Monday, June 18, 2007

music for my paranormal life

...with apologies to Neuroticfish for the paraphrased rip-off of one of his song titles.

All I can say is (to quote Jacquie): OMGWTFBBQ!!!!

I was wandering through the local HMV about half an hour ago, and heard the Smiths...well, a cover of the Smiths. An absolutely brilliant cover of Stop Me. I had to ask, and was pointed to a listening post, where lounged (insouciantly, no less), an album entitled Version, by one Mark Ronson, who I have discovered is some hotshot London dj.

With the help of folks such as Robbie Williams, Kasabian, etc., he's recorded covers of songs by a plethora of artists, including the aforementioned Smiths, Britney Spears, Radiohead, the Charlatans, etc.

Brilliant. Abso-brilliant. Fucking weird, but brilliant. Not everyone is as jazzed about it, but it's amusing the biscuits out of me.

4 comments:

ArcticFox said...

of course I downloaded this album a while back for Dawn..... I can either make it available for you to rip off me or send you a copy of it.... you decide!!

FoX

Rol said...

You're the first Smiths fan I've known have anything nice to say about it.

For myself, all I can say is...

http://rolhirst.blogspot.com/2007/04/101-uses-for-that-dreadful-mark-ronson.html

Sorry!

Anonymous said...

You didn't include your email but as soon as I saw the name, I knew those wise words came from you. Thank you - the prescription has been filled! x

Anonymous said...

You, my dear, are a saint. And far too wise for your age!
Thank you - again.
N.
x