of Montreal Cover R.E.M.

Well, technically, of Montreal covered R.E.M.'s cover of the Clique's "Superman." The Texas group, led by songwriter Gary Zekley, recorded it first in 1969 (a very of Montreal year) and then R.E.M. popularized via Life's Rich Pageant in 1986. Regardless, on Halloween in the City Of Brotherly Love, the people in of Montreal not named Kevin Barnes dressed up like the Man Of Steel -- Barnes remained in his indie-rock diaper -- and gave us a new spin on the track.

For old time's sake, here's R.E.M making Gary Zekley rich:

Posted at 10:06 AM by brandon in Video
Tags: of Montreal | R.E.M.

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This is the WORST cover since the Zutons BUTCHERED Amy Winehouse's Valerie.

Posted by: Julian Meteor at 11/03/08 10:12 AM  | Reply
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that's a little harsh. seriously, aside from a few off key moments its a pretty fun cover and i'm sure it was been a great surprise for the audience.

Posted by: john  in reply to Julian Meteor's comment at 11/03/08 6:21 PM  | Reply
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did kevin buy a new SG??

Posted by: jmo at 11/03/08 10:24 AM  | Reply
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Covers of covers? It takes the song far far away from where it began. I'm not sure if that is good or not yet.

Posted by: SnowDove at 11/03/08 10:35 AM  | Reply
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leave well enough alone, kevin.

Posted by: grace6697 at 11/03/08 10:40 AM  | Reply
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The Ziutons wrote and recorded 'Valerie' in 2006, Julian Meteor, and it was Winehouse that butchered it (for Ronson's 2007 'Version' album) so get your facts right, yeah?

Posted by: David Morrison at 11/03/08 10:59 AM  | Reply
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whatEVER. They BUTCHERED it.

Posted by: Julian Meteor  in reply to David Morrison's comment at 11/23/08 3:49 PM  | Reply
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Uh, nice post, Brandon
http://stereogram.menstyle.it/archive.php?eid=237

Posted by: colas at 11/03/08 12:01 PM  | Reply
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I saw these hometrosexuals in Richmond saturday - they were mind-expanding.

Posted by: k at 11/03/08 12:50 PM  | Reply
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