The Fray “Heartless (Kanye West Cover)”
As stated here before, it’s always nice to hear something from 808s & Heartbreak that’s been fleshed out with live instrumentation and a “real” singer, and this take on the album’s second single by anony-pop/ rockers The Fray bears a certain quasi-appeal thanks to some starry-eyed twinkling elements, ghostly background vocals and the ever-zealous Isaac Slade wringing has much angst as he can out of each “Damn her!!!!” lyric.
Ultimately, though, it ends up sounding just as bland and overly-familiar as everything else The Fray does, and past a single curioso listening you could probably care less about ever hearing it again. Hey, but at least Kanye digs it and that says something…right?
Something tells us that we should be expecting a Fray feature (taking the place of the Chris Martin/ Coldplay spot) on the next West album. Insert (groan) with a slight twinge of anticipated interest here.
I thought this would have been better… I prefer original…
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I think The Fray is a great band. Though they’ve taken a long time off…I think it was for the better. Their new material doesn’t sound as “commercially” influenced. I got a chance to see them last year and the whole show in general was great. This kid named Tom Dobson opened for them. He absolutely rocks. Awesome material. And real. Then the fray came on and killed it!
I actually liked this one better than the original. I felt a song with these kinds of lyrics should have been more raw. The Fray did it for me.
The Fray’s version was EXCELLENT, sorry Kanye.