You know the drill: Warchild covers album, good cause, fear of: PICK the one that fills you with DREAD!!!

Hmm, Hot Chip doing Joy Division might be damn good!

The Tingtings doing Sheena, surely that's tingproof, and Alice might well dig it.

OK, here goes....

OMG!! THE KOOKS ARE GOING TO SLAUGHTER VICTORIA BY THE KINKS!!!

lily allen doing straight to hell because it was sampled by M.I.A. presumably. Guh.

‘War Child: Heroes’ is an unprecedented collaboration between music’s most heralded legends and the finest current artists.

We asked 15 ultimate icons to select a favourite song from their classic back catalogue and to nominate the new act they most trust to create a unique interpretation of that hand-picked track.

..OK, who smells bullshit here?

The Tingtings doing Sheena, surely that's tingproof, and Alice might well dig it.

OK, apologies here, misread the Yeahs*3 as being the Tings. How did that happen?

oh, and I've nackred the Pink one.

Hmm, should I restart this?

I can dig Rufus, but "Wonderful" seems an awfully frail song for his OTT delivery.

I expect good things from the Scissors Scisters, re: Do the Strand.

Plus also TV on the Radio + Heroes, how could that not be excellent?

yeah that sounds awesome

true, the two mentioned.

OK, here's the deal: You vote for Rufus Or Pink, and sayso here...

The Like are still together !?
Gosh.

lol you should start this over

Plus also TV on the Radio + Heroes, how could that not be excellent?

― Calling All Creeps! (contenderizer), Tuesday, January 20, 2009 1:10 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Seriously, that sounds fucking incredible.

We asked 15 ultimate icons to select a favourite song from their classic back catalogue and to nominate the new act they most trust to create a unique interpretation of that hand-picked track.

Lily Allen (The Clash: Straight To Hell)
Lily Allen (The Clash: Straight To Hell)
Lily Allen (The Clash: Straight To Hell)
Lily Allen (The Clash: Straight To Hell)
Lily Allen (The Clash: Straight To Hell)
Lily Allen (The Clash: Straight To Hell)
Lily Allen (The Clash: Straight To Hell)
Lily Allen (The Clash: Straight To Hell)

We asked 15 ultimate icons to select a favourite song from their classic back catalogue and to nominate the new act they most trust to create a unique interpretation of that hand-picked track.

I do not want to hear Lily Allen doing Straight To Hell. Sorry. I just don't.

lies

GET YER DRRESS ON GIRL AND FIX YER HAIR UP PRETTAY

ha.

I'm not starting the poll over, it's more a discussion point with added pollage...

lily allen doing straight to hell because it was sampled by M.I.A. presumably. Guh.

― Women can be captains too, you know? (jim), Tuesday, 20 January 2009 17:32 (3 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Mick Jones from The Clash is her godfather.

The US version of this features a bonus track of L Cohen being covered by trusted new artist L Cohen's son.

How much money does a compilation like this raise?

most of the original songs on this are kinda dire. i'm no lily allen defender but if anything she might make the clash a bit better

Elbow (U2: Running To Stand Still)

this is the only one that fills me with dread; I don't know what is Elbow is but the original song is so close to ridiculous already that I can't see how a cover could avoid it.

this is the only one that fills me with dread; I don't know what is Elbow is but the original song is so close to ridiculous already that I can't see how a cover could avoid it.

Do you know what is arse?

It's a toss-up between hot chip and estelle. Superstition is pretty untouchable.

I read in Mojo that the Ting Tings were offered "Once in a lifetime" by David Byrne, but turned it down as they reckoned they'd just ruin it.

You can hear the Hot Chip version of Transmission here. The Lily Allen cover is on the War Child website fwiw

Ting Tings were offered "Once in a lifetime" by David Byrne, but turned it down as they reckoned they'd just ruin it.

Wisdom.

I've listened to Lily's version of "Straight to Hell," and it sounds an awful lot like Mick Jones is doing bg vocals on there.

Duffy doing "Live and Let Die" is the one that scares the hell outta me.

Duffy doing "Live And Let Die" and Kooks doing "Victoria" pretty much tied for me as far as potential awfullness goes. Voted Kooks cuz they're slaughtering a better original.

You have the Kinks. You have the Fall.

Why, lord?

I like the steel drums (at least in theory), but Hot Chip's Transmission is dire.

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

Saturday/Sunday's Independent CD freebies:

Full tracklisting of 'From Help to Heroes’:

01. Hot Chip – Transmission
02. The Kooks – Victoria
03. Blur – Eine Kleine Lift Muzik
04. New Order – Vietnam
05. Radiohead – I Want None Of This
06. Beth Orton – Ooh Child
07. Coldplay – How You See The World
08. Paul McCartney – Calico Skies
09. Muse – House Of The Rising Sun
10. Gorillaz – Hong Kong

CD 2
01. Estelle – Superstition
02. Hard-Fi – Help Me Please
03. Massive Attack – Fake The Aroma
04. Faithless & Dido – Dub Be Good To Me
05. Orbital – Adnans
06. Magic Numbers – Gone Are These Days
07. Starsailor – All Or Nothing
08. Manic Street Preachers – Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head
09. Damien Rice – Cross Eyed Bear
10. One World Orchestra – The Magnificent

.. and The Kooks one is the correct winner here.

Upon actually listening to it:

The worst is probably Duffy doing "Straight To Hell"

The best track, oddly enough, is Peaches doing Iggy, easily.

(yr worst track does not exist...)

Lily & Mick doing "Straight To Hell" is one of the better ones IMHO. Duufy's "Live & Let Die" is all build and no release - doesn't work at all - if I want to hear it covered I'll stick the Foo Fighters.

I agree with Mike TD, I find myself softening to Lily Allen. The Like is surprisingly good, Estelle OK and the Scissors Sisters fine. TV on the Radio is the most disappointing. I find it hard to get worked up about Duffy but was pleased by Peaches and satisfied if not overwhelmed by the Hold Steady.