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Mark Vidler — Rapture Riders
Album: Blondie vs The Doors
Avg rating:
5.7

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Total ratings: 2188









Released: 2005
Length: 5:37
Plays (last 30 days): 1
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WHY??
Posted 2 weeks 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 1 month ago by onemorebyte    [ Reply ]
Works for me!
Posted 1 month 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 2 months ago by Relayer    [ Reply ]
 rklein wrote:

Debbie Harry isn't dead.


She may still display the presence of metabolism, but still.
Posted 3 months 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 3 months 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 3 months ago by rklein    [ Reply ]
this is horrible
Posted 3 months 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 3 months ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
Why would anyone do this to such a great song?
Posted 3 months ago by lynnefredricksen    [ Reply ]
Yes! Yes! Yes!  
Posted 4 months ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
No No No No!
Posted 4 months 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 5 months ago by sb204    [ Reply ]
..and after a while it went from a 5 to a friendly 6....
Posted 5 months 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 6 months 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 6 months ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
Lottoballenmuziek
Posted 6 months ago by LordQuercia    [ Reply ]
What unholy union is this.
Posted 6 months 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 7 months ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
first time I heard this was in a target in Philadelphia 
Posted 7 months 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 7 months ago by nutrod42    [ Reply ]
Posted 8 months ago by TallCreative1    [ Reply ]
 awhfman wrote:

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

Annie Lennox vs Rush




That is awful!
Posted 8 months ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
It's nice. But not as nice as this!

Annie Lennox vs Rush
Posted 9 months ago by awhfman    [ Reply ]
I kind of like these cheesy mashups. The groove is cool. 
Posted 9 months ago by Sirena815    [ Reply ]
7 -> 8
Posted 9 months ago by jlind    [ Reply ]
WTF happened ?? 
Posted 10 months 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 1 year ago by TC1    [ Reply ]
 acolt wrote:


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


Witty....
Posted 1 year 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 1 year ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
Now I am become death, destroyer of worlds.
Posted 1 year ago by BeanCrusher    [ Reply ]
-10
Posted 1 year ago by ciarataylor    [ Reply ]
Do they have licence to steal someone else’s work and claim whatever royalties it generates?
Posted 1 year 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 1 year ago by terryweir    [ Reply ]
Not far from a « crime de lèse-majesté » 😬
Posted 1 year 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 1 year ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
lord, what a travesty.  disco click track crap.  done purely for commercial distribution. bleh.
Posted 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
Not my cup of tea, sorry
Posted 1 year 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 1 year ago by ImaOldman    [ Reply ]
It's not terribly good, this.
Posted 1 year ago by Edweirdo    [ Reply ]
Perverse pleasure: reading comments from all the haters, writhing in their agony.  
Posted 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year ago by timmus    [ Reply ]
 nelamvr6 wrote:

Wow. This sucks.




Total mess.
Posted 1 year ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
Some things should be best left alone....
Morrison is flipping out in his grave....
Posted 1 year 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 2 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 2 years ago by igotitmade2k    [ Reply ]
I love a good mash-up! It's its own art form.
Posted 2 years ago by surfool    [ Reply ]
Who the hell is this twat Vidler and what has he got against the Doors ?
Posted 2 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 2 years ago by rrowdies    [ Reply ]
Debbie Harry trying to rap is a crime against humanity.
Posted 2 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 2 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 2 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 2 years ago by 2MD4J1F    [ Reply ]
 RobMagus wrote:

Dig that funkay bass groove.




Anyone remembers where that bass line came from?
Posted 2 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 2 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 2 years ago by Typesbad    [ Reply ]
I like it.
Posted 2 years ago by givendale    [ Reply ]
do I like this? hmmmmmm
Posted 2 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 3 years ago by Lonestar    [ Reply ]
Could anything be worse than this? 
Posted 3 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
love it! hahahaha!
Posted 3 years ago by sahlman    [ Reply ]
I have gotta learn this bass riff!
Posted 3 years ago by yagermeister    [ Reply ]
Oh Bill. Just...no. 


https://giphy.com/gifs/angry-m...
Posted 3 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 3 years ago by S-curvy    [ Reply ]
Sometimes the whole is less than the sum of its parts
Posted 3 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 3 years ago by cropduster    [ Reply ]
Bleah - NOT an improvement.
Posted 3 years ago by Andrew_C    [ Reply ]
Oh God! Why??
Posted 3 years ago by AlanF    [ Reply ]
Perfect song for my elevator if I had one.
Posted 3 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 3 years ago by AbileneTexas    [ Reply ]
Qué manera de destrozar una canción. Blondie mejor sola que destrozando temas ajenos.
Posted 3 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 3 years ago by nelamvr6    [ Reply ]
Bleargh.  No thank you.
Posted 3 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 3 years ago by Hippostar    [ Reply ]
I prefere the original, but this one is  funny .
Posted 3 years ago by karl.klueck803    [ Reply ]
Jim would vomit
Posted 3 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 3 years ago by bluejay08003    [ Reply ]
this is an abomination
Posted 3 years ago by jukes1    [ Reply ]
this sounds familiar.  it also sounds familiar
Posted 3 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 ]
Posted 4 years ago by sunflowerbee    [ Reply ]
 ScottFromWyoming wrote:
I'm actually a pretty big fan of anything that makes people so upset.
 
That must mean that you're a fan of Christianity these days.
Posted 4 years ago by pinto    [ Reply ]
 S-curvy wrote:
Vidler doesn’t play any instruments, and God only knows if he can actually read or write music. Calling him an “artist” is an insult to every real musician I know.
 

didn't know instruments was required for Art
Rembrandt played what now? Van Gogh played by ear?
Posted 4 years ago by jpfueler    [ Reply ]
I can't decide if I hate this or love it, but I am sure that Jim is rolling in his grave, or rolling a doob in Vegas ... wherever he is 
Posted 4 years ago by blackridge    [ Reply ]
No. A solid 1.
Posted 4 years ago by steuss    [ Reply ]
Vidler doesn’t play any instruments, and God only knows if he can actually read or write music. Calling him an “artist” is an insult to every real musician I know.
Posted 4 years ago by S-curvy    [ Reply ]
Posted 4 years ago by rolovizioli    [ Reply ]
One of the worst covers I have ever heard in my life. I love a good cover too, but this lacks any of the raw energy, sex and lust from the Doors song or any other song. Sounds like a REALLY, REALLY, REALLY bad mix of 80s/90s early RAP and HIP HOP.
Posted 4 years ago by bluehz    [ Reply ]
DJ Mojo Risin has always been my favourite!

DJ Mojo Risin 
Posted 4 years ago by eyeball    [ Reply ]
Covers are always cool!  This one is Da Bomb, if I may be so crude.  I vote 9!  It has a great beat and you can dance to it!

The Man  from Mars is eating cars and is obviously a Rider on the Storm.  Bummer that it's only a single (according to Wikipedia.)
Posted 4 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
Very clever!
Posted 4 years ago by Tjerome    [ Reply ]
If Zaphod Beeblebrox had two heads - oh, he did!  Good egg
Posted 4 years ago by TheElephant    [ Reply ]
O PLEASE why not?  It put a smile on my face, that's all I'm looking for!
Posted 4 years ago by slikr    [ Reply ]
WTF?
Both songs have merits in their own right - especially The Doors but how do DJs get away with these abominations?
Posted 4 years ago by LoudshirtsBand    [ Reply ]
For the love of music... please... I beg you... never play this abomination again.
Posted 4 years ago by rramjett57    [ Reply ]
In the words of Nancy Reagan, just say no...
Posted 4 years ago by Oldfan    [ Reply ]
I don't enjoy this any more than I enjoy Jive Bunny.  PSD.
Posted 4 years ago by DaidyBoy    [ Reply ]
I can’t say I’m at all surprised that this track gets the love/hate rating distribution! I thought maybe I would up my rating from 7 to 8, but as I continue to listen, I think I will let it be, and resist the temptation to say anything to the haters about their rating.  Live and let live!
Posted 4 years ago by laozilover    [ Reply ]
Rebecca lives in my head and never selects a bad song, but holy crap, what is this fresh hell? that is a terrible remix.
Posted 4 years ago by mozzer502    [ Reply ]
I agree with all of you.  Completely and whole heartedly.  I hated Man From Mars when it first came out because it was the first taste of rap I had ever heard.  I don't hate it so bad anymore.
Posted 4 years ago by squawpeapot    [ Reply ]
 ziggytrix wrote:
And now he only eats THE DOORS 
 
She eats
Posted 4 years ago by jahgirl8    [ Reply ]
Yeah, it's a gentle toe-tapper, but I am not a fan of Frankenstein music. It's cheating.
Posted 4 years ago by rick1956    [ Reply ]