Please, respect the classics.

I was at Valletta today. There was some activity going on, when I heard "Sweet Child o' Mine" play. At first I thought it was a live band covering the song, but then I realised that the intro riff kept playing over and over, backed by a processed beat. A remix. Oh God. They remixed that song too. Not surprisingly, it was followed by the Seven Nation Army remix, the one with the lame chanting of the main riff.

Why must such songs be butchered by DJs who can't be assed to produce something original? They make my ears cringe, and I'm sure the original artists just sigh at what has become of their music. Remember the 2006 World Cup? Yeah, a remix of Queen's "We Are the Champions" with that Godawful crazy frog wanker. I remember screaming in frustration in public after hearing it.

Please, stop this crap, such remixes often destroy the true message and meaning of these wonderful songs, let them be. What's really annoying is that people become accustomed to them without ever knowing about the original, hence giving no credit whatsoever to the original artists. Never heard of the White Stripes? Guns n' Roses? Ugh.

On a side note, whoever does a Linkin Park remix will have their throats personally slashed by me. No one can successfully remix a Linkin Park song except Linkin Park themselves. Just listen to their Reanimation CD.