Let the Royalties Roll In...
Hey, I've been covered! The classic Mid-'90s music nerd romantic angst nugget by My Legendary Girlfriend (US) gets the studio treatment by snarky, nasally NYC punks The Behoovers:
MP3: The Behoovers - Mix Tapes for Girls
Apparently the Behoovers' new album, Boca Raton, has been out since December but the band just sent me a copy of the CD today. You can buy it at Amazon.
It's a pretty straight-up reading of the song with some cool little electronic touches that I might have done if I'd had better equipment. And it features a better guitar solo (though I still like the one-note Neil Young style one I put to it). Compare and contrast:
MP3: My Legendary Girlfriend - Mix Tapes for Girls
If you're dying to hear more of MLG, there's this old post. The Behoovers' front man, Jon, was my first boss in NYC and the little 8-track reel-to-reel studio in the office was where I recorded it.
The Behoovers play Matchless in Greenpoint on March 1st with Wormburner.
What was the band the Jon was in before that? They did a song I'm moving to Seattle, or something to that effect. Was it the Cogs?
Posted by: toby | Tuesday, February 12, 2008 at 12:31 AM
That's right, The Cogs. "Moving to Seattle" was a single, recorded in the same studio as "Mix Tapes for Girls."
Posted by: bill p | Tuesday, February 12, 2008 at 12:35 AM
That's a damn good cover, especially the little beep and bloops. Of course, it doesn't hold a candle to the original.
Posted by: steve | Tuesday, February 12, 2008 at 01:29 PM
What ARE those bleeps and bloops?
Very cool song..conjures images of stressing out over the tape running out of space and desperately searching for that song that comes in under 1:43
Posted by: Johnny Royale | Saturday, February 16, 2008 at 11:56 AM