[MP3] Sia - Paranoid Android
Sia + Radiohead laden strings = heavenly. If Sia and Thom Yorke had an offspring, I'm fairly confident it'd have a voice like that of God's in Dogma (as played by Alanis Morissette). Seriously, heads would be exploding every time the kid opened its mouth.
[MP3] Klaxons - No Diggity
"I like the way you work it, no diggity.. I got to bag it up!" That was a staple verse in my 10 year-old vocab and with many of my friends, who didn't like the catchy R&B tune featuring the chronic Dr. Dre? They appropriately and accurately transfer the music across genres without losing any of the song's appeal. Klaxons did a great job covering Timberlake's "My Love" and now they've done the same good deeds to Blackstreet's "No Diggity".
[MP3] Death Cab For Cutie - Freefallin' (feat. Mates Of State)
The people in the audience needed all of four seconds to recognize that Death Cab were trying their hand at a Petty classic. Most of us are well acquainted with Gibbard's smooth, pop infested vocals but who on earth is going sing the backing vocals? Luckily, Mates Of State were opening for them that night and provided spot-on backing vocals throughout the song. Any Death Cab fan or worshipper of Gibbard will appreciate his rendition; not sure how Petty would react.
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I'm would love to hear these but the links are not working
Sadly the link to the Timberlake cover now goes nowhere.
freefallin' is weak. vocal lead is too low, background vocals not good, and keyboard riff is entirely misplayed. otherwise, a fair attempt to duplicate a classic 3-chord song. -Colbert
Another great post, dude. Loved it. The only link I was interested in was the Sia link, and it works fine.
wow- thanks for the covers. Sia is simply amazing and i was pleasantly surprised w/ the death cab. Im a huge mates of state fan...
ooh, that klaxons cover is ridiculous. how could anyone put straight 16th notes on that song? sooo wrong.
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