Lets Talk

So let's talk . . . Girl Talk. I credit my first encounter with Girl Talk to my friend Katie a few years ago. It was long enough ago that I tried to find albums or traces of Girl Talk on iTunes, and found nothing. Just a few samples Katie was able to scramble from some website she didn't remember the name of. It was great. It was the first time I heard a mixing-based artist that I could listen to more than one song in a row without getting annoyed by techno-repetition.

Girl Talk is one of the most original artists out there which is ironic because most of his work is comprised of multiple songs and parts of songs mashed into one unit--one song.

He's amazing. I just bought his album, Unstoppable, and it is incredible. I have two reactions as I listen to the album over and over again: 1) I wish I had thought of this and 2) these songs are too short. Some of the tracks are only about a minute long and I truly feel a sense of sadness when I notice the song has ended so quickly.

The first track is "All Eyes On Me" which sets you up for the rest of the album. It is a mash-up of different news reports and morning radio talk shows put together to sound as if people are talking about Girl Talk.

If you have never heard a Girl Talk song, you are missing some of the most bizarre combinations ever created in music. "Pump it Up" combines the noticeable piano from "Clocks" by Coldplay behind rap and hip hop tracks. "Bodies Hit the Floor" has Kelly Osbourne's vocals from "Shut Up" along with Drowning Pool's "Bodies" and Justin Timberlake's "Cry Me A River." Then the song switches gears and samples Lisa Loeb's "Stay." Crazy--in the best sense!

"Non-Stop Party Now" has a piano tune of "Right Here Waiting" by Richard Marx along with the lyrics: "All you ladies/pop your pussy like this/shake your body/don't stop, don't miss." Outrageous, you say? How about genius?!?!

The best track on Unstoppable is "Can't Stop." It is one of the less "mashed" songs on the albums but it is great. If you have ever listened to any Blue Man Group albums or early Moby, this song is similar. Just a really cool song but simple and not a lot going on. It is a big thing wrapped in a small package.

This albums is happy. It is the hot chocolate; the rainbow sprinkles of music. Buy it!