10 years ago, hearing two tracks “mashed up” together was really cool! Amateur DJs would take two great songs, the vocals from one and the beats from another and then layer them on top of each other in the hopes that they would work together. Then it hit mainstream; radio started playing mashups, artists endorsed it, and we eventually ended up with DJ Hero.
There were also mashups where a ton of songs were combined into a single song. The earliest example I know would be ESPN Jock Jams back in the 90s (and they’re still good!). You’ll also see some amateur ones where the hits of the years are combined into a single song. The problem with these is that those songs don’t make sense, they’re just a lot of songs combined together at the same tempo and pitch.
Miracles by Norwegian Recycling builds on that concept, except the made a real song out of the mashups. Instead of focusing on which tracks to pick, they looked for lyrics (and samples) that they could combine together.
It’s pretty cool as a concept, but I don’t the song is actually that appealing.
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