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Music news thread.... yay! Violent Femmes Cover Gnarls Barkley June 11, 2008 11:06 AM By Suzanne Kayian The Violent Femmes < tickets > are turning the tables on Gnarls Barkley < tickets >, releasing a cover of that duo's signature track, "Crazy" on June 24; Gnarls covered the Violent Femmes' classic cut "Gone Daddy Gone" on their first album, "St. Elsewhere." The Femmes' version of "Crazy" will be sold digitally and on limited edition light-blue vinyl through their website. "Crazy" has been covered numerous times since its 2006 release, begging the question: What will the Femmes add to make the song fresh? In a statement on the band's website, Gnarls Barkley makes this observation: "I might compare it to a calm pond. I caught my reflection in it. And I seemed to be momentarily at peace. This track sounds entirely different in the rain and supports some intriguing lilypads." Did someone say "Crazy"? http://www.livedaily.com/blog/2135.html

Radiohead cover Portishead's 'The Rip' Thom Yorke and Johnny Greenwood from Radiohead recently used some back-stage time before a gig to cover a tune from the new Portishead album. Lucky for us, it was caught on video and the footage has been posted at the Radiohead social networking site waste.central It's a stripped down version of The Rip with just vocals and two acoustic guitars.

ah, cool! speaking of Radiohead, did you hear about Prince covering RH, but when video's surfaced online Prince had them taken down, eventhough it's not HIS song? Radiohead just laughed at it, like wtf, prince? lol... what a loon.