Franz Ferdinand Cover Air And Gwen
FF score points in Stereogum's book for covering Gwen Stefani and Air ... even if their "What You Waiting For?" is a cheeky novelty hardly redeemed by a "White Wedding" inset and their "Sexy Boy" is considerably less dreamy than Jean-Benoit and Nicolas' original. We know you're curious, though...
Franz Ferdinand - "What You Waiting For (Radio 1, Jo Whiley's Live Lounge)" (MP3 Link Expired)
Franz Ferdinand - "Sexy Boy" (MP3 Link Expired)
Congrats on the Grammy nods boys.
PREVIOUSLY: Stereogum digs Air art and Air mixes. Here's where we were Air born.
Posted at 6:49 PM in MP3
why did they not cover hollaback girl. that shit is bananas. b-a-n-a-n-a-n-an-a-n-a-s.
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Ehhh....it's okay, I guess. Prefer the original though.
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air cover = horrible
qwen stefani cover = not perfect, but has promise
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Air will outlast Franz Ferdinand, no question. It's been almost two years since Talkie Walkie--anything new in the works yet? Oh, and Scott, you should really clean the botspam out of those old comment sections.
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all my favorite bands seem to have a little cover circle; scissor sisters do franz do air and gwen? glorious!
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hah! mr scott, you've just earned my life-long admiration. thank you very much. those covers just made my day. for a couple of hours i'll be a very-happy-man solely on account of them.
"what you waiting for?" is fab: nice guitar work, exceedingly camp vocals - alex kapranos just nailed it, eh? - and very pub-friendly mood. I can't help laughing my head off when Alex does the "take a chance you stupid ho" bit. And the "look at your watch now, you're still a super hot female". FF always sound like they're on the brink of being too clever for their own good, but they always get it right (ie: Do you want to). Gwen's original version was already fantastic, though.
"sexy boy" is naturally not as good as the original song [i do share your enthusiasm with Moon Safari: definitely one of the best records of the past 20 years]. Still, it's pretty damn enjoyable, mostly because it's such a daft step to pick that song to cover that I can't help to sympathize with it. It differs from the bulk of FF's back catalogue, doesn't it? That´s nice, methinks. Nice whooshing guitars too. Definitely not as dreamy as the original, as you said.
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OMFG MY FAV BAND AND GWEN OMFG THIS IS SO BIZARRE BUT AWESOME THIS SHOULD BE A SINGLE IT SOUNDS SOOOO DIFFERENT FROM THE ORIGINAL!!!!!!
Sorry for the caps but I LOOOOOOVVVEEEEE this. I love them. I love the original. I ADORE the cover!!!! As for Air I never heard the original but I'm intrigued to look it up after hearing this.
Oh and yeah, the whole "super-hot female" but--rather awkward if you ask me. But they still did it well.
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WOW!!! That was SO cool! I absolutely LOVE Franz Ferdinand! That's SO awesome that they covered a Gwen song!!! WhOo HoO!!!
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There is nothing worse than hearing Franz Ferdinand cover an Air song....well I take that back. Anyways, not only did they butcher the song by adding absolutely nothing remotely interesting to their version, but they also reinforced my fervent hatred for them.
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terrible. the gwen cover is almost laughably bad, such contrived vocal stylings with no feel for the song. also this kinfd of smugness to the delivery, liek franz ferdinand can and will get away wth anything. the air cover is unlisteneable, its like one of vic reeves pub impressions. why are franzferdinand so revered, they really are a complete sham and all the qualities attributed to them they've only earned by being very poor copycats... but in an age where good music is hard to come by they understandably dazzle momentarily. i predict a very short lived career.
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Wow, I finally like a Gwen Stefani song. Someone else just had to do it is all.
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I like Franz, I like Air, but...
...NO! Just stop. It sounds like Velvet Underground doing "Sexy Boy." But not in anyway that makes it interesting.
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i LOVE franz ferdinand, but these covers are...less than inspired (especially "sexy boy").
oh well, they're still awesome!
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You're dissing a Gwen Stefani cover for its "contrived vocal stylings"? Um... as opposed to the original?
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hahahahaha this song makes them sound ever more homosexual than "micheal" did...hahahahahaha and i LOVE IT! I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hahahahaha these guys are fantastic..they are spectacular and always do it good..seriously..I'VE NEVER HEARD ANYTHING BAD FROM THEM
ever!!!!!!!!!!!! haha love it, thanx for posting dat shcotty
xoTaina
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can anyone re-host the mp3?
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I second that..i wanna listen!
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I'd love to hear these songs but the download links have expired. Can someone help me?
I tracked down this site searching for Franz Ferdinand's cover of "Sexy Boy", and I'm excited to hear they also did a version of Gwen's song debut.
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You can download the Gwen Stefani cover here:
http://franzferdinand.org/audio/
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What you Waiting for was brilliant, better than the original. I didn't bother listening to Sexy Boy though because I can't stand it.
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thank you very much for your help. You guys 42457 rock, thanks again.
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IT´S DIFFERENT BUT IN A NICE WAY I WANT TO GET SEXY BOY ´COZ I AM A FAN OF AIR AND I WANT TO KNOW WHAT ABOUT THIS SONG
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