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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.
Time to wrap up "Anotha' Cova' Novemba'," our month-long theme featuring alternate covers of songs previously presented here or an additional cover from an artist we've already spotlighted.
Today's cover came out a few months ago, one year and eleven days after I'd written about a Throwback version of the track as done by the late Peter Burns of Dead or Alive. And to be honest, even with the involvement of its atypical film star, this new version doesn't really have quite as interesting a story behind it as that cover, but it unquestionably has an incomparable sound!:
PIG w/ Sasha Grey - That's the Way (I Like It) (KC and the Sunshine Band)
PIG, an industrial post-rock project conceived by Raymond Watts, released That's the Way (I Like It) as a EP single at the end of August. The song was done in duet with author, DJ, model, and porn star Sacha Grey, whose work in music has primarily been in the house and EDM spectrum. In an interview before the single's release, Watts described both this cover and current world conditions as, "People with big smiles peddling bad shit, waving a lot of flags and banners… something dark and death-like in the disco." He continued, "Under the seemingly glitzy, ‘good time’ vibes, it seemed to resonate with what’s going on around us at the moment.”
Watts praised Grey as "a total joy to work with,” with "an intuitive understanding, a great sense of humour and great delivery." Leaning into the star power of Grey and her fan base, PIG initially premiered the "not safe for work" black and white video for the track on PornHub, though by the standards one might expect of that platform, the clip is honestly pretty tame in contrast.
As far as his motivation for the song, it wasn't one he'd even thought of while when he was considering covers he might take on until his girlfriend recommended it. He said what he heard in the lyrics "wasn’t smutty or titillatingly suggestive but much darker and a little bit threatening" and his intent was "to bring a darker more sinister overtone and texture to what seems to be an initially ‘upbeat’ song."
And his downtempo approach is dark and menacing, emoting far more grimy, sleazy, and dirty imagery than that which the seventy's disco era might conjure, strutting like a pimp on the prowl, a lurid siren's call to the baser instincts of the dance-floor. If you're having a good time with it, Watts suggests that maybe that good time is "not as it seems, possibly a reflection on the current situation we see when looking around at what is happening today in the world. Who is it telling us that everything is better than we could possibly imagine and we are drowning in delusions and force fed lies? But whose lies? Which side of the mirror is looking through a broken lens?" Perhaps, in that respect, things aren't quite "the way we like it." :
The Cover:
The Original:
Find on Previous Entry Here
Next week:
What would seem to be a reclusive darkwave project takes on post-punk icons with their recent take on a track inspired by the struggles of someone with a disorder that legitimately renders those it afflicts without any capacity for self control.
Feel free to tell me what you think about today's cover! Comments, suggestions, discussions, etc... welcome!
(You do NOT need a Dreamwidth account to comment, but all comments are screened for spam prevention.)
Explore the darkness,
-Xero
Previous DisCOVERies
Nov 18 - Andi Sex Gang - Broken English (Marianne Faithfull)
Nov 11 - Strvngers - Closer (Nine Inch Nails)
Nov 04 - Ayria - Invincible(Pat Benatar)
Oct 28 - NoBunny - Monster (Fred Schneider)
Oct 21 - Pouppée Fabrikk - I Want Candy (The Strangeloves)
. 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.
Time to wrap up "Anotha' Cova' Novemba'," our month-long theme featuring alternate covers of songs previously presented here or an additional cover from an artist we've already spotlighted.
Today's cover came out a few months ago, one year and eleven days after I'd written about a Throwback version of the track as done by the late Peter Burns of Dead or Alive. And to be honest, even with the involvement of its atypical film star, this new version doesn't really have quite as interesting a story behind it as that cover, but it unquestionably has an incomparable sound!:
PIG w/ Sasha Grey - That's the Way (I Like It) (KC and the Sunshine Band)
PIG, an industrial post-rock project conceived by Raymond Watts, released That's the Way (I Like It) as a EP single at the end of August. The song was done in duet with author, DJ, model, and porn star Sacha Grey, whose work in music has primarily been in the house and EDM spectrum. In an interview before the single's release, Watts described both this cover and current world conditions as, "People with big smiles peddling bad shit, waving a lot of flags and banners… something dark and death-like in the disco." He continued, "Under the seemingly glitzy, ‘good time’ vibes, it seemed to resonate with what’s going on around us at the moment.”
Watts praised Grey as "a total joy to work with,” with "an intuitive understanding, a great sense of humour and great delivery." Leaning into the star power of Grey and her fan base, PIG initially premiered the "not safe for work" black and white video for the track on PornHub, though by the standards one might expect of that platform, the clip is honestly pretty tame in contrast.
As far as his motivation for the song, it wasn't one he'd even thought of while when he was considering covers he might take on until his girlfriend recommended it. He said what he heard in the lyrics "wasn’t smutty or titillatingly suggestive but much darker and a little bit threatening" and his intent was "to bring a darker more sinister overtone and texture to what seems to be an initially ‘upbeat’ song."
And his downtempo approach is dark and menacing, emoting far more grimy, sleazy, and dirty imagery than that which the seventy's disco era might conjure, strutting like a pimp on the prowl, a lurid siren's call to the baser instincts of the dance-floor. If you're having a good time with it, Watts suggests that maybe that good time is "not as it seems, possibly a reflection on the current situation we see when looking around at what is happening today in the world. Who is it telling us that everything is better than we could possibly imagine and we are drowning in delusions and force fed lies? But whose lies? Which side of the mirror is looking through a broken lens?" Perhaps, in that respect, things aren't quite "the way we like it." :
The Cover:
The Original:
Find on Previous Entry Here
Next week:
What would seem to be a reclusive darkwave project takes on post-punk icons with their recent take on a track inspired by the struggles of someone with a disorder that legitimately renders those it afflicts without any capacity for self control.
Feel free to tell me what you think about today's cover! Comments, suggestions, discussions, etc... welcome!
(You do NOT need a Dreamwidth account to comment, but all comments are screened for spam prevention.)
Explore the darkness,
-Xero
Previous DisCOVERies
Nov 18 - Andi Sex Gang - Broken English (Marianne Faithfull)
Nov 11 - Strvngers - Closer (Nine Inch Nails)
Nov 04 - Ayria - Invincible(Pat Benatar)
Oct 28 - NoBunny - Monster (Fred Schneider)
Oct 21 - Pouppée Fabrikk - I Want Candy (The Strangeloves)
. Directory of All Previous DisCOVERies .