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01 May 2009

"Seven Nation Army" in four-part harmony
The Oak Ridge Boys do The White Stripes (via)
I am genuinely confounded with this track - I swing from "oh shit - trainwreck!" to "hey, it's not bad - I'd listen to that again if I thought they'd written it."

Weird, weird cover. I'm interested in what others think.
posted by Lipstick Thespian 01 May | 11:43
Put me in the "like it" column. The background singers really make the song for me. Those gleeful, yet menacing refrains of "bum-bum-BUM-bum-bum-bum" give it a sinister, almost apocalyptic feel.
posted by Atom Eyes 01 May | 12:18
I like the track, but love it for the weirdness. I'd love to throw it into an indie playlist just to see the reactions.
posted by annaramma 01 May | 12:44
bom bom bom-bom-bom bom bom

This disturbs me somehow.
posted by BitterOldPunk 01 May | 14:15
See now, the backing boms are what keeps this song in the dreadful part of the scale. But I think it's a reaction to knowing the source material first. It still sounds like an aging, past-their-freshness date country band seizing on indie cred to prop themselves up.

BUT..if I clear out the Stripes from my head and just listen to it as a de facto song, it's pleasing enough to make me wonder what else this band might be up to.

Hung jury, interesting - that reaction hardly ever hits me.
posted by Lipstick Thespian 01 May | 15:17
I wasn't impressed by the original and am equally unimpressed by this version.
posted by Ardiril 01 May | 17:07
I tried to like it, but no.
posted by BoringPostcards 01 May | 17:12
I love this! I love this because while I listen to it I can envision the 70's Brian De Palma film it appears in.
posted by arse_hat 01 May | 23:47
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