
The list of coverversions from Histoire de Melody Nelson-songs is long, and the interpretations vary. Jazzy, rockin', pastoral, in various languages - it's all here. If you know of more versions, please let me know. More on the superb reissue here , more on the use of samples from albumtracks here . On Youtube: Joseph Gordon-Levitt covers Melody here Charlotte Gainsbourg covers Hôtel Particulier here Dr Brazuk & Mt Crab cover La ballade de Melody Nelson here Jean-Louis Murat [...]

Still sexy after a whole year. On 69 Année Erotique: Todd Bishop ’s Pop Art 4 Plays the Music of SG, Portland-based drummer Bishop and his crew reinvent the title track as an Andy Williams lounge showtune finally evolving into a lysergic spacescape, transform Le Walkie Talkie into a fusion orgy, and resurrect Initials B.B. with surf guitar reverb, funky licks, raucous sax and the whispered vocals of Casey Scott , otherwise singer of Portland’s Red Venus Love Army – Miss Sexy Voice 2009 for sure. Actually, American jazz reviewers were so intoxicated by the album that they began [...]

You’ve heard Casey here , but her voice deserves its own entry. Usually chanteuse of Portland’s enchantingly named Red Venus Love Army, she’s the pop star of Todd Bishop’s jazz variations of Gainsbourg classics on 69 Année Erotique: Todd Bishop’s Pop Art 4 Plays the Music of SG. And while the damp biscuit saxophone on their adaptation of Je t’aime (moi non plus) only confirms my worst suspicions about jazz & sex, Casey’s vocals („Come and go, go and come“) jostle the whole song with some nonchalant tips of the tongue just to where it belongs – on a [...]

During our recent Hole in the Head marathon , Guuz already recommended Portland jazz drummer Todd Bishop and his take on Serge. On 69 Année Erotique, Bishop and his crew reinvent the title track as an Andy Williams lounge showtune including a lysergic spacescape at the backdoor, transform Le Walkie Talkie into a fusion orgy, and resurrect Initials B.B. with surf guitar reverb, funky licks, sultry sax and the whispered vocals of Casey Scott , otherwise singer of Portland’s Red Venus Love Army – Miss Sexy Voice 2009 for sure. Actually, American jazz reviewers [...]