by Fred

Pounding headache + training is about to do me in + “coworkers” calling in “sick” makes for a pretty slow blog day. So in case you’re the one person who hasn’t read yet, Peter Gabriel has covered Arcade Fire’s “My Body is a Cage” (context here, hat tip: Stereogum.) I’m not 100% sold on the results, and I wish he would have picked any other track but that one. (“Antichrist Television Blues?” “No Cars Go?” “Laika?” “Tunnels?” “Haiti?”)

Here was my liveblog assessment to Patrick:

From 0:00 to 2:33, very ordinary. The fairy tale, Danny Elfman stuff is irritating.

From 2:34 to 4:13, huge. Maybe too huge. But definitely huge.

From 4:14 on, back to ordinary. And the fairy tale, Danny Elfman stuff is still irritating.

I don’t know. Too many left turns maybe. I really want to like it. You?

Listen to the track, get caught up on the news, and decide for yourself at the above link.