All the magazines and newpapers are publishing their "best of 2005" lists for various categories. However, since I didn't really care for 2005, and since I do enjoy drawing attention to myself, I've decided to create a list of my own. Nothing to do with 2005.
Aeijtzsche's Top 10 songs that clearly rip-off the Aeijtzsche & H Hitt Facktory
10. Yes: Owner of a Lonely Heart
If the Hitt facktory were slightly guilty of overuse of Orchestral Hits, then Yes needs to be locked up for life for the outrageous orchestral hits that adorn this song.
9. Weather Report: Teen Town
Ridiculous, meandering barely melodic bassline. Total rip-off.
8. Jan & Dean: Batman
Jan and Dean actually stole their entire schtick from the Hitt Factory. A duo writing music that can bring a grown woman to belly laugh.
7. Snoop Dogg ft. Pharell: Drop it like it's Hot
They used an aerosol can as a "snare drum." Gimme a break. So Aeijtzsche and H.
6. The Beach Boys: Good Vibrations
Brian Wilson recorded tiny snippets of music, then later patched them together to form a semi-cohesive whole. Sound familiar? I thought so.
5. The Police: Spirits in the Material World
The skipped first beat followed by nice little guitar up-beats and an off-beat bassline make for a hitt facktoryesquely unsettling rhythmic experience.
4. Mahavishnu Orchestra: John's Song #2
Long, fast melodies, followed by a tight 7/8 groove. Way to be original, guys.
3. Bjork: Where is the Line?
Mouthdrums.
2. Brian Wilson: The Vege-Tables Arguments
Brian taped a whole series of friend Michael Vosse arguing with session drummer Hal Blaine about vegetables. Mommy Mommy?
1. The Flaming Lips: Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Part 2
If you only seek out one song from this list, let it be this one. The Flaming Lips actually took a time machine into an alternate future, where the Aeijtzsche and H Hitt Factory have a huge recording budget. They stole a final mixdown of a Hitt Facktory song completed in 2017. This is that song. Gurgling synth bass, screaming, animal noises, childishly coincident ascending and descending melodies into eternity...
Happy New Year, everyone!
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The later Beethoven rips of a lot of Hitt Faktorie, too. Ludwig was such a hack.
I was surprised not to see any Zappa on your list... something like "Montana" with its atonal, off-tempo, almost indecipherable choral chants. Nobody understands thatI said goodbye to twenty bucks.
Well, I had to stop somewhere. We were certainly an huge inspiration to Frank though, as he'd mention in almost any interview.
bry a f.ap ir.o xf yday C erb-y ydcbt axrgy dr, ugbbf cy ,rgne x. yr l.purmp ab a.chy;ojd. & D jrbj.pyv
oops, I was typing with the Dvorak keyboard layout again
I don't understand what just happened.
"bry a f.ap ir.o xf yday C erb-y" = "not a year goes by that I don't..."
I have to go now... can someone else take over the next few words?
think about how funny it would be to perform an Aeijtzsche & H concert?
That was way harder and time consuming than I wanted it to be.
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