The Big Pink Cover Beyoncé
After Solange covered Dirty Projectors, a band on Domino, it's only fair the Londoners who sing "Dominos" have a go at a song by Knowles' sister. Fitting into A Brief History Of Love's romantic aesthetic, they put their mark on Beyoncé's "Sweet Dreams." It was recorded on Radio 1. As mentioned, Robbie Furze and Milo Cordell easily move between clattering post-Suicide, icy synth balladry, and radio-friendly electro-anthems (often with Jesus & Mary Chain and Happy Mondays echoes). So, which Big Pink do you get here? The moody, stripped-down result actually goes better with B's '80s-inflected cover art than the original.
The Big Pink - "Sweet Dreams" (Beyonce Cover) (MP3)
While we're in the UK, the band recently played the aforementioned "Dominos" on Jools:
A Brief History Of Love is out via 4AD.
Posted at 9:41 AM by brandon in MP3
Tags: Beyoncé | The Big Pink
When are you guys going to stop stealing from the little blogs and other magazines without crediting? At least do it in a timely manner.
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Sorry to break it to you, but this has been on the Sgum editorial calendar since it debuted online 11/9.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/livelounge/artist/091107_thebigpink.shtml
We always credit.
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not so good, but still better than the original.
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This was listenable enough before the singer threw in his two cents into the mix. Some people sound (very) good when they are not trying, and sometimes even when they're obviously TRYING not to try, but this guy is not one of those people. Sometimes people with "bad" voices are just what the occasion calls for. But when a band is playing a tired sort of music that uses pretty standard instrumentation (echoing drums, echoing guitar, bass...even their samples are just echoing vocals!) they might want to consider at least processing his voice a little more (bury it in reverb, harmonize or pitch shift it, whatever). Leave Beyonce alone, please.
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please dont cover this band please
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Not a bad cover, but it was a little anti-climatic. It felt like it was building to a thundering wall of noise but it never got paid off. A shame.
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2009's most overrated, still this is tolerable....
cheers
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One of the most creative covers I've heard in years. Great work.
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