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Goldfrapp Covers Klaxons

Artists paying homage to their contemporaries via cover tunes isn't strictly a British phenomenon, but at least when captured in studio, it seems they float over to us from the other side of the Atlantic more often than not. (Even when it's an American band over there, ala Foo.) Like the Fighters' Fire take, Alison and Will found themselves in Jo Whiley's Live Lounge this past Saturday when moved by the cover spirit. As we've seen and heard from their forthcoming Seventh Tree LP, Goldfrapp's been exploring a softer side, in extending that airy touch to Klaxons' "It's Not Over Yet" they reveal it and its four-note motif to be even more gripping than you remember.

Beautiful, really. And while Klaxons have indulged in some cover love themselves, after this they should expect to be on the receiving end even more.

Goldfrapp's Seventh Tree is out 2/26 on Mute, Klaxons' Gravity's Rainbow is out now via Geffen.

UPDATE: As Mark points out, we should be clear, here. Goldfrapp is covering Klaxons' arrangement of "It's Not Over Yet," which itself was a cover of Planet Perfecto (aka Paul Oakenfold)'s "Not Over Yet" ... which was a reworked/restructured remix of "Not Over" by dance act Grace (featuring Paul Oakenfold and Steve Osbourne).

It's okay if that was confusing. This will be easier with examples. Check all the versions after the jump.

Planet Perfecto (Feat. Grace) - "Not Over"

Klaxons - "It's Not Over Yet"

Grace - "Not Over"

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7 Comments

Nice!

Posted by: dudeasincool at 02/11/08 12:08 PM | Reply
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Well, this isn't a Klaxons original. The original version was a dance single for the early '90s, famously remixed by Paul Oakenfold.

So, it's a bit of a stretch to call it a Klaxons cover.

Posted by: Mark Swiderski at 02/11/08 12:15 PM | Reply
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Mark is correct, not a Klaxon original:

Via Wikipedia:
"Not Over Yet" was a 1993 single released by Grace which peaked in the UK Singles Chart at #6, reached #4 in Ireland and topped the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in the United States.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not_Over_Yet

Posted by: Tony Wilson at 02/11/08 12:29 PM | Reply
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is there an mp3 of this anywhere?

Posted by: dunc at 02/11/08 12:48 PM | Reply
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i took six pills of pure mdma (ecstasy) and went and saw the klaoxns, it was amazing. best concert of my life, that is until i saw daft punk a week later on 10 pills.

Posted by: adrienne at 02/11/08 9:30 PM | Reply
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goldfrapp's cover is seriously the shit

Posted by: callmemc at 02/11/08 10:49 PM | Reply
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