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Mark Vidler — Rapture Riders
Album: Blondie vs The Doors
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5.8

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Total ratings: 2451









Released: 2005
Length: 5:38
Plays (last 30 days): 2
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It is different. Not sure if I like it or not.
Posted 5 days ago by robstephens80    [ Reply ]
 sarahest wrote:

I don't hate this as much as some folks here, but not a huge fan of these mashups. I'll concede that they take a good amount of talent to create, but it feels like a very different kind of artistry than creating original music. My gripe is that Bill apparently likes these SO much that you never hear the original music on the main mix, just these weird dance remixes of a Grateful Dead song, a DJ remix of Rapture by Blondie, and then the same day, this mashup of Rapture. I can't remember how long it's been since I've heard just a straight-up Blondie song.



Agree with you, and yes, some of these original songs would be great to hear on RP on occasion.
Posted 2 weeks ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
I don't hate this as much as some folks here, but not a huge fan of these mashups. I'll concede that they take a good amount of talent to create, but it feels like a very different kind of artistry than creating original music. My gripe is that Bill apparently likes these SO much that you never hear the original music on the main mix, just these weird dance remixes of a Grateful Dead song, a DJ remix of Rapture by Blondie, and then the same day, this mashup of Rapture. I can't remember how long it's been since I've heard just a straight-up Blondie song.
Posted 2 weeks ago by sarahest    [ Reply ]
 TurtleMan wrote:

I will allow it.



I will not.
Posted 2 weeks ago by VV    [ Reply ]
Bad, simply bad…
Posted 2 weeks ago by VV    [ Reply ]
I remember hearing someone's take on Metallica Black Album combined with 
the Beatles White Album.  Even more bizarre than this
Posted 4 weeks ago by KPC1    [ Reply ]
Nice cross mix from EWF Shining Star to this. 
I could hear it happening....
Posted 1 month ago by Aud    [ Reply ]
I will allow it.
Posted 2 months ago by TurtleMan    [ Reply ]
Another how fast can I get to the skip button selection. 
Posted 3 months ago by alvivino    [ Reply ]
 ScottFromWyoming wrote:

I'm actually a pretty big fan of anything that makes people so upset.



Yes, it's nice to get out of your box sometimes. Thanks Bill!
Posted 4 months ago by bobrk    [ Reply ]
I hate this kind of shit. Plagiarism. 
Posted 4 months ago by alvivino    [ Reply ]
I love being surprised by my own past RP ratings. I gave this a 1 at some point. Must have been in a shitty mood or something - actually kind of enjoying it now.
Posted 4 months ago by mdnlsn    [ Reply ]
This is my favorite mashup.  I love how well the two songs work together.
Posted 4 months ago by Pound33    [ Reply ]
Hmmm, makes me think a Thievery Corporation version of "Riders on the Storm" could be quite good, but this doesn't do much for me.
Posted 5 months ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
Guilty Pleasure.  
Posted 6 months ago by oufason    [ Reply ]
Bananetor has no words for this, but has a banana.
Posted 6 months ago by Bananetor    [ Reply ]
I hear the intro to this and I'm like, yes, let' turn it up! And then I hear it's this dopey mash-up. Makes me want to shut it off and play each song on it's own...
Posted 8 months ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
I'm old and long in the tooth but I'm kinda submitting to these modern mashups of older stuff. Took me a while but I will admit to liking LP Giobbi's Garcia remix. 
Posted 8 months ago by chinaski    [ Reply ]
Please, just make it stop. If there was a way to prevent a song from playing in my feed, this would be my first and immediate choice.  
Posted 8 months ago by jeff_nnnn    [ Reply ]
Imagine being on a bus for hours listening to this kind of mash-up. Only every 20 seconds or so a voice with things like: "Feel the Beat....of the New Dawn". or "DJ Von Meyer". For...Hours. They won't turn if off. Driver likes it. 
Posted 9 months ago by igotitmade2k    [ Reply ]
No

Just give me Annie Lennox "Little Bird" and Rush's "The Spirit of Radio".
Posted 9 months ago by awhfman    [ Reply ]
It's high class working!
Posted 9 months ago by skurin59    [ Reply ]
WHY??
Posted 9 months ago by mgkiwi    [ Reply ]
These old ears appreciate a fresh take on tired tracks that have been hanging around for decades. At some point you become immune to the tune after 50 years. This injects new life where it's sorely needed; doesn't diminish the originals at all, nothing ever could. With the possible exception of time, while mashing the cowardly Repeat button. 
Posted 10 months ago by onemorebyte    [ Reply ]
Works for me!
Posted 10 months ago by Laptopdog    [ Reply ]
So how do royalties play out on a track like this?  I would think it would be something like this:

Songwriting credits: strictly Doors and Harry/Stein
Performer credits: Doors, Blondie, and also Mark Vidler (since I think he may have added drum beats).  

But other than drum beats, Mark Vidler contributed nothing that would incur any additional royalties, right?  I don't think you get any money for just arranging 2 songs into one. Not even a producer credit.
Posted 11 months ago by Relayer    [ Reply ]
 rklein wrote:

Debbie Harry isn't dead.


She may still display the presence of metabolism, but still.
Posted 1 year ago by wonderunit    [ Reply ]
 Jelani wrote:

This is so dumb. It just ruins both songs and makes me want to listen to each original in order to wash this crap out of my ears.



Posted 1 year ago by Dahlia_Gumbo    [ Reply ]
 sb204 wrote:
"Both bands" seems to be a problematic wording... whom exactly could they mean, perhaps the late Ray Manzarek and the late Debbie Harry? Quite sure they did not ask the couple depicted on the cover.

Debbie Harry isn't dead.
Posted 1 year ago by rklein    [ Reply ]
this is horrible
Posted 1 year ago by blotto    [ Reply ]
could anything be worse than this? this makes me question every single non-platformed submission I , and anyone else, has ever had rejected
Posted 1 year ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
Why would anyone do this to such a great song?
Posted 1 year ago by lynnefredricksen    [ Reply ]
Yes! Yes! Yes!  
Posted 1 year ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
No No No No!
Posted 1 year ago by frogtoad    [ Reply ]
 SmackDaddy wrote:
was not only approved by both bands
"Both bands" seems to be a problematic wording... whom exactly could they mean, perhaps the late Ray Manzarek and the late Debbie Harry? Quite sure they did not ask the couple depicted on the cover.
Posted 1 year ago by sb204    [ Reply ]
..and after a while it went from a 5 to a friendly 6....
Posted 1 year ago by Uweunterwegs    [ Reply ]
 Murray wrote:

What unholy union is this.




I   Agree!   That is why I like it!   ...sometimes WTF is a Good Thing!!  
Posted 1 year ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
 lizardking wrote:

5 to 8 for me, hit me in the right mood (and altitude) this evening, and I'm wanting to hear this again in my favorites (when I possibly could re-rate downwards).

Oh what a fickle RP-world; I like!! 
Long Live RP!!



Same here, I  Agree!  This is the 1st that I have heard it I gave it an EIGHT!
Posted 1 year ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
Lottoballenmuziek
Posted 1 year ago by LordQuercia    [ Reply ]
What unholy union is this.
Posted 1 year ago by Murray    [ Reply ]
 jlind wrote:

7 -> 8


5 to 8 for me, hit me in the right mood (and altitude) this evening, and I'm wanting to hear this again in my favorites (when I possibly could re-rate downwards).

Oh what a fickle RP-world; I like!! 
Long Live RP!!
Posted 1 year ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
first time I heard this was in a target in Philadelphia 
Posted 1 year ago by paultom84    [ Reply ]
Well, I wouldn't have thought of combining those two songs. Probably would have been best if he hadn't either.
Posted 1 year ago by nutrod42    [ Reply ]
Posted 1 year ago by TallCreative1    [ Reply ]
 awhfman wrote:

It's nice. But not as nice as this!

Annie Lennox vs Rush




That is awful!
Posted 1 year ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
It's nice. But not as nice as this!

Annie Lennox vs Rush
Posted 1 year ago by awhfman    [ Reply ]
I kind of like these cheesy mashups. The groove is cool. 
Posted 1 year ago by Sirena815    [ Reply ]
7 -> 8
Posted 1 year ago by jlind    [ Reply ]
WTF happened ?? 
Posted 1 year ago by klhoste    [ Reply ]
Most excellent 
Party on dudes
Posted 1 year ago by eyke    [ Reply ]
My favourite is the backing vocals of Jim, half way through (and during the hip hop 'singing')... and I am pretty sure it's the sound he's making while rolling in his grave.

{#Roflol}
Posted 1 year ago by eyeball    [ Reply ]
Horrible mashup, kill it then bury it deep.
Posted 1 year ago by Snipey    [ Reply ]
WTF Jive Bunny on drugs!!!!
Posted 1 year ago by mgkiwi    [ Reply ]
 Jelani wrote:

This is so dumb. It just ruins both songs and makes me want to listen to each original in order to wash this crap out of my ears.



Please show us on the doll where the song hurt you...
Posted 2 years ago by TC1    [ Reply ]
 acolt wrote:


To be fair, considering the amount of chemicals in his system, he probably would have anyway.


Witty....
Posted 2 years ago by adrea67doble    [ Reply ]
This is so dumb. It just ruins both songs and makes me want to listen to each original in order to wash this crap out of my ears.
Posted 2 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
Now I am become death, destroyer of worlds.
Posted 2 years ago by BeanCrusher    [ Reply ]
-10
Posted 2 years ago by ciarataylor    [ Reply ]
Do they have licence to steal someone else’s work and claim whatever royalties it generates?
Posted 2 years ago by ciarataylor    [ Reply ]
Brilliant mash up.  Love this version and I normally hate stuff like this but it's cranked when I hear it.  Thanks RP!
Posted 2 years ago by terryweir    [ Reply ]
Not far from a « crime de lèse-majesté » 😬
Posted 2 years ago by Surfeurseb    [ Reply ]
 WalterHawn wrote:

lord, what a travesty.  disco click track crap.  done purely for commercial distribution. bleh.


Could not disagree more.  Someone noticed similarities between these two mega-hits and mashed them together.  I'm dancing while voting it 9.
Posted 2 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
lord, what a travesty.  disco click track crap.  done purely for commercial distribution. bleh.
Posted 2 years ago by WalterHawn    [ Reply ]
There are 2 "all-time greats" about this song.   Morrison's voice and the Rapture bass line.   Get's a 5 just because of those.
Posted 2 years ago by rgio    [ Reply ]
I think this is great!  How did Mr Vidler recognize the similarities in meter, key, and structure?  Forget the venom below.

(And I keep thinking about the baby that could have  been produced by Debbie Harry and Jim Morrison ... blows my mind!)
Posted 2 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
Not my cup of tea, sorry
Posted 2 years ago by ines.rigert    [ Reply ]
First time I've ever rated a song a 1, this just strikes me a bad idea from the get.
Posted 2 years ago by ImaOldman    [ Reply ]
It's not terribly good, this.
Posted 2 years ago by Edweirdo    [ Reply ]
Perverse pleasure: reading comments from all the haters, writhing in their agony.  
Posted 2 years ago by obispo    [ Reply ]
 ziggytrix wrote:

Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man.


I give the use of 'vomitrocius' in a sentence an '8'
Posted 2 years ago by mikegrinker    [ Reply ]
Interesting how it's Rapture and Riders On The Storm, almost as if they were right next to each other in an alphabetical music catalog.  If I were him I'd do a mashup of songs starting with A, B, C, D, etc.
Posted 2 years ago by timmus    [ Reply ]
 nelamvr6 wrote:

Wow. This sucks.




Total mess.
Posted 2 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
Some things should be best left alone....
Morrison is flipping out in his grave....
Posted 2 years ago by MKoMOne    [ Reply ]
Wow. This sucks.
Posted 2 years ago by nelamvr6    [ Reply ]
The beginning messes with my head every time!
Posted 2 years ago by drewd    [ Reply ]
Jim is now rolling over in his grave, and Debra likely wishes the master for this was with him. 
Posted 2 years ago by _Bruce_    [ Reply ]
 aonley wrote:

Jim would vomit



To be fair, considering the amount of chemicals in his system, he probably would have anyway.
Posted 2 years ago by acolt    [ Reply ]
No idea what to think of this - detest it? love it? Maybe it needs to be heard another hundred times... Some music you start out loathing ends up being your favourite eventually... I'm still perplexed. But thank you for playing some challenging music - that's part of the joy of listening here :-)
Posted 3 years ago by thecuttywren    [ Reply ]
Lol I remember that story about Pete Seeger trying to take an axe to the power cables when Dylan went electric at a festival (Newport Jazz?).

This song seems to bring out similar emotions!
Posted 3 years ago by igotitmade2k    [ Reply ]
I love a good mash-up! It's its own art form.
Posted 3 years ago by surfool    [ Reply ]
Who the hell is this twat Vidler and what has he got against the Doors ?
Posted 3 years ago by SkidMarx    [ Reply ]
When this started up I thought it was Blondie but then Jim...sacrilege! But then I started to tap my feet...dam I kinda like this...not bad at all
Posted 3 years ago by rrowdies    [ Reply ]
Debbie Harry trying to rap is a crime against humanity.
Posted 3 years ago by wonderunit    [ Reply ]
Bit of a fish-mash but its catchy. I am not sure if I want to give it a score 😀
Posted 3 years ago by kiwilistener    [ Reply ]
This is kind of a weird mash-up, and I'm pretty doggone tired of the original by The Doors, but this is quite entertaining. I like it! :)
Posted 3 years ago by talexb    [ Reply ]
 slott wrote:



Anyone remembers where that bass line came from?


I'm gonna say Chic - Good Times,  also used in Rapper's Delight 
Posted 3 years ago by 2MD4J1F    [ Reply ]
 RobMagus wrote:

Dig that funkay bass groove.




Anyone remembers where that bass line came from?
Posted 3 years ago by slott    [ Reply ]
was excited to hear Blondie but hated "riders on the storm" - not a huge fan of the Doors (Jim Morrison loved himself a little too much) - admit the mix is ok but give me Rapture any day
Posted 3 years ago by xcranky_yankee    [ Reply ]
Oh dear.  I'm not sure if my mind is ever going to be open enough for this one.  Though the parts with the Blondie vocals are definitely the better parts of the song.
Posted 3 years ago by Typesbad    [ Reply ]
I like it.
Posted 3 years ago by givendale    [ Reply ]
do I like this? hmmmmmm
Posted 3 years ago by jkforde    [ Reply ]
Veeeery iinteresssstiiiing
Posted 3 years ago by boomman8139    [ Reply ]
What a missed opportunity. I would have asked Tom Jones and the Fresh Prince to do the Lyrics. Would have made it perfect.
Posted 3 years ago by Dirkson    [ Reply ]
This isn't nearly as bad as the very vocal sticks in the mud here seem to think it is
Posted 3 years ago by Mackmoney3000    [ Reply ]
Nightmarishly bad. 
Posted 4 years ago by Lonestar    [ Reply ]
Could anything be worse than this? 
Posted 4 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
love it! hahahaha!
Posted 4 years ago by sahlman    [ Reply ]
I have gotta learn this bass riff!
Posted 4 years ago by yagermeister    [ Reply ]
Oh Bill. Just...no. 


https://giphy.com/gifs/angry-m...
Posted 4 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
Remarkable. Every time I hear this, it gets worse. It now feels like cactus spines are being shoved into my eyeballs. Mashups are parasitic "music.“. They create nothing, they drain meaning from real creativity.
Posted 4 years ago by S-curvy    [ Reply ]
Sometimes the whole is less than the sum of its parts
Posted 4 years ago by NoisyMiner    [ Reply ]
Kinda funky mix! Can't understand the "1"s rating.
Know there's Blondie and Doors diehard fans here, but geez...
Posted 4 years ago by cropduster    [ Reply ]
Bleah - NOT an improvement.
Posted 4 years ago by Andrew_C    [ Reply ]
Oh God! Why??
Posted 4 years ago by AlanF    [ Reply ]
Perfect song for my elevator if I had one.
Posted 4 years ago by whatsupdude    [ Reply ]
 hcaudill wrote:
Yes! I've been waiting for this to come back on. Thanks, Bill, and don't listen to those cranky purists.
 
I like it too!  
Posted 4 years ago by AbileneTexas    [ Reply ]
Qué manera de destrozar una canción. Blondie mejor sola que destrozando temas ajenos.
Posted 4 years ago by MaSolaQueLaLuna    [ Reply ]
I find some of these mash-ups interesting. This one is just a hot mess. No thanks, I would give it a zero if that were possible.
Posted 4 years ago by nelamvr6    [ Reply ]
Bleargh.  No thank you.
Posted 4 years ago by Snipey    [ Reply ]
 Jamunca wrote:
If you like this kind of stuff, definitely check out Girl Talk. 
 
There's certainly no shortage of people who do this.  Many of them better than this guy.

That said, I really thought novelty songs were below RP...
Posted 4 years ago by Hippostar    [ Reply ]
I prefere the original, but this one is  funny .
Posted 4 years ago by karl.klueck803    [ Reply ]
Jim would vomit
Posted 4 years ago by aonley    [ Reply ]
“Hey! You got peanut butter on my chocolate!”
“You got chocolate in my peanut butter!”

this most excellent track reminds me of that old ad. 

seems like biggest haters are also old enough to remember the ad. 

We didn’t have PSD back then. 
Posted 4 years ago by bluejay08003    [ Reply ]
this is an abomination
Posted 4 years ago by jukes1    [ Reply ]
this sounds familiar.  it also sounds familiar
Posted 4 years ago by 200    [ Reply ]
Wonderfully smooth mix of two classics with great music and bad lyrics. :-)

Been listening to it for 15 years and hasn't got old yet. Solid 9.
Posted 4 years ago by acolt    [ Reply ]
I wish clubs were still open so I could dance to this!  Guess the home office will have to double up as a dance hall...
Posted 4 years ago by dc_zee    [ Reply ]
If you like this kind of stuff, definitely check out Girl Talk. 
Posted 4 years ago by Jamunca    [ Reply ]
I'm sorry but this is really well done and entertaining. Lots of hate to go around for this track, but honestly folks...lighten up! 
Posted 4 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
 jpfueler wrote:


didn't know instruments was required for Art
Rembrandt played what now? Van Gogh played by ear?
 Rembrandt played by eye.

Posted 4 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]