Exit Music - Songs with Radio Heads

[MO!]

A mate lent me this the other day.

I've played it a couple of times and rather like it. It'll obviously appeal to fans of Radiohead who want to hear alternative takes of the tunes, but pretty much every track is good in its own right too.

Quite a few of them are laid back chilled (summery even?) loungey type takes, and others a MOre full on.

Well worth a listen....

People get confused about cover versions. They are a labour of love, not some sort of disrespectful treatment of the classics. Everyone involved in the ââ'¬Å"Exit Musicââ'¬Â project love the music of Radiohead ââ'¬â€œ ââ'¬Å"Songs with Radio Headsââ'¬Â doesn't attempt to replace the originals as ââ'¬Å"definitive versionsââ'¬Â. Instead, like the Futureheads cover of Kate Bush or the Slits cover of Marvin Gaye, this is an exercise in translating well loved tracks into a different genre.

ââ'¬Å"Exit Musicââ'¬Â also taps into the dancefloor potential of Radiohead, long recognized by DJs ranging from Paul Oakenfold to the Scratch Perverts. The band themselves are devotees of both hiphop and dance music ââ'¬â€œ commissioning remixes from respected figures such as Madlib, DJ Shadow and Four Tet. With an increasing number of under the counter remixes beginning to surface, BBE thought it was time to collect together the finest hiphop and dance cover versions of Radiohead songs. Ranging from gentle acoustic treatments to raw funky versions, BBE have taken the songs of Thom Yorke into realms even he couldn't imagine. And with a new album from Radiohead expected in 2006, ââ'¬Å"Exit Musicââ'¬Â may only be the beginningââ'¬Â¦

1. Shawn Lee - 'No Surprises'
2. Randy Watson Experience feat. Donn - 'Morning Bell'
3. SA-RA feat. The SA-RA All Stars - 'In Limbo'
4. Pete Kuzma, Bilal - 'High & Dry'
5. Mark Ronson feat. Alex Greenwald - 'Just'
6. RJD2 - 'Airbag'
7. Matthew Herbert feat. Mara Carlyle - 'Nice Dream'
8. Lo Freq - 'Blow Out'
9. Meshell N'Degeocello, Chris Dave - 'The National Anthem'
10. The Bad Plus - 'Karma Police'
11. Sia - 'Paranoid Android'
12. Osunlade feat. Erro - 'Everything In Its Right Place'
13. Wajeed feat. Monica Blaire - 'Knives Out'
14. Cinematic Orchestra - 'Exit Music (For A Film)'

 

[robert_cyrus]

i'm curious about the bad plus cover, saw them on jools holland and i've put them in my amazon wish list for future reference.

 

[MO!]

i'm curious about the bad plus cover, saw them on jools holland and i've put them in my amazon wish list for future reference.

I'd not heard them before so can't really compare it to anything they might have previously have done.

It's an instrumental take which starts off (well, the first 4-5 of its 7 or so min's) quite quietly as a loose/free jazz thing, hinting at the original with piano, bass, and rolling cymbols and soft drums.
Without knowing the original and having it as reference, it might come across quite scrappy, but it works well.
It builds to a bit of a chaotic end.

From the sleeve notes they've got quite a few albums.

 

[MO!]

Infact.... While just googling The Bad Plus (http://www.thebadplus.com), there's a link on there page to http://www.rapsterrecords.com/data.pl?release=RR0047CD&info=more

Which has the entire album available to stream and all the sleeve notes!

Might be of better use instead of reading my attempt at trying to summarise it

Also, there's a link to their myspace site with four tunes on it.

 

[Anex]

Its been on my to get list for a while now. The pitchfork review of it is quite funny given that it is complete and absolute bollox and doesn't really mention the album in any part of it. Genius. Buying it just for that.