TS- Cover Tunes: Vanessa Carlton "Where The Streets Have No Name" vs U2 "Neon Lights"

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U2 ramps into the old Kraftwerk track up nicely. Carlton crashes and burns as she did on that other cover tune gave us on her debut.

― Ric C Stone, Sunday, 24 October 2004 23:13 (twenty-one years ago)

augh!

― Grell (Grell), Monday, 25 October 2004 00:55 (twenty-one years ago)

Did V.Carlton really cover this? Jesus. There oughta be a law.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 25 October 2004 01:45 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah, I just heard it last night when I was giving her new record the once-over. It's freakishly dreadful.

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Monday, 25 October 2004 03:24 (twenty-one years ago)

i'm kinda morbidly curious as to how U2 handles kraftwerk -- could it actually be WORSE than simple minds' version?

seriously, i cannot think of a LESS appropriate band to cover ANY kraftwerk song than U2 (other than, maybe, cradle of filth or nelly).

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Monday, 25 October 2004 03:44 (twenty-one years ago)

Vanessa's cover is funny. I beat U2's "Neon Lights" isn't funny. VANESSA WINS.

― edward o (edwardo), Monday, 25 October 2004 05:45 (twenty-one years ago)

Vanessa also categorically proves the Pet Shop Boys correct when they said that "Where The Streets Have No Name" is basically a disco song, not a rock song, and thus her attempts to de-rock-ify it don't work because it WAS NOT A ROCK SONG TO BEGIN WITH. Hahaha. Etc.

― edward o (edwardo), Monday, 25 October 2004 05:49 (twenty-one years ago)

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