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seedarklyxeroWelcome to SeeDarkly Sunday DisCOVERies:
a weekly exploration of goth, industrial, & dark alternative cover songs!
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Sometimes when I'm planning one of these blogs a happy coincidence occurs making the timing all the more relevant than I knew at first. Such is the case today since I discovered this cover of a late eighties dark shoegazer was officially released by our featured synthpop act on their latest album this past Friday, four years after they originally shared it on the internet!:
Iris – I Wanna Be Adored (The Stone Roses)
Indie-alternative rockers The Stone Roses released their self-titled debut album in May 1989. I Wanna Be Adored was one of their most successful singles released from the LP.
Lead singer and songwriter Ian Brown said in an interview that he "didn't actually want people to adore me. I was trying to say then, if you want to be adored, it's like a sin, like lust or gluttony or something like that." He had stated elsewhere that the song's focus was on those who want to be and would do anything to be idolized. Brown himself has noted that he is not actually "religious" in the ways that scriptures would regard such as a "sin," but his belief in "a higher force" and "the human spirit" clarify that particular value to some extent.
I Wanna Be Adored has been featured in the films Welcome to Sarajevo and Green Street and on episodes of American Horror Story and Chambers. The song has been covered over a dozen times. Some of the artists who have done versions include A Sky Jet Black, Monsters Are Waiting, The Raveonettes, King Woman, Mother Medusa and Black Pill.
The Texan synthpop band Iris first debuted their version of I Wanna Be Adored in July 2015 as the final song of their live performance at the Terminus Festival in Alberta, Canada. They shared a studio recording of the track on Soundcloud that August and it's possible it was available then for a brief time for download. They've said very little about it except that they rarely do covers (one of their previous covers is of Seven Red Seven's You're The Answer) and this one is "a bit different than our normal fare, but perhaps Ian Brown will forgive us." (Somewhat of an ironic statement given Iris was originally known as "Forgiving Iris.") Iris has just released their sixth album, titled Six, this weekend and have included I Wanna Be Adored on the deluxe "Luxus" edition.
Their version is more electronic, as you might expect, with a more resonant bassy texture.
The Cover:
The Original:
Next week:
Labor Day weekend... as wearing white is considered anathema to all beings goths, so too is pop music, at least generally. However, I'm kicking around an idea to present several "pop" songs or artists in September that fall into a spectrum darker than your average mainstream fare. Maybe I'll only do one or two. Check in next week and see if I managed to find my muse for that one.
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 reply below, but all replies are screened for spam prevention.
(And if, after 4 years and 226 weekly entries, you find this blog of any value, please click over to my profile and find out how you can leave us a tip if you like.)
Thanks for reading and keep dancing in darkness,
-Xero
Previous DisCOVERies
Aug 18 - Apoptygma Berzerk – All Tomorrow's Parties (The Velvet Underground & Nico)
Aug 11 - Kidneythieves – Crazy (Patsy Cline)
Aug 04 - In Strict Confidence feat. Melotron – The Sun Always Shines On TV (A-ha)
Jul 28 - Fur – Cruel Summer (Bananarama)
Jul 21 - Stromkern – The Mercy Seat (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds)
. 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.
Looking for something previously featured? Click here.
Sometimes when I'm planning one of these blogs a happy coincidence occurs making the timing all the more relevant than I knew at first. Such is the case today since I discovered this cover of a late eighties dark shoegazer was officially released by our featured synthpop act on their latest album this past Friday, four years after they originally shared it on the internet!:
Iris – I Wanna Be Adored (The Stone Roses)
Indie-alternative rockers The Stone Roses released their self-titled debut album in May 1989. I Wanna Be Adored was one of their most successful singles released from the LP.
Lead singer and songwriter Ian Brown said in an interview that he "didn't actually want people to adore me. I was trying to say then, if you want to be adored, it's like a sin, like lust or gluttony or something like that." He had stated elsewhere that the song's focus was on those who want to be and would do anything to be idolized. Brown himself has noted that he is not actually "religious" in the ways that scriptures would regard such as a "sin," but his belief in "a higher force" and "the human spirit" clarify that particular value to some extent.
I Wanna Be Adored has been featured in the films Welcome to Sarajevo and Green Street and on episodes of American Horror Story and Chambers. The song has been covered over a dozen times. Some of the artists who have done versions include A Sky Jet Black, Monsters Are Waiting, The Raveonettes, King Woman, Mother Medusa and Black Pill.
The Texan synthpop band Iris first debuted their version of I Wanna Be Adored in July 2015 as the final song of their live performance at the Terminus Festival in Alberta, Canada. They shared a studio recording of the track on Soundcloud that August and it's possible it was available then for a brief time for download. They've said very little about it except that they rarely do covers (one of their previous covers is of Seven Red Seven's You're The Answer) and this one is "a bit different than our normal fare, but perhaps Ian Brown will forgive us." (Somewhat of an ironic statement given Iris was originally known as "Forgiving Iris.") Iris has just released their sixth album, titled Six, this weekend and have included I Wanna Be Adored on the deluxe "Luxus" edition.
Their version is more electronic, as you might expect, with a more resonant bassy texture.
The Cover:
The Original:
Next week:
Labor Day weekend... as wearing white is considered anathema to all beings goths, so too is pop music, at least generally. However, I'm kicking around an idea to present several "pop" songs or artists in September that fall into a spectrum darker than your average mainstream fare. Maybe I'll only do one or two. Check in next week and see if I managed to find my muse for that one.
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 reply below, but all replies are screened for spam prevention.
(And if, after 4 years and 226 weekly entries, you find this blog of any value, please click over to my profile and find out how you can leave us a tip if you like.)
Thanks for reading and keep dancing in darkness,
-Xero
Previous DisCOVERies
Aug 18 - Apoptygma Berzerk – All Tomorrow's Parties (The Velvet Underground & Nico)
Aug 11 - Kidneythieves – Crazy (Patsy Cline)
Aug 04 - In Strict Confidence feat. Melotron – The Sun Always Shines On TV (A-ha)
Jul 28 - Fur – Cruel Summer (Bananarama)
Jul 21 - Stromkern – The Mercy Seat (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds)
. Directory of All Previous DisCOVERies .