The Funk: Girl Talk

Posted by Dan July 18th, 2008 at 10:50am In The Funk

I don’t dance. I guess that makes me a bad gay, but it’s just a fact.

However, on the rare occasions my body is in motion (running, chugging down city streets with my headphones on), I do like to listen to something with a little bit of a beat. And that’s where Girl Talk comes in.

Girl Talk is the one-man band of Gregg Gillis. He is the ultimate mish-masher of popular music, ranging from punk rock to gangsta rap to golden oldies to 80s pop. His records are fun to listen to because you can listen to them and try to guess the various snippets. His latest album is Feed the Animals.

John directed me towards some fun YouTube clips that match up Girl Talk’s songs with the corresponding videos. Just in this first clip, you see Busta Rhymes, The Police, Faith No More, Paula Cole and, I think, The Cure.

Take a look: