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Rock Out with Your Sock Out: Lily Allen Covers "Straight to Hell" by The Clash
If you didn’t already think Lily Allen was one of the coolest b!tches on the block, this should certainly seal the deal. Check out her amazingly wonderful cover of punk rock anthem “Straight to Hell” by The Clash.
The leaked track is from the album, War Child: Heroes. The Ultimate Covers Album, scheduled for release in the UK February 16. The album goes beyond the element of music. All profits from the album will go to helping forgotten children in war zones, such as Iraq, Afghanistan, Uganda, Sierra Leone, Colombia, Chechnya, Israel/Palestine, and Kosovo, to name a few.
Not surprisingly, her cover has been received warmly by Lily fans. Question is, what do fans of The Clash think? Oh, and before pretentious music snobs are quick to say Joe Strummer must be rolling in this grave, keep in mind that it was the members of The Clash that chose Lily to cover the track. Just some food for thought.
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What do you think of Lily’s cover?
Album track list in 3…2…1…
More about the album here.
‘War Child: Heroes’ is an unprecedented collaboration between music’s most heralded legends and the finest current artists. We asked 15 ultimate icons to select a favourite song from their classic back catalogue and to nominate the new act they most trust to create a unique interpretation of that hand-picked track.”
Beck (Bob Dylan: Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat)
Scissor Sisters (Roxy Music: Do The Strand)
Lily Allen (The Clash: Straight To Hell)
Duffy (Paul McCartney: Live And Let Die)
Elbow (U2: Running To Stand Still)
TV On The Radio (David Bowie: Heroes)
Hot Chip (Joy Division: Transmission)
The Kooks (The Kinks: Victoria)
Estelle (Stevie Wonder: Superstition)
Rufus Wainwright (Brian Wilson: Wonderful/ Song For Children)Peaches (Iggy Pop: Search And Destroy)
The Hold Steady (Bruce Springsteen: Atlantic City)
The Like (Elvis Costello: You Belong To Me)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs (The Ramones: Sheena Is A Punk Rocker)
Franz Ferdinand (Blondie: Call Me)
Lilly Allen sucks. Her voice sucks. Her little pop-lite songs all suck. It’s the popularity of people like her/Paris Hilton/Amy Winehouse/Barack Obama that make me sit here and think…”Hey? What the fuck ever happened to the ’60′s? We had a cultural revolution that mocked these god-damn people and now they’ve taken everythintg over!” Then I go through my change-jar seeing if there is enough there to buy a pistol and one bullet…but my potato chip habit usually prevents the accumulation of enough coinage for that.
In any case…Straight to Hell is a great song. Given a good vocalist and thoughtful treatment.
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