POKEMANS!

I mentioned this video to Megan today because she's nuts for the Pokemans, but since my partner in blogging about shitty music is SLACKING OFF by doing "WORK" or something at a "JOB", I decided to put it on the blog. Now, THE HELENATOR is known for being totally obsessed with the Pokemans, so she'll have to provide the nerdier commentary in the, well, in the comments. I'll do a little blurb on the musics though:

I have no idea where these samples come from - presumably some sort of pokemon episode or movie - but they're great. And the drumline and synth that Blue Satellite has fitted to this track are really great. And the filters thrown onto the samples really make them disco-ready. Furthermore, the sweet fluteyness of the track (yes that's a technical term) works really well with this whole springtime thing. This is the kind of music that goes best with some sort of afterschool sports montage. Like two tennis players facing off, the ball racing yellow across the net with each beat and the players leaping into dramatic poses as the music peaks!



Personally though, as a teenager I found Pokemon to be quite childish... in comparison to DragonBall Z!!! To be honest, my resistance to actually watching Pokemon was most likely due to the fact that my parents wouldn't let me have a GameBoy, so I never got hooked on the game. As such, much like Bill Cosby below, I am incapable of understanding the mystery that is the Pokemans.



But Blue Satellite isn't the only DJ posting up anime remixes. Just a few days ago, one of my favorite artists, Go Go Bizkitt!, released this track:

Suupa! Japanese! Dream! Imagination! Station! (Anime Attack!) by Go Go Bizkitt!

This one's definitely a little more suited for the club, and I really like the transition into the second set of samples with the filter coming up and then the looping and the counter-looping madness. It's a great way to take songs that I probably would've hated and turned them into songs that I like. And I LOVE THE SYNTH that finishes it out. Ultimately, this feels like three different projects that got lumped together. I think Go Go Bizkitt! ought to develop one or two of them independently - they're all really great but they don't necessarily fit together well.