Aloha, jet-setters! M4M Airlines taking off 'round the world to explore unusual pop song cover versions. A passport? The only passport you need is...your computer! And a bribe to get past customs! First stop: Egypt.
Malik Adouane "Shaft" - Yup, the Isaac Hayes chestnut performed with an Arabic tinge, extracted from this Buddha-Bar mix CD.
They say that "Shaft" video is a bad mutha.
Malik has a new album out, not yet released in the US, whose unwieldy if descriptive title is "Orient Meets Funks Brothers & Souls Sisters" ("Funk and Soul Hits Mixed with Arabic Pop Rhythms") - James Brown, Stevie Wonder, Temptations, etc get that slinky snake-charmer sound.
Popchor Berlin "Mongoloid" - Devo's weirdpunk masterpiece gets an uplifting rehaul courtesy of a German 25-person vocal group. (Polyphonic Spree go New Wave?) They also cover the likes of Gang of Four and Missy Elliot.
Dr. Ammondt "Glaudi Calcei/ Blue Suede Shoes" - Elvis sung in Latin. No, not Latin music, like when Elvis sang "No Room To Rhumba In A Sports Car" in the film "Fun In Acapulco," but the actual ancient Roman tongue. This is what they play at real toga parties, har har! Dr. Ammondt, a literature professor at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, has recorded a whole album called "The Legend Lives Forever in Latin." On another release, he sings "Blue Suede Shoes" again in another ancient language, Sumerian. I don't know why.
11 comments:
Hi ! Thanks for this very weird version of Devo's Mongoloïd.
I'm looking for another cover version of this title by french band "Nouvelle Vague"... Someone's got it ?
Max
Nouvelle Vague? If they did do "Mongoloid" it's not on any of their recordings. Would certainly love to hear it...
I've heard it twice : the first time, in a live session on french radio ("Black Session"/France Inter), the second time, live at "La route du Rock" in Saint Malo. It's a great tune, interpreted by the crazy Camille ! Awesome.
Some people told me that this title was a "bonus track" on a very rare edition of the first album... If someone knows some more...
Thanks !
Max
Popchor Berlin's a capella version of "Mongoloid" I like even much more. It emphasizes that apocalyptic feel. I'll see if I can find & post it today.
Done
http://antificial.blogspot.com/2007/02/one-chromosome-too-many.html
What the hell, links doesn't work. Well, here you go, then.
Thanks,stas,great stuff!
Stil haven't found Nouvelle Vague's version tho...
I found it on Soulseek, it seems to be from a record called "White Session" from 2004. Couldn't find it on Google as of now. Will update post today then let you know. Awful, just awful. :)
Done.
Jeezus, that really was awful. Was expecting the nice little bossa-nova treatments they're known for, but that was just a crappy coffeehouse acoustic version. She didn't even know the words.
www.dailymotion.com/video/x5oeay_ live-camille-avec-nouvelle-vague-mo_music
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