Marissa Nadler Covers Bright Eyes
When we handed Cassadaga a rough evaluation, we po'd Bright Eyes fans by poking fun at a few of Conor's sillier lyrics like, "Corporate or colonial, the movement is unstoppable / like the body of the centerfold, it spreads" in "Clairaudients (Kill or Be Killed)." OK, we stand corrected. Turns out we just needed to hear them sighed by a dark-tinged female folk singer to get in the proper spirit: Marissa Nadler's slow, twinkling, atmospheric cover of the Oberst tune popped up today, so we downloaded and pressed play. You can do the same after the jump.
Marissa Nadler - Clairaudients (Kill or Be Killed)" (MP3)
Has anyone ever heard such a quiet "hooray"? We found the song at Marissa's MySpace, but it's part of Coke Machine Glow's "Fantasy Cover Project," wherein they asked some faves to cover other faves. Grab the podcast here. Over the years, Nadler's done some interesting covers. Right, Neil Young? Another Coke Machine highlight is Outsiders fave Valet taking on Boris & Michio Kurihara's "Rainbow." You can also hear it at her MySpace.
Posted at 6:39 PM in MP3
Tags: Bright Eyes | Marissa Nadler
It was pretty good up until the weird "would you agree times have chhaayyeeeaayyeeaanged?" part.
Bright Eyes original is superior. Although the OTT intro is its only downfall.
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Nah - The lyrics are still whacked no matter who's singing them
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apparently some people are not able to comprehend. -ahem person above-
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