Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Franz Ferdinand, Beck, TV on the Radio Cover Music Legends on New War Child Compilation

BeckCharity War Child wil be releasing a new charity compilation through Astralwerks called "Heroes". The concept of the compilation is that music legends basiclly pick one their songs to be covered by a current artist and they pick the artist who they want to cover their song. The compilation was originally announced to be released on November 25 but will now be released on February 24. You can see the tracklisting for the compilation which features Beck covering Bob Dylan, Franz Ferdinand covering Blondie, Hot Chip covering Joy Division and for the title track TV on the Radio covering David Bowie.

Heroes Tracklisting:
01. Beck - Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat (Bob Dylan cover)
02. The Kooks - Victoria (Kinks cover)
03. The Hold Steady - Atlantic City (Bruce Springsteen cover)
04. Hot Chip - Transmission (Joy Division cover)
05. Lily Allen ft. Mick Jones - Straight to Hell (Clash cover)
06. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Sheena Is a Punk Rocker (Ramones cover)
07. Franz Ferdinand - Call Me (Blondie cover)
08. Duffy - Live and Let Die (Paul McCartney cover)
09. Estelle - Superstition (Stevie Wonder cover)
10. Rufus Wainwright - Wonderful / Song for Children (Brian Wilson covers)
11. Scissor Sisters - Do the Strand (Roxy Music cover)
12. Peaches - Search and Destroy (The Stooges cover)
13. Adam Cohen - Take This Waltz (Leonard Cohen cover)
14. Elbow - Running to Stand Still (U2 cover)
15. The Like - You Belong to Me (Elvis Costello cover)
16. TV on the Radio- 'Heroes' (David Bowie cover)

Beck - E-Pro (Live @ KRCW 31/03/2005) [zshare]

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