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May 15, 2008

Alphabeat Cover Daft Punk

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Alphabeat, that danceable, '80s-loving Danish sextet, have promised us "10,000 Nights Of Thunder," which is why covering Daft Punk's "Digital Love" makes perfect sense: It takes care of at least one night ... and this dream ... and you. It showed up in our Inbox this AM and has been on repeat. As might be expected, it's less digital, more warm and cuddly than the French duo's take. That's because there are more indie-pop hands on deck here, and they don't wear space helmets.

Alphabeat - "Digital Love" (Daft Punk Cover) (MP3)

While we're turning Daft Punk into an indie-pop band, how's about transforming Alphabeat into something more electro? Here's Bimbo Jones's spankin' new remix of "10,000 Nights."

Just in time for Prom season.

This Is Alphabeat is out in May via EMI's Charisma imprint. Neither the cover nor the remix are on it, but hey.

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"Hate" is such a strong word, so I'll stick to "dislike": As a Dane, I really, really, really dislike Alphabeat's music and approach to music. And I really dislike them raping Daft Punk

Posted by: Martin at 05/15/08 11:10 AM  | Reply
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Awful cover. I used to like 'fascination', until it blew up here in Holland (and probably the rest of Europe). Hate. Them.

Posted by: Me at 05/15/08 12:23 PM  | Reply
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Gee, I kind of liked the Alphabeat version of DL - it's so retro! (I'm retro myself.) But indeed, the DP version is much more artistic and less, I don't know, selloutish.

Posted by: CheapAdviceGuy profile link at 05/15/08 12:47 PM  | Reply
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Yet another fucking awful cover of such a great, great, great song.

Posted by: Evan at 05/15/08 3:03 PM  | Reply
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I thought it was ok. There certainly are a lot of worse bands to complain about.

Posted by: dudeasincool at 05/15/08 4:55 PM  | Reply
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I think it's an honest take on DP. Alphabeat are as good as that and their upcoming album is certain to be the party starter of the summer.
What's not to like??

Posted by: Kirpus at 05/15/08 5:30 PM  | Reply
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Actually, there's everything not to like. God awful.

Posted by: echoer at 05/16/08 6:37 AM  | Reply
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Also, its virtually the same as the mobius band cover from a couple of months back. I've got money on them having heard it, and ripped a cover of a cover. Lazy. Also, Martin - 'hate' is a strong word, but in this case its merited.

Posted by: Chris at 05/16/08 2:47 PM  | Reply
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listening to this sh*t is like having sex with a dead Marilyn Monroe....it doesn'nt work...

Posted by: gordongonzola at 05/30/08 9:44 PM  | Reply
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listening to this sh*t is like having sex with a dead Marilyn Monroe....it doesn'nt work...

Posted by: gordongonzola at 05/30/08 9:44 PM  | Reply
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I listened to it twice now.... still awful.... stupid band!
i love that song and now it's been ruined by these tarts...

Posted by: staceylala at 07/11/08 11:23 AM  | Reply
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