"Moped in your face!"

So this probably isn't actually my favorite cover track of all time, but it's pretty incredible all the same, and so I just have to share it: Moped's [1] "Clocks Remix", which is a cover/remix of Coldplay's "Clocks", done all Europop style with house beats & brilliantly poor Eurorap. I downlaoded it sometime in 2003, if I remember correctly.

Clocks Remix

Moped

Reasons why I love this include:

Coldplay are insufferable because they're just so serious about everything, so I just love the idea of Chris Martin hearing this & getting all offended that they've taken his extremely earnest piano line and turned it into a disco rave-up.

The KLF

Moped are so-named as a tribute to Scooter, an actual Europop band with some brilliant dancefloor-filling singles, and who've taken several pages from the KLF's Manual for writing #1 pop hits: huge beats, dramatic keyboard breakdowns, EuroMCs shouting over the din, "live" sounds of crowds roaring their approval, &c. [2]

I love the KLF, hence I love Scooter, hence I love Moped. Q.E.D.

[1] I don't know exactly who Moped are/were, though as best I can tell it's one of the people in this group (Emmet).

[2] Though the helium-voiced vocals are Scooter's addition to the basic KLF sound.

Comments

[jkottke]

[this is fucking awesome]

[Anil]

i was trying to explain The KLF to Byrne when we were in Portland. i failed. i see this as a compliment to them.

[luke]

[nice] And for the same reasons that you love this cover, I think Moped needs to go after Radiohead. Big points for the KLF, too...

[madeline]

"ahhh-uuuuh!" I could not stop laughing while hearing this... and I like Coldplay.

[VespaRider]

This made my day

[sean]

who needs scooter when u have moped

i think moped sang the original colcks coldplay must have coppied

[Flicky]

I LOVE this. Is there any chance you could send me the mp3? I want it as my ringtone :D