{"id":2541,"date":"2013-08-18T16:39:02","date_gmt":"2013-08-18T20:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mauraweb.com\/blog\/?p=2541"},"modified":"2013-08-18T16:39:02","modified_gmt":"2013-08-18T20:39:02","slug":"or-are-you-toxic-for-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mauraweb.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/18\/or-are-you-toxic-for-me\/","title":{"rendered":"or are you toxic for me"},"content":{"rendered":"

I need a pop band to come to my assistance. Ever since last May’s Popfest I’ve been thinking about a song that doesn’t exist: a cover version of “Bluebeard”<\/a> by the Cocteau Twins. A bit of poking around online revealed this fairly true to the original<\/a> cover version of Bluebeard by someone called Deluciva, as well as this version by Faye Wong<\/a> which is identical except sung in Chinese.<\/p>\n

But neither of these is what I want to hear. The cover version I’m thinking about is a slightly speeded-up track with a male vocalist and far less shimmery guitars, something a bit more spare. Maybe Math & Physics Club could do this cover, or Allen Clapp? The weirdest thing is that this mythological, as-yet-unexisting cover version is actually playing in my head, though of course not precisely because I can only ever understand about 50% of Liz Fraser’s lyrics.<\/p>\n

I’m pretty sure the reason for all of this cover version obsession is hearing Cassolette’s cover of the Primitives’ “Crash”<\/a> while at the Popfest. Cassolette’s version is fairly true to the original but with just enough difference to make it interesting. And of course it’s a fantastic song to begin with, who couldn’t love it?<\/p>\n

Cover songs are strange beasts. When I had a radio show in college I used to make mix tapes of cover versions of songs. Some covers I love much much more than the original song, like Bauhaus’ cover of “Telegram Sam” by T. Rex. Others are both wonderful — “The Passenger” by Iggy Pop and the cover version by Siouxsie & the Banshees is firmly in that camp. Still others are kind of a joke but end up being kind of awesome nonetheless, like Age of Chance’s cover of Prince’s “Kiss” and Killdozer’s cover of Janet Jackson’s “Nasty.”<\/p>\n

I stopped making covers mixtapes at 4 — someday I’ll find the time to digitize them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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