Jonathan Coulton has just released Re: Vos Cerveaux, one of his extant hits, redone in French. Why? Je ne sais pas.
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As if there were any doubts that the Eagles had become anything but unprincipled whores, I just found out today that their forthcoming album will be sold only at Wal-Mart.
And speaking of hokey crap from the 70s, here’s the (not hokey) Paul and Storm with If James Taylor Were On Fire, from their new album “Gumbo Pants“.
Bold Headed Broadcast, a podcast, brings us Massive, Tangled Up Tubes, a thumping remix of the incoherent technological beliefs of Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK).
(More on the esteemed Senator’s remarks over at Bray New World.)
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Ever wonder what it would sound like if the Bee Gees covered a Pixies song? Or maybe Prince? Or even Frank Sinatra?
Wonder no longer, thanks to Matthew’s Celebrity Pixies Tribute.
Some of these work better than others, but I’ll be damned if Hey as performed by Prince isn’t a frightfully good Prince impression, and River Euphrates as performed by Tina Turner is one of the coolest things ever.
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Does Al really need any introduction?
He’s got a new album forthcoming, but in the meantime has released You’re Pitiful for your listening pleasure.
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Those of you lamenting the “permanent hiatus” status of Da Vinci’s Notebook will be pleased to discover that half the group live on as Paul and Storm.
They’ve got dozens of clips on their Sounds page, including A Better Version of You, Those Enron Boys, Randy Newman’s ‘Theme from Brokeback Mountain’, and their rejected jingle for Depends.
Via the Huffington Post comes I’m the Decider.
I know nothing else about this artist. Sad, really.
Jonathan Coulton got a lot of buzz (and a link from us) for his great cover of “Baby Got Back”. But he’s got more than a dozen other songs – originals, I mean – on his Songs page.
My favorites are the political mash-up W’s Duty, his ode to Ikea, and the character sketch Skullcrusher Mountain.
(Thanks to Mur for the pointer!)
Jill Sobule, who I’ve already mentioned before, has written a dandy little song for the Huffington Post, Dick and Harry, which she had Robin Eaton sing “since I thought it had to be more manly”.
HuffPo has the lyrics as well.
RX – or the Party Party; I’m not sure which is the preferred moniker, and I’m only guessing it’s a plural – take political speech and remix it into tunes, usually to spoof those in power.
Their site has a big ol’ list of tunes, but given recent events, I’m emphasizing Dick Is A Killer.
(Lyrics very NSFW.)