Ironik ft Chipmunk - Tiny Dancer (Hold Me Closer) [single]

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May 14, 2009, 10:33 PM

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Now DJ Ironik, I want to make myself very clear here:

If, after settling on some new original material for a track, you question, “What does this really need to make it a masterpiece?” and the answer you can come up with (after deciding that better lyrics, a decent original hook, and a heavier beat are totally out of the question) is to sample a classic, ultimate, era central song from the 70’s and lay it next to your inappropriate and trivial drivel, maybe, just maybe, you shouldn’t have made your fail so obvious by sampling at all.

Any questions? No, good, I’ll continue…

Using a track like Elton John’s ‘Tiny Dancer’ is a ballsy move anyway (not like it hasn't been done before though), and unfortunately, 21-year-old DJ Ironik comes across amateur and ignorant when sampling the song to form the ‘Tiny Dancer (Hold Me Closer)’ single. The remix can’t have taken much thought or effort as the original piano melody and chorus to ‘Tiny Dancer’ are basically sped up and interwoven unceremoniously with boring beats and trifling lyrics.

The single, which also features 17-year-old rapper Chipmunk, banks totally on the popularity of the Elton John classic, bringing to the table nothing but blah lyrics such as “Your my perfect dream/we're the perfect team/I’m the king, your the queen, your the book that I read”.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not having a go at the use of samples as a whole (although some travesties do sometimes occur – Kid Rock, Sean Kingston, I’m looking at you both). When they are used correctly, samples can make an already stellar track into something incredible (see Beastie Boys’ Paul’s Boutique and A Tribe Called Quest’s The Low End Theory for guidance).

I can absolutely picture the type of fans that DJ Ironik’s ‘Tiny Dancer (Hold Me Closer’) will have, and I’m sure, when they hit puberty, they will realise their mistake.

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