DEATH MATCH: Something About You

As I scooped up a handful of songs from my itunes, I realized that eventually song titles will just have to get longer to accommodate the fact that sooner or later all the possible combinations of commonly used words will have been taken. Many combos have already been duplicated by artists with completely no shame. As many of these songs are amazing (and amazingly successful), I don’t think anyone cares too much for having been the first, but it does pose the question in my head as I over-analyze everything as it is. I propose we hold death matches between 3 candidates, after which we will crown the winner that must uphold the title as soon as there become 2 new challengers. As a challenger, you would be allowed to submit what you feel is the strongest version, mix, or remix or your song, though should you lose, ALL versions would be cast into the depths of hell, never to be heard again.

I propose the first battle be for the title of ‘Something About You’. I have taken the time to select what I feel are the 3 strongest versions for this open judging. Oh yes, we must talk about judging! For now, we will hold the death matches on this site. Once the world discovers our system, and begins to praise us for the ground work that we have laid down, I’m sure some international council of elders (most likely consisting of French and Swedish house producers) will pay us off and create some higher styles of determining who lives and who dies. This really is an amazing idea. If there’s some song out there that you just hate, all you need to do is make a song with the same name, get someone else to do the same, then submit some type of application or form to the council. Hopefully your song kicks ass and wins.

This first death match will be between Live Element, Hatiras (Adam K & Soha Remix), and Jamelia (Mr. Oizo Remix).

Luckily, Daft Punk’s jam off Discovery is titled ‘Something About US’.

Let the judging begin! I am casting off my vote for Live Element.

*’Live Element - Something About You’ samples ‘Exile - I Wanna Kiss You All Over‘.

Justice - Dior Homme Mix + Justice - Stress (Live/Auto Version)

I am going to pretend that I am one of the first 100 to blog about this collaboration, which I personally feel is amazingly rad. Rewind almost one year ago, Daft Punk produced an Alive style mix for a Louis Vuitton runway show. Now, de Rosnay & Auge have just proven their massiveness once again by producing what they call a mix for the Dior Homme Spring - Summer ‘09 runway show in Paris. I say it’s more of just one track that happens to be 15 minutes long, with various changes throughout. Dior’s Kris Van Assche has closely knit himself into the French music scene by now having made the Daft Punk leather jackets seen in Electroma. And for anyone else who loves Justice’s music, but hates that ‘D.A.N.C.E.’ was in a Katherine Heigl movie, here’s the irrefutably cinematic live/Auto version of ‘Stress’.

For pix of the runway show, check out our post in the design section.