Now this is a cover I have been trying to track down ever since I heard about it. Cherry Ghost are one of my favourite bands and I can’t wait for their new album. This was part of BBC Radio 1′s Live Lounge, where bands often do interesting covers. There’s even a few official compilation albums of them, but this doesn’t appear on any of them, which is a pity.
And now for another in my irregular series of cover version posts. This time featuring a song that’s very close to my heart: “Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa” by Vampire Weekend.
I bought Vampire Weekend’s album for maybe the most uncool reason possible: it was recommended on Countdown. Yes, the daytime game show, which I was watching at my grandparents’.
Actually that’s not strictly true. I had heard it before when a friend played it to me, and I absolutely loved it. But then much alcohol was consumed and I entirely forgot about this wonderful album. So a few months later when Jeff Stelling out of the blue mentioned it on Countdown, it came back to me. I grabbed it as soon as possible. It was only then I realised that one of their tracks (“A-Punk”) was the theme to the excellent Inbetweeners.
I genuinely think every track on the album is great, and it’s not very often I feel that way. But “Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa” is a particular favourite, partly because the lyrics remind me of a certain girl who I was very close to. That all ended quite bitterly, but of the songs reminding me of her, this one somehow always makes me feel positive. And of course it’s great musically too.
So I’ve wanted to post some cover versions for a while, they’re a bit of a guilty pleasure for me. And I’ve really been inspired by several other sites, such as:
So in the spirit of the season, here’s a rather unusual but excellent cover, of this year’s unusual but excellent Christmas number one:
Merry Christmas!
Too much coffee and not enough sleep caused me to make this… erm… thing. I blame Virgin Radio (as it was called back then) for playing “In The Morning” so much that it warped my brain. And of course rathergood.com for the pre-packaged insanity that is La La La Oo-hoo-hoo
Well, Brianna posted about “NaBloPoMo” – National Blog Posting Month. Even though I’ve missed 2 days, and have less than 10 minutes left to post this, I’m going to try and post every day for the rest of November. Should be a challenge, given my previous neglect of this blog. There’s a few things I have in mind to write about, and just never get round to it, so this should be an incentive. And I’m sure I can throw in some filler without enraging too many people.
Here’s some awesome music to start things off:
Jesus christ, where did music go so wrong? I honestly can’t figure out if this is some genius parody, or for reals.
OK, I didn’t make this, but dear god I wish I had. Bloody Phil Collins. Best played at obscenely loud volume.
Well I spent some time messing around in Ableton Live when I really should have been working, and now exams are over decided to finish something up and post it. So it’s pretty short, the ending really sucks, and it clearly only works at all through blind luck because all my attempts to produce anything else have failed miserably. But I’m quite proud of it all the same. Enjoy. (And please don’t sue me.)
I’ve always loved a good cover version, and the internet is a fantastic place to find them. Two sites in particular I watch, or more accurately listen to are Copy, Right?, a blog posting up interesting covers for download, and Coverville, a regular covers podcast.
Today I discovered another covers blog in absonderpop, which has just posted a huge mass of Clash covers. I’ve barely scratched the surface in listening to them, but already found some great gems e.g. The Anacondas version of Guns of Brixton.