There are a bunch of exclusive perks only for patrons: playlists, newsletters, downloads, discussions, polls - hell, tell us what song you would like to hear covered and we will make it happen. Cover Me is now on Patreon! If you love cover songs, we hope you will consider supporting us there with a small monthly subscription. Listen to their “Girl in Amber” below, as well as – speaking of surprising collaborations – the song the Lips did with Cave himself a few years ago.Ĭheck out many more great Nick Cave covers here. Nell shows a remarkable understanding of the song, a sense of dispassion that is both beautiful and chilling. I always found it difficult to step away from this particular song and sing it with its necessary remove, just got so twisted up in the words, I guess. The group will perform the album in its entirety during these performances, which will take place in Edinburgh, Scotland, as well as Manchester and London, England in early September. This version of Girl in Amber is just lovely, I was going to say Nell Smith inhabits the song, but that’s wrong, rather she vacates the song, in a way that I could never do. The Flaming Lips have announced a small run of UK tour dates commemorating the 20th anniversary of their 1999 LP The Soft Bulletin, as NME points out. I have a whole lot of time for The Flaming Lips - really like a lot of their stuff, have been an admirer since watching them play most evenings on the Lollapalooza Festival tour in ’94, maybe even sang with them there, and wrote a song for one of their records. I didn’t know about this project, so thank you for alerting me to it. Update: Cave himself just commented on the song in his newsletter The Red Hand files: It was cool to listen and learn about Nick Cave and pick the songs we wanted to record.” I hadn’t heard of Nick Cave but Wayne suggested that we should start with an album of his cover versions, and then look at recording some of my own songs later. Smith said, “I still really can’t believe it, it was hard to get through all the songs but Wayne was so encouraging when I was struggling with a few of them that I kept going. It was a great way to connect with her and help harness her cool attitude to making music.” With Nell we could see she is on a journey and thought it would be fun to join her for a while and see if we could get things going. And, from the sounds of lead single “Girl in Amber,” it could actually be pretty great (something you can’t always say about these gimmicky Flaming Lips projects).Ĭoyne said in a statement, “It is always great to meet excited, young creative people. Their Cave covers album, Where the Viaduct Looms, comes out October 25. The 13-year old in question is Nell Smith, a Flaming Lips superfan who met frontman Wayne Coyne at a show. And, in the newest incarnation, they’re releasing a Nick Cave tribute record…fronted by a 13-year old. Coyne formed The Flaming Lips in 1983 and is the lead singer, guitarist, theremin player and songwriter for The Flaming Lips. They’ve covered Dark Side of the Moon…with Henry Rollins and some band called Stardeath and White Dwarfs. Wayne Coyne was born on Januin Norman, Oklahoma, USA. They’ve covered “A Day in the Life”…with Miley Cyrus. The Flaming Lips’ covers projects often come with weird twists.
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