Yeah Yeah Yeahs Cover The Diamond Sea
 

Im not really a big fan of this band anyway but I do want to check out this cover.Its only on i-tunes right now but it will eventually leak over to other file sharing networks.

From Pitchfork:
Unclear whose star's hitching whose wagon here: SY and YYY have been parading around like tabloid inamoratas lately, making out at stoplights, sharing milkshakes, co-headlining pool parties. Now they're fucking with covers. Bad idea if you ask me-- New York torch-passings mostly end in fire. Smartly, the Yeahs take the humble route, opting for lame strums and letting Karen O coo the chowder-thick guitar hook. She blows Thurston Moore's original vocal wide open, picking up on the song's discreet marching quality without drowning it in lugubriousness. A late, great boys-only bridge coaxes Endless Summer vibes from Nick Zinner's reverb-soused amp, with brushed snare scratches providing the obvious wave metaphor. I still prefer the Youth's quarter-hour wash cycle, but at least, as iTunes Music Store user Insane Harry Potter Fan!!! puts it, this take is "good to study to."

i want to puke but since that's a horrible song, fair enough. i wonder if they could have possibly rendered it any more boring than it was previously, because even the osmonds would do a better job. i assume. i'm not going to listen to it.

I think it's a bad idea. Leave it at Thurston's vocals. I'm not too big on covers, but Flaming lips did a good job on unmade bed

Who's got my download? I don't think it'll be as good as Beck's rendition of arguably the best Sonic Youth song.

I was never able to find the Beck version, AB.

I listened to the itunes sample. I don't think it is bad.

i can only imagine that steaming pile of crap.

i bet it's going to sound like venom attempting to cover battles, minus the cool sloppy mess and black makeup factors.

actually, i bet it's going to sound like when muse tried to cover "dracula mountain" by lightning bolt

How about listening to it first? It's great.

It was alright. She didn't do anything drastic to the vocals, so I don't know what that article was on about.

I felt strangely compelled to listen to some live Diamond Sea afterwards, though, because it just goes better with noise.

It's interesting. I like it. Probably just because i love The Diamnd Sea.

hey, I never knew Beck had covered Diamond Sea too. Would appreciate it if anyone could share it.

I did already find this link:
http://www.whiskeyclone.net/ghost/so....php?songID=79

i don't see them taking a groundbreaking approach to that song, really. actually, i don't see this being any better than karen o's stupid fucking haircut. bad haircut's aside, covering this song is a pretty daunting task, especially since the meat of it is so characteristically sonic youth, extra especially since the yeah yeah yeahs are obviously still struggling to find their own voice/sound.

i'm really surprised that the reviewer didn't just talk about undoing his shoelaces and making cream of wheat for breakfast, since that's what most pitchfork reviews are like.

Groundbreaking is overrated.

Repped.

kegmama posted it a while back. it was an intrumental acoustic/harmica version

so is saying that things are overrated.

Not really. Nobody really rates those statements. My point is that the Yeah yeah yeah's cover has soul. Soul goes a lot further than just "breaking ground".

Ask Cat Power. She isn't really ground breaking in any sense of the word, but her music is soulful. That soul is moving.

if you say so. i'll keep my opinion and you can keep yours. i still don't think the yeah yeah yeahs are bringing anything interesting to the song. and when i think "soul", karen o's whine is not what comes to mind.

cat power's voice has soul and it comes through in her lyrics. karen o? not so much, i don't think.

stupid argument, the fact that you like cat power doesn't make it any better or worse than other artists, she's just not doing anything new and that's a fact, she's pretty meangless for that.

and that yyy cover sucks ass, it's one of the lamest attempts at gaining bogus indie cred by a bunch of fashion concious poseurs.

it's embarrassing for me to listen to.

Everyneurotic, you're an idiot. I hope you realise this one day and kill yourself.

No wonder I hate wetbacks.

I don't know anything much about the Yeah Yeah Yeah's. I never tried to listen to their music much. I did listen to this cover, however, and soul permeates the cover.