NEW MASHUP - “Queens of the Funkytown”

Here’s a quick one - Queens of the Stone Age "No One Knows" vs. Lipps, Inc. “Funkytown”.

Why? No idea. It popped into my head that it might work and would be kinda funny. I was right.

Mashup of Queens of the Stone Age's "No One Knows" with Lipps, Inc.'s "Funkytown".

There is something complicated happening with the key of the song alright. Funkytown changes key halfway through from C Major to C minor, right around the part with the string section. Josh Homme is singing in C minor the whole song. However, his singing doesn’t sound off key as none of the notes that differentiate the Major and minor versions of the Key of C play in the instrumental while he’s singing, therefore it still sounds like he’s singing in key.

It’s an odd one, that had me flummoxed as to why I didn’t need to pitch shift for the key change until I worked it out. It was a good lesson for me.

Anyway, I also made a weird mash-up video by combining the Qotsa and Lipps Inc videos via a Luma Key effect (makes dark patches of video transparent). This video got blocked on YouTube due to copyright, however it’s available on Reddit at this link: https://www.reddit.com/r/mashups/comments/dlout7/queens_of_the_funkytown_queens_of_the_stone_age/

Songs Sampled:

Queens of the Stone Age "No One Knows" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s88r_q7oufE

Lipps, Inc. “Funkytown” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVwiixXViT0