Concrete and Clay and Vomit
February 10th, 2009I heard this song recently and desperately tried to place what movie, if any, it had appeared in recently. (Love Actually? Some Rom Com maybe? {Rushmore—thanks Fountain.})
Here it is performed in a construction site, for good measure.
This just the kind of song that is simple and lovely in a way that makes it so attractive to asshatted souless producers looking to leave their mark by doing the most fucking terrible cover ever.
But that’s where you’re wrong. It’s the perfect song for producers looking to leave their mark by doing multiple versions of the most fucking terrible covers ever.
Some YouTube commentor/unquestionable authority said it was one of the most covered songs with more than 100 covers on record. I’m pretty sure Hawaiian War Chant has that record licked, but the armpit-sniffing guy from Dexy’s Midnight Runners hasn’t gotten around to covering it yet.
February 10th, 2009 at 11:59 pm
it’s on the Rushmore soundtrack
February 11th, 2009 at 2:26 am
TMBG did it. I first heard this song on their dial-a-song in 1974.
February 11th, 2009 at 2:48 am
1974? Liar.
February 11th, 2009 at 9:53 am
Wow. Those last couple versions are something else.
February 11th, 2009 at 10:36 am
What is your take on “Wichita Lineman?” Sort of the same thing, but cheesier.
February 14th, 2009 at 8:16 pm
THey used to play that song on the oldies station. I forgot about it until ‘Rushmore’ Now, with that last video, you’ve forever perverted it for me.
Angels with comb-overs and leggings shouldn’t make cover tunes.
July 15th, 2010 at 12:56 am
[...] More than a year ago, I posted a collection of (mostly terrible) covers of “Concrete and Clay,” which is very high on my list of favorite songs despite a.) having the taint of Wes Anderson association b.) being covered terribly over and over again [...]