Grace Potter & The Nocturnals are the baddest band in the land. Here they are playing a groovy Jefferson Airplane classic.
Monday, March 4, 2013
Friday, March 1, 2013
1 March 2013 - Incubus - Hungry Like The Wolf
So when I got it into my feeble mind this morning to find a Duran Duran cover, I hardly thought I'd be posting an Incubus video. But these things happen...I suppose. I have to say though, that this is a pretty decent (despite the bleepy bloopy noises the DJ makes at the end, which I find to be horribly annoying and distracting).
Thursday, February 28, 2013
28 February 2013 - Insane Clown Posse - Let's Go All The Way
Faithful readers of our blogs will recall that, yesterday, we featured the original version of this song on Wicked Guilty Pleasures.
Today, we feature a version of this song with an interesting backstory. Insane Clown Posse were a couple of hip-hop goofballs from Detroit who got themselves quite a cult following with their "horrorcore" music and freaky clown makeup. This was an attempt by the band to make a big move into the mainstream. This video was played only once by MTV, and in late night. In response, ICP mobilized their fan base to request the song be played on the MTV show Total Request Live, or TRL, on a particular date in 2000. The fans responded in droves. On that date - December 8 - the band and 400 of its fans showed up at MTV Studios in an attempt to persuade MTV to play the video and invite the band on TRL.
MTV sent security and police to remove the fans, some say with excessive force, and did not mention the band, acknowledge the votes for the song, or play the video. They furthermore informed ICP's record label that the network alone decided what videos and bands were eligible for TRL, proving that they were not really taking requests - they were promoting what they felt should be promoted.
The song itself, while changing some of the initial lyrics, still keeps the darkness from the original, and works well in the ICP style, while staying true to the Sly Fox original, of which the band was a fan. It's melodic, the lyrics fit in the times, and the video - filmed in Compton, CA - is interesting and compelling.
Today, we feature a version of this song with an interesting backstory. Insane Clown Posse were a couple of hip-hop goofballs from Detroit who got themselves quite a cult following with their "horrorcore" music and freaky clown makeup. This was an attempt by the band to make a big move into the mainstream. This video was played only once by MTV, and in late night. In response, ICP mobilized their fan base to request the song be played on the MTV show Total Request Live, or TRL, on a particular date in 2000. The fans responded in droves. On that date - December 8 - the band and 400 of its fans showed up at MTV Studios in an attempt to persuade MTV to play the video and invite the band on TRL.
MTV sent security and police to remove the fans, some say with excessive force, and did not mention the band, acknowledge the votes for the song, or play the video. They furthermore informed ICP's record label that the network alone decided what videos and bands were eligible for TRL, proving that they were not really taking requests - they were promoting what they felt should be promoted.
The song itself, while changing some of the initial lyrics, still keeps the darkness from the original, and works well in the ICP style, while staying true to the Sly Fox original, of which the band was a fan. It's melodic, the lyrics fit in the times, and the video - filmed in Compton, CA - is interesting and compelling.
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
27 February 2013 - The Cranberries - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
I'm sure there are much better versions of this Smiths song online, but I guarantee that none of them are as properly enunciated as this one by The Cranberries.
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
26 February 2013 - Orgy - Blue Monday
New Order purists hate this version. They find it clumsy and lacking in grace.
I disagree strongly. The original was a sanitized attempt at a dance-pop song. And it was a good dance-pop song at that, but it was flat emotionally. Orgy takes the song to the next level emotionally - you feel the anguish and not simply flat depression.
And sure - the song is late-90's emo-metal that was so popular back then. Just because the band could be pigeonholed doesn't mean it wasn't a good version of the song.
I disagree strongly. The original was a sanitized attempt at a dance-pop song. And it was a good dance-pop song at that, but it was flat emotionally. Orgy takes the song to the next level emotionally - you feel the anguish and not simply flat depression.
And sure - the song is late-90's emo-metal that was so popular back then. Just because the band could be pigeonholed doesn't mean it wasn't a good version of the song.
Monday, February 25, 2013
25 February 2013 - Pearl Jam and Mudhoney - Kick Out The Jams
I'm fairly certain no one has EVER thought of covering this MC5 classic. Right? OK fine, everyone's done it. Hell, even I probably played it at one point a lifetime ago. Regardless, Pearl Jam and Mudhoney certainly did a killer version of it. Check it out.
Friday, February 22, 2013
22 February 2013 - The Ataris - Boys of Summer
Despite having a serious distaste for anything Eagles related (this "hatred" includes the Philadelphia football team and not just the California soft rockers), I have to say that this Don Henley cover off of The Ataris' So Long, Astoria record is still pretty rad.
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