Singles File
Singles File
The New Frontiers leave well enough alone on "Look at Miss Ohio." Below, Ne-yo revisits Rihanna's "Take a Bow."
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A weekly playlist for the listener with a one-track mind.
This week: A Super-Special All-Covers Edition!
The Morning Benders: "He's a Rebel" (Crystals cover) This track from the Benders' unmissable free-download collection, "The Bedroom Covers" follows the two most important Rules of Remakes: (a) treat the song with absolute seriousness, even if your version is the most preposterous thing ever, and (b) don't change the song's gender. People just get confused.
Ne-Yo: "Take a Bow" (Rihanna cover) This nifty, newly grovelly version of Rihanna's hit vastly improves upon the original, which managed to be inert and imperious at the same time. And yes, this breaks Rule B (see above), but Ne-Yo co-wrote it, so he can do that.
Tiedye: "Nothing Else Matters" (Metallica cover) Who knows how they did it, but the Swedish duo Tiedye managed to channel all the ferocity of Metallica's 1991 original into this plunky, bass-happy, totally instrumental cover.
The New Frontiers: "Look at Miss Ohio" (Gillian Welch cover) This simply aces version of Welch's much-loved alt-country standard, by the Dallas-based and Jayhawks-reminiscent TNF wisely leaves the original version pretty much alone.
Oh Snap!!: "Party All the Time" (Eddie Murphy cover) Was Eddie Murphy the worst actor-turned-singer ever in the history of the '80s (even counting Bruce Willis)? Yes. Yes, he was. Luckily, Oh Snap!!'s version of Murphy's inexplicable hit sounds almost nothing like the original. From the Buffetlibre DJ's free new covers/mash-ups/remixes, be sure to download "Rewind: The '80s Cover Project."
-- Allison Stewart
