TV On The Radio Remix Nat King Cole

The forthcoming collection RE: Generations includes Nat King Cole remixes by Cee-Lo, the Roots, Just Blaze, will.i.am (damn) and others. One of those others is TV On The Radio, who handle "Nature Boy." The compilation's aim:

RE:Generations aims to construct a tuneful bridge between generations, cultures and races. Evocative of a sleek and stylish metrolounge where music and the visual arts converge, RE:Generations honors Nat King Cole's continued cultural influence around the planet, 90 years after his birth.

In this case, you evoke that sleek and stylish metrolounge by affixing a backdrop of spaced-out, percussive, and chilly TVOTR-style fuzziness to Cole's original.

Nat King Cole - "Nature Boy (TV On The Radio Remix)" (.MOV)

This is what the rest of the track list looks:

01 "Lush Life" (Cee-Lo Green)
02 "Straighten Up And Fly Rigyt" (will.i.am Feat. Natalie Cole)
03 "Day In Day Out" (Cut Chemist)
04 "Brazilian Love Song" (Michaelangelo L'Acqua Feat. Bebel Gilberto)
05 "The Game Of Love" (Salaam Remi Feat. Nas)
06 "Walkin' My Baby Back Home" (the Roots)
07 "Hit That Jive, Jack!" (Souldiggaz Feat. Izza Kizza)
08 "Calypso Blues" (Damien Marley and Stephen Marley)
09 "More & More Of Your Amor" (Bitter:Sweet)
10 "El Choclo" (Brazilian Girls)
11 "Pick-Up" (Just Blaze)
12 "Anytime, Anyday, Anywhere" (Amp Fiddler)
13 "Nature Boy" (TV On The Radio)

This video promo clip explains the compilation in more depth.

Nate King Cole: RE:Generations is out 3/10 via Capitol/EMI. You can get additional information at www.natkingcole.com.

Posted at 4:00 PM by brandon
Tags: Nat King Cole | TV On The Radio

10 Comments

They should totally name a constellation after Nat King Cole. Also; this song is trrrrripppy.

Posted by: Voyno at 02/16/09 4:27 PM  | Reply
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holy fucking shit this comp sounds horrible. i never comment on blogs but this sounds so thoroughly awful that here i am! "RE:Generations aims to construct a tuneful bridge between generations, cultures and races?" Really? BLEHHHHHHHhhhhhhh

Posted by: OMFG at 02/16/09 4:34 PM  | Reply
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oops, sorry didn't mean to post that twice but i mean COME ON

Posted by: OMFG at 02/16/09 4:39 PM  | Reply
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Heh. Anything for a quick buck. Nat King Cole was a musician. These poor stupid clowns like will.i.am are IT workers who manufacture product.

Hey, what the hell, it's a free country: If people like this stuff better than music, that's not my problem.

Posted by: Grobian at 02/16/09 4:55 PM  | Reply
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These things are always hot garbage.

Posted by: Ron Reagan at 02/16/09 5:03 PM  | Reply
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I don't know - I think it could be good. Anyone remember the Dirt Bomb's album that riffed (ripped?) off all the motown songs?

Posted by: litter at 02/16/09 5:49 PM  | Reply
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Yeah, the Dirt Bombs did a record of mostly old R&B and Soul covers, but garage rock covers of old songs is pretty tired, see Detroit Cobras.

Posted by: tigerkite  in reply to litter's comment at 02/16/09 6:13 PM  | Reply
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Wow, first TVOTR perform like shit on SNL, now this?

Yikes, they are circling the drain.

Posted by: wow at 02/16/09 10:07 PM  | Reply
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wow stereogum, great news roundup for the day

Posted by: grover at 02/16/09 10:22 PM  | Reply
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hey, cut em some slack, it's presidents day.

Posted by: matt!  in reply to grover's comment at 02/17/09 1:19 AM  | Reply
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