Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Jive talking.

I've just returned from a foreign holiday, where I was privileged to hear, among other Euro-pop nonsense, a cover version of Jive Bunny and The Mixmasters' That's What I Like, which, as readers of a certain vintage may recall, consisted of hits by Chubby Checker, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis and Chris Montez given the then-fashionable MARRS treatment (i.e. sampled, scratched, mixed and collaged).

The cover version was clearly played by a band (rather than sampling the original records); they even sang in cod-English with a Spanish accent. All of the stuttering bits of Jive Bunny's original were kept intact.

One question. Why?

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Did ye no hear anything that you liked ya grumbler?

Irk The Purists said...

Well, you can't beat a day on the beach with My Bloody Valentine as your soundtrack. Sadly this was courtesy of an mp3 player rather than French radio.