Category: Covers
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George Formby in da club
Lovely this – Fiddy’s In Da Club performed George Formby style by Ewan Wardrop as part of a Fringe show about him. It’s funny but not as incongruous as it seems, George was the bad boy of his day, even getting banned by the Beeb he was the OG of the Ukelele 😀 (via Pomdeter)
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Best Coast cover Storms / Fleetwood Mac news
There’s been a lot of hype over Fleetwood Mac recently – a new covers album by the likes of Lykke Li, J.Mascis, New Pornographers, MGMT and Antony amongst many others – and the great news that FM themselves are reforming and touring next year (yay! Hope it’s the mostly-complete lineup although I’d also love Christine…
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OK 8 bit Computer…
Before NME et al get their floppy mittens on this here’s a genius and so-obvious-why-did-no-one-do-it 8-bit cover album of Radiohead’s OK Computer. Was scratching my head for a while why it sounds so much better, then realised there wasn’t an Thom Yorke moaning on it, so BONUS! NICE 1P! HIGH REPOST SCORE: LEE SPOONS. FOR…
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He’s lost control again
Heard South Africa’s Spoek Mathambo do an amazing version of Joy Division’s Control on 6Music this morning, here’s the original cover which is quite different, initially seems quite strange but very crazy by the end. An amazing video, also.
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You know you’re a photo geek when…
…confronted by Mambo Kurt’s deranged cover ‘Killing in the Name of’ (yes that one) your first reponse is: Tri-X! Cool! Audio is, NSFW obv. No Chart Show fades, here.
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LCD Division Joy Soundsystem
I know LCD Soundsystem covered Joy Division, but two unrelated-except-in-my-strange-head covers appear in my inbox today, one via Niallist – Joyce Division – She’s Lost Control (it’s a car crash! I don’t mean musically, oh just listen to it you’ll get what I mean) and Dunproofin’s cover of LCD Soundsystem’s Tribulations. I like Andy’s covers,…