Friday, February 26, 2010

Blue Eyed Soul

One of my favorite re-edit twelves from last year tackled two of my favorite "non-so-guilty" pleasures in Mad Mats' The Blue Eyed Soul EP. On this release, Mad Mats' reworks both Kenny Loggins' "This Is It" and The Doobie Brothers' "What a Fool Believes", two tracks that I enjoy even without any re-tooling. That being said, Mad Mats' does an amazing job on this record at giving these two cuts a refreshing and new feel. My favorite of the two tracks in "This Is It", Mad Mats' adds some additional percussion grooves to give the song even more "push" for the dancefloor. Regardless, this is an outstanding release that I highly recommend checking out. Enjoy!

Kenny Loggins - This Is It (Mad Mats Rework)


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6 comments:

Don Volcano said...

yeah was always afraid to rock the OG but this gives it that push that i needed though i have known other dj's to play OG and get over i prefer this rework. thanks!

Thurston Howell III said...

There's a treasure trove of "lite rock"/"lite FM" type stuff from the late 70's/early 80's, and this one is definitely one of the best.

For an amusing take on "yacht rock", check out this amusing video on Youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch#playnext=
1&playnext_from=TL&videos=CkgPoFFBx-o&v=TjAQZyqCzhk

I've always wanted to do a massive, ultimate mix of light rock type stuff, but there's only so many hours in the day....

Don Volcano said...

dig the video great tunes all. not sure if it qualifies but i want someone to do an edit of 'magic' by olivia newton john.

next level said...

just want to let the owner of this blog know that THIS blog is the best thing I've ever found on the thing called the internet

RoyalScam said...

There were 11 episodes of that "Yacht Rock" parody series. Every one was a winner.

lisa ann said...

awesome blog! i was thinking about this song the other day - great remix of it! keep up the good work and thanks for sharing!