Alphabeat - Boyfriend
Alphabeat - Fascination
Bag Raiders - Shooting Stars
Black Eyed Peas - Gotta Feeling
Britney Spears - ...Baby One More Time
Capsule - Can I Have A Word
Chromeo - Momma's Boy
Coldplay - Viva La Vida
Daft Punk - Aerodynamic
Daft Punk - Around The World
Deadmau5 - Raise Your Weapon (Madeon Remix)
Deadmau5 - Right This Second
Ellie Goulding - Starry Eyed
ELO - Mr. Blue Sky
Girls Aloud - Biology
Gorillaz - Dare
Gossip - Heavy Cross (Fred Falke Remix)
Gwen Stefani - What You Waiting For? (Jacques Lu Cont's TWD Mix)
Housse de Racket - Oh Yeah
Justice - DVNO
Justice - Phantom Part II
Katy Perry - One Of The Boys
Ke$ha - Take It Off
Kylie Minogue - Wow
Lady Gaga - Alejandro
Linkin Park - Crawling
Madonna - Hung Up
Martin Solveig ft. Dragonette - Boys and Girls
Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
Nero - Me and You
One Republic - All The Right Moves (Danger Remix)
One-T - Magic Key
Ratatat - Shempi
Solange - I Decided (Freemasons Remix)
Stardust - Music Sounds Better With You
The Buggles - Video Killed The Radio Star
The Killers - Losing Touch
The Who - Baba O'Riley (SebastiAn Remix)
Yelle - Que Veux Tu (Madeon Remix)
Made with FL Studio & Ableton Live, played on a Novation Launchpad & Novation Zero SL MKII.
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Pop Culture
Madeon Lyrics
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Wow!
It's dare, ow!
Hole in the wall, in the wall
Around, uuu!
Wow!
It's dare, ow!
Get up in the wall, in the wall
Wow!
Uuu!
Wow!
Hole in the wall!
Ow!
Wow!
Uuu!
Loosing your...
Loosing your...
Loosing your...
Loosing your...
Loosing your...
Loosing your...
I could be your boy
You could be my girl
I could be your boy
Come on rock my world.
I could be your boy
You could be my girl
I could be your boy
Come on rock my world.
I could be your boy
You could be my girl
I could be your boy
Come on rock my world!
Wow!
It's...
Ow, Wu!
Hole in the wall, in the wall
Around, uuu!
Wow!
It's...
Ow, Wu!
Hole in the wall, in the wall
Around the world!
Wow! Uuu!
Time goes by, so slowly
Time goes, time goes, time goes by
Time goes by, so slowly
Time goes by, so slowly
Time goes by, so slowly
Loosing your...
Loosing your...
Loosing your...
Ah ah ah ah ahhhh!
Ohh Ohh!
Yeah-O
Yeah-O
Yeah-O
I've got to know!
The lyrics to Madeon's song "Pop Culture" are very abstract and mostly nonsensical, so it's difficult to find a cohesive meaning within them. The first half of the song is primarily made up of exclamations and vocalizations, punctuated by the repeated phrase "hole in the wall." This phrase could potentially suggest an escape from confinement or a desire to break through barriers and limitations, but it's left open to interpretation. The second half of the song shifts to a simple verse-chorus structure with more conventional lyrics about a potential romantic relationship.
Overall, the song seems to be more focused on the production and sound than the lyrical content. The use of sound bites and loops from various pop culture sources throughout the song adds to this theme. It's almost as if the song itself is commenting on the influence of pop culture on music and entertainment as a whole.
Line by Line Meaning
Uuu!
A sound of excitement and anticipation
Wow!
A sound indicating amazement or surprise
It's dare, ow!
There's a thrilling presence or possibility of something exciting happening
Hole in the wall, in the wall
A reference to an obscure or unknown place
Around, uuu!
The excitement and anticipation continues
Get up in the wall, in the wall
Encouragement to explore the unknown and take risks
Uuu!
The excitement builds further
Hole in the wall!
Reiterated reference to an obscure or hidden place
Ow!
A sound of pain or discomfort, contrasting the excitement of the previous lines
Loosing your...
A sense of losing something important or familiar
I could be your boy
Offering a possible romantic interest
You could be my girl
Extending the offer of romantic interest
Come on rock my world.
Invitation to have an exciting and memorable time together
Time goes by, so slowly
A sense of boredom or mundanity
Ah ah ah ah ahhhh!
A sense of excitement and anticipation, echoed from the beginning of the song
Ohh Ohh!
A sound of pleasure or excitement
Yeah-O
An exclamation of approval or enjoyment
I've got to know!
Desire for knowledge or understanding
Contributed by Miles B. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@macaronyandchease1309
Introduction
0:03 - Coldplay - Viva la Vida (3:43) (vocal)
0:06 - Capsule - Can I Have A Word (0:01) (harp & string)
0:06 - Bag Raiders - Shooting Stars (0:00) (tambourine & click)
Upbeat to first Chorus
0:12 - Alphabeat - Boyfriend (0:00) (snare drum & cymbal where applicable)
0:12 - The Buggles - Video Killed the Radio Star (0:30) (the first ooo)
0:13 - Britney Spears - Hit Me Baby One More Time (0:00) (dark bass piano)
0:13 - Chromeo - Momma's Boy (0:00) (the light staccato piano)
0:14 - Kylie Minogue - Wow (1:02) (Wow)
0:15 - Stardust - Music Sounds Better With You (0:02) (one half of the well known double guitar from Chaka Khan - Fate)
0:15 - Gorillaz - Dare (0:07) (It's Dare)
0:16 - Ellie Goulding - Starry Eyed (2:31) (second ooo)
0:17 - Black Eyed Peas - Gotta Feeling (0:00) (the two guitars that sounds like Stardust, but it isn't)
0:17 - Ke$ha - Take it Off (0:05) (Hole in the Wall)
0:19 - Daft Punk - Around the World (3:03) (Around the World)
0:35 - Lady Gaga - Alejandro (0:24) (the two buzzes that is heard in the breakdown)
Uplift
0:40 - Mr. Blue Sky - Electric Light Orchestra (3:40) (profides the vocal to the uplift)
0:40 - Deadmau5 - Right This Second (2:33) (provides the body to the uplift)
Verse
0:45 - Magic Key - One-T (2:03) (vocal)
0:45 - Linkin Park - Crawling (0:05) (the top bell melody)
Bridge
0:59 - Martin Solveig - Boys and Girls (0:00) (vocal)
1:07 - Solange - I Decided (Freemasons Remix) (0:00) (the first guitar riff)
1:15 - Housse de Racket - Oh Yeah (0:00) (the second faster guitar riff)
Second Chorus - same as first chorus, but add
1:26 - Michael Jackson - Billie Jean (1:39) (the Third ooo)
1:29 - Justice - Phantom Part II (1:33) (the quick string flourish)
1:38 - Ratatat - Shempi (0:08) (the hihat in the breakdown)
Breakdown
1:46 - Daft Punk - Aerodynamic (2:29) (the synth melody)
1:53 - Madonna - Hung Up (0:06) (the vocal)
2:01 - Gwen Stefani - What You Waiting For (Jacques Lu Cont Mix) (0:30) (the bass & filtered string)
2:16 - Losing Touch - The Killers (0:00) (the top bell melody, replaces Crawling that was used before)
2:23 - Heavy Cross - Gossip (Fred Falke Remix) (4:41) (vocal & bass)
Solo
2:32 - Que Veux Tu (Madeon Remix) - Yelle (0:00) (provides the majority of the beat)
2:32 - Deadmau5 - Raise Your Weapon (Madeon Remix) (2:08, only uses the synth patch, original tune)
The Beat
Three sets of 2 attacks each
(Alphabeat - Boyfriend used as the snare)
0:13 - Attack 1
The Who - Baba O'Riley (Sebastian Remix) (beat)
Justice - DVNO (bass)
0:15 - Attack 2
Alphabeat - Fascination (beat)
Justice - DVNO (bass)
0:17 - Attack 3
One Republic - All The Right Moves (Danger Remix) (beat)
Justice - DVNO (bass)
Nero - Me and You (bass buzz)
Britney Spears - Hit Me Baby One More Time (rolling piano bass)
Verse Beat uses Attack 1 and 3 and adds the following
0:44 - Girls Aloud - Biology (light hihat)
0:46 - Katy Perry - One of the Boys (0:00) (2nd crash, first one is from Alphabeat - Boyfriend)
~creds to acvcritter on deviantart, this is not mine !
stream good faith !
@mattbatcraz
0:13 to 0:34
this section of the song was used as the launch music for the TF2 servers run by an old group called Golden Machine Gun...
it has been 12 years since these servers have been offline and hearing this section of the song brings me back to memories of minigames and good times..
Spycrab contests
sniper huntsmen tauntchains
and bullying one of the mods with a candy cane as a scout...
I miss these servers.. I'm glad I found this song again..
@Proximity
Name a more iconic launchpad mashup than this.
@finalftl732
@M4SONIC show this kid up
@greyhound862
Inspire by Throttle come pretty close
@MartinRodriguez-kh3qn
Yo wut up
@memehunter4639
Shawn Wasabi - Mac & Cheese
@killermemestar4317
This still holds up over this much time
@slaebae3434
Most people don't understand the level of composing this takes. DJs have a hard time mixing even TWO songs together. Some psychos out there can run Quads but those are a rare breed. Let alone 30+. Obviously this was practiced and what not. But how many years would you need to mash together 30+ songs? Dude was like 16 when he made this. Insanely impressive to throw this together at that age. Some fucking legitimate genius level shit.
@David-dq1dq
first off this isn't DJing. It's finger drumming except samples instead of drumming. Second Todd Edwards does this much better listen to Face to Face by daft punk or any of his songs
@aerospaceglobe
@@David-dq1dq Todd Edwards does microsampling, it's a far different compositional technique compared to the mash up here. Todd is incredible, but it's a completely different style of music production
@David-dq1dq
@@aerospaceglobe really? I mean different genre sure but Madeon's song is still just small samples from songs all mashed up together into a melody