Re: Jamiroquai--stupid house mixes

Paulo Fonseca (pfonseca@esoterica.pt)
Fri, 10 Jan 1997 12:45:46 +0100


Barry L Carr wrote:

>>>I haven't heard the "Cosmic Girl" mixes, but the mixes I heard for
>>>"Emergency on Planet Earth" (by Masters at Work) were damn good. And
>>>David Morales' mix of "Space Cowboy" was voted 'favorite dance song >>>of all time' (or something like that) by a dance mag out of Britain, >>>I believe it was Mixmag.

>>Yeech. The "Space Cowboy" house mix was strange; all sped-up and
>>everything. I don't know how it could be the favorite dance song (or
>>even remix) of all time.
>>I've heard the Morales "Cosmic Girl" mix, and it's alright. I mean,
>>let's face it, the original had a disco 4-on-the-floor kick drum, so >>it was just begging for a house remix. In either case, I prefer the >>original.
>>Elson

>Yeah I agree with Elson, but personally I think they should just leave
>the originals alone and stop screwing with something that is already
>good, I mean if Jamiroquai wanted to make a song sound different, they
>would have made it that way in the first place!
>Carrb@juno.com

If I may, let me remind you that JK did a special vocal studio sessions
regarding the remixes you're talking about. So I think he wanted the
remixes to be done. I do think JK (and almost all musiciens in the
business) wanted to know how his tunes would sound like when a club
speciallist is calling the shots.

On the other hand how could we listen to stuff like "Space Cowboy"'s
original demo version (and others) if it wasn't for this CD Singles
containing the remixed versions?

To end this commend I must say I prefer the Mixmag guys to vote for a
Jamiroquai tune as the best dance song rather than the other tunes we
ear when we're courage enough to put our feet in some clubs.

Paulo Fonseca

PS-I do also prefer the original versions. When we're talking about
"Cosmic Girl" I think the remix lost that 70's disco beat that
represents the base of the tune.