'Fantasy' Edits

I was out running this afternoon and came up with the idea for ‘fantasy’ edits - it’s an idea from the new Rick Rubin book where he asks artists to write songs for some of their own favourite artists as a way of breaking out of a creative rut - thought it was a brilliant idea. So, what are the songs that you think are just begging for an edit in your opinion. Whether it’s a track that’s almost there but just needs a bit of tweaking, or a full-on rework, I want to hear about it. Bonus points if you suggest an artist to do justice to the edit.

I’ll go first, I think a Francois K edit/rework of this would be an absolute banger:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jJkdRaa04g

I can almost imagine some crazy drum programming/vocal fx similar to his edit of Enjoy the Silence …

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I can imagine Fatima Yahama making a dreamy edit of this one Danny Boy - Discomix - YouTube

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lcb-Fsx_phM

Thought for years that the 1st minute or so (before the vocals come in) extended right out , only a bit of the vocals and the sax solo remaining, would make a very nice edit. I would nominate Todd Terje for the task.

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Wish someone would do an extended edit of this.

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I entirely agree with this one - he’d do a sterling job!

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Shame there isn’t a DJ version of cameo where you can pay them to create edits for you instead of naff birthday shout outs - I’d invest in that, if I had any money to invest!

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Soulwax edit of 3:30 onwards anyone?

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oDuzro5jBcI

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Harvey and Gerry have got you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JI5mNHiPHgg&t=8s

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This is why I love this forum! Thanks for the tip - I was actually contemplating on the drive in to work this morning whether or not it would be feasible to do my own edit with absolutely zero music production knowledge - glad you embedded the video as that’s not something I am comfortable searching for on YouTube …

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Beat me to it. I heard it years before I heard the original.

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there’s another one that i know of and it’s driving me crazy because i used to play it a lot and have recently filed it away - no idea where i would have put it.

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Nice one - if you ever remember what it is, please let me know :slight_smile:

This Jonny Rock edit features a little bit of this amongst some other Yello tracks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GP3ElvCMF3U