The Arctic Monkeys Have Got It Covered.
Zeon's Music Blog reports that the Arctic Monkeys performed two covers for BBC Radio One's Live Lounge with Jo Whiley : "Take It Or Leave It" by The Strokes and "You Know I'm No Good" by Amy Winehouse. While I'm neither a Strokes fan and even less of a Amy Winehouse one, Arctic Monkeys' take on these two songs make them not only bearable, but actually pretty good.
This especially applies to "No Good", for some reason I find this song really has a James Bond-y kind of feel to it, if 007 was any cool that is. And as far as "Take It Or Leave It" is concerned it's on par with the original musically, but since I'm not much of a fan of Julian Casablanca's voice, the cover comes out on top.
Since we're on the subject, their new single "Brianstorm" is out on YouTube and it's pretty damn good...but you don't need me to tell you that, check it out for yourselves!
The Arctic Monkeys (w/ Be Your Own Pet) will be coming to our fair city on May 12th 2007 @ L'Olympia (buy here)
And now for the covers!
