What happens when you take sad songs and make them sadder aka more sad? Answer, Quarterbar’s Quarterbar Gets Sad With Motown. Musical renaissance man, Quarterbar had the chance a bit ago to remix aka re-do aka make them more “indie” - Included in the 4 track series are Motown classic sad songs from The Supremes, Jimmy Ruffin, The Four Tops, and Smokey Robinson. Adding some synth, some folk sound, different drumming, and odd guitar and offbeat sounds - he ends up with some nice sounding tracks. There are four songs that he released, some sound better than others in my opinion, but still interesting nonetheless. Rumor is that he got full access to these songs to remix from the label itself - which seems like unless you’re shelling out money, would be damn near impossible. Not everyone will like these songs, and I can hear someone say “why you gonna go and fuck with a classic?” Well, whatever, I think it’s rad he did it and I think he did a hellova job. He also makes the music for LA/SF “indie” rap outfit, Meanest Man Contest (Check back with a song of theirs to come soon!) and also was in the “indie” band Jim Yoshii Pile Up from 1997 until 2005 (I think that’s when they broke up).
Hopefully you will enjoy these two songs.
The Supremes - Where Did Our Love Go (Quarterbar Redo)
The Four Tops - Walk Away Renee (Quarterbar Redo)
The other two songs can be found here…
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January 15th, 2009 at 11:32 am
That so sad