Best Week Ever’s Dan Hopper commented yesterday on the seemingly impossibility of just kinda not loving M.I.A., but not hating her, “I wish I could say I had a stronger position on the great M.I.A. debate — everyone seems to love her or hate her, but I think she’s just kind of cool n’ whatever. Mmmm, yummy baby bear porridge…not taking any sides…” I’ve had a lengthy discussion about M.I.A.’s recent Kala with a number of my friends and the conclusion is just as Hopper suggested, you either love her or hate her. Adding more confusion to the mix are a number of (either awesome, or horrible depending on your previous stance) remixes that have popped up around the web which, for the most part, take aim at “Bird Flu” and “Boyz.” They’re not all the greatest, but I love M.I.A. and can’t help but love a number of these as well!
M.I.A. “Bird Flu (Crash Berlin Remix)”
(via I Guess I’m Floating)
M.I.A. “Bird Flu (Diplo Remix)”
M.I.A. “Bird Flu (Cavemen’s Remix)”
M.I.A. “Boyz (Hatchmatik Remix)” (via I Heart Comix)
M.I.A. “Boyz (Kimono Kops Mix)” (via Palms Out Sounds)
M.I.A. “Boyz (Leif Remix)”
M.I.A. “Boyz (Pomme de Terre Remix)” (via Mark’s Blog)
M.I.A. “Boyz (Rock Steady Drew Fight Remix)” (via Missing Toof)
M.I.A. “Boyz (Sick To The Back Teeth Remix)”
M.I.A. “Boys (The Twelves Remix)” (via Big Stereo)
M.I.A. “Boyz (Instrumental)”
M.I.A. “Come Around (Feat. Timbaland) (Eli Remix)”
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August 30th, 2007
Nice, thx for the post. Check out the other stuff here: http://www.myspace.com/the12s
The Twelves
August 30th, 2007
Great track! - thanks for the heads up on the link
Chris DeLine
August 30th, 2007
Don’t know if you noticed, but Bird Flu (Diplo remix) and Bird Flu (Mad Decent Remix) are the same thing
Geoff
September 11th, 2007
I must have mislabeled something along the way, thanks for the heads up!
Chris DeLine
September 11th, 2007
fanboy status
Ray Contour
September 12th, 2007
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September 15th, 2007
Thanks for all of these! The only one I like is the Cavemen Bird Flu mix, however. I’d love to hear a Cavemen mix of everything on Kala… mm
Aran
September 20th, 2007
Chris you rule!
Thanks for giving us the awesome shit that alot of us wish we could compile & hand out on a succulent Poultry platter such as you do.
I am the rock, but sometimes I am happy to just roll downstream.
Shaun
October 16th, 2007
I assume there are no Paper Planes remixes yet simply because if one were to be found superior to the original it would be considered a WMD (Weapon of Mass Dancing) and thus all are in hiding. Oui?
Prefect.ca
October 16th, 2007
at the time i compiled this list, which was quite a while ago, the album was still fairly new…i imagine there are a number of great remixes out there by now
Chris DeLine
October 16th, 2007
Hey do u know if there does exist a jimmy remix (beside the elis one)?
Ray
October 30th, 2007
To be honest I haven’t checked the internets for a while to see what’s shakin in terms of remixes…dap some Googles, some Hype Machines, Some Elbo.ws’s, and I’m sure you’ll discover your answer.
Chris DeLine
October 31st, 2007