I must say I'm mighty impressed with Lee Cooombs mix of 'Crystal'...very refreshing but my vote is Regret's Fire Island mix by Farley/Heller...very cool and good for chilling-out under the hot sun, yet large portion of the song retained and presented in a different mood And the worst....well I almost tempted to say Blue Monday 1988 mixes by John Potoker but I felt I have to be nice to that ace guy, Quincy Jones....so my vote for worst mix is 1963 mix, err both mixes by Lionrock & Joe T Vanelli...it's a bloody tie for a bloody NO mix!!!!
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The best New Order remix is, no contest in my mind, the Shep Pettibone remix of Bizarre Love Triangle.
That is truly a masterpiece.
His work with True Faith is quite good too.
But, if you search a remix that transforms a song and make it a lot better song, then I'll have to chose the Arthur Baker Remix of Nineteen63.
Seb, I agree on the BLT 'remix' except for the fact that, to me, that's not a real remix.
I mean, in the way we use that word today. At the time of BLT, it was more about 'extended mix' or 'extendend version'.
It was the one for the 12" maxi-single. A concept that died with the compact disc.
Those dreadful 1963 mixes are probably the worst. Not sure about my favourite, but BM'95, K Klass' Ruined in a Day, Perfecto's World, PVD 'Out of Order' SPooky Mix, Lee Coombs Crystal, Fire Islands Regret, 1963'95, SP' True Faith are all pretty good
I don't believe in remixes. I think if a song is good enough to release the first time round, then remixes/revamps/re-edits etc are TOTALLY pointless and thus unnecessary. I really DETEST the way records in this country are now judged and sold on the sole merits of just what groovetastic remix has been applied to it. Frankly this just ices the proverbial turd and annoys the fucking shit out of me. And rips off the fans by making them fork out for 3 12" singles or 3 CD formats. Face it, all remixers are overpaid, overpriviledged twats with too much time,ego and flash equipment on their hands, and they all must piss off and gather together somewhere far away from humanity so that they can stroke their goatees and wank themselves and one other blind at each others blips and farts and other anal emissions that care to prolifigate from their sick orifices. And leave the rest of us to enjoy music as it should be- pure and untainted by meddling hands. Glad I got that off my chest....
So how do you really feel, Gary? :)
I subscribe to the older definition of remix (adjusting of track levels, EQ's, and edits) rather than the totally original works people pass off as remixes these days. I'm a big fan of Paul van Dyk, but if I want to hear something of his, I buy his CD. When I buy a New Order CD, I expect to hear New Order.
Prior to Republic, I enjoyed most New Order remixes. They actually sounded something like the original track. The endless stream of remixes that came out with the Republic singles got really tiring, and actually drove me to the point where I got tired of collecting New Order stuff and sold much of it off. I will grant that some remixes (Regret Fire Island, Spooky Minimix, Reunited in a Day) were very well done, but some (those dreadful Lionrock Nineteen63 remixes and most of the new remixes for (the rest of)NewOrder) simply did nothing for me. They had no business being on a record that said New Order on it.
