This was tweeted to me by Republican political consultant Rick Wilson. He is a big Clash fan.
Nouvelle Vague does the best kind of cover. She doesn't They don't do a note for note rendition of bassist Paul Simonon's song. Vague reinvents the song and makes it into something new.
Nouvelle Vague is a constantly shifting group (I wrote about them last year: http://www.recreatingtampa.com/2011/01/chanteuse-sunday-nouvelle-vague/)
ReplyDeleteMy personal fave is their cover of Teenage Kicks.