Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Scarlett covers Boys Don't Cry

Scarlett Johansson - Boys Don't Cry (iTunes exclusive).
Or listen to it here.
Pitchfork and Stereogum have articles about it.
(Thanks James and Jacob)
Posted by Craig at 12:19 AM

59 comments:

  1. AnonymousJuly 16, 2008 at 12:38 AM

    For a while, I thought you were talking about Sofia Copolla. I guess you were referring to yourself. :) I don't know much about Tom Waits at all, but I don't like what I've heard. I wouldn't buy her stuff or want to listen to it. Never been attracted to her either.

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  2. altr2eliseJuly 16, 2008 at 12:38 AM

    I try not to be too critical of anyone that tries to be creative, but this would have to be the worst version I have ever heard!!!

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  3. AnonymousJuly 16, 2008 at 12:42 AM

    I would bang her but I would not listen to her sing.

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  4. altr2eliseJuly 16, 2008 at 12:49 AM

    Ben - LOL

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  5. sofiaJuly 16, 2008 at 12:59 AM

    http://stereogum.com/archives/mp3/scarlett-johansson-covers-the-cure_011046.html


    please stop her someone. whats next? kate bush? prince? or the prince song he wrote for kate bush?!

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  6. Mad Bob RJSJuly 16, 2008 at 1:00 AM

    This is so weird, maybe the end of the world is coming...

    But i need to listening it ( only once of course !!! ) to see if this is the worst BDC cover ever made, because i have one audio and video by a Mexican pop band called Belanova and they have the awful cover in history.

    ( If Craig gives me green light, tomorrow i´ll share it with you )

    Until then....I lay me down to dream

    :)

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  7. AnonymousJuly 16, 2008 at 1:04 AM

    It's amazing to me that the elitist trend suckers at pitchfork obsess over a cover of a Cure song by a crappy artist that has already made millions from acting, but THEY WON'T ACTUALLY COVER NEW CURE MATERIAL OR SHOW CLIPS OF NEW SONGS, DESPITE MY FRACKING EMAILS. Gods' dammit.

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  8. sofiaJuly 16, 2008 at 1:05 AM

    already found it, madbob

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=a6iQQYw3rtU

    graaaaaggghhhhh! NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART!

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  9. Rev. HeronJuly 16, 2008 at 1:06 AM

    Sofia, I left you an email, you need to go here NOW!

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  10. altr2eliseJuly 16, 2008 at 1:06 AM

    Sofia - I think you mean "Why Should I Love You?" by Kate Bush

    And you right - someone needs to stop Scarlett Johannsen before she destroys any other good songs.... seriously, I do NOT want to hear her version of Hand in Glove

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  11. sofiaJuly 16, 2008 at 1:10 AM

    elise, that's the one! then she can crap on another two of my favorite artists in one fell swoop...just get it over with >:c



    REV! I LOOOOOVE YOUUUUUUUUU! (im on it)

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  12. altr2eliseJuly 16, 2008 at 1:12 AM

    Sofia - I LOVE Kate Bush - she has been my fave female artist for as long as I can remember.

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  13. sofiaJuly 16, 2008 at 1:19 AM

    elise, ugh. she is PERFECTION. i know every last dance move to the wuthering heights video (either version)!

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  14. altr2eliseJuly 16, 2008 at 1:48 AM

    Sofia - that is fantastic, can't wait to see 'your' moves when I come to NYC next year

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  15. sofiaJuly 16, 2008 at 1:54 AM

    elise, you'd have to get me dead drunk. and i dont drink anymore! haha!
    but maybe ill do a swingy sort of "let me in-a-your window" move when we go karaoke! ;D

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  16. altr2eliseJuly 16, 2008 at 1:57 AM

    Sofia - even drinking you wouldn't get me karaoking :)

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  17. BighandJuly 16, 2008 at 3:00 AM

    shame...I Actually like it.

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  18. JennyJuly 16, 2008 at 3:14 AM

    Now you guys are getting me really curious. Gonna listen to this when I get home. (I did hear her singing once...and I'll just say that I wasn't impressed.)

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  19. JPXJuly 16, 2008 at 6:00 AM

    Another Cure cover? Meh.

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  20. Clockwise CatJuly 16, 2008 at 6:02 AM

    Oh god not again! She apparently butchered Waits songs and now this?? Is she thinking to herself, "How can I caricature two of the best artists of all times? *I* know - I'll sing covers of their songs!"

    Scarlett, stick to acting, PLEASE!

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  21. Clockwise CatJuly 16, 2008 at 6:03 AM

    (to be fair I ain't heard the song yet, so I could be talking shit. I usually am anyway)

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  22. ZachJuly 16, 2008 at 7:16 AM

    Wow... Sofia on that link you provided I actually made it through 18 seconds.

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  23. AnonymousJuly 16, 2008 at 8:50 AM

    I dig the Watson Twins' "Just Like Heaven" but this "Boys" is just plain gross. :-(

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  24. AnahJuly 16, 2008 at 9:04 AM

    I'm scared. What does it sound like?

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  25. AnonymousJuly 16, 2008 at 9:20 AM

    elise! - Scarlett also has a song called "Song for Jo"...

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  26. KennaJuly 16, 2008 at 9:33 AM

    Laaaame. I like her in the movies. But she should leave the music to the pros.

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  27. cure_kittyJuly 16, 2008 at 10:11 AM

    Somebody please stop the madness! I'm so sick of actors wanting to be singers & singers wanting to be actors! Scarlett is an OK actresses but she can’t sing. Enough of this shit already! What she does to both Tom’s & the Cure’s songs is just dead awful. This woman needs to be silenced!

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  28. AnonymousJuly 16, 2008 at 10:33 AM

    Wait, did you guys actually buy her song?

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  29. MareeJuly 16, 2008 at 10:39 AM

    Wow, a lot of people just leap at the opportunity to spew misogyny. o_O

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  30. sofiaJuly 16, 2008 at 10:39 AM

    ben, in itunes you can click on the song to hear some of it.

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  31. AnonymousJuly 16, 2008 at 10:43 AM

    I just did that, man that was bad. She sounds like she's trying to be sultry and seductive but it comes out sounding drunk and lazy. I don't like covers ussually anyway.

    maree, we're not saying all woman can't sing, just Scarleett Johanson...

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  32. AnahJuly 16, 2008 at 10:52 AM

    Misogyny? No, it's just Anti-Scarlett sentiment.

    And I'm with Cure Kitty. I want that 10 seconds of my life back. A sneeze would have been better time spent.

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  33. cure_kittyJuly 16, 2008 at 11:07 AM

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  34. cure_kittyJuly 16, 2008 at 11:12 AM

    Misogyny?!?!?!?!?!?!?

    I know I’m not a part of that! There are plenty of fabulous female artists that I love!

    Allison Moyet, Kate Bush, Annie Lennox, Sade, Pasty Cline, Gwen Stefani, Tina Turner, Allison Krauss and many more!

    Scarlett Johansson is not one of them! She’s a decent actress so she should stick to making movies not music.

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  35. Clockwise CatJuly 16, 2008 at 11:16 AM

    LOL - I listened to Innocent When you Dream and Boys Don't Cry. All I can say is - WHAT EL FUCKO?

    Someone wrote: "Utterly unlistenable." ROFL! My sentiments exactly.

    Is this a joke? I pray it is but fear it is not.

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  36. RandyJuly 16, 2008 at 11:23 AM

    i'm not misogynistic, but i DO think chicks should stick to what they do best, like laundry and dishes.

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  37. MareeJuly 16, 2008 at 11:43 AM

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  38. RandyJuly 16, 2008 at 1:07 PM

    andy, i guess you don't know me very well around these boards. that, or irony just zips right over your head. either way, no worries.

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  39. AnahJuly 16, 2008 at 1:24 PM

    Monkeybutt:

    I wish all I ever had to do was laundry and dishes. My life would be so much less stressful. Really.

    -------

    And don't worry darling, I understand your sardonic wit. :)

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  40. cure_kittyJuly 16, 2008 at 1:28 PM

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  41. cure_kittyJuly 16, 2008 at 1:31 PM

    monkeybutt---I love your funny play on words! Your comments always made me laugh! LOL!

    Washing dishes is a bit dull but I actually like doing the laundry, it's relaxing. However I do hate ironing. That's a chore no one should have to do.

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  42. AnahJuly 16, 2008 at 1:35 PM

    I take my clothes like my men, comfortable and wrinkly.

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  43. Jerry DJuly 16, 2008 at 1:43 PM

    To use the words of Comic Book guy on the Simpsons; "Worst Cover EVER!".

    I looked up all the comments, I failed to see misogyny:

    misogyny:
    noun
    the hatred of women by men

    Maybe we need a new word, Scarlettsingogyny:
    noun
    the hatred of Scarlett Johansson's singing by everyone!

    Ha!

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  44. RandyJuly 16, 2008 at 1:47 PM

    lol, jerry. also, another use of the word is 'the ability of scarjo to completely destroy any song she attempts to touch.'

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  45. RandyJuly 16, 2008 at 1:53 PM

    and thanks for the words, anah and cure kitty. you're awesome.

    /award acceptance speech.

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  46. sofiaJuly 16, 2008 at 1:55 PM

    her handlers or somebody around her is NOT telling her the truth. theyre keeping all the shitty reviews from her and telling her what she's doing is great and that she should keep doing it. its pathetic, really. and sad.

    that tom waits covers album is like a fart in the wind. she'll never be able to make another album again. thank christ.

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  47. AnahJuly 16, 2008 at 1:59 PM

    I was pissed when she got to fucking sing with Jesus and Mary Chain. Why the hell would they let her do that? I have always loved that band, and the thought of it all sickens me.

    That might sound harsh to some of you, but hey-it's how I feel.

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  48. RandyJuly 16, 2008 at 2:04 PM

    i agree, anah. but i also think the new "song" JAMC played last year, or whenever it was, was absolutely terrible. so maybe their minds have finally rotted through...

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  49. AnahJuly 16, 2008 at 2:16 PM

    Nothing is as good as it use to be. That's just life.

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  50. RandyJuly 16, 2008 at 2:21 PM

    ummm...I'M as good as i used to be.

    :D

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  51. AnahJuly 16, 2008 at 2:33 PM

    Well, if you're referring to that, I'm better than I use to be. And I was always very, very good!

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  52. bells4herJuly 16, 2008 at 5:01 PM

    OMG.. one reviewer got it right... "music to slit your wrists by".
    Scarlett knows boobs, not music.

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  53. RandyJuly 16, 2008 at 5:57 PM

    she knows knee-high socks too.

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  54. sarab543July 16, 2008 at 8:02 PM

    that was absolutely DREADFUL!!!!!

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  55. sarab543July 16, 2008 at 8:04 PM

    LOL bells! you've got that right!

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  56. MorrisJuly 17, 2008 at 6:50 PM

    I listened to her sing the whole song, and i kind of liked it. It grew on me towards the end - i liked the low notes she was hitting. The band sounded pretty good too.

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  57. AprilJuly 18, 2008 at 1:22 AM

    that was the worst thing i have ever heard!

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  58. crawleyJuly 18, 2008 at 3:12 PM

    i will prefer a cover of the lead singer of Gossip.....

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  59. KateJuly 23, 2008 at 10:20 AM

    The first line sounds like she has marbles in her mouth while trying to sing!

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