HIPSTER RUNOFF » Rod Stewart

Bette Davis Eyes

Carles — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 00:15:00 +0000

Lately, whenever an artist has done a cover of another song, I dismissed it as ‘Some ass hole trying to break through on HypeMachine.” I think some band covered the top song on ELBO.WS for a month or two. It was pretty STUPID.

Anyways, KNICKEN posted about Sexton Blake a while ago, and I was pretty into a few of their covers. Mainly “Young Turks” by Rod Stewart and “Bette Davis Eyes” by Kim Carnes.

Here’s the video for the original BETTE DAVIS EYES, which certainly sounds like a lot of the crap I listen to now:

Anyways, Sexton Blake does a pretty good job of adapting the song to make it their own lofi-indie-rock version. It executes the sound of ‘what I listened to before I started listening to too much dance music’ in an approachable way.

[MP3]
Sexton Blake Bette Davis Eyes [WARNING: NOT ELECTRO]

Go to Knicken to download a pretty good Rod Stewart Cover
http://knicken.blogspot.com/2008/03/german-love-aus-oregon.html

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www.myspace.com/sextonblakemusic

Justice Sets New Late Night Performance Model?

Carles — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 20:40:00 +0000

Lately, it’s become pretty clear that Jimmy Kimmel is probably the late night show worth watching when you decide to watch a late night show once a month. They’re the most willing to take chances on weird stuff. Even moreso than Conan in his early 2000s peak.

It’s pretty interesting to think about ‘indie’ bands and these modern DJs performing on Late Night shows. I’m sure this is probably a new wave of ‘creative performance models’ that Animal Collective should have been able to use during “#1″ on Conan. Acts or songs that aren’t made to perform on stage of a late night show do need a little bit of flexibility. Even crazier than the typical Flaming Lips gimmicks.

Michael Jackson, Prince, Rod Stewart, Rick James, Stevie Wonder and Justice perform “D.A.N.C.E.”:

I can’t wait to see what they do for Girl Talk, whenever that happens. Of course it’s going to happen

MP3: Justice – Waters of Nazareth

Buy Justice at Amazon.

Rod Stewart Was My Dad’s Favourite Singer

Carles — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 19:11:00 +0000

I’ll Never forget the day I won a Walkman in a raffle.
My Dad Came home with our household’s first CD.

It was Rod Stewart Unplugged.