The Cribs Do "Be Safe" With Lee Ranaldo, Cover Replacements Without Him
All in Brooklyn. This past Thursday, Lee Ranaldo joined UK buzzers the Cribs onstage at the Music Hall of Williamsburg, recreating his King Missile contribution to "Be Safe." He'd tried to collaborate with the lads on the song last summer at the Mercury Lounge before illness struck, but this was the first time the band pulled it off with a real-life Ranaldo in a real-life live setting -- normally they project the SY-er on a screen. In person, he read off a piece of paper, which is a tad anti-climactic. At least his pronunciation's good.
Cribs frontman Ryan Jarman's girlfriend Kate Nash was also there. Sadly, she was reportedly hassled by security and denied "adult beverages" (she is only 20, after all). Via NY Magazine:
MHoW bouncers mistook her for an underage groupie, confiscating her drink and scoffing at her repeated cries of "But I'm with the band!" till she ran for cover backstage.
Guess the night was more about Men's Needs. The article also quotes someone joking that Lee came because he "lives around the corner." (What's Thurston's excuse?) Speaking of "Youth," according to NME, the band also did a cover of the Replacements' "Bastards Of Young." We'll add it when we find it.
Posted at 9:55 AM in Video
Tags: Kate Nash | Lee Ranaldo | Sonic Youth | The Cribs
how frustrating! besides, that's not even one of their best songs. they could live without it.
and their first album is a lot better than this one.
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The Cribs were horrible. I couldn't make it past one song, even if Ranaldo played with them.
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The Cribs are the most under-rated band in the US, IMHO -- In the UK, they are properly adored and Ryan Jarman is an indie god.
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And they did a faithful Bastards of Young here in Houston last week also. Echoing Nate, "Be Safe" is the odd-track-out on Men's Needs -- it's not their typical mix of one-part-Strokes, one-part-Fratellis, one-part-Replacements, one-part-football-terrace-chant.
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