that be such a terrible thing?

2. "Shut the Club Down," 2:08 - 2:55 (Ahmad, "Back in the Day" + Rod Stewart, "Young Hearts" + Michael Sembello, "Maniac"). Before you go home for Thanksgiving this year, you should Facebook all your high-school friends and make plans to meet up somewhere that's like a cross between the bar in "Glory Days" by Bruce Springsteen and the Peach Pit After Dark, then work it so this bit from "Shut the Club Down" is playing just as you all run into each other. Then dance on the tabletops and flip your hair around a lot.

3. "Set it Off," 0:20 - 1:21 (Jay-Z, "Roc Boys (And the Winner Is)" + Radiohead, "Paranoid Android"). BADASS, so much.

4. "No Pause," 0:18 - 0:54 (Missy Elliott, "Work It" + Nu Shooz, "I Can't Wait"). Doesn't "I Can't Wait" make you think simultaneously of nogoodforme's special summer edition of Heavy Rotation, and of Johnny Drama doing the Macarena on the deck of a boat in the south of France? Me too! What an amazing feeling.

5. "Like This," 2:26 - 3:21 (Metallica, "One" + Lil Mama, "Lip Gloss"). This makes me wanna have a Scary Rollerskating Party, where everyone skates around to metal while performing satanic rituals and chewing Strawberry Splash Bubblicious.

6. "Give Me a Beat," 1:32 - 2:04 (Britney Spears, "Gimme More" + Air, "Sexy Boy" + Lloyd, "How We Do It"). And then after the Scary Rollerskating Party you can get drunk on wine coolers in the parking lot with someone really hot and then make out in the roller rink bathroom.

7. "In Step," 2:53 - 3:23 (Fergie feat. Ludacris, "Glamorous" + The Beach Boys, "God Only Knows"). "If you ain't got no money, take your broke ass home" coupled with "God only knows what I'd do without you" makes total sense, somehow.

Oh, and don't forget to check out Girl Talk when he blows through your town over the next coupla months. Check his MySpace for dates.

*If you got this "Sprockets" reference before I had to explain it, you win my lifelong love.

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