Two Covers Worth Your Time
Exhibit A Lykke Li taking on Jim Croce with "Time in a Bottle" Exhibit B Frank Ocean channeling Audrey Hepburn
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"Bad Blood"- Ryan Adams/"Do I Wanna Know?" - CHVRCHES
So Ryan Adam's long-awaited (well, like, a month or so) version of Taylor Swift's "1989" is now upon us. Huzzah! I listened to it this morning - it's a pretty strong effort for the most part. At its very worst, it sounds like some forgettable acoustic thing you'd hear in the background of a Starbucks. And at its finest? At its absolute peak finest , he makes Taylor's recent pop masterpiece (I SAID IT, YOU WERE THINKING IT TOO) his very own. The cover of the Katy Perry-bashfest, "Bad Blood," is receiving the most attention - and rightfully so. He takes this song that was meant to be empowering in some shape, if not totally malicious is another, and revitalizes it into this heartbroken realization. The hurt is real, friends. Have a listen: So far, my other favorite part of this sweet little love letter to Taylor Swift is how he reinvents " Style," littering it with '90s alt-rock images. Ha! "Daydream Nation" fo...
"Times Like These" Covers
Foo Fighters have never been one of my favorite bands. Actually, I think there were when I was like 7 0r 8. That's because of the UFO connections with their name. You don't know what I'm talking about?!?!? WIKIPEDIA IT. Although, let's concede, early-era Foo Fighters have some crazy good tracks: I bought the Foo Fighters album with the neck tattoo on the cover when I was 14. I didn't listen to it much and gave it to my brother. Kind of how I felt when I sold my copy of Jimmy Eat World's "Bleed American" and the record store clerk was like OMG I LOVE JIMMY EAT WORLD. Anyway, Dave Grohl broke his LEG earlier this summer and because he's a badass, troopered through the show he was playing. It cost him a leading spot at Glastonbury, which was inherited by Florence and the Machine. She did a really kickass cover of the ubiquitous-in-2000s "Times Like These," which Grohl recently admitted moved him to tears. D'awwww. ...
"One Thing"- Peter and Kerry (You Need to Hear This)
My friend posted a link to Bonobo's "Late Night Tales" on Facebook, and I have instantly fallen in love with this bittersweet folk-pop song. I've never encountered this band before but now they are very much on my radar. It's a cover of an Amerie song, but I didn't know that. ;) Keep your ear open to Peter and Kerry . It's twee-ish, but not overly so. Plus their harmonies are lovely.