Posts tagged gnarls barkley

I remember when I first heard the original by Gnarls Barkley, I was blown away.  Cee-Lo and Dangermouse seemed to have concocted the most intoxicating mixture of frenetic energy, sincerity, innovation, and melody - nothing about the song felt unintentional, yet it remained wild and silly.  Similar to when Outkast put out Hey-Ya, I felt reassured that mainstream music could still transcend.  

Ray LaMontagne’s version of this song is one of my favorite covers, probably ever.  He takes this animate, know-it-all, stubborn, punchy stepchild of a pop song and finds the longing in it - his version is simple and confident and brutal, in true Ray form.