Oh, oh, smother me, mother

[venta]

It's Friday, it's about 3 o'clock. It's time to go underneath the covers (with the lights out).

I always recommend listening to a cover version without knowing what or who it is, so click on the link before reading ahead...

Today's cover version [link to mp3 download expired]

The Boo Radleys covering The Queen Is Dead, originally by The Smiths

Yes, since you ask, we have already had one cover of this song. Really, The Smiths, very much covered. They're nearly as bad as the Cure for having people churning cover versions out. When planning my years of covers, I did briefly consider having "Cure month" and "Smiths month" before deciding that that'd just end up with me being beaten to death by Morrissey- and Bob-haters.

Anyway, yes. The Boo Radleys. We all know what they sound like, right? Bouncey, cheery pop, remember Wake Up Boo!.

Er... no. That was one of those Tubthumpin' moments where one song stands as shorthand for a band's entire career and, unsurprisingly, their one mega-hit turns out not really to sound very much like the rest of their stuff which didn't much trouble the charts.

The Boo Radleys are a much underrated band. Try C'mon Kids for a nice halfway house between weirdness and out-and-out pop.

This track comes form one of those bizarre, tribute-cover CDs, in this case The Smiths Is Dead. Which I remember as being disappointingly awful. However, the tracklisting looks unfamiliar and interesting, so I'm about to re-listen and re-evaluate. I'll get back to you.

Comments

[ulfilias.livejournal.com]

I like the perkiness of Frankly !