Heads We Dance: Favourite Remix #3
Sure it’s cheesy and doesn’t really go anywhere, but it’s pretty irresistible.
Stardust - 'Music Sounds Better With You' (Miami Horror Remix)
'Arghh not that bloody song!!!' That's Yoni and Becky’s reaction (along with a decent proportion of the world's population) and I suppose I can see their point. The original was everywhere in 1998/99 and, with its sheer repetitiveness, was likely to inspire hatred in those didn’t like it the first time they heard it. I have to hold my hands up though because I’m a sucker for this song – sure it’s cheesy and doesn’t really go anywhere but it’s pretty irresistible on the dancefloor at the right time of night!
This was demonstrated on a massive scale when we all went to see Daft Punk on their 'Alive' tour. Daft Punk dropped the track during their encore and 40,000 people went beserk! I find that kind of universality fascinating, especially when you consider that there’s really not much to the track at all: a repetitive rhythm instrumental by Thomas Bangalter and Alan Braxe; the briefest of samples from the Chaka Khan track ‘Hate’; and an unbelievably simplistic vocal from the over earnest Benjamin Diamond.
I first heard the Miami Horror remix last year and instantly loved it. The remix hasn’t messed around with the summery feel of the original but has instead updated it with a little rhythmic invention. This is great as it means it still works like the original in clubs but also makes the track sound fresh and exciting again (or at least it did when it first appeared!). I recommend checking out Miami Horror’s own tracks too as he’s done some great stuff, as well as a cool remix of the early Prince track ‘Bambi’ (http://www.myspace.com/miamihorror).
In the end, many people will still hate ‘Music Sounds Better With You’ no matter how good the remix but everyone should enjoy this syncing of the Miami Horror remix with some 70s roller-disco footage – I guess it says it all…
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