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⚫ | '''Osymyso''' (real name '''Mark Nicholson''') is a musician and DJ from the United Kingdom who specialises in the genres of [[mashup (music)|mashup]] / bastard pop and [[breakbeat]]. He has been making music since 1994 and released his first album, ''[[Welcome to the Pailindrome]]'', in 1999. Songs which he has created include "Pat n Peg", which turns an argument between two [[EastEnders]] characters into a track through the looping of the shouts ''You bitch!'' and ''You cow!'' and the addition of a hip hop beat<!-- italics to distinguish song names and quotes -->, and "Intro-Inspection". In a 2002 front page survey of the genre, ''[[The New York Times]]'' remarked on "Intro-Inspection" and called Osymyso "one of the most popular bootleg artists". |
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==Career== |
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==Music making technique== |
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Osymyso uses [[Cubase]] and [[ |
Osymyso uses [[Cubase]] and [[WaveLab]] on a [[Personal computer|PC]] to make music. In interviews, Osymyso has indicated that it takes him a week to make a track that contains no samples, but that he can compose a bootleg track in a matter of hours. |
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⚫ | In 2005, Osymyso set himself the task of releasing one short track every week for 50 weeks, a project he called 05ymy50. However, progress was slower than hoped, and by year's end only 15 tracks had been completed. Despite this, Osymyso felt the project was at least a partial success: some of the tracks have been released on [[gramophone record|vinyl]] by [[Juno Records]], and Osymyso has indicated that he may eventually finish the project. |
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⚫ | He provided a track called "Spaced Jam" for the 2004 reissue of the complete ''[[Spaced]]'' TV series with Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright, which samples dialogue from the show over a dance beat. He also produced the soundtrack album for the pair's 2004 film ''[[Shaun of the Dead]]'', and was responsible for a track on the 2007 soundtrack to ''[[Hot Fuzz]]''. Osymyso also provided seven "trailer remixes" for Edgar Wright's movie [[Scott Pilgrim vs. the World]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=28343|title=New Scott Pilgrim Remix: Now Cool +10|website=Empireonline.com|accessdate=28 July 2020}}</ref> Pegg also contributed percussion parts for the 05ymy50 project. |
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Osymyso produced a mix for the Mary Ann Hobbs' [[The Breezeblock]] BBC Radio One show. |
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=== List of samples used for Intro-Inspection === |
=== List of samples used for Intro-Inspection === |
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<!-- 001 --># "[[Rivers of Babylon]]" – [[Boney M]] |
<!-- 001 --># "[[Rivers of Babylon]]" – [[Boney M]] |
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<!-- 002 --># "[[Wild Thing (The Troggs song)|Wild Thing]]" – [[The Troggs]] |
<!-- 002 --># "[[Wild Thing (The Troggs song)|Wild Thing]]" – [[The Troggs]] |
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<!-- 006 --># "[[Vienna (Ultravox song)|Vienna]]" – [[Ultravox]] |
<!-- 006 --># "[[Vienna (Ultravox song)|Vienna]]" – [[Ultravox]] |
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<!-- 007 --># "[[Unchained Melody]]" – [[The Righteous Brothers]] |
<!-- 007 --># "[[Unchained Melody]]" – [[The Righteous Brothers]] |
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<!-- 007 --># "[[Bela Lugosi's Dead]]" |
<!-- 007 --># "[[Bela Lugosi's Dead]]" – [[Bauhaus]] |
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<!-- 008 --># "[[I Get Around (Beach Boys song)|I Get Around]]" – [[The Beach Boys]] |
<!-- 008 --># "[[I Get Around (Beach Boys song)|I Get Around]]" – [[The Beach Boys]] |
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<!-- 009 --># "[[Tainted Love]]" – [[Soft Cell]] |
<!-- 009 --># "[[Tainted Love]]" – [[Soft Cell]] |
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<!-- 012 --># "[[Hound Dog (song)|Hound Dog]]" – [[Elvis Presley]] |
<!-- 012 --># "[[Hound Dog (song)|Hound Dog]]" – [[Elvis Presley]] |
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<!-- 013 --># "[[Drinking in L.A.]]" – [[Bran Van 3000]] |
<!-- 013 --># "[[Drinking in L.A.]]" – [[Bran Van 3000]] |
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<!-- 014 --># "[[99 Luftballons]]" – [[Nena]] |
<!-- 014 --># "[[99 Luftballons]]" – [[Nena (band)|Nena]] |
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<!-- 015 --># "[[The Love Cats (song)|The Lovecats]]" – [[The Cure]] |
<!-- 015 --># "[[The Love Cats (song)|The Lovecats]]" – [[The Cure]] |
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<!-- 016 --># "[[...Baby One More Time]]" – [[Britney Spears]] |
<!-- 016 --># "[[...Baby One More Time]]" – [[Britney Spears]] |
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<!-- 021 --># "[[The Message (Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five song)|The Message]]" – [[Grandmaster Flash]] |
<!-- 021 --># "[[The Message (Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five song)|The Message]]" – [[Grandmaster Flash]] |
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<!-- 022 --># "[[Wannabe (song)|Wannabe]]" – [[Spice Girls]] |
<!-- 022 --># "[[Wannabe (song)|Wannabe]]" – [[Spice Girls]] |
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<!-- 023 --># "[[Pure Shores]]" – [[All Saints ( |
<!-- 023 --># "[[Pure Shores]]" – [[All Saints (group)|All Saints]] |
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<!-- 024 --># "[[Eye of the Tiger]]" – [[Survivor (band)|Survivor]] |
<!-- 024 --># "[[Eye of the Tiger]]" – [[Survivor (band)|Survivor]] |
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<!-- 025 --># "[[Only You (Yazoo song)|Only You]]" – [[Flying Pickets]] |
<!-- 025 --># "[[Only You (Yazoo song)|Only You]]" – [[Flying Pickets]] |
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<!-- 037 --># "[[I Will Survive]]" – [[Gloria Gaynor]] |
<!-- 037 --># "[[I Will Survive]]" – [[Gloria Gaynor]] |
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<!-- 038 --># "[[Theme from Shaft]]" – [[Isaac Hayes]] |
<!-- 038 --># "[[Theme from Shaft]]" – [[Isaac Hayes]] |
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<!-- 039 --># "[[The Pink Panther Theme]]" – [[Henry Mancini]] |
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<!-- 040 --># "[[Is There Something I Should Know?]]" – [[Duran Duran]] |
<!-- 040 --># "[[Is There Something I Should Know?]]" – [[Duran Duran]] |
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<!-- 041 --># "[[Groove Is in the Heart]]" – [[Deee-Lite]] |
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<!-- 043 --># "[[Oh Yeah (Yello song)|Oh Yeah]]" – [[Yello]] |
<!-- 043 --># "[[Oh Yeah (Yello song)|Oh Yeah]]" – [[Yello]] |
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<!-- 044 --># "[[Song 2]]" – [[Blur (band)|Blur]] |
<!-- 044 --># "[[Song 2]]" – [[Blur (band)|Blur]] |
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<!-- 045 --># "[[Blue Monday (New Order song)|Blue Monday]]" – [[New Order]] |
<!-- 045 --># "[[Blue Monday (New Order song)|Blue Monday]]" – [[New Order (band)|New Order]] |
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<!-- 046 --># "[[Baggy Trousers]]" – [[Madness (band)|Madness]] |
<!-- 046 --># "[[Baggy Trousers]]" – [[Madness (band)|Madness]] |
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<!-- 047 --># "[[You Really Got Me]]" – [[The Kinks]] |
<!-- 047 --># "[[You Really Got Me]]" – [[The Kinks]] |
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<!-- 057 --># "[[Disco 2000 (song)|Disco 2000]]" – [[Pulp (band)|Pulp]] |
<!-- 057 --># "[[Disco 2000 (song)|Disco 2000]]" – [[Pulp (band)|Pulp]] |
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<!-- 058 --># "[[Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)]]" – [[Baz Luhrmann]] |
<!-- 058 --># "[[Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)]]" – [[Baz Luhrmann]] |
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<!-- 059 --># "[[Disco Inferno]]" – [[The Trammps]] |
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<!-- 060 --># "[[Like a Prayer (song)|Like a Prayer]]" – [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] |
<!-- 060 --># "[[Like a Prayer (song)|Like a Prayer]]" – [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] |
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<!-- 061 --># "[[China in Your Hand]]" – [[T'Pau (band)|T'Pau]] |
<!-- 061 --># "[[China in Your Hand]]" – [[T'Pau (band)|T'Pau]] |
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<!-- 083 --># "[[I Just Wanna Make Love to You]]" – [[Etta James]] |
<!-- 083 --># "[[I Just Wanna Make Love to You]]" – [[Etta James]] |
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<!-- 084 --># "[[Lust for Life (song)|Lust for Life]]" – [[Iggy Pop]] |
<!-- 084 --># "[[Lust for Life (Iggy Pop song)|Lust for Life]]" – [[Iggy Pop]] |
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<!-- 085 --># "[[My Generation]]" – [[The Who]] |
<!-- 085 --># "[[My Generation]]" – [[The Who]] |
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<!-- 086 --># "[[Take My Breath Away]]" – [[Berlin (band)|Berlin]] |
<!-- 086 --># "[[Take My Breath Away]]" – [[Berlin (band)|Berlin]] |
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<!-- 093 --># "[[He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother]]" – [[The Hollies]] |
<!-- 093 --># "[[He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother]]" – [[The Hollies]] |
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<!-- 094 --># "[[Imagine (John Lennon song)|Imagine]]" – [[John Lennon]] |
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<!-- 095 --># "[[Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out]]" – [[Freak Power]] |
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<!-- 096 --># "[[Little Fluffy Clouds]]" – [[The Orb]] |
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<!-- 097 --># "[[Total Eclipse of the Heart]]" – [[Bonnie Tyler]] |
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<!-- 098 --># "[[Temptation (Heaven 17 song)|Temptation]]" – [[Heaven 17]] |
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<!-- 101 --># "[[Albatross (composition)|Albatross]]" – [[Fleetwood Mac]] |
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==Work With [[Chris Morris (satirist)|Chris Morris]]== |
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{{Reflist}} |
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==Work With [[Simon Pegg]] & [[Edgar Wright]]== |
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* {{SoundCloud}} |
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Pegg also contributed percussion parts for the 05ymy50 project. |
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==As a remixer== |
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Osymyso has also remixed several artists, mostly notably Placebo – his "Birthday Mix" [made by Osymyso apparently on his own Birthday] of their hit "[[Twenty Years (song)|Twenty Years]]" appears on the CD format of the single. |
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Osymyso produced a mix for the Mary Ann Hobbs Breezeblock radio one show. Whilst this did not bring a mainstream following it opened a lot of peoples eyes and made them smile, a smile is always good! {{Citation needed|date=September 2012}} |
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* [http://www.osymyso.com/ Official site] - features free downloads of many of his songs, including the ones mentioned in this article |
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* [http://www.b3ta.com/interview/osymyso/ An interview with Osymyso] at [[b3ta]] |
* [http://www.b3ta.com/interview/osymyso/ An interview with Osymyso] at [[b3ta]] |
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* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Osymyso Profile at] [[Discogs]] |
* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Osymyso Profile at] [[Discogs]] |
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* [http://www.xfm.co.uk/Article.asp?id=4911 Interview with Osymyso about Intro-Inspection] |
* [http://www.xfm.co.uk/Article.asp?id=4911 Interview with Osymyso about Intro-Inspection] |
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Latest revision as of 21:10, 3 January 2025
Osymyso (real name Mark Nicholson) is a musician and DJ from the United Kingdom who specialises in the genres of mashup / bastard pop and breakbeat. He has been making music since 1994 and released his first album, Welcome to the Pailindrome, in 1999. Songs which he has created include "Pat n Peg", which turns an argument between two EastEnders characters into a track through the looping of the shouts You bitch! and You cow! and the addition of a hip hop beat, and "Intro-Inspection". In a 2002 front page survey of the genre, The New York Times remarked on "Intro-Inspection" and called Osymyso "one of the most popular bootleg artists".
Career
[edit]Osymyso uses Cubase and WaveLab on a PC to make music. In interviews, Osymyso has indicated that it takes him a week to make a track that contains no samples, but that he can compose a bootleg track in a matter of hours.
In 2005, Osymyso set himself the task of releasing one short track every week for 50 weeks, a project he called 05ymy50. However, progress was slower than hoped, and by year's end only 15 tracks had been completed. Despite this, Osymyso felt the project was at least a partial success: some of the tracks have been released on vinyl by Juno Records, and Osymyso has indicated that he may eventually finish the project.
He provided a track called "Spaced Jam" for the 2004 reissue of the complete Spaced TV series with Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright, which samples dialogue from the show over a dance beat. He also produced the soundtrack album for the pair's 2004 film Shaun of the Dead, and was responsible for a track on the 2007 soundtrack to Hot Fuzz. Osymyso also provided seven "trailer remixes" for Edgar Wright's movie Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.[1] Pegg also contributed percussion parts for the 05ymy50 project.
Osymyso has remixed Chris Morris' George W. Bush cut-up "Bushwacked 2" and Morris' short film My Wrongs 8245-8249 and 117, which is available on the DVD release.
He most notably created a "Birthday Mix" of Placebo's hit "Twenty Years" appears on the CD format of the single. 2009 saw Osymyso produce a 60-minute remix for Warp Records for their 20th Anniversary box set.
Osymyso produced a mix for the Mary Ann Hobbs' The Breezeblock BBC Radio One show.
"Intro-Inspection"
[edit]"Intro-Inspection" is a bastard pop song by Osymyso. It sets itself apart from other songs of its genre by putting together the intros to one hundred different, well-known songs—all by different artists—into a twelve-minute long song.
"Intro-Inspection" was never officially released, although there was a very limited number of CDs and vinyl copies printed. It therefore never entered any official chart.
List of samples used for Intro-Inspection
[edit]- "Rivers of Babylon" – Boney M
- "Wild Thing" – The Troggs
- "Hello" – Lionel Richie
- "Fairground" – Simply Red
- "Hey Jude" – The Beatles
- "Vienna" – Ultravox
- "Unchained Melody" – The Righteous Brothers
- "Bela Lugosi's Dead" – Bauhaus
- "I Get Around" – The Beach Boys
- "Tainted Love" – Soft Cell
- "Bohemian Rhapsody" – Queen
- "No Woman, No Cry" – Bob Marley
- "Hound Dog" – Elvis Presley
- "Drinking in L.A." – Bran Van 3000
- "99 Luftballons" – Nena
- "The Lovecats" – The Cure
- "...Baby One More Time" – Britney Spears
- "Walk on the Wild Side" – Lou Reed
- "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe" – Barry White
- "True" – Spandau Ballet
- "Leader of the Pack" – The Shangri-Las
- "The Message" – Grandmaster Flash
- "Wannabe" – Spice Girls
- "Pure Shores" – All Saints
- "Eye of the Tiger" – Survivor
- "Only You" – Flying Pickets
- "Need You Tonight" – INXS
- "Come on Eileen" – Dexys Midnight Runners
- "Praise You" – Fatboy Slim
- "Down Under" – Men at Work
- "Pump up the Volume" – MARRS
- "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" – Marvin Gaye
- "Relax" – Frankie Goes to Hollywood
- "3 a.m. Eternal" – The KLF
- "I Should Be So Lucky" – Kylie Minogue
- "Don't You Want Me" – The Human League
- "I Will Always Love You" – Whitney Houston
- "I Will Survive" – Gloria Gaynor
- "Theme from Shaft" – Isaac Hayes
- "The Pink Panther Theme" – Henry Mancini
- "Is There Something I Should Know?" – Duran Duran
- "Groove Is in the Heart" – Deee-Lite
- "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" – Eurythmics
- "Oh Yeah" – Yello
- "Song 2" – Blur
- "Blue Monday" – New Order
- "Baggy Trousers" – Madness
- "You Really Got Me" – The Kinks
- "Sweet Child o' Mine" – Guns N' Roses
- "Wipe Out" – The Surfaris
- "Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)" – The Offspring
- "Firestarter" – The Prodigy
- "Barbie Girl" – Aqua
- "I'm a Believer" – The Monkees
- "Anarchy in the U.K." – Sex Pistols
- "I've Never Been to Me" – Charlene Duncan
- "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" – The Rolling Stones
- "Disco 2000" – Pulp
- "Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)" – Baz Luhrmann
- "Disco Inferno" – The Trammps
- "Like a Prayer" – Madonna
- "China in Your Hand" – T'Pau
- "Just Can't Get Enough" – Depeche Mode
- "Music Sounds Better with You" – Stardust
- "My Name Is" – Eminem
- "Shout" – Lulu
- "I Feel for You" – Chaka Khan
- "Take a Chance on Me" – ABBA
- "The Power of Love" – Huey Lewis and the News
- "Killer" – Adamski
- "Bad" – Michael Jackson
- "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" – Eric Idle
- "Tom's Diner" – Suzanne Vega
- "West End Girls" – Pet Shop Boys
- "Oh, Pretty Woman" – Roy Orbison
- "I Just Called to Say I Love You" – Stevie Wonder
- "Let's Dance" – David Bowie
- "All Right Now" – Free
- "Smells Like Teen Spirit" – Nirvana
- "Stayin' Alive" – Bee Gees
- "Israelites" – Desmond Dekker
- "The Power" – Snap!
- "The Safety Dance" – Men Without Hats
- "I Just Wanna Make Love to You" – Etta James
- "Lust for Life" – Iggy Pop
- "My Generation" – The Who
- "Take My Breath Away" – Berlin
- "Red Red Wine" – UB40
- "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" – Nancy Sinatra
- "It's Not Unusual" – Tom Jones
- "Johnny B. Goode" – Chuck Berry
- "Bring It All Back" – S Club 7
- "A Whiter Shade of Pale" – Procol Harum
- "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" – The Hollies
- "Imagine" – John Lennon
- "Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out" – Freak Power
- "Little Fluffy Clouds" – The Orb
- "Total Eclipse of the Heart" – Bonnie Tyler
- "I'm Not in Love" – 10cc
- "Temptation" – Heaven 17
- "My Way" – Frank Sinatra
- "Albatross" – Fleetwood Mac
- "The End" – The Doors
Sources
[edit]- Neil Strauss, "Spreading by the Web, Pop's Bootleg Remix", New York Times, 9 May 2002, Pg. A1.
References
[edit]- ^ "New Scott Pilgrim Remix: Now Cool +10". Empireonline.com. Retrieved 28 July 2020.