Heads We Dance: Favourite Remix #1
Great remixes are like great cover versions – they're either completely different to the original or simply much better than the original.
Posted 24th August 2009, 2:29pm in Features, by Heads We Dance
The Rolling Stones - 'You Can't Always Get What You Want' (Soulwax Remix)Great remixes are like great cover versions – they're either completely different to the original or simply much better than the original. The Soulwax remix of the Stones’ classic ‘You Can’t Always Get What You Want’ is a perfect example of the former.
Built upon a snaking synth bassline and rhythm track similar to many of the songs on the Soulwax album 'Nite Versions' this remix favours the Stones’ post-Altamont voodoo-blues shake over the choral pomp of the original song. The Stones’ backing track is cut up and glued back together in a William S Burroughs-esque bricolage which shows scant regard for classic rock reverence - Keith Richards would probably approve! By contrast, Soulwax leave Mick Jagger's lyrical day-in-the-life of the counter-culture aristocracy largely unaltered; his encounters with freaks, scenesters, prescription pills and cherry red soda remaining as camply nonchalant as ever. The result is that Soulwax make the song sound fresh and exciting without losing its original charm.
This is ace for playing out at the end of a night as the original is a song that everyone knows and loves to hear blasted out of a big system but the remix is warped enough to fit the messy mood of that time of night! Check out this video for the remix made up of Stones archive footage below and you'll see what we mean!
Heads We Dance recently ran a remix competition to find tracks for their forthcoming remix album. Their debut LP 'Love Technology' was released earlier in the year.
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