Weep and Rihanna’s ‘shut up and drive’ cover

Me ha hecho gracia, las cosas como son. Atención al decálogo de motivos para atreverse con esta versión.

1. Too many bands use their choice of cover songs as a proof of credibility. Like by covering some obscure Big Star song they are now made cool. That’s not the Weep way! Weep is cool because we open the window! No… That’s not a metaphor. We are literally cooled by the breeze. Get it? … Never Mind.

2. Covering a song we really like would invariably lead us to a song that is inferior to the original. Why start off in second place?

3. When we first head the Rihanna version (in like Urban Outfitters, pumped through the PA like so much fart) we believed it to be a cover of Blue Monday… So, the song hidden in that ridiculous pop song is one of dignified pedigree. Don’t judge a book by its cover. Unless it’s a really wicked cool painting of a dragon. Then you can kinda tell what’s inside.

4. Making a faux pop-hit is kinda fun. Getting that loud, over produced vocal sound, getting the bass and kick right in the pocket… That’s a fun little challenge for a band that likes to hide its vocals behind thunderous drums. FUN! You think we are marketing masters, or in a band band to pay the rent? No…

5. Doc desperately wanted to tell the world that he has «a whole lot of boom in the back».

6. Fred loves the distortion pedal on his bass. It’s about time we featured it.

7. Rihanna’s version of the song has this inappropriate, fake hip-hop breakdown in the middle. We have freed the song of that mistake for you.

8. It’s a song that gets really stuck in your head. By covering it we have freed it from being an insidious loop in our brain. And as a bonus, we get to show you what that loop sounded like. Because our brain doesn’t have Rihanna’s voice.

9. It’s a good song. Admit it! Nobody is looking. You can say whatever you like. Weep won’t judge. We love you. Okay, fine, hide behind irony. You can like it because it’s a big goofy pop hit and you know better. Let it be a guilty pleasure.

10. Why not «Shut Up and Drive?» Do you really want Weep to poop on your favorite song?

Escuchando: Forgive me, I am not Satan; I am Mary just like you – Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio

La experiencia no es lo que te sucede, sino lo que haces con lo que te sucede.

Aldous Huxley

Escuchando: Mary’s beheading – Craig Armstrong

Last.FM: radio de pago

Sin duda una de las noticias en boga en los blogs tecnológicos (véase esta entrada de BlogOff), tal y como adelantaba anoche el Sr. Absalon. El equipo de Last.FM anuncia que la funcionalidad de radio online sólo será utilizable para los suscriptores (salvo en Alemania, EEUU y Reino Unido).

Personalmente no me siento especialmente afectado por la medida, ya que no utilizo de forma habitual la función de radio online, y, a priori, no tengo intención de suscribirme mientras no ofrezcan música a la carta de verdad. Digamos que como Spotify, pero bien.

Un movimiento tan arriesgado como necesario, desde mi punto de vista. Vamos a ver cómo les sale la jugada.

Esto se pone emocionante.

Escuchando: Glasgow – Craig Armstrong