of Montreal covers JIMMY by M.I.A.

[GustCoutinho]

Fucking amazing!

[podisracer]

reminds me of crystal castles! a bunch! sounds like the same sample!

[pastetajetrena]

M.I.A. covered the song too, the original is from an old bollywood movie, disco dancer.

[christiankinney]

@pastetajetrena *sampled

[hateme09]

This song is perfect for toking it up.

[cellikuz]

love this

[MyNameIsKennya]

This is so magical.

[amazingvideoman2]

SO gay for kevin barnes

[UltimatePsych]

@amazingvideoman2 i got to kiss his ass at a show, only cause some dude on MOLLY picked him up in the air, hahhahaahha i was a creeper.

[teenwithforce4]

fuckin crazy killer beat

[mcchubakka]

pretty dope, but "The Chase" by Giorgio Moroder still better.

[winstontheturd]

well when you girls get over your little girl boners youll see the folly behind your words

[qleary9996]

No surprise that oM rocks this. They rock every song they cover, even The Beatles songs, which everyone knows not every band can pull off. Much respect. ;)

[Lovegood44]

i love this cover, but i can't help but laugh at his pronunciation of aaja

[betto1305]

thats softly good, but you cant compare with the insane bollywood vibe of the original song...

[kateemable]

totally awesome!!!

[laloali2]

this is cute. but m.i.a still owns, srry om fanzies

[Swiftlygothedays]

"Jimmy, aaja" means "Come here Jimmy". Admit it, you briefly wished your name was Jimmy. I am thinking of a name change, as well.

I loved the movie Disco Dancer. MIA's usage of the beat was ok-ish. But this cover drove me insane. I love this band...

[Havenscope]

More chill than the other one, but very much comparable.

[VenusAsABoyFilms]

was this on a album ? this is so so so so awesome.

[VenusAsABoyFilms]

thanks of Montreal for doing amazing covers. we all thank you. :)

[sincuba]

Love love love!

[jinime]

Love it :D

[spacekangaroo]

This version is awesome.

[MontrealxxLove]

I think i like this one better

[valgehiir]

mp3 can be downloaded. can't find the CD single

[bluevozhak]

i love this song it's so sultry and cool all at the same time

[valgehiir]

brilliant.

[hosway1992]

Where can i download this???

This is amazing!!

[mizkisskatt]

Freakin' Fabulous

[kamikazefever]

much better version than MIA's!

[JollyRoger150]

2nd that one

[smile4four2two0zero]

of montreal is by far my favorite band and i'm in love with kevin barnes, idk pretty sexy..anyway thanks for posting this cuz MIA fuckin rocks too!

[ArwenFruit]

of Montreal's frends are my friends too. I looove M.I.A. now!

[VenusAsABoyFilms]

can't wait to see of montreal tonight ... they are so cool

[orpheusfx]

Thanks for posting!

[missmoanypants]

I like MIA's version more but theirs is very chill. almost relaxing

[lololauren486]

lol this is cool!

[VenusAsABoyFilms]

I can't wait to see them in July...at the Hollywood Bowl...who else is going???? Let's go together...would love to meet some new fans...email me...fans of Of Montreal.

[coopitypootypot]

Love this cover. Everything they touch seems to turn to gold!

[VenusAsABoyFilms]

musically, Of Montreal is a breath of fresh air...!

[IndieKidArchie]

Exactly! I love how they take all their influences and make their own sound!

[duabsy]

this song is so good.

its almost creepy

[ShelbySAINTShelby]

why are people saying m.i.a's is a cover...she wrote it

SPIN: The Kala song "Jimmy" is a good old-fashioned love story--but the courtship is in Darfur, Rwanda, adn the Congo. Did you fall in love with a UN relief worker or something?

MIA: Ah, kinda! Actually, he was a journalist. I was in Liberia and he was in Rwanda, and we were gonna meet up. He was like,"On our first date, do you wanna go on a genocide tour? I wrote the song instead of actually going on the genocide tour.

[lessthan3lyse]

M.I.A.'s song is actually a cover of a song from a 1982 Bollywood movie called "Disco Dancer." It's over in the related videos section...however, she wrote the English lyrics from what I can tell, so yes. =)

[dukenukem4life]

A cover of a cover. I like the MIA cover better because it's more disco and upbeat like the original, but this one is a different mood which makes it more unique I guess from the original. It's all good.

[lessthan3lyse]

I love M.I.A. and Of Montreal, so yes, this is perfect. ;)

[Cuthrin]

This is way better than M.I.A.'s version.

[LadyGayGay]

But is my remix of this version better? Probably not. But I tried pretty hard. :)

[marialabee]

loves it

[VenusAsABoyFilms]

I love their covers...they did a cover of franz ferdinand's "take me out" and Nirvana's "teen spirit"...it was rockin' thanks of montreal...!!!

[bikinikillerr]

i like this wayy better then the MIA song, which is also a cover...i like this better than the original, i love them!

[IndieKidArchie]

They did a cover of Nirvana? :) I saw them do a cover of Tropical Iceland by Firey Furnaces. They are such a great band!

[VenusAsABoyFilms]

yes, they did a cover of nirvana...the whole place was going crazy! too crazy! you know...i underestimated how violent teenage girls can be...wow! lol

[IndieKidArchie]

I hope Satan burns your face off like a candle! :D

[wintertrails]

EASIES!

this is way too weird.

l o v ea s y.

[The3rdHiltonSister]

this is soo cool. I love this cover

[IndieKidArchie]

Ew! You listen to my music. You are still a loser, Paris Hilton.

[Roxxo2]

that's why this version is AWSOME!!!! is not so fast as M.I.A.'s or Parvati Kahn version

[punkstyle84]

this song was copied from a 1980 s blockbuster indian film called disco dancer.

[minnasaur]

It wasn't so much copied as it was M.I.A. paying homage to something from her childhood.

[anthonysnodgrass]

WORD like pain killers if they made sound.

[maricar64]

lo encontre el tema ochoooooo jajaj pero lo quiero bajar esta muy bueno, esto es para andy que no queria decir el nombre

[Lianne101]

This version is not bad but I prefer M.I.A.'s version, it's much faster and more energetic.

And I like M.I.A.'s voice better.

[frotard]

Her voice wreckes her songs.

[milwaukeesloth]

hey dinkleberry!

the singer is a guy.

[Newnewmodel]

he was talking about M.I.A., not Of Montreal

[frotard]

Dinkleberry?

Hahahaha.

And I was talking about M.I.A.

[milwaukeesloth]

sorry 'bout that.

in a reread, i get that now.

oopppsss!

[lohumbert]

One of very few covers that I actually prefer to the original. This song is PERFECT for OM.

And Kevin Barnes is the hottest man alive. Just saying.

[bettygrrl23]

I concur to THAT!!!

...on Kevin be the hottest :P~

[porter128]

this is perfect

[98ointmnt44]

M.I.A.'s is better..but this is different

[hugeoo]

Does anyone know where I can get this song? I've been looking everywhere for it but I haven't had any luck so if anyone can let me know,PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!

[natty777]

rip the sound of the video.

[joranaz]

search on google for the indie/rock playlist of june 2008

[jellybeanWeen]

that picture is hot.

[endemicgoogle]

Creative...I like...

[maruree]

Yes, this version is a lot better. It's more sad and mysterious, I think :)

[jaysomethin]

that is a great picture.

[dulcedo34]

this song fucking grooves

[sanjay926]

This picture really captures what their concerts are like too.

[eatsleepmusic]

MIA's was a cover to begin with... so this is a cover squared. But an awesome one nonetheless. It's so funny, I was just talking about the movie last night....

[goldflakedpaint]

Very good cover!

[tastycannabisbrownie]

I actually like both as well. I want Jimmy...

[arnaubarcelo]

not bad at all! but i still prefer M.I.A's

[kingtophe009]

better than the original.

[pinupstan]

love it. i want a boyfriend like that.

[AnnieandAmy]

sickkkkkkk

[aapelsinjus]

this is waaay cool! (:

anybody know where one can catch this aasoom version???

[washyisaloony]

it was a free download from pitchfork

[quazaro]

yes it "was" ...

here you can load it now in full version:

w w w . savefile . c o m / files / 1338070

(make no space bar in the link ;-)

[zelzah]

thank q!

[kelliewannabenumbas]

THANK Q!

[DragonettesFan]

both versions are good

[quinnith00]

Grooviness.

Foreals.

[quitejaded]

MIA version is better.

[juliashaun]

love love love both versions.

[phranquis]

I like to listen to this version when I'm high. The other when I'm sober. :)

[pooflanger]

that's not funny, drugs are bad

[DragonettesFan]

I thought it was funny. Drugs are great, moderation being key.

[ordir00]

what's bad for you is good for me.

[yasoaddictive]

i cannot stop listening to this!

[yasoaddictive]

where can i find this available to download?

[Dethfunk]

just look up a video on here how to rip a mp3 from youtube, its pretty simple

[ktqueen]

This is a lot better than the original.

[buttcircleface]

"lagriffedulion (1 month ago)

So this was stupid."

YOU'RE STUPID!

[warholnblake]

i'm so glad they covered this song. it lacks the drive that the M.I.A. version has, but for this reason it shows a creepiness of sorts that the song has which M.I.A. doesn't show as clearly.

[lagriffedulion]

So this was stupid.

[JuicyOrange]

I remember hearing this cover over a podcast. Haha. I'm so happy someone captured this.

[sgalloberklee]

kevin's work is always beautiful and many-coloured!

wonderful.

[lengthy86]

this is a great adaption of the song..another way of looking at it.

[blowingtrees]

damn jaja i fucked up my comment

oh well

DONT DO DRUGS KIDS!

[blowingtrees]

of montreal did a fantastic cover!

its all psychedelic and weird just like of montreal!

i dont care what you say, of montreal owns everyones pants and i dont care what you say!

where can i find this song???

[madbrendan]

it doesnt totally suck in comparison to mia it pretty much does but still think its a good cover and liking the slowed down beats... lol check out the running octopus version - freaky!

[Atemporal]

I thought it was going to be more extravagant, you know more camp.

[dimestores]

better than m.i.a. version

[thenameseddie]

wow. this is absolute shit.

m.i.a.'s version is way better

[fotohutisphun]

I like both. I listen to both, but when I'm in different moods. Dance party mood and fall asleep mood.

[RasputinaMan]

OK- when someone covers a song, people are either going to want to murder the coverer or dislike the original.

the "which is better" argument fails here. except for fall out boy covering Joy Division. That was just fucked up

[lkydangerckwa]

yeah. well joy division is a million times better

[facewithteeth]

the original is way better.. as much as i love of montreal they don't have the whole bollywood thing going on that makes m.i.a.'s version so much more awesome..

[fadedyouthblogdotcom]

it doesn't do the original any justice.

[sauly6]

needed 2b faster tbh

bt i prefer the original

love of MOnt tho

[poop12345]

The original sucks, bad. of Montreal, makes it actually tollerable. Mark it down bitch!

[NINTENDOHEAD2]

THIS IS AWFUL! way to slaughter a good song.

[anclicon]

okay.. I am commin

[AddyMuyo]

Wow.... O.O

That's all I got.

[TeNaeVC]

Has a completely feel than the original. I can dig it :] I love Of Montreal!

[boyfriendclub]

FUCKING HORRIBLE.

[anclicon]

like u... lolz

[xLittleZx]

okay, of montreal owns everyones life. M.I.A. hoes everyones life. end of story.

amazinngggg :)

[drevilisevil]

i love of montreal!!!!

i love M. I. A.!!!!

[anicaasharp]

DO NOT WANT.

[anclicon]

why not?

[anicaasharp]

it doesn't do it for me.

why go for the best when you can go for the rest...of your life with a younger man.