Friday, December 4, 2009
Moving Pictures Golden Nugget: Black Eyed Peas Cover Kings of Leon
Posted by Adam Gold on Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 1:49 PM
While it remains to be seen whether the Kings of Leon will ever again play at the Sommet Center, there is apparently a good chance that their "Billy Jean"-like juggernaut of a hit "Sex on Fire" will get an encore performance there courtesy of the Black Eyed Peas, when they come to the arena Feb. 12. Posted above is a video of the multicultural "retarded" rabble-rousers covering the KOL "classic" at this year's Glastonbury festival. Unfortunately, this brief low-quality clip is the only viral documentation of this cover currently available, but 47 seconds is more than enough time to get what's going on.
The reason I'm posting this is because I'd like to make a prediction: Will.i.am will co-produce or appear on a track on the next KOL album--I can feel it. Yesterday Haruch informed y'all that the Kings are going head to head against the Boss and U2 in the category of Best Rock Song at this year's Grammy Awards. The U2 song nominated is "I'll Crazy if I Don't go Crazy Tonight." A terrible fucking song that's a collaboration with Will.i.am. I think it's only fair to prepare KOL fans for what's coming. If any of them would like pointers on how to defend their favorite band against hopelessly embarrassing career moves then feel free to email me at agold [at] nashvillescene [dot] com. I have lifetime of experience in the field.
If you're a Black Eyed Peas fan, then I gather that you're probably the kind of person who doesn't get embarrassed, and will be logging on to Ticketmaster to buy tickets to their show when they go on sale at some date TBA in the days to come. If only Caleb & Co. would return the favor and cover "Where Is the Love" or "My Humps" then we'd really be in business.
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When Jay-Z covered "Wonderwall" at Glasto in 2008, did he know he was starting a trend of "hip hop" (broadly defined in the case of B.E.P.) artists covering rock songs?
Jay-Z covering Oasis is actually cool (because it involves both Jay-Z and Oasis and because it was his musical middle finger at Whichever Gallagher calling out the festival for not slating a "guitar act" as the headliner), whereas B.E.P. covering KoL is the exact opposite of that.
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And when I say "the trend of hip hop artists, etc" what I mean is "at Glastonbury"? Obvs hip-hop covers of rock songs pre-dates Hova at Glasto.
if ever addition evidence were needed to prove the claim that americans by and large are terrible idiots, we can count on the popularity of the black eyed peas to close the case. one of the worst adult nursury rhymes i've ever heard , their "i got a feelin" is nominated for a grammy. I don't know how the fuck that happened but it must involve large amounts of cash. it must. I can't even watch this video. is there even a distinguishable difference between music for retarded infants and music for adults anymore? i can't find it lately.
"Drank!" "L'Chaim!" "Monday!"
"Boom Boom Pow" is basically Beethoven by comparison.
Boom Boom Pow has been stuck in my head for days! I'm so excited that the Black Eyed Peas are going back on tour. This is the first time since 2006 that they have reunited. I'll definitely be there front row to see them. I already have my ticket. Click here to get yours! http://bit.ly/5wPRCN
I'm so excited that the Black Eyed Peas are going back on tour. This marks the first time that they have reunited since 2006. I'll definitely be there front row to see them. I've already got my tickets. Click here to get yours! http://bit.ly/5wPRCN
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