Adult Contemporary Anarchy

Oh do we love celebrity train wrecks. In fact, we lean forward at the edges of our seats, fingers crossed, toes anxiously tapping, in earnest anticipation of the moment some public figure makes an ass of themselves.

This week's cringe-worthy news: Elton John, Roger Daltrey, and Robert Plant are going to cover the Buzzcocks song "Ever Fallen in Love" (real audio, from an archive of Diane's Kamikaze Fun Machine) as a tribute to the late John Peel. An old song being covered by dinosaurs to preserve the memory of Peel: fantastically inappropriate on so many levels! Can't wait for the video footage.

Some cover tune zen that's been spinning on WFMU lately (real audio):
The Fall "I Can Hear the Grass Grow" (as heard on Bill Zurat's show)
Los Punkrockers "Holiday in the Sun" (from an archive of Brian Turner's show)
Albert Kuvezin and Yat-Kha "Black Magic Woman" (as aired on Transpacific Sound Paradise)
Hubble Bubble "I'm Not Like Everybody Else" (from Mike Lupica's show)
Ammer / Einheit / Haage "I Will Survive" (from an archive of Ken's show)
...and finally, a supermarket mix of "Ever Fallen in Love" by Punk Rock Baby (from Frank O' Toole's show)

Comments

[Jeff Jotz]

When future archaeologists try to determine why the West fell into decline, they will point to the beginning of reunion tours as a tell-tale sign. I don't want my most recent memories of a great old punk tune to be sung by fat, middle-aged dudes with mortgages. That goes for The Buzzcocks, Mission of Burma, MC5, The Pixies and hell, even Sham 69, who are now letting Tony Blair use their music for his campaign stops.

[franz]

very good