Posts Tagged ‘Remake’

The Hotrats is a cover band formed by Gaz Coombes and Danny Goffey as a side-project from their main band Supergrass.

They cover Roxy Music’s, Love Is the Drug which is one of my all time most favorite-ist songs.  Roxy Music is so slick and sly with their funky ass version of the song.  The Hotrats do a killer job covering it and put a slight euro-trashy spin on it but still keep the right amount of funk and slyness.  Good Love!!!

Hotrats :: Love Is the Drug – Turn Ons

Roxy Music ::  Love Is the Drug (Single)

First off, sorry for the long delay on the posts.  Ivy Simone created a little speed bump to my posting rhythm.  Love ya Ives!

“Heart it Races” is a great cut laid down by a total sleeper band, Architecture In Helsinki.  The original track by Architecture In Helsinki has an M.I.A/Santagold’esqu drum beat with an killer steel drum riff that resurfaces throughout the song.  As you digest it for the second and third time it really grows on you.  I am not sure how I missed this song back in 2007.  That is the joy of great music, there is always a killer cut out there that you have yet to discover.

The best part of discovering this cut may be the remake version released on an “Heart it Races” EP which is performed by one of my favorite bands, Dr Dog.  Dr Dog is on my cutbucket.com “yet to be posted bands” list.  Their version of “Heart it Races” outshines the original in my opinion.  Take a listen to both and let me know what you think.

Listen: Heart It Races – Architecture In Helsinki

Listen: Heart It Races (As Played By Dr Dog) – Dr Dog

Author: Coach

First and foremost.  R.I.P. Michael Jackson

Thriller is one of the top 10 albums of all time.  You can’t dispute it, so don’t even try.

One of my favorite songs from the Thriller album is Billie Jean (along with a billion other fans).  I also believe that remakes of music by other artists are a tribute to the influencial nature of the original.  There is somewhere in the neighborhood of 150 versions of Billie Jean on iTunes.  That is respect.

Of all of my favorite MJ songs, Billie Jean is top ten.  Of my favorite MJ remakes, Chris Cornell (of Soundgarden, Audioslave and Temple of the Dog fame) has made perhaps the best of the bunch.

I hope you enjoy the origianl and the remake alike.  Gone but never forgotten.

–cutbucket–

Listen: Michael Jackson – Billie Jean

Listen: Chris Cornell – Billie Jean