Monday, August 4, 2008

Bat For Lashes covers A Forest

Pitchfork has a preview of yet another Cure tribute album.
(Thanks John and Patrick)

NME and CMJ have articles about it.
(Thanks Steven)
Posted by Craig at 5:09 PM

44 comments:

  1. UnknownAugust 4, 2008 at 5:34 PM

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  2. JPXAugust 4, 2008 at 5:41 PM

    Boooooring. I hate tribute albums and covers, it's a waste of time when you can listen to the real thing, which, in the case of The Cure, is always superior. Does anyone actually own a Cure tribute album that they listen to? Every time I hear that 311 cover of Lovesong on the radio I quickly change the channel. Sacrilege!

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  3. MoontearAugust 4, 2008 at 5:45 PM

    http://www.amazon.de/Our-Voices-Tribute-Cure-Various/dp/B00064WC38

    This is actually a good tribute record. Moonspell has done a quite good cover of Apart.

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  4. RandyAugust 4, 2008 at 5:50 PM

    yeah, i have one called 'fictional' that has all these random german bands. it's really dark and cool. and i love the 'rock a bye baby' cure lullaby covers. good stuff.

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  5. MoontearAugust 4, 2008 at 5:56 PM

    There'a a german dark wave band called The Fair Sex (always have been better the Alien Sex Fiend ;) ) that have an awesome cover of The Walk on this tribute.

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  6. RandyAugust 4, 2008 at 6:02 PM

    i also have another one called 'give me the cure' that has a cover of friday i'm in love by some band called glowworm that's great. completely emotionless female voices singing it.

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  7. JPXAugust 4, 2008 at 6:26 PM

    Hmmm, you guys give me pause to think, I'll check out some of your recommendations!

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  8. AnonymousAugust 4, 2008 at 6:30 PM

    So, they'll talk about a Cure tribute album, but not the records being broken (I'm guessing) for top single sales without airplay. I'm going to have to have a talk with Paul Thomas (or whatever his name is) of Pitchfork media news.

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  9. UnknownAugust 4, 2008 at 6:54 PM

    pitchfork doesn't track sales charts, it's mostly a review site for indie bands.

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  10. AnonymousAugust 4, 2008 at 7:06 PM

    My recommendation: 100 Tears. Razed in Black's cover of [i]Disintegration[/i] is awesome, and I even had a chance to see and hear them perform it live back in Summer 1999, when they opened for Switchblade Symphony.

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  11. christl d.August 4, 2008 at 8:16 PM

    ewww.. pitchfork.

    i dont like covers much, why spend money on those albums when you can buy other cure stuff?

    though the tori amos lovesong cover is lovely.

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  12. cure_kittyAugust 4, 2008 at 8:18 PM

    Thanks for the suggestions guys! I don't have any tribute CD's besides the rock a bye baby lullaby's but a few of the one's you mentioned might be interesting to listen to.

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  13. sofiaAugust 4, 2008 at 8:56 PM

    i love the dismemberment plan's version of 'close to me'


    as for this album- from the songs i heard on the myspace page i HATED the bat for lashes cover of 'a forest' and i HATED whoever did 'the hanging garden'

    i didnt mind devastations and veil veil vanish's cover of 'the upstairs room' (if only because it's so damn close to the original anyhow.)

    i LIKED sarabeth tucek's cover of 'three imaginary boys'. sitar. rather dark and hypnotizing

    and against all better judgment i got a kick out of we are the world's 'why can't i be you' it's like insane baby music. not good, just...interesting.

    obviously all the musicians think robert smith is insane. which is what i've always thought of him as well...

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  14. sofiaAugust 4, 2008 at 9:00 PM

    and i adore jesu. so i'm really looking forward to that.

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  15. goinghometimeAugust 4, 2008 at 9:39 PM

    Not bad

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  16. cure_kittyAugust 4, 2008 at 10:38 PM

    Ok I listened to the songs on myspace & they are not bad. Maybe I might get it for the hell of it. Quite different than the originals but a decent effort by all.

    And I just love the album cover with the kitties! Kitty's Rule!!! LOL!!!

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  17. christl d.August 4, 2008 at 11:09 PM

    kitty - i love the rock a bye baby album, helps me fall asleep :)

    i prefer instrumental covers:
    Lullaby piano
    Just Like Heaven piano
    (one of the best cure covers ever IMO)
    and
    The Only One piano
    ok im done spamming the thread with cover vids!

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  18. altr2eliseAugust 5, 2008 at 12:38 AM

    I love the Whisper String Quartet album of Cure covers.

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  19. XuanAugust 5, 2008 at 1:31 AM

    Wondering if we all could come up with a list of artists and songs for a "real" tribute album, what would it be?

    Iggy Pop - Lulliby
    Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Boys Don't Cry
    Depeche Mode - Plainsong
    Duran Duran - Lovesong
    Feist - Just Like Heaven
    GoldFrapp - Pictures of You
    Jimmy Buffett - Disintegration
    Morrisey - Mr. Pink Eyes

    A better list?

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  20. XuanAugust 5, 2008 at 1:35 AM

    Oh and almost forgot
    NIN - Do the Hansa
    Bauhaus - Catch

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  21. BaaderonixAugust 5, 2008 at 5:26 AM

    One of the best Cure covers I've heard, but then again I really love Bat for Lashes

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  22. DroidAKovAugust 5, 2008 at 7:38 AM

    Most covers are average at best. But if it results in people becoming more aware of said band as can be the case then at least that can be taken as a positive. I remember seeing The Editors perform 'Lullaby' which was nice.

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  23. KateAugust 5, 2008 at 7:42 AM

    Yes, Whisper is kinda neat.

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  24. AnttiAugust 5, 2008 at 7:54 AM

    not too bad. of the earlier covers i really dig the leather strip cover of lullaby and the dinosaur jr's jlh.

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  25. AndrewV127August 5, 2008 at 12:38 PM

    Those piano covers you posted DJ are amazing. The Only One cover really suprised me.

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  26. David L LankfordAugust 5, 2008 at 12:54 PM

    The review at Pitchfork says she's playing an autoharp, but I tend to think it's actually a hammered dulcimer.

    In case anyone ELSE was as tripped up when they pushed play and heard something decidedly not-an-autoharp.

    I also had pleasant memories of that guy who did all the acoustic covers of the songs on Disintegration. Which were endearing.

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  27. RandyAugust 5, 2008 at 1:27 PM

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  28. RandyAugust 5, 2008 at 1:31 PM

    i too love those piano covers. i imagine a cure version of 'the only one' where the tempo is very slow, like in the piano version, with robert singing softly. i think that would be great.

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  29. Rev. HeronAugust 5, 2008 at 1:42 PM

    The piano cover of the Only One is so pretty, I love listening to it! Now I want to do a Cure wedding where they play that!

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  30. vAugust 5, 2008 at 1:49 PM

    Wow, that is a pretty version of "The Only One". Sounds so sweet and innocent - from this arrangement, you'd never guess what the songs lyrics were about! ;)

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  31. Rev. HeronAugust 5, 2008 at 2:10 PM

    I was thinking the same thing V! :p

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  32. AndrewV127August 5, 2008 at 3:16 PM

    If someone sang over the piano Only One cover it would ruin it. Piano Porn just isn't nice.

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  33. JPXAugust 5, 2008 at 6:11 PM

    Please, Crqig, new post, new post!

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  34. TremoLowAugust 6, 2008 at 2:10 AM

    hey,

    Here is a link for more part of the preview tribute. The Upstairs Room and Why can't i be you are excellent!

    http://www.myspace.com/perfectascats

    Bat For Lashes "A Forest"

    Jesu "The Funeral Party"

    Xu Xu Fang "Fascination Street"

    The Muslims "Grinding Halt"

    Astrid Quay & War Cloud "The Caterpillar"

    The Dandy Warhols "Primary"

    Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti "Dressing Up"

    Indian Jewelry "The Walk"

    Army Navy "Jumoing Someone Else's Train"

    Rio en Medio "Pictures of You"

    Hecuba "Killing An Arab"

    Veil Veil Vanish "The Upstairs Room"

    Aquaserge and Laure Briard "10.15 Saturday Night"

    Joker's Daughter "Kyoto Song"

    Voyager One "M"

    Ex-Reverie "The Hanging Garden"

    Devastations "All Cats Are Gray"

    Les Bicyclettes Blanches "Hot Hot Hot!!!"

    Katrine Ottosen (CALLmeKAT) "The Love Cats"

    Mariee Sioux "Love Song"

    Wolfkin "Charlotte Sometimes"

    Rainbow Arabia "Six Different Ways"

    Corridor "The Kiss"

    Tara Busch "Let's Go To Bed"

    Kaki King "Close To Me"

    Lewis & Clarke "Disintegration"

    blackblack "In Between Days"

    We Are The World "Why Can't I Be You?"

    Sarabeth Tucek "Three Imaginary Boys"

    Apollo Heights "The Top"

    Gangi "Fire In Cairo"

    Buddy "Sugar Girl"

    Ich Bin Aiko "A Strange Day"

    Silver Summit "A Night Like This"

    Caroline Weeks "The Drowning Man"

    Lemon Sun "The Exploding Boy"

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  35. perfect.murderAugust 6, 2008 at 3:00 AM

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  36. perfect.murderAugust 6, 2008 at 3:00 AM

    The tracklisting and a brief article is up now in NME.COM...I am personally very much looking forward to The Dandy Warhols's version of Primary.....

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  37. AnonymousAugust 6, 2008 at 5:36 AM

    Craig doesn't appear to be interested in posting the news item that I sent to him. :(

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  38. goinghometimeAugust 6, 2008 at 6:49 AM

    WOW. IT SOUNDS REALLY FUCKING GOOD! Probably the best Cure tribute album I've heard. And I know some of the bands quite well, I've been friends with them on Myspace for a while! Ahhh!

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  39. KateAugust 6, 2008 at 7:12 AM

    Patience, Shawn-w. :)

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  40. CraigAugust 6, 2008 at 3:27 PM

    Shawn: It has been posted as an update to your original post.

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  41. Rev. HeronAugust 6, 2008 at 3:46 PM

    A bit off-topic, but there's a new version of "A Letter to Elise" from RCMH out on YouTube.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKA8TRL5AwE

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  42. Rev. HeronAugust 6, 2008 at 3:47 PM

    Sorry, here's the clicky version of my post

    A Letter to Elise (RCMH)

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  43. sarab543August 6, 2008 at 4:14 PM

    i dont know if i like this cover all that much...

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  44. JamesAugust 7, 2008 at 6:30 PM

    I quite like to spin that string quartet tribute thing every now and then. People who usually poo-poo The Cure always end up saying "hey this is really good, what is it, it sounds familiar"!!

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