We posted the undeniably good Justice remix of Klaxons ‘As Above, So Below’ last week, but remember I said it reminded me of Michael McDonald for some reason. Well, it finally dawned on me that Justice must’ve have been listening to a lot of the Doobie Brothers at the time of making the remix. Listen to the Justice remix and then The Doobies 1978 hit ‘What A Fool Believes’ and you decide.
MP3: Klaxons - As Above, So Below (Justice Remix)
MP3: Doobie Brothers - What A Fool Believes
You should already have ‘Myths Of The Near Future’ in your collection, but if you don’t you can remedy that here here
I’m glad I’m not the only person who noticed that. Also note the synth elements taken from Alan Braxe’s remix of Kelis’ “Bossy”…
gah, new file hosting is blocked for content classified as ‘nudity’! missingtoof no longer work friendly? o noes!
coincidence? I THINK NOT. stop the madness!
@ bumps909 are you serious?! but it’s just an ip address. weird! maybe after we assign it a domainn name it will work? HOPEFULLY! cuz otherwise, that would suck!
dude son of a bitch. I love that song so much. It almost makes me cry.
Wicked tune…It also heavily samples Chic - “my Forbiddedn Lover”…
@ bearbaby, i dunno if you’ve heard the story behind how ‘What A Fool Believes’ came about but you should check it out, it’s super educational.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMTI8vg7A5U
Hate me everybody, but it sounds lightly like Olivia Newton-John’s “Physical” (At least, in the very beginning…) :S
http://youtube.com/watch?v=47h4MV6U5p0
Whatever… it’s an amazing tune
I love it!!!
Check the Human League - Mirror Man sample at the very end.
“Whatever… it’s an amazing tune” I’d prefer if there was less reinterpretation and alike going around myself. It’s a nice remix, but come on?
disaster - it’s just my work’s internet content filter doing the cock blocking. i’ll just have to get the tunes at home. i can still view the site.. thank gahhhd!
i remember that sweet freedom track from the movie.. it’s at the end where they’re sailing off during the credits.
safri duo did a remake/remix of that track with michael mcdonald a few years ago.
reading discobelle well done
maybe it was cryptomnesia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptomnesia
Uncanny. Good spot!
i thought of michael mcdonald from first listen too. thanks for clearing up which song it was, haha
Tom - yes, reinterpretation and remixes can certainly seem been there done that after a while, but the truth is that all art is based on reinterpretation and reactions to what’s already out there. Wether it’s Chromeo borrowing a term that Michael Jackson and Bobby Brown made famous in the 80s (starts with t ends with oni), or Matthew Barney ripping off Houdini’s image for his Cremaster series.
Take it for what it is, BAM!
-Dani
She came back with stretch pants and a ponytail, a t-shirt. Ayo fam I got a tenderoni girl…
i had the same idea! it’s a great tune (both of them)
It’s all Yacht Rock, baby.
Smoooooooooooooooooooooth.
imo it sounds similar to “Luther Vandross - Shine (Freemasons Remix)”
good compare
its interesting because daft punk does the same thing. takes old songs from late 60’s and 70’s uses same tunes but modernized and bam. you have daft punk. :]
amazing what one can do with simple tunes.
have you heard the self cover of what a fool believes? it’s on the album gizmodgery. its completly produced with samples of oldschool children toys. amazing work.
Self – What a Fool Believes
I think bassline is the sample of My forbidden Lover by Chic. When you listen to My Forbidden Lover at the beginning an make it very slow. it sounds pretty like this remix’ bassline.
It’s funny how someone thinks it’s Luther Vandross - Shine and someone thinks the bass is from Chic - My Forbidden Lover cause there is actually a remix of both songs on Youtube : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFPKc-nMB7A
I think you’re both right and maybe Justice watched this video before doing their Klaxons remix ?
I personaly love this As Above, So Below remix, cause it’s very far from the original song.