On Fri, Apr 12, 2002 at 10:51:30AM +0200, Adrian Gschwend wrote:
Interestingly they also mention the word "Bootleg" in the same category, so far a bootleg was "just" a copy of the original track without permission by the artist for me. IMHO this word has nothing to do with remixes or am I wrong?
originally, as you say, bootleg meant an illegal pressing of a record, but recently is used for remixes made without permission, usually mixing two or more tracks together. Some good examples are "so f#cking crazy", mixing metallica and britney, or various eminem/britney or eminem/christina mixes that used to be all over napster (I've not used any p2p stuff recently so i don't know how common they are now). There are roughly 8 million "bootlegs" mixing "get ur freak on" by missy elliot with just about every piece of music written since 1958 (including, i imagine, several mixing it with "get ur freak on" by missy elliot. i wouldn't put it past them). I've got a brilliant 7" "bootleg" at home which is the bassline from "overload" by the sugababes with the vocals from "forgot about dre". I've no idea who it's by but it's bloody great! :) jon -- "Convictions cause convicts" - Mal2