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July 6, 2009

MGMT Cover "Voices Carry"

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MGMT follow their "Kids" harassing video with a song the kids don't seem to know: The YouTube header for this cover of 'Til Tuesday's 1985 hit labels it "another new song," because the person who filmed it was not born before 1985. It's a pretty straight-up rendition, except for when the audio cuts out a few minutes in and you find out that voices don't always carry. It happened 6/14 at Bonnaroo with Chairlift's Caroline Polachek lending vocals. We're not sure if they did it at their "secret show" at Glasslands on the Fourth Of July because Amrit and Scott couldn't get in (which seems very unpatriotic).


(via YANP)

By the way, what's with the hair? Is that part of the new image?

In other MGMT news, this week Cantora Records rereleases a remastered Time To Pretend, the 2005 EP that offered the first official versions of "Time To Pretend," "Kids," and four other tracks including this one:

MGMT - "Destrokk" (MP3)

Available here.

UPDATE: They did do it Glasslands on July 4th (thanks Laura) and here's how that sounded:

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I'm pretty sure this was the song they did with the girl from Chairlift, which was pretty cool.

Posted by: Chris at 07/06/09 12:54 PM  | Reply
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Weird. I'm listening to Aimee Mann right now.

Posted by: Howard at 07/06/09 1:41 PM  | Reply
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Excellent. Aimee Mann requires so much respect as one of America's premiere song writers. Her first few solo albums are required listening in my personal school of great music. "Voices Carry" was just the tip of the ice berg.

Posted by: Zayin_451 profile link  in reply to Howard's comment at 07/06/09 4:20 PM  | Reply
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gang greens version was/ is / will be much better than this ever was/ isn't / ever will be

Posted by: Rinjo Njori at 07/06/09 2:13 PM  | Reply
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They did..was there...here ya go...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2IT7G-onQI

Posted by: Laura at 07/06/09 2:20 PM  | Reply
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That tent was so fucking packed.

Posted by: joeyt at 07/06/09 5:41 PM  | Reply
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Man, I don’t remember the original 'Til Tuesday video being about a hipster chick who finally speaks up against her date-raping banker douche boyfriend. Powerful shit.

Posted by: Stephen at 07/07/09 1:50 AM  | Reply
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