<i>Radio 1</i> Makes Us Want To Hang The DJ

jharv | August 16, 2007 12:00 pm
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Hey, did ever get a hankering to hear Mark Ronson cover Mary J. Blige? Stereophonics tackle Hot Chocolate’s “You Sexy Thing”? Something called the “Pigeon Detectives,” which sounds like a failed Nick Jr. show, try their hand at Huey Lewis and the News? Listen to Mike Skinner sing-rap Elton John? Take a razor blade to your eyelids? Pour lye all over your genitals? Light your toes on fire? Then you may be interested in Radio 1, a forthcoming collection where modern-day NME faves cover one song per year from 40 fabulous middlebrow years of the BBC station. Unlike our recent rants againt cheeky cover conceits, these don’t look to be so much “ironic” as “awful.” The full tracklist is after the jump:

1967 – Flowers In The Rain (The Move) covered by The Kaiser Chiefs

1968 – All Along The Watchtower (Jimi Hendrix Experience) covered by The Fratellis

1969 – Cupid (Johnny Nash) covered by Amy Winehouse

1970 – Lola (The Kinks) covered by Robbie Williams

1971 – Your Song (Elton John) covered by The Streets

1972 – Betcha By Golly Wow (The Stylistics) covered by Sugababes

1973 – You’re So Vain (Carly Simon) covered by The Feeling

1974 – Band On The Run (Wings) covered by Foo Fighters

1975 – Love Is The Drug (Roxy Music) covered by Kylie

1976 – Let’s Stick Together (Bryan Ferry) covered by KT Tunstall

1977 – Sound & Vision (David Bowie) covered by Franz Ferdinand

1978 – Teenage Kicks (The Undertones) covered by The Raconteurs

1979 – Can’t Stand Losing You (The Police) covered by Mika

1980 – Too Much Too Young (The Specials) covered by Kasabian

1981 – Under Pressure (Queen & David Bowie) covered by Keane

1982 – Town Called Malice (The Jam) covered by McFly

1983 – Come Back And Stay (Paul Young) covered by James Morrison

1984 – Careless Whisper (George Michael) covered by The Gossip

1985 – The Power Of Love (Huey Lewis & The News) covered by Pigeon Detectives

1986 – Don’t Get Me Wrong (The Pretenders) covered by Lilly Allen

1987 – You Sexy Thing (Hot Chocolate) covered by Stereophonics

1988 – Fast Car (Tracy Chapman) covered by Mutya Buena

1989 – Lullaby (the Cure) covered by Editors

1990 – Englishman In New York (Sting) covered by Razorlight

1991 – Crazy For You (Madonna) covered by Groove Armada

1992 – It Must Be Love (Madness) covered by Paolo Nutini

1993 – All That She Wants (Ace Of Base) covered by The Kooks

1994 – You’re All I Need To Get By (Mary J Blige) covered by Mark Ronson

1995 – Stillness In Time (Jamiroquai) covered by Calvin Harris

1996 – No Diggity (Blackstreet) covered by Klaxons

1997 – Love Fool (The Cardigans) covered by Just Jack

1998 – Ray Of Light (Madonna) covered by Natasha Bedingfield

1999 – Drinking in LA (Bran Van 3000) covered by The Twang

2000 – The Great Beyond (REM) covered by The Fray

2001 – Teenage Dirtbag (Wheatus) covered by Girls Aloud

2002 – Like I Love You (Justin Timberlake) covered by Maximo Park

2003 – Don’t Look Back Into The Sun (The Libertines) covered by The View

2004 – Toxic (Britney Spears) covered by Hard-Fi

2005 – Father & Son (Yusuf & Ronan Keating) covered by The Enemy

2006 – Steady As She Goes (The Raconteurs) covered by Corinne Bailey Rae

Actually some of them probably won’t be so bad. Or at least they’ll be “interesting.” Or good mixtape fodder. Still, England, you have some explaining to do.

Stars Line Up For Radio 1 Album [BBC via Maura IM’ing me this morning with the queasy-making horror that is “1996 – No Diggity (Blackstreet) covered by Klaxons” via Poptimists]