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August 16, 2023 9:50 AM

Mashup Master Bill McClintock has appeared on Metafilter several times before, most recently here. I recently stumbled across his mashup of James Brown and Judas Priest which may be one of the most amazing things I have ever seen!
posted by wittgenstein (15 comments total)

Now I can't decide if this is my favorite James Brown song or my favorite Judas Priest song.
posted by BigHeartedGuy at 9:57 AM on August 16, 2023 [2 favorites]

It's interesting to watch the dancer in the back of James Brown's video. Something in her body language suggests caution and hesitancy, which makes it difficult for her to really get into the groove, and that was probably because she was on top of a high platform and she was worried about falling off.
posted by Faint of Butt at 9:59 AM on August 16, 2023 [3 favorites]

That, or she’s just scared of James Brown.
posted by Optamystic at 10:01 AM on August 16, 2023 [6 favorites]

This is so awesome. And the video editing is great, too.

Checkout Kiss meets J. Geils, Freeze Frame City
posted by Gorgik at 10:16 AM on August 16, 2023

YT suggested that I also look at his "Holy Mary Jane" by Rick James Dio, which is likewise great, although my favorite in the unlikely mashup genre is still DJ Cummerbund's "Play That Funky Music, Rammstein."
posted by Halloween Jack at 10:55 AM on August 16, 2023 [1 favorite]

That, or she’s just scared of James Brown.

I know I would have been.
posted by freakazoid at 11:34 AM on August 16, 2023 [1 favorite]

Halloween Jack: The YT algorithm served me "I Was Made for Boogie Wonderland", also wonderful, as the follow-up.
posted by May Kasahara at 11:45 AM on August 16, 2023 [2 favorites]

That was phenomenal. I haven't ever heard his vocals so clearly before!

And wen the guitar solo started and the horn players all stepped back, I thought of the line, "We'd like to do a favorite of the horn section. We hope it's one of yours."
posted by wenestvedt at 11:54 AM on August 16, 2023

Nice find! I love a good mashup, especially a genre bender. Reminds me of a lot of work Divide and Kreate has been doing for years. Scroll all the way to the bottom for Phantom Part III (Clash vocals over Justice electronica).
posted by cult_url_bias at 2:02 PM on August 16, 2023

Needs more Halford!

As a teenager, for some reason, Rob's leather outfits made me feel all funny inside. Weird. No idea why.
posted by Abehammerb Lincoln at 4:59 PM on August 16, 2023 [6 favorites]

The mashup is a masterful achievement - but, for me, loss from taking out the funk does not quite counterbalance the gain from adding a guitar solo (or taking out the piano one).
posted by rongorongo at 10:49 PM on August 16, 2023

Black Sabbath and the Temptations bonus is no Ozzie vocals.
posted by billsaysthis at 7:25 PM on August 17, 2023

This rules, but I'm confused why it would be attributed to "James Priest" when "Judas Brown" is right there.
posted by straight at 9:00 AM on August 18, 2023

I nearly fell off my chair when I heard this country version of 'Eye of the Tiger'.

Another one that really shouldn't work is Buffalo MC playing 'Stop and Bust a Move'.
posted by Prof. Danger at 11:06 AM on August 19, 2023 [1 favorite]

ohmygod County Eye of the Tiger is incredible
posted by straight at 7:19 PM on August 22, 2023