Arctic Monkeys “Katy On A Mission (Katy B Cover)”
Arctic Monkeys‘ previous trips to BBC’s Live Lounge saw them covering Girls Aloud’s “Love Machine” and Amy Winehouse’s “You Know I’m No Good” with fantastic results, so simply the idea of them going back to the female pop well for their latest LL remake pick dubs it an instant must-hear, especially if that cover choice happens to be Katy B’s “Katy On A Mission”, one of 2011′s baddest club offerings.
As exciting as it would be to hear Alex Turner & Co. get their dubstep on though, how they end up tackling “Mission” turns out to be so much better.
Completely scrubbing away the original’s sleek wobbly glide, the boys recast the arrangement with an intoxicating blend of Spaghetti Western mystique, 60′s garage and their classic Monkeys indie rock bop, adding an extra bit of seductive intrigue to “Mission”‘s sublime disappear-into-the-music sketch and lifting an already fabulous record to a whole new level of awesomeness.
A thousand times yes!! (via)
