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seedarklyxeroWelcome to SeeDarkly Sunday DisCOVERies:
a weekly exploration of goth, industrial, & dark alternative cover songs!
First time here? Click here for details from first entry.
It's another Third Sunday Throwback, where the cover in question comes to us from the 20th century! It was reported last week that there are plans to turn a certain 80's vampire film into a television series. Can't say it's a great idea, but I can say the original movie has a fantastic soundtrack and this cover is one of its highlights:
Echo and the Bunnymen - People Are Strange (The Doors)
The Doors released both their second album, Strange Days, and its first single, People Are Strange in September 1967. The track was written by Jim Morrison and Robby Krieger while atop Laurel Canyon overlooking Los Angeles. It's been suggested that Morrison was suffering a severe state of depression and composing this track lifted him from his despair. The lyrics imply a certain feeling about being part of the counter-culture of that era but also speaks in timeless terms on the nature of being an outsider. The song went on to some success though not quite that of their previous number one single, Light My Fire.
In late July 1987, The Lost Boys film and motion picture soundtrack were released. As one of four covers done for the album, new wave post-punkers Echo and the Bunnymen contributed their version of People Are Strange with production actually handled by keyboardist Ray Manzarek of The Doors. The song was used at the beginning of the film during the opening credits that depict the fictional Californian town of Santa Carla. The band released the track as a single in February 1988, including three other previously released covers they'd recorded live in 1985 while in Sweden. Their rendition of Strange is cleaner, more comparatively modern, and an additional minute in length. It's faithful to the original in most respects, given the distinctions between the vocal styles of Morrison and Ian McCulloch.
Echo & the Bunnymen kick off a North American tour next month. Meanwhile, if the plans to create a TV series out of the film get past the development stages (which reportedly indicate the show is to span 70 years over the course of seven seasons beginning during the Summer of Love, prior to release of the original track) and on air, we can only hope that, if they revisit or recreate any of its soundtrack, they do this track proper justice.
The Cover:
The Original:
Next week:
Since this week's entry also falls into the "familiar" category that I made recently a sub-feature of Fourth Sundays, I will instead present something far less familiar as part of two upcoming features that will debate "appropriation" versus "appreciation."
Comments, suggestions, discussions, etc... welcome!
I spin again in September. Keep an eye on my schedule for details and feel free to join me at any upcoming event if you're able. ^_^
Explore the darkness,
-Xero
Previous DisCOVERies
Aug 14 - Noblesse Oblige - Hotel California (Eagles)
Aug 07 - Combichrist - Gonna Make You Sweat (C+C Music Factory)
July 31 - Bella Morte - Never Let Me Down Again (Depeche Mode)
July 24 - Zeromancer - Send Me An Angel (Real Life)
July 17 - Nine Inch Nails - Get Down Make Love (Queen)
Directory of All Previous DisCOVERies
a weekly exploration of goth, industrial, & dark alternative cover songs!
First time here? Click here for details from first entry.
It's another Third Sunday Throwback, where the cover in question comes to us from the 20th century! It was reported last week that there are plans to turn a certain 80's vampire film into a television series. Can't say it's a great idea, but I can say the original movie has a fantastic soundtrack and this cover is one of its highlights:
Echo and the Bunnymen - People Are Strange (The Doors)
The Doors released both their second album, Strange Days, and its first single, People Are Strange in September 1967. The track was written by Jim Morrison and Robby Krieger while atop Laurel Canyon overlooking Los Angeles. It's been suggested that Morrison was suffering a severe state of depression and composing this track lifted him from his despair. The lyrics imply a certain feeling about being part of the counter-culture of that era but also speaks in timeless terms on the nature of being an outsider. The song went on to some success though not quite that of their previous number one single, Light My Fire.
In late July 1987, The Lost Boys film and motion picture soundtrack were released. As one of four covers done for the album, new wave post-punkers Echo and the Bunnymen contributed their version of People Are Strange with production actually handled by keyboardist Ray Manzarek of The Doors. The song was used at the beginning of the film during the opening credits that depict the fictional Californian town of Santa Carla. The band released the track as a single in February 1988, including three other previously released covers they'd recorded live in 1985 while in Sweden. Their rendition of Strange is cleaner, more comparatively modern, and an additional minute in length. It's faithful to the original in most respects, given the distinctions between the vocal styles of Morrison and Ian McCulloch.
Echo & the Bunnymen kick off a North American tour next month. Meanwhile, if the plans to create a TV series out of the film get past the development stages (which reportedly indicate the show is to span 70 years over the course of seven seasons beginning during the Summer of Love, prior to release of the original track) and on air, we can only hope that, if they revisit or recreate any of its soundtrack, they do this track proper justice.
The Cover:
The Original:
Next week:
Since this week's entry also falls into the "familiar" category that I made recently a sub-feature of Fourth Sundays, I will instead present something far less familiar as part of two upcoming features that will debate "appropriation" versus "appreciation."
Comments, suggestions, discussions, etc... welcome!
I spin again in September. Keep an eye on my schedule for details and feel free to join me at any upcoming event if you're able. ^_^
Explore the darkness,
-Xero
Previous DisCOVERies
Aug 14 - Noblesse Oblige - Hotel California (Eagles)
Aug 07 - Combichrist - Gonna Make You Sweat (C+C Music Factory)
July 31 - Bella Morte - Never Let Me Down Again (Depeche Mode)
July 24 - Zeromancer - Send Me An Angel (Real Life)
July 17 - Nine Inch Nails - Get Down Make Love (Queen)
Directory of All Previous DisCOVERies