Scooter vs. Iron and Wine
Ian spotted this story at the Beeb:
German techno group Scooter have knocked Madonna off the number one spot in the UK album chart. ‘Jumping All Over the World’, the group’s first UK album since 2002, went straight in as a new entry.
6AM! In the Morning!! Time for SCOOTER!!!
If you ask me, that’s unsurprising, considering it contains possibly the oddest cover concept of recent years, namely Scooter covering The Sisters of Mercy’s ‘Marian’:
Very odd. Quite pedestrian, and breaks into depressed-sounding German halfway through… wtf.
Hey! In other news, it’s week of gigs! A huge gang of us went to see Iron and Wine at the Olympia on Sunday, highlight of which was an electrifying encore of “Resurrection Fern”:
Iron and Wine - Resurrection Fern
The hair was standing on the back of my neck. Fantastic.
After the gig, we retired to the Oak around the corner for a couple of post-gig pints. One of our friends spotted the band wandering past, leapt out, and bodily dragged them into the bar, diverting them from their bus for the next gig in Glasgow.
All credit to The Dude, with his amazing collection of 100 tiny percussion instruments. My favourite was the 5 tiny bells, I think. Mrs. Undersea in particular was a massive fan.
Tonight’s Yeasayer at Whelan’s. Should be good….
May 13th, 2008 at 11:37 pm
The original of Marian breaks into German half-way through as well.
My impression of that cover is that it is Scooter revealing their secret goth past shame. There always was a strange place where goth, industrial, and dance music overlapped, and Scooter are paying tribute to it. Scooter are weird… one thing I’ve started noticing about them is how muso-ey they are.
May 14th, 2008 at 10:42 am
‘one thing I’ve started noticing about them’ — what, have you been giving this a lot of analysis?
Maybe after so many years on the nosebleed gabba hardcore circuit, they’ve honed their craft and now take the music seriously. god I hope not.
May 14th, 2008 at 9:44 pm
I’ve done a lot of thinking about SCOOTER over the years. Listening to the greatest hits compilation and the most recent album, the endless referencing of other tunes is really striking, evidencing a playful plunderphonic approach to music and a willingness to pull in music you would not expect hardcore ghettoists to even know existed. SIBERIA!