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 With AC/DC: With Chemical Brother: With Electric Six: With Air: With Pulp Fiction Theme: With Snoop Dogg: With Mogwai&#8217;s The Sun Smells Too Loud &hellip;</p> </div> </div> <div class='c' id='entry_content'> <p><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/XTkhl_cEMZs&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XTkhl_cEMZs&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></p> <div class="block"><h1>About</h1> <p>On YouTube, <strong>Apache</strong> commonly refers to the Danish singer <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Seebach">Tommy Seebach&#8217;s</a> 1976 rendition of the original composition by Jerry Jordan (see below). The music video&#8212;featuring Seebach and his band having a good time with a group of tribal-clothed babes&#8212;first came to the spotlight at the Fantasia Film Festival in 2006, when <a href="http://www.fantasiafest.com/2006/en/films/film_detail.php?id=94">DJ XL5</a> dubbed Prodigy&#8217;s <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nih72UdCiCQ">Smack My Bitch Up</a> over the original M/V footage. The dub was a success and soon enough, remixes and dubbed renditions of Apache music video took on a life of its own on YouTube.</p> <h1>&#8220;Apache&#8221; The Song</h1> <p>In pop culture, <strong>Apache</strong> is a well-known, often-covered instrumental track written by English songwriter <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_(instrumental)">Jerry Jordan</a>. Inspired by the 1954 western film Apache, his song has been numerously sampled by other musicians across generations, from <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pY-rPDwzM9M">The Shadows</a> and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WY-Z6wm6TMQ">Incredible Bongo Band</a> to <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCFRJEjM3fc">Sugarhill Gang</a> and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIDrtVE5zUY">Sir Mix-A-Lot</a> (check out the links).</p> </div><div class="block"><h1>Derivatives</h1> <p>Several variation exist on youtube with different techno tracks from AC/DC, Chemical Brothers, Air, Voodoo people, Snoop Dogg, etc.</p> <ul> <li>With Prodigy (by DJ XL5):</li> </ul> <p><p class="ta_c">Embed/Video not available on iPhone.</p></p> <ul> <li>With AC/DC:<br /> <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/b_2TZilowWg&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" 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The music video&#8212;featuring Seebach and his band having a good time with a group of tribal-clothed babes&#8212;first came to the spotlight at the Fantasia Film Festival in 2006, when <a href="http://www.fantasiafest.com/2006/en/films/film_detail.php?id=94">DJ XL5</a> dubbed Prodigy&#8217;s <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nih72UdCiCQ">Smack My Bitch Up</a> over the original M/V footage. The dub was a success and soon enough, remixes and dubbed renditions of Apache music video took on a life of its own on YouTube.</p> <h2>&#8220;Apache&#8221; The Song</h2> <p>In pop culture, <strong>Apache</strong> is a well-known, often-covered instrumental track written by English songwriter <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_(instrumental)">Jerry Jordan</a>. Inspired by the 1954 western film Apache, his song has been numerously sampled by other musicians across generations, from <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pY-rPDwzM9M">The Shadows</a> and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WY-Z6wm6TMQ">Incredible Bongo Band</a> to <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCFRJEjM3fc">Sugarhill Gang</a> and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIDrtVE5zUY">Sir Mix-A-Lot</a> (check out the links).</p> <h2>Derivatives</h2> <p>Several variation exist on youtube with different techno tracks from AC/DC, Chemical Brothers, Air, Voodoo people, Snoop Dogg, etc.</p> <ul> <li>With Prodigy (by DJ XL5):</li> </ul> <p><object CLASSID="clsid:02BF25D5-8C17-4B23-BC80-D3488ABDDC6B" width="320" height="256" CODEBASE="http://www.apple.com/qtactivex/qtplugin.cab">
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</object></p> <ul> <li>With AC/DC:<br /> <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/b_2TZilowWg&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/b_2TZilowWg&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></li> </ul> <ul> <li>With Chemical Brother:<br /> <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7OowANU2OEE&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7OowANU2OEE&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></li> </ul> <ul> <li>With Electric Six:<br /> <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/OY39jqsKU38&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/OY39jqsKU38&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></li> </ul> <ul> <li>With Air:<br /> <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zZnXCX1Qx2Y&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zZnXCX1Qx2Y&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></li> </ul> <ul> <li>With Pulp Fiction Theme:<br /> <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ifaiigwgN5E&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ifaiigwgN5E&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></li> </ul> <ul> <li>With Snoop Dogg:<br /> <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/G_fuVWXW5tk&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/G_fuVWXW5tk&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></li> </ul> <ul> <li>With Mogwai&#8217;s The Sun Smells Too Loud<br /> <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/yUaCxx5npko&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/yUaCxx5npko&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></li> </ul> 2006 2010-02-04T22:15:45Z 874 0