ReMix: Cool Spot 'Smileyspot'

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Chris apparently ReMixed this happy-go-lucky theme from Tommy Tallarico's Cool Spot score after several requests from different sources coincidentally popped up at the same time. This reminds me somewhat of YPOI's old Banana ReMix, not compositionally or in the arrangement but in the relative brevity and simplicity yet the amazingly catchy, addictive, can't-get-it-outta-your-head vibe. The original melody has a lot of credit to claim for that, of course, but the dude of maze has let the goof factor (cheese factor?) go overboard and really capitalized on the funkiness with a wah-processed electric piano bass, fun vibes, unobstrusive percussion, and (icing on the cake) some unabashed scat singing and whistling that would make Andy Griffith proud. At the perfect length, Chris doesn't press his luck by going too far out there with embellishments or poetic license soloing. Apparently there was, at one point in time, a longer, more fleshed-out version, but it was lost in a rare instance of Mr. Getman displaying signs that he is indeed human and can err and miscalculate like the rest of us. He writes: "It's short. I wasn't really planning on submitting it, but I've actually had a LOT of folks really like it. Apparently it's one of those "gets stuck in your head" kinda things. So, I was gonna make it a lot longer, and I did - I added harmonica, kazoo, more whistling, more vocals... but THEN I lost the dang file! I never do that... but somehow, yep - lost the longer version. And truthfully, I wasn't happy with it that way, it didn't hold together right. So, the short version it is. It's a silly song man, enjoy. We need a Cool Spot remix on the site anyways. :)" Hopefully Mr. Tallarico, who's visited the halls of OCR on at least one occasion that I'm aware of, will appreciate the earnest and good-natured kitschy overhaul Chris has provided. For my money, I think it's great - brings a smile to my face while still being musically tight. The interaction between the main melody and the moving vibe part is just killer. For uniqueness, the perfect length, and an appropo application of singin' and whistlin', this comes highly recommended.

― djpretzel