Note: If you're avoiding spoilers for the current tour, you'll want to skip this post.
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I'm not sure what the technical definitions are, but both forms involve taking pieces of different songs that already exist and arranging them so that together they make a new song. In my mind a "mash-up" is a combination of parts from two songs and a "medley" is a combination of parts from three songs or more.
Mash-ups
I've seen a lot of Chasers comment that once we've heard a song in a SNC mash-up it's really hard to go back to the original!
I'm Yours / Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Billie Jean / Poison (Lately they've been adding The Way You Make Me Feel to the beginning of this, so it could also qualify as a medley.)
Rhythm of Love / Can't Help Falling In Love
Rocky Top / I'll Fly Away *special for the Ryman Auditorium
You and Me and the Bottle Makes Three / Single Ladies
Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours / I Was Made To Love Her
Stayin' Alive / Superstition
Come Together / Drive My Car
Hark the Herald Angels / Angels We Have Heard on High
ABC / I Want You Back
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| Photo credit: Tara K. |
Medleys
SNC's original hit medley is, of course, the 12 Days arrangement, but they have since gone on to create many additional medleys, all fantastic. I've already mentioned both of their 50's medleys, here are some other titles you can search on YouTube (put "Straight No Chaser" or "SNC" in front of each):
Movie Theme medley or Movie medley
The Beatles / Rolling Stones medley
Jersey Boys medley
Lady Gaga medley
Forget You / Baby / Lady Gaga
Frat Pack medley
Earth, Wind & Fire medley
1990's and 2000's medley
Moves Like Jagger / Give Me Everything Tonight / Sexy and I Know It
Bruce Springsteen medley
Put your makeup on, fix your hair up pretty.
And meet me tonight in Atlantic City...
Jon Bon Jovi medley
TV Theme Song medley
(They did a TGIF version of this one on "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon")
Cartoon medley
Hair Band medley (short-lived, but epic)
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| Photo credit: Tara K. |
And with that I'm excited to announce that we're halfway through the alphabet and blogging challenge!!! *sets off confetti cannon* Thanks to everyone for reading!
Thanks to Angie and Stacey for their M suggestions!
2 comments:
That pic of Tyler from the Hairband Medley is EPIC!
I'm not sure of the technical definitions either but I think other than what you already stated about 2 songs vs 3 or more songs a mash-up goes back and forth between the pieces of two songs. I've always thought a medley is 3 or more songs of a common theme BUT once a piece of a song is presented they move on to the next; the songs are not revisited (unless it's the intro & end like in the Movie Medley).
And wtrfallprincess, CONGRATS on reaching the halfway mark! Love them all so far & looking forward to the remaining 13 blogs. KUDOS
What a fun idea. I don't listen to much music anymore, but it was fun stopping by. I think I try the mashups with book titles. http://1000wrongs.blogspot.com
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