Samuel & Ellie Goulding “Starry Eyed (Knocks Remix/ Cover)”
Ellie Goulding‘s lightweight wisp of a voice may adhere well to her “Starry Eyed” single’s tender, child-like perspective on first love euphoria, but it’s in NY singer-songwriter Samuel (previously hyped here for his acoustic remake of The-Dream’s “Shawty Is The Shit”) and production team The Knocks‘ cover of the track that a far better song is crafted.
While The Knocks bring a much-needed heft to the tune’s fine, but slightly underwhelming, twee-tronica shimmer in their application of atmospheric synth washes and a toe-tapping downtown strut, Samuel’s breathy tenor acts as the perfect compliment to Ellie’s bird-like chirp, the combined power of their married vocals nicely illustrating (and making far less corny) the giddy lyrical visual of a newbie couple feeling like they’re being struck with lightning from eachother’s caressing touch.
Catch the original’s video below, followed by an MP3 of the Samuel/ Knocks remix.
Goulding’s debut Lights arrives in the UK in March; Samuel’s recently completed LP Trains To Wanderland is set for a later 2010 release.
