Nouvelle Vague is about the best damn album on the face of the planet.
For those of you with the musical background: imagine the score to a Francois Truffaut film.
You have a pretty decent touch on what that sounds like, I bet?
Now imagine a French cocktail-jazz band that produces such a score hired to cover songs.
Specifically, to cover post-punk songs.
Their cover of Sister of Mercy's 'Marianne' is right up there on my list as one of the best damn covers ever, though I also really like their rendition of the Dead Kennedys' 'Too Drunk To Fuck', which the liner notes say is 're-imagined as the tale of an irresistable femme fatale'- it is, actually.
AWESOME album. Terrific. Amazon has samples up from it.
For those of you with the musical background: imagine the score to a Francois Truffaut film.
You have a pretty decent touch on what that sounds like, I bet?
Now imagine a French cocktail-jazz band that produces such a score hired to cover songs.
Specifically, to cover post-punk songs.
Their cover of Sister of Mercy's 'Marianne' is right up there on my list as one of the best damn covers ever, though I also really like their rendition of the Dead Kennedys' 'Too Drunk To Fuck', which the liner notes say is 're-imagined as the tale of an irresistable femme fatale'- it is, actually.
AWESOME album. Terrific. Amazon has samples up from it.
More people should listen to this. :) My faves are of course "Marianne" and also their great rendition of "A Forest" - just sends shivers up my spine.
My current favorite cover song atm, though, is a trip-hop version, of all things, of "Stayin' Alive" by Siobhan Lynch of Recoil fame. I think I gave you the song she sings, "Drifting", on a mix CD.
I have also heard Devo cover "Head Like A Hole". It's... what one would expect.