THIS guy is Girl Talk?

      

I am torn, people. I am kind of diggin this album.  I never really figured out my stance on sampling. 

I'm a total flip-flopper on that:

Warren G sampling Michael McDonald? Good.
Kid Rock sampling Warren Zevon? Go fuck yourself.

Regarding Girl Talk's Feed the Animals, sampling is all you have. That's all there is.   But there is something incredibly satisfying about flying down Binford Blvd yelling "take your broke ass home!" with Ludacris, layered over Earth Wind and Fire's "September."   It also sparks my imagination into wondering what these artists would be like together in real-life situations, like: what would Thom Yorke say to the members of Blackstreet at a party?

But there are some things that are kind of...sacred. "God Only Knows" should be left well enough alone, unless you're listening to the deconstructed and awe-inspring Vocals Only Version from the Pet Sounds Sessions. "A Whiter Shade of Pale" doesn't sound like it should be sampled into anything, ever, let alone under Lil' Jon.  

At the end of the day, this guy's pretty talented when it comes to mashups, but it serves as more of a novelty to me than anything else. I don't go out and dance "in the clubs" so I don't know what kids are listening to these days.  If I heard Yung Joc, I'd probably stay seated, or likelier yet leave for another bar.  But Yung Joc + Ben Folds Five? I'll reconsider.

(Who am I kidding, Bess and I danced to Flight of the Conchords in the empty basement of the Casbah last Friday. Let's not pretend that I'm a dance snob.)