Our recent talk of covers which were better than the originals and Lou Reed butchering all his songs led me to reluctantly seek out this video. Eleven years on, it still makes my toes curl, but far less than the version which Radio One DJs did. Do you think the producers sat with Lou Reed going "Go on Lou, just sing one line properly. Please?" Do you think Lou Reed was a precursor to Milli Vanilli, and never actually sang any of his songs, which were in fact written and recorded by Brian Epstein? Me too. Still, even the sound of Lou Reed stripping his own classics of any recognisable melody is infinitely preferable to hearing Bono sing anything.
Then we get to play the "Name the People Who Used to be Famous" game.
1. Dunno. Girl from Morcheeba? 2. David Bowie, letting himself down badly. 3. Dunno. Girl from Coors? 4. Elton John, well-suited to this kind of rubbish. 5. Boyz One. Or is it Wetlife? 6. That awful opera singer woman. 7. Token reggae person. 8. Do you think Bono had a stipulation in his contract that he got at least two lines? 9. Is it Pavorotti? I also thought he sang in this? 10. The woman from M People. I'm bored with this game already and want to watch this instead:
Do you remember when we were living in the 1990s and thought it was the best decade ever? How wrong we were. Doesn't this song sound like it was meant to be a joke, like when indie bands cover Baby One More Time? Wouldn't you love to hear M People covering other Small Faces songs. "He's always there, when I need some speeeeeeeeed". "Oh, life, is just a bowl of All Braaaaaaaan!"
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