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