Word to Devo. Only to me, the robot IS sexy.
Especially the inhuman "babybabybabybabybabybabybabybaby..." that Mothersbaugh lets out over something like 30 full seconds (or so it feels).
Social D's "Ring of Fire" is OK, but WALL OF VOODOO, man. That's the shit. You really do get the idea that the narrator is in HELL and LOVING IT. that twisted guitar gutwrench over the pulsing synths, maaaan. And the flipside - Morricone themes. Awesome single, that.
Cramps made those covers their own. Although the original "Lonely Town" is really twisted on its own.
El Vez does this kick-ass PIL-iz Navidad (that's a medley of "Public Image" and "Feliz Navidad") on the "It's a Cool, Cool Christmas" CD I mentioned in another thread.
The entire career of Dread Zeppelin - even the ghastly BeeGees Tour I found myself watching - is definitely worth note. Elvis impersonator does reggae covers of Led Zeppelin & Elvis songs.
(The BeeGees tour subbed the Elvis bastard "Garry Bibb" for Elvis, and disco for Led Zepp. Very strange.)
Willie Nelson sings Peter Gabriel's "Don't Give Up (You've Still Got Friends)" on his Borderlands album. As a duet with Sinead O'Connor doing the Kate Bush part. It's sort of Willie in his easy-listening/mellow jazz mode, but it still kicks ass. Just for the concept, maaaan.
And, while we're on country hits of the late 80s/early 90s, Lyle Lovett singing "Stand By Your Man."
Apparently, some critics found the raw, non-"pop"-ified heartbreak of his first album misogynistic.
This was his answer.
It's beautifully true to the original, but given the context, it's deLIGHTfully subversive. |
