In Praise of: KLONHERTZ "Three Girl Rhumba"

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It's some guy named Klonhertz who did a straight up tech house cover of the Wire song... surprisingly, his/their/its vocal rendition sounds VERY Colin Newman.. almost to the point where you think it's a Newman a cappella. And, well, the version slams and makes me shake with joy. What else can I say?

― donut bitch (donut), Wednesday, 2 June 2004 22:14 (twenty-one years ago)

Matthew P. put it up a couple of weeks ago. It rocks mightily. Course, Colin Newman ain't exactly the hardest impersonation in the world...

― noodle vague (noodle vague), Wednesday, 2 June 2004 22:20 (twenty-one years ago)

It certainly sounds like they just sampled the original and added beats.

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Wednesday, 2 June 2004 22:22 (twenty-one years ago)

There was a station promo for a commercial television station here where a cover of 'Three Girl Rhumba' was the backing music. It sounded just like the original but cleaner, with less feeling and different percussion. It was shite.

If I find out that it was by Klonhertz, I fucking hate anyone who likes it.

Y'all.

― Sasha (sgh), Thursday, 3 June 2004 04:15 (twenty-one years ago)

There's a good and quite bizarre remix of the Klonhertz version (will check its name a bit later) which tries on bits of garage rock and Superpitcher for added neurosis.

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Thursday, 3 June 2004 04:16 (twenty-one years ago)

Sasha, I think it is the Klonhertz version, but I've only seen that ad once.

― edward o (edwardo), Thursday, 3 June 2004 04:19 (twenty-one years ago)

Tim, that may be the Play Paul remix.

Either way, they got my props.

― Crickets Dance On Tequila Booty (Barima), Thursday, 3 June 2004 09:36 (twenty-one years ago)

I really liked it when I first heard it, but then went back to listen to the orginal and realized that it didn't really add anything.

― Baaderoni (Fabfunk), Thursday, 3 June 2004 12:01 (twenty-one years ago)

You gotta love the sticker on the single that exclaims "featuring the riff first heard in CONNECTION by ELASTICA" or some such

― kit brash (kit brash), Thursday, 3 June 2004 15:22 (twenty-one years ago)

it is Colin Newman ...

― coco, Thursday, 3 June 2004 17:36 (twenty-one years ago)

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