Surely even the Femmes would now admit that this is now the definitive version. It's quite a faithful cover in all honesty, but at the end of the day it's a great song given to a great singer. The album's sole cover, Violent Femmes' "Gone Daddy Gone", sees Danger Mouse returning to his indie roots.
Two songs in particular give it a run for its money.
Elsewhere more mindblowing than that song is the fact that the rest of the album stands up to it. In fact, maybe the only thing to be found on St. Yeah, this is sheer Motown, but I am not exaggerating when I say that it stands up to all but the very best songs released with that label's prestigious imprint. Man's got soul like you wouldn't believe. I've heard this guy rap before, but you wanna hear him sing. This is everything we could have hoped for in a collaboration between these two and more - haunting backing vocals, a smooth, funky bassline, strings lifted straight from the Motown bag of tricks, absolutely fantastic lyrics ('Who do you, who do you think you are? Ha ha ha.bless your soul.you really think you're in control?), a melody to die for, and an absolutely stunning performance from Cee-Lo. In fact, this is potentially the song of the decade (hell, commercially, it already is in England). Song of the year? If it's not, then we are in for one hell of a treat when someone tops it. Vocal duties go to Cee-Lo Green, who you may or may not know from Goodie Mob, vague affiliations with Outkast, and two acclaimed solo releases. You might also be interested to know that he started his career doing remixes for - of all the bands! - Neutral Milk Hotel. He's perhaps still most famous for being the mastermind behind the world's most notorious bootleg, The Grey Album (an inspired mash-up of Jay-Z's Black Album and The Beatles' White Album), but he's also the man behind the music for the last Gorillaz album, Demon Days. Production duties are handled by DJ Danger Mouse, who is quietly becoming the best producer in the world. Reviews are usually daunting because you're not sure what to say this one's going to be tricky simply because there's so much to get through!įor the uninitiated, Gnarls Barkley are this year's very own hip-hop dream team. Man, there are so many reasons to love Gnarls Barkley it's practically impossible to know where to start.
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