| "What Do They Know? (Mindless Self Indulgence Vs. Julien-K & Chester Bennington)" | |
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| Song by Mindless Self Indulgence | |
| from the album Another Mindless Rip Off | |
| Recorded: | 2006 |
| Released: | December 05, 2006 |
| Format: | CD |
| Length: | 5:26 |
| Writer: | James Euringer |
| Producer: | Amir Derakh, Anthony Valcic, Chester Bennington |
| Label: | Metropolis Records |
| Another Mindless Rip Off tracklist | |
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"What Do They Know? (Mindless Self Indulgence Vs. Julien-K & Chester Bennington)" is the sixth track from the Hot Topic exclusive EP Another Mindless Rip Off by Mindless Self Indulgence. The track is a remix by Dead By Sunrise of "What Do They Know?", a song from the album You'll Rebel To Anything. A preview was streamed on Julien-K's MySpace page ahead of its release.[1]
Background
Amir Derakh commented about the remix on Julien-K.de: "We from Julien-K were actually lucky to be the opener at some unannounced Mindless Self Indulgence shows, and of course we quickly became friends with the guys and their manager James. After having listened to the remix that we had made with Chester for the Underworld: Evolution soundtrack , they asked us (including Chester) right away if we were interesting in remixing their new single. Of course we said yes and then started to reinvent the song from scratch – with new beats, bass lines, guitar riffs, and synthies. Then, Fu even manipulated some of Jimmy’s vocal melodies so that they fit to our new arrangement, and we let Ryan sing new background vocals, which MSI really liked. It was a great feeling not to be limited by a band in how to approach a song, so everything was a lot of fun. Even though there was some confusion at the beginning what exactly Chester’s role in the work for the remix was (of course the people thought he would sing on it!), he added a lot to our overall production and had several great ideas (e.g. he suggested to cop the vocals in the second bridge for a bit, and he also generally simplified a few of our arrangements that led to big changes. The remix was released on a special EP called Another Mindless Rip Off that can only be purchased in Hot Topic stores in the USA."[2]
He also talked about the instrumental version which was available for free download at Julien-K's official website: "This non-vocal re-edit of our MSI remix is the Bastard Son club version of our synth master Fu. We thought it would be fun and also a challenge to create a totally re-edited version that only consists of left-over material of the tracks we had just recorded. We didn’t use anything from the original song in this edit. That’s why we offered the song as a free download on our official Julien-K homepage for some while."[3]
Versions
Note: Only the date of the very first release of each version is listed.
| Title | Album | Length | Recorded | Released | Notes |
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| What Do They Know? (Mindless Self Indulgence vs. Julien-K & Chester Bennington) | Another Mindless Rip Off | 5:26 | 2006 | December 5, 2006 | |
| What Do They Know? (Instrumental DJ Dub) | 5:56 | 2006 | December 2006 |
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Personnel
- Backing Vocals, Guitar – Ryan Shuck
- Programmed By, Producer, Synthesizer – Amir Derakh, Anthony Valcic
- Remix, Producer [Additional] – Chester Bennington, Julien-K
- Synthesizer, Engineer [Additional] – Brandon Belsky
Lyrics
Beat me up
Beat me down
Mess me up
Beyond all recognition
For what it's worth
I'd do it again
With no consequence
I will do it again
Hard up, so hunt me down, down, down
Jump the gun bust a cap hit the ground
Yo, yo, yo, word
My tendency's never returned
Received like a big fat jerk
I been silly, but not absurd
Cause you know that's what I heard
Tell ya thoughts that's most impure
So everything's splendid, sure
I just there to in-jure
On the fence
The consequence
What do they know
About that
On the track
Ahead in the back
What do they know
About that
I'm quite depressed
I'm quite a mess
Beat me up
Beat me down
Mess me up
Beyond all recognition
For what it's worth
I'd do it again
With no consequence
I will do it again
Hard up, so hunt me down, down, down
Jump the gun bust a cap hit the ground
Yo, yo, yo, word
My tendency's never returned
Received like a big fat jerk
I been silly, but not absurd
Cause you know that's what I heard
Tell ya thoughts that's most impure
So everything's splendid, sure
I just there to in-jure
On the fence
The consequence
What do they know
About that
On the track
Ahead of the pack
What do they know
About that
I'm quite depressed
I'm quite a mess
Hey, someone to stab in the back
Hey, someone to fall through the crack
Hey, someone to punch in the face
Hey, someone to fall through the crack
Written all over my face (Written all over my face)
Jump the gun bust a cap hit the ground
yo yo yo, word
My tendency's never returned
Received like a big fat jerk
I been silly, but not absurd
Cause you know that's what I heard
Tell ya thoughts that's most impure
So everything's splendid, sure
I just there to in-jure
On the fence
The consequence
What do they know
About that
On the track
Ahead in the back
What do they know
About that
I'm quite depressed
I'm quite a mess