Nouvelle Vague: your fave new wave hits, bossa nova stizz.
“The idea was to forget the initial punk or new wave background of each song, keep simple fundamental chords, work with young singers who never heard the orginal versions, and make the quality of original songwriting happen in a completely different way.”
1. Love Will Tear Us Apart
2. I Just Cant Get Enough
3. In A Manner of Speaking
4. Guns of Brixton
5. (This Is Not) A Love Song
6. Too Drunk to Fuck
7. Marianne
8. Making Plans for Nigel
9. A Forest
10. Psyche
11. Teenage Kicks
12. I Melt With You
13. Friday Night, Saturday Morning
Before you shout sacrilege, stream three tracks here. Thanks Catchdubs for the interesting link.
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“Work with young singers who never heard the original versions…”
Hehe, not to sound cynical or anythnig, but hell! That shouldn’t have been too difficult.
I heard ‘Just Can’t Get Enough’ sung by a bunch of clotheshorse models on a Gap commercial, but that was about it.
As usual, I was ahead of the cool kid curve.
http://www.75orless.com/?/archive/2004/10/nouvelle_vague.php
shit, this is Bizarre. I like the version of “Making Plans for Nigel” in the video (“Too Drunk to Fuck” is…something).
Too Drunk to Fuck acapella with a choir has the potential to be hilarious…
I’ve been listening to this album for a month now non-stop. It’s so much more than a novelty covers disc.
i hadn’t even heard that before…kinda cool
Bleh…
Damills’ Bossanovando on Spain’s great Subterfuge Records.
http://www.subterfugeshop.com/producto.asp?Id=818
Björk, Stevie Wonder, Portishead, Beatles and Bowie covers.
http://www.subterfuge.com/asx/Damills-Come%20as%20you%20are.asx
http://www.subterfuge.com/asx/Damills-Under%20my%20thumb.asx
(links to Nirvana and Rolling Stones tunes)
G.
Please post Nature Anthem… i need to hear it and i know you have it…
You bastard. It’s shipping in four to six weeks? I need this. I can’t wait that long.
??????…I don’t get it…i don’t think that statement is punctuated correctly…
i’ve been loving this album for months! glad it’s getting recognized.
yeah this album really is awesome. it could have easily become a novelty but they pulled it off very well. “guns of brixton” and “this is not a love song” especially.
I had a party full of 30 somethings with babies in the summer and played this album, but they all thought it was dull.
Are you sure 74408 about this?!?
Kick ASS!! What a bunch of real musicians! What a concept…!