February 5, 2007 – 1:02 am
2. Song 2wo – Earl Zinger
I don’t know what your workplace is like, but in the Media Department at UCE, we play each other music.
We each have our quirks: I like what I like. That’s all over the place, and you can get it here, of course.
Tim’s all Northern Soul with jazz and R&B providing major side themes.
Sam likes New Order and Bowie with a largely Radio 1 flavoured catalogue surrounding those artists.
Oli is very indie/folk/rock with a touch of hardcore and an explicable fondness for the Eagles.
Paul L likes a spot of Jah Wobble and the Go-Betweens.
Bethany likes Morrissey and Belle and Sebastian — and Paul B likes Tortoise — and whatever had a good Pitchfork review this week.
Those last two, incidentally, are the only colleagues I have who can keep up a blog.
Recently, a recurring conversation that comes with musical examples has been about cover versions — the good, the bad and the unusual.
Oli likes his William Shatner sings Pulp’s ‘Common People’, and it does have high relative weirdness factor. Sam’s found a few treasures, and naturally Ciccone Youth’s ‘Into the Groovy’ has been hauled out — but the conversation has put this song in my head.
It is what it is: a reggae version of Blur’s ‘Song 2′. Who could resist?
Buy Earl Zinger’s Put Your Phazers On Stun Throw Your Healthfood Skyward.
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I love this version – It’s been in or around my head for a couple of years now. It should be noted his version of “Can’t Get You Out of My Head” by Kylie is also worth a listen – (if you can find it – I heard it once but have no copy :( )
Earl Zinger is a bona-fide loon and for that I thank him. (And Studio !K7 for signing him).
The music biz needs more straight-forward fun like this.
Thank you so much! You don’t know how long I’ve been looking for that version of song 2… nice one!