Wide-Ranging Coverage
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Album:Radio 1: Established 1967
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Track:Don't Get Me Wrong
I am now officially obsessed with the cornucopia of outstanding tracks on the Radio 1: Established 1967 compilation, celebrating 40 years of the U.K.’s premier rock radio station with 40 diverse contemporary singers and/or bands covering 40 myriad hit songs from the past four decades.First, I saw a post from juepucta that detailed the release. Then, the content started filtering through via the Sunday Covers brigade – most recently, Joxley offering up the fantastic Amy Winehouse version of Sam Cooke’s love ballad “Cupid.” Among the goodies (and they are numerous): The Kaiser Chiefs interpreting The Move’s “Flowers in the Rain,” Franz Ferdinand doing Bowie’s “Sound & Vision,” The Fratellis on Dylan’s “All Along the Watchtower,” Foo Fighters banging out Wings’ “Band on the Run,” an Editors take on The Cure’s “Lullaby,” Keane giving a shine to Queen’s “Under Pressure,” and Kasabian skanking through The Specials’ “Too Much Too Young.” Too many; too good.By any standard, the collection is a clever and generally successful mating of performers and material. I give it the Knife’s Slice of Approval.For the moment, I’m particularly smitten with would-be TV chat-show hostess Lily Allen’s light and lovely version of the Pretenders’ “Don’t Get Me Wrong.” If she’s gonna be England’s equivalent to Rachael Ray, I hope it won’t mean the end of Lily’s career as a pop singer. Give it a taste:
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