John Lennon gets covered for Amnesty International by today's hot rockers or something

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So I just got this in my e-mail:

Make Some Noise for human rights with The Black Eyed Peas, Avril Lavigne, and The Cure performing the music of John Lennon!

Celebrate International Human Rights Day by being part of the global launch of Make Some Noise, Amnesty International’s new global campaign that is a mix of music and activism. Today sees the release of four new versions of iconic John Lennon songs: the Black Eyed Peas’ rousing take on "Power to the People," The Cure’s interpretation of "Love," Snow Patrol’s recording of "Isolation," and "Grow Old With Me," performed by The Postal Service. Download all four exclusive singles now at www.amnesty.org/noise!

More John Lennon songs covered by top artists, including Avril Lavigne, will follow in early 2006.

Hmm.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 10 December 2005 22:14 (twenty years ago)

I'm fine with the Cure song, of course. I say this without actually having heard it yet.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 10 December 2005 22:16 (twenty years ago)

Amnesty International: "Avril, we'd like you to record a John Lennon song for a new benefit we're working on."
Avril Lavigne: "Who is he?"

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Saturday, 10 December 2005 22:17 (twenty years ago)

*crickets*

― Tantrum The Cat (Tantrum The Cat), Saturday, 10 December 2005 22:33 (twenty years ago)

Hehehe

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 10 December 2005 22:34 (twenty years ago)

I'm fine with the Cure song, of course. I say this without actually having heard it yet.

I can totally imagine a feedback-drenched shoegazey Cure version of "Love".

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Saturday, 10 December 2005 22:46 (twenty years ago)

Guys, guys, guys:

the Black Eyed Peas’ rousing take on "Power to the People"

― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Saturday, 10 December 2005 23:17 (twenty years ago)

I am studiously ignoring that.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 10 December 2005 23:18 (twenty years ago)

I misread this as

the Black Eyed Peas' RUINOUS take on "Power to the People"

which is perhaps an appropriate malapropism.

― Tony Bleach (blackshoeswhitesocks), Saturday, 10 December 2005 23:22 (twenty years ago)

There's no way in hell I'm buying this, but the video on the site has several seconds' worth of the track. Sad to report that it sounds, if not "rousing," mostly karaoke-innocuous.

― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Saturday, 10 December 2005 23:23 (twenty years ago)

I note further that in the US they're selling this through Microsoft and their useless WMA format. So fuck that.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 10 December 2005 23:29 (twenty years ago)

Avril Lavigne doing John Lennon. Please god. No.

― Vinegar and Artichoke Hearts (Bimble...), Saturday, 10 December 2005 23:33 (twenty years ago)

Well, she's already covered Bob Dylan ("Knocking On Heaven's Door," of course) and we're all still alive.

― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Saturday, 10 December 2005 23:35 (twenty years ago)

i like her version of that.

― thorstein veblen (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 11 December 2005 20:36 (twenty years ago)

BARDO POND.

― Obsessing over the unobtainable and nonexistent. (Leee), Sunday, 11 December 2005 20:44 (twenty years ago)

Amnesty International: "Avril, we'd like you to record a John Lennon song for a new benefit we're working on."
Avril Lavigne: "Who is he?"

This is how I imagined it going down...

Amnesty International: "Avril, we'd like you to record a tribute to John Lennon?"
Avril Lavigne: Who?
Amnesty International: You know, uh...John Lennon!
Avril: Oh yeah! I loved that famous comedy John Lennon did with that girl from Halloween's dad and that blonde actress who died and how that actress got that Ethan John tribute when she died. Sure, I'd love to do a similar tribute for her co-star John Lennon. What a great idea, Amnesty International!

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And so the worst tribute song ever was conceived.

― Cunga (Cunga), Monday, 12 December 2005 07:35 (twenty years ago)

*feedback*

― Tantrum The Cat (Tantrum The Cat), Monday, 12 December 2005 21:43 (twenty years ago)

You people nothing about music or anything.

God, what a bunch of sorry losers.

― You peple know nothing, Monday, 12 December 2005 22:08 (twenty years ago)

That is no way to talk to peple.

― Mugged Outside the Jabberjaw, 1993 (Bent Over at the Arclight), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 00:07 (twenty years ago)

you people know nothing OTM

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 00:29 (twenty years ago)

The Black Eyed Peas take has roused me to make a donation of whatever size it takes to incent Amnesty to keep this album from being released.

― Mitya (mitya), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 02:14 (twenty years ago)

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