Cordelia ,'Lessons'
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
Tom, thanks for the link!
There are a lot of good ones there. In addition to the ones mentioned, I'm partial to "Just Stop Believin'" (Lady Gaga/Journey), "It's My Life Confessions, Pt. II" (Bon Jovi/Usher/Glee Cast), and "I Got More Than A Feeling" (Boston/Black Eyed Peas).
I really liked the "Voodoo Sabotage" (Beastie Boys/Prodigy/Pendulum). The Kleptones do good work.
Speaking of mashups, I discovered a mysterious song on my iPod called "No One Takes Your Freedom" with George Michael, Paul McCartney, The Scissor Sisters, ?Aretha Franklin? and some others. It's pretty freaking awesome but I have no idea if it was some Aussie bootleg or if there's an actual album. Anyone heard of it?
Nebermind! It's by DJ Earworm. It really helps to get the title right and not rely on memory.
::iz happy::
eta omg, I apologize if I'm just crawling out of the rock I've been under, but this person is amazing [link]
Listen To New Vampire Weekend Album “Contra” Online Prior To Release
The new Vampire Weekend album “Contra” comes out on January 12th, but you can listen to it now for free online via their website or right here on this blog above.
Did the Violent Femmes do a kind of bluegrassy cover of "Smells Like Teen Spirit", or did I have some kind of auditory hallucination on my way to work this morning?
There's a Lady Gaga/Nirvana mashup, but that's probably not what you heard....
Did the Violent Femmes do a kind of bluegrassy cover of "Smells Like Teen Spirit", or did I have some kind of auditory hallucination on my way to work this morning?
I have a similar Violent Femmes version of "Crazy" by Gnarls Barkley, so I'm guessing they are part of the same project. And not a hallucination.
Of course, Jesse may be high on NECCO wafers and/or Whoppers, so I wouldn't trust what she says.
I've got the cover of "Crazy"; it just came out as an EP a couple years ago. I don't know if "Smells Like Teen Spirit" was a hallucination or not, though.
And now, Indie Pimpage:
Josh Ellis's album "Ghosts in a Burning City" is available here. You can listen to all of the tracks online, and then it's $9.99 to download. If you do want to check it out, right now the title track and "Scatterlings + Refugees" are my favorites.