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War Child; Heroes Apr 4, 2009 17:47:53 GMT -5

Post by George Harrison on Apr 4, 2009 17:47:53 GMT -5

Anybody picked this up, or heard it?

1. Beck (Bob Dylan – Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat)
2. The Kooks (The Kinks – Victoria)
3. The Hold Steady (Bruce Springsteen – Atlantic City)
4. Hot Chip (Joy Division – Transmission)
5. Lily Allen (The Clash – Straight To Hell)
6. Yeah Yeah Yeahs (The Ramones – Sheena Is A Punk Rocker)
7. Franz Ferdinand (Blondie – Call Me)
8. Duffy (Paul McCartney – Live And Let Die)
9. Estelle (Stevie Wonder – Superstition)
10. Rufus Wainwright (Brian Wilson – Wonderful/Song For Children)
11. Scissor Sisters (Roxy Music – Do The Strand)
12. Peaches (Iggy Pop – Search And Destroy)
13. Elbow (U2 – Running To Stand Still)
14. The Like (Elvis Costello – You Belong To Me)
15. TV On The Radio (David Bowie – Heroes)

With an Adam Cohen track on the special Canadian disc, I'll reserve my judgement 'til I've listened a bit more.

I have VERY strong views on this album, two tracks in particular but I will let you people have your say first. Have opinions?

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War Child; Heroes Apr 4, 2009 17:57:39 GMT -5

Post by Rorschach on Apr 4, 2009 17:57:39 GMT -5

Seems a lot of people are in love with it. I just checked it out on iTunes, and of the songs, all of which are interesting takes in their own way, Duffy's version of "Live and Let Die" stood out the most to me. That, and Beck's cover were the ones I liked best.

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War Child; Heroes Apr 4, 2009 18:09:54 GMT -5

Post by George Harrison on Apr 4, 2009 18:09:54 GMT -5

Im going to bed, so Im not gonna wait lol,

Duffys version of Live & Let die is so ridiculously boring. She wobbles and warbles her way through without even touching on the original Wings version. Estelles version of Superstition is perhaps the worst cover I have ever heard. I cannot amass the words I want to say for just how poor this version is... It's like she isn't trying. She is NOT a good singer, she should have done something else. This just highlighted how poor it is.

I bought this, but I'm downloading HELP, & Help for Heroes because It's blasphemous what some of these songs do for charity. If they improve on this, I will then buy them.

Buy it no doubt, and bin it. I think this is a woefully dire album, with limitless potential that just failed. I'm so annoyed as I expected it to be better, If you want to do your bit for Charity buy "Dark Was The Night" instead perhaps, or just give £10 to a homeless man. This isn't worth your money, although the cause obviously is.