Portishead, Tricky pay Homage to Gainsbourg
February 21st, 2006 . by Jilly
I read this on Pitchfork…
All your quasi-indie heroes (Cat Power, Franz Ferdinand, Portishead, Jarvis Cocker, Feist, Placebo, The Kills), alongside requisite veterans (Michael Stipe, Marianne Faithfull), original Gainsbourgian chanteuses (Jane Birkin, Françoise Hardy), and Jack White’s boo (Karen Elson) have teamed up to pay tribute to the perpetually unshaven songsmith on the forthcoming covers comp Monsieur Gainsbourg Revisited, due out next month.
01 Franz Ferdinand and Jane Birkin: “A Song for Sorry Angel”
02 Cat Power and Karen Elson: “I Love You (Me Either)”
03 Jarvis Cocker and Kid Loco: “I Just Came to Tell You That I’m Going”
04 Portishead: “Requiem for Anna”
05 Faultline, Brian Molko, and Françoise Hardy: “Requiem For A Jerk”
06 Michael Stipe: “L’Hôtel”
07 Tricky: “Au Revoir Emmanuelle”
08 Marianne Faithfull and Sly and Robbie: “Lola R. For Ever”
09 Gonzales, Feist, and Dani: “Boomerang 2005″
10 Marc Almond and Trash Palace: “Boy Toy”
11 Placebo: “The Ballad of Melody Nelson”
12 The Rakes: “Just a Man With a Job”
13 The Kills: “I Call It Art”
14 Carla Bruni: “Those Little Things”
This album comes out February 27th.
cool.
mmm i heard about that…can’t wait.
although, half the songs i like aren’t on it.
probably for the better.
Lydia:
I want to hear samples of the songs. Especially, the portishead one.
The Ballad of Mellody Nelson is on the Placebo Cover Album. I wonder if they did anything different with it for this complilation.
Jilly:
I’d also like to hear some samples. Jarvis Cocker especially. And, of course, Jane Birkin et Francoise Hardy.
Has anyone heard Karen Elson sing before? Should be interesting.
foutini:
you can dowload the karen Elson/Cat Power version of ‘ i love you (me either)’ from here, she’s a little mazzy star-like i suppose.
http://www.themodernage.org/2006/02/16/karen-elson-for-woman-of-the-year/
kallmitri:
it’s not too bad. i don’t get mazzy star out of it. Although Karen’s voice does have a slight familiarity to it, but im not sure whose it might resemble. eh.