Thanks to Glee, Facebook, and all my silly friends, especially the blogmistress, and Diva, I had Cee Lo Green’s “Fuck You!” stuck in my head for a bit today. Thanks, though, to my tangential/associative research tendencies, I found a new one to get stuck there, instead. It’s “Night Train”, also by Cee Lo Green. Check it out below, if you like. Be warned, though, that it is also not safe for work.
I like it quite a bit, for a few reasons. First, it’s based on one of my favorite tunes from Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Red Right Hand. Second, the “rap” treatment, at least for me, actually adds nicely to the already bizarre sensuality of the original, which is not always the case with this sort of thing. Finally, I just like the overall sound of it quite a bit.
I have to say, I really enjoy when this sort of thing pays off. I think it’s part of the reason I developed that kind of tendency to ferret out additional information on topics that interest me.
Cee-lo is…like what PM Dawn was to the 90’s and what Barry White was to the 70’s. I guess we only get one every 20 years. But…oh…frakking yeah. Listening to Night Train for the 3rd time since you played it for me.
Heh, I had actually been thinking of PM Dawn, and how well they did this sort of thing, as well!