How much credit does the original deserve?

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Posted by Subey on Jan-30-2004 05:45:

How much credit does the original deserve?

Hey,

Just wondering how much credit you think the original of a song deserves when there is an awesome remix out there?

Obviously the remix can't exist without the original, but how much credit does the "inspirational" original really deserve?

Posted by Occasu on Jan-30-2004 06:16:

Re: How much credit does the original deserve?

quote:
Originally posted by Subey
Hey,

Just wondering how much credit you think the original of a song deserves when there is an awesome remix out there?

Obviously the remix can't exist without the original, but how much credit does the "inspirational" original really deserve?
It should get a lot of the credit, without the original the remix would never have been made. Remixes usually keep a lot of the same elements of the orginal.

Posted by crchingtiger on Jan-30-2004 06:32:

all the credit!

i'm still a firm believer that the majority of the time, the original is the best...

sometimes a remix is better...but the original still deserves 90% of the credit

Posted by A.J. on Jan-30-2004 07:01:

Word, dude.

This applies to most of the "classics" of chance i think - the original is usually better

Posted by Tranc3 on Jan-30-2004 07:32:

I think it depends on the respective quality of each mix. Not all remixes keep a majority of the elements of the original, and not all originals should have been released in the first place.

2 reasonably well-known examples include (respectively):

DJ Tiesto & Junkie XL - Obsession (Frank Biazzi remix)(sp?)

Jaimy & Kenny D - Caught Me Running (DJ Tiesto's Summerbreeze mix)

Posted by Snooper on Jan-31-2004 00:42:

quote:
Originally posted by Tranc3
I think it depends on the respective quality of each mix. Not all remixes keep a majority of the elements of the original, and not all originals should have been released in the first place.

2 reasonably well-known examples include (respectively):

DJ Tiesto & Junkie XL - Obsession (Frank Biazzi remix)(sp?)

Jaimy & Kenny D - Caught Me Running (DJ Tiesto's Summerbreeze mix)

Agreed, it all depends on the quality of the mix, and the similarity to the original version. On most occations the remix sounds like the original, but you can't give Vengaboys much credit for Airscape's Kiss remix, can you?

Posted by davidderail on Jan-31-2004 04:21:

although some remixes are better than the originals, the original gets the credit. just like you said, there would be no remix w/o the original.

Posted by mcdpitt on Jan-31-2004 05:01:

really depends on the situation i think