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Mindless Self Indulgence
Straight to Video: Remixes
Metropolis Records
Posted: Thursday, June 01, 2006
By: Matt Jones
By: Matt Jones
Several electronic artists contribute remixes to MSI’s latest single, but how many times can you listen to the same track over and over again and still be entertained?
Many notable artists from Metropolis Records and abroad have all done remixes of Mindless Self Indulgence’s song “Straight to Video,” off their latest release, You’ll Rebel to Anything. While being a novel concept, this CD-single is repetitive as hell, and by the time you’re done listening to this single, you’ll most likely be skipping “Straight to Video” the next time you pop You’ll Rebel to Anything in your CD player.
Now I’m not saying that this is a bad single, far from it. Many of the remixes on this CD are very noteworthy. With the likes of KMFDM, Front Line Assembly, Assemblage 23, Combichrist, Funker Vogt, Velvet Acid Christ, Front 242, and Haujobb supplying remixes, it’d be rather difficult to not find a remix that you’d enjoy.
The problem with this remix single is that it’s just that… a single. Out of the 17 tracks available on this release, every one of them is a remix of “Straight to Video.” So after listening to this CD for a while, you REALLY get sick of hearing the song. After hearing it about 4 or 5 times, you start thinking things to yourself like, “wow, I bet Velvet Acid Christ could have done a bad ass version of ‘2 Hookers and an 8-Ball’,” or “damn, this song is really starting to get on my frigging nerves.”
Having said that, the remixes supplied by Infrastructure, KMFDM, Velvet Acid Christ, Front Line Assembly, and Assemblage 23 are the best ones here. Each one of these bands reinvents “Straight to Video” to make it like their own song, while keeping it in sync with MSI’s signature sound. Really, the only problem is that with 17 remixes of the same song, you get burnt out really quick while listening to this.
Metropolis Records and MSI would have been much better off having a remix EP with all of these bands on there, but each doing a different song. I’d have loved to hear how KMFDM would’ve remixed “Shut Me Up,” and I bet a Front Line Assembly remix of “Stupid MF” would have been good as well. But alas, this was not to be.
Fans of MSI and the electro/industrial bands on this CD will definitely find something worthwhile to listen to on Straight to Video: Remixes. Just don’t expect to hear anything other than “Straight to Video,” because you’ll be disappointed if you do.
If the thought of hearing this song 17 times in a row appeals to you, then you will have found your most favorite CD in the whole wide world.
Now I’m not saying that this is a bad single, far from it. Many of the remixes on this CD are very noteworthy. With the likes of KMFDM, Front Line Assembly, Assemblage 23, Combichrist, Funker Vogt, Velvet Acid Christ, Front 242, and Haujobb supplying remixes, it’d be rather difficult to not find a remix that you’d enjoy.
The problem with this remix single is that it’s just that… a single. Out of the 17 tracks available on this release, every one of them is a remix of “Straight to Video.” So after listening to this CD for a while, you REALLY get sick of hearing the song. After hearing it about 4 or 5 times, you start thinking things to yourself like, “wow, I bet Velvet Acid Christ could have done a bad ass version of ‘2 Hookers and an 8-Ball’,” or “damn, this song is really starting to get on my frigging nerves.”
Having said that, the remixes supplied by Infrastructure, KMFDM, Velvet Acid Christ, Front Line Assembly, and Assemblage 23 are the best ones here. Each one of these bands reinvents “Straight to Video” to make it like their own song, while keeping it in sync with MSI’s signature sound. Really, the only problem is that with 17 remixes of the same song, you get burnt out really quick while listening to this.
Metropolis Records and MSI would have been much better off having a remix EP with all of these bands on there, but each doing a different song. I’d have loved to hear how KMFDM would’ve remixed “Shut Me Up,” and I bet a Front Line Assembly remix of “Stupid MF” would have been good as well. But alas, this was not to be.
Fans of MSI and the electro/industrial bands on this CD will definitely find something worthwhile to listen to on Straight to Video: Remixes. Just don’t expect to hear anything other than “Straight to Video,” because you’ll be disappointed if you do.
If the thought of hearing this song 17 times in a row appeals to you, then you will have found your most favorite CD in the whole wide world.
