Monday, October 08, 2007

E & I


As you may, or may not, know, "Ebony and Ivory" has been voted the worst duet in history. Personally I've always disliked the song for its cloying naïveté. Admit it: the tune wouldn't be out of place in an Up With People stage show.

This of course reminded me of Culturcide's legendary 1986 album Tacky Souvenirs of Pre-Revolutionary America where they...er...covered the song. OK, not really a cover as such, more in line with the Situationist concept of détournement.

The remarkable thing about Tacky Souvenirs is that once you hear the Culturcide version, the originals will forever fade away from your consciousness: "We Are The World" becomes "They Aren't the World" [There are people dying/whooaah and they just noticed] and "We're An American Band" becomes "We're An Industrial Band" [On the road for two days...last night in Reno we didn't play/The club got itself shut/We ate dinner at Pizza Hut/"What kind of music do you play?"/It's a cross between Cyndi Lauper and early S.P.K.].

Someone has quite wisely attached Culturcide's song to the video original. Enjoy!

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