Behind the times
I’m a sucker for covers of songs by bands I love. I usually find them and listen to them over and over and over again (See my iTunes playcount for Punk Goes 80s). That’s why I’m so confused how I never heard of Stubbs the Zombie until recently. Horror movie? Nope, video game. Recently, video games have turned out great soundtracks (a lot of the EA games and GTA to name a few.)
The difference with Stubbs is that the songs were recorded specifically for the game. Flaming Lips, The Walkmen, Rogue Wave, Ben Kweller, and Cake all contribute.
My personal favorites?
Death Cab’s cover of Earth Angel and Oranger’s cover of Mr. Sandman.
Is it bad that I still like the Back to the Future version of Earth Angel and Death Cab’s more than the original?
Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to listen to my transistor radio and then grab a malt at the soda shop.
Indie All-Stars at michaelhong.com said,
February 26, 2006 @ 6:53 pm
[...] The cover of Traveling Wilburys [George Harrison super group, woo!] Handle With Care is amazing. See my previous post professing my love of covers. But this cover is especially amazing, even legendary. The contributors in Handle With Care read like the A-list of indie rock: Ben Gibbard (Death Cab for Cutie), M. Ward, and Connor Oberst (Bright Eyes). You can easily play Six Four Degrees of Separation with all of the above names. [...]