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Stand by for the floor
Tuesday, January 8th, 2008
From Copycat comes this fantastic mashup, “Stand by for the floor”. Instead of me explain things to you, Ima just let Copycat do that.
“Been listening to the new Hot Chip for a while now - especially “Ready for the floor” - driving mrs. Cat crazy. One day I was standing in the shower - with the song on. While pogoing away amidst my ablutions, I could hear the muffled, filtered sound of the track, mainly the bassline. That’s when I got this idea.
The bass chord progression in the chorus reminded me very much of Ben E King’s “Stand by me”. Naturally, I had to look into the matter. Unfortunately that part wasn’t instrumental in any of the (many) mixes I had - so I had to improvise. Or compromise, might be a better word…
I de-constructed the lot - and tried to build it up again in my usual half-arsed way, with quite some appropriation and effing up along the way, mind you. But finallly I managed to get it somewhere near what I was aiming for.
Here’s the result. It’s not ‘ready’ anymore - it’s “stand by”. Hope you like. And… do it, do it, do it, do it, do it, do it, do it NOW! ;-)”
Cheers!
//Copycat
Hot Chip vs. Ben E King
