Cover me slow
You know when you hear a cover version that's a really slowed down version of the original, so that it kind of sounds like the song's been left outside and it snowed and the song froze and it's only now starting to thaw out again, and it's covered in particles of frost that glint in the pale winter sunlight and make you see the shape of the thing in a way you never did before? Well, Steven put a CD on with one such track on it (the first on the list), and it made me think of a few others that I like:
Temptation - the Moby cover of the New Order song
Sweet Jane - the Cowboy Junkies cover of the Velvet Underground song
Mad World - the Gary Jules cover of the Tears for Fears song (as featured in Donnie Darko)
Let's Dance - the M Ward cover of the David Bowie song
Baby One More Time - the Travis cover of the Britney Spears song
Nice.
Temptation - the Moby cover of the New Order song
Sweet Jane - the Cowboy Junkies cover of the Velvet Underground song
Mad World - the Gary Jules cover of the Tears for Fears song (as featured in Donnie Darko)
Let's Dance - the M Ward cover of the David Bowie song
Baby One More Time - the Travis cover of the Britney Spears song
Nice.
posted by Dan in Melbourne at 5:19 pm
3 Comments:
I know a couple of those, I love a great reinterpretation. Mad world one rocks and the britney one is cool.
Tori amos has an album of covers called strange little girls, she does eminem, lou reed, depeche mode etc. its very good.
ps. thanks for the butterfly comment I will look into it as research.
I think the idea of the time thing is a bit lame but i was in a rush.
Cheers
j
Hey Dan
Check out the new Hemisphere album (they are Sydney-siders up to album number 5) - it just came out and has a great slow rendition of Blue Monday by New Order on it. It's also a damn good summer listen too.
Marcus
hey, i have a magnificent cover of careless whisper - a live cabaret-esque duet between ben folds and rufus wainwright.
gold.
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