Covered
I think everyone has a love/hate relationship with cover songs. There’s nothing worse than hearing your favorite track get butchered or remixed beyond recognition and in my opinion there are far more cringe-worthy attempts out there than success stories. Here are a few that beat the odds and got some repeat listens over the last few months.
Her Space Holiday – Wolf Parade’s I’ll Believe in Anything – The song Phoebe and I collectively listened to about a million times in 2007 gets some banjos and deep-thought intro/outros from child actors with husky voices…so weird but so good.
Lissy Trullie & Adam Green – Biz Markie’s Just a Friend – No tinkling piano or screaming rap giant here, and that’s clearly not a bad thing. Plus I think Lissy Trullie could sing the phonebook and make it sound poignant.
The Kooks – MGMT’s Kids – Simple, heartfelt acoustic guitars replace complex layers of synth and drums. Like apples and oranges, both are tasty for different reasons.
Agreed! I’m amazed someone attempted to mimic “I’ll Believe In Anything,” and even more surprised it was Her Space Holiday who pulled it off!
Phoebe
March 19, 2009 at 10:04 pm