This actually isn't a half bad cover, smitty. You obviously feel The Pixies are above covering, which they ain't.

You just don't want James Blunt covering any decent band.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGXdXcpNsv4 (new window)

This might undo the damage.

I'm no fan of Blunt (not really all that familiar with him, I must admit), and the Pixies are easily among my favorite 5 bands EVAR, and I must say, that was not at all bad. I think he more than did the song justice.

He's got enough of a farked up voice to pull it off.

I think he is like his name rhymes, but that was actually pretty good.

You undid your suck rating by a small percent.

I saw this one where he did an all "James Blunt" show. Worst concert evar.

I can imagine James Blunt doing a pretty decent Black Francis voice.


Never understood the adoration of the Pixies though. A couple good tracks, but nothing that great. This is coming from someone's whose taste centers around late 80s/early 90s indie...

FeedTheCollapse: Never understood the adoration of the Pixies though. A couple good tracks, but nothing that great. This is coming from someone's whose taste centers around late 80s/early 90s indie...

Different strokes for different folks.

Had a roommate in college who biatched and biatched about me playing the Pixies all the time, and how they sucked, etc. After about a year, he stopped biatching, and when he moved out a few months later, he handed me a stack of blanks and asked me to burn all my Pixies for him.

/I had him burn a few of his CDs that I had biatched about, too :)

he covered an easily coverable song (not sure that is even a sentence)...it sounded ok

Like to see the dude cover 'Tame'


wait, no I wouldn't

shiat, meant to lend this to my post

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcn0f5s-aas

my bad

almejita: he covered an easily coverable song (not sure that is even a sentence)...it sounded ok

Like to see the dude cover 'Tame'


wait, no I wouldn't

QFT. Get back to me when Bluent covers "Caribou".

Ummm, galumph200, I hope you know that everyone on my email list just got shot this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQgIOUwVZ1w

again


It's all on you bro

Yeah, I gotta agree with the consensus subby. This ain't a half bad cover. Now Pete Yorn's cover of "Red Right Hand"? That's bad.

BTW...I think Los Angeles (Frank Black sans The Pixies...well, The Pixies sans the other 3 people) is one of the most beautiful (yes, I know that there's nothing wrong with that) songs I've ever heard.

Great, Subby... Are you actually TRYING to make me like JAmes Blunt...?

FArk, I was ready to hate it so much, yet I couldnt deny to myself, this was pretty respectfully rendered... the intonations in his voices at the right places...

you just actually gave me my first PRO- james Blunt argument...Shame on you.... shame....

Fine, it wasn't offensive, it wasn't horrid, but it wasn't memorable either. It was...extremely adequate.

Coming soon to an elevator near you.

Some songs are just performer-proof?

Subby is a stupid, stupid little girl

Hey at least he's playing a decent song for once.

You're beautiful
You're beautiful
You're beautiful
It's true

/good luck getting that out of your head

I would have bet any amount of money on which song he covered

and i would have been right...

Thanks Fight Club!

/that song easily sounds like it could have been released 15 years later than it was

Hate this James Blunt.

Love me some Pixies.

And this cover is actually not bad at all.

Just don't cover anything else.

Pyynk: Yeah, I gotta agree with the consensus subby. This ain't a half bad cover. Now Pete Yorn's cover of "Red Right Hand"? That's bad.

I can't find that anywhere. What's it from?

/interested in hearing something worse than "burrito"
//likes pete yorn

I knew it would be this song. Just knew it.


Compared to the Pixies' singer, he isn't bad to this song. ( I like the Pixies, and you know what I mean. ) But his accent kinda makes it weird sounding, like he's doing more of a karaoke than a a cover.

i love Kim

the voices in your head: You're beautiful
You're beautiful
You're beautiful
It's true

/good luck getting that out of your head

DIE IN A FIRE YOU BASTARD!

/goes to play Debaser

Baumer: Pyynk: Yeah, I gotta agree with the consensus subby. This ain't a half bad cover. Now Pete Yorn's cover of "Red Right Hand"? That's bad.

I can't find that anywhere. What's it from?

/interested in hearing something worse than "burrito"
//likes pete yorn

It was recorded for Hellboy, not sure if it saw any release beyond the movie and I *think* iTunes. To his credit, musically it's ok. Just lacks the pathos and rumble that is Nick Cave. There's a demo available here (Pops).

ohh crap.

the pixies aren't bad, but christ they are the most overrated band of the last century next to the ramones.

the pixies aren't bad, but christ they are the most overrated band of the last century next to the ramones

You forget Nirvana.

That wasn't anywhere near as shiatty as I expected it to be. Actually, it's quite good. Forgive me.

so-so. he pops it up. makes it all hollywood. its a song about being crazy, afterall. better than i expected, but still not that good.

frank black loves punk. he's anti-self indulgence. james blunt, not so much.

He screwed up the lyrics. No real pixies fans here.
Background vocals - Wrong
Blunts Vocals - Terrible
Lyrics - Wrong
This Version - Crap

I agree with subby. There are better covers of this song out there. I think Nerf Herder did one, and it was far superior.