As many of you may have
noticed, I don't really post a lot of remixes here at SOTO. It's not
that I think they're all horrible or anything, but for whatever reason a lot
of them just don't appeal to me in any way. With that being said, I do
really like the Verve remix albums that have been released over the last few
years. I think that for the most part the artists that they bring on
board to remix some of the greats of yesteryear tend to do a good job of
"modernizing" the songs, so it works as a way to pay homage to those artists
and introduce them to those who've never heard of them. Anyhow,
there's a new collection (it's the fourth and it features remixes of Nina
Simone, James Brown, Ella Fitzgerald, etc) that was released yesterday and I
highly recommend that you seek it out. Enjoy.
:Marlena
Shaw - California Soul (Diplo Remix):
Fortunately, Diplo didn't turn this classic into something
that would make me throw up in my mouth and/or convulse
violently. If anything I'd say he actually managed to
give it a little more kick. I mean, the best part of
the song is Marlena's killer voice, so for him to put
together an arrangement that manages to steal even the
slightest bit of my attention from her deserves some credit.
If only more remixes were this classy.
I was really
hoping that Youtube would have some old grainy live footage
or something, but all they had was a bunch of songs set to
pictures. So, I present to you Marlena Shaw and the
song Women Of The Ghetto and a single shot of her
simply looking beautiful. Somehow it still works.
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