xiu xiu - fast car

[chrlie08]

FUCKING AMAZING.

[seashellxoxo92]

wtf...

[Neonman78]

I love how polarising Xiu Xiu is. Some people are saying this is shit, others are saying it's deeply beautiful.

[Webcomicjunkie]

It makes me feel as if the singer is singing it to himself in the dark of his room, alone, lying in bed, trying very hard not to cry, or has just finished sobbing, and is reciting the lyrics to console himself, perhaps trying to convince himself he can do the same, to escape from his life no matter how hard it may seem, to make something, go somewhere, live better... and failing...

[BazookaChipmunk]

@Webcomicjunkie To be honest, I think thats how Jaime Stewart does everything

[Gunsik3]

thanks jeja.

[guilcanada]

Vai toma cú que musica dos inferno!!! seu podre!

[brazzk]

Trust Stewart to make very sad song extremely sad.

[itsjstdave]

wow.. i hate this..

[droneforever]

@Nelob00b you are an idiot.

[abmaximus]

this song is NOT on la foret! it's the ninth track on "a promise".

[moderndaykc]

lolol

[dannyandkendra]

U kno what fuckers u dont like it dont listen to it. U dont have to leave ur bs on here no one cares what u have to say. So go listen to ur fake ass lady gaga and ur whore kesha and well enjoy the music we want

[ajdifulc]

what the hell...

[lunachyld]

<3

[linearowe]

worst pretentious crap ever

[Doublevea]

wtf is wrong with you guys? this is beautiful

[willferris34]

this is uh... NOT GOOD... AT ALL.

[welshdragon182]

wtf is this shit, worst thing i've ever heard

[Mukorgo]

хуй хуй

[AbsoluteMenech]

is this a joke, it sounds like he recorded it in down the back of a school classroom

[unw0rthy]

@AbsoluteMenech I just said to myself "is this a joke?!" and then read your comment!

[SaigaRiku]

This makes my ears bleed

[myToolisBigger]

Brilliant cover, it is a personal take on a great song.

[frodopup95]

A few years back after being introduced to 'fast car', I became obsessed with it. needless to say, I went out and started looking for covers and I came across this version. I laughed and said how terrible it was just like others viewers did. After being depressed for a while now, i came back to this version and it blew me away. I have not cried to a song in a very long time. This one made me brake down. All i have to say is that next time you are depressed, come and listen. it will make sense.

[sharkxattackk]

@frodopup95 ugh yes i started listening to xiu xiu when i was in a very sad state of mind for a while and you're 100% right

[petrolhead1845598]

what a piece of shit song. pretentious faggot

[MrBencousins]

I really like xiu xiu but this is a horrendous cover. Fast car is one of the great songs of all time, its uncoverable.

[fridgehumper]

It's good, it's beautiful especially when you take into account the emotion being displayed and not many other artists would have the balls to do it...but as there is testosterone in my body, I also have to, with respect, call the singer a faggot, just to regain my masculinity after listening to this

[micheleohh]

you guys are idiots, this cover is amazing. it has nothing to do with pretension, and jamie stuart is way more talented and shows much more emotion that lame-o tracy chapman.

[DerJaiye]

@micheleohh Tracy is no lame-o. Even Jamie thinks she's great.

[sweetpjeb23]

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[droneforever]

If you don't like this you have no soul. I HATED the original when I was growing up, but this version makes me cry like a baby.

[Rinihs]

...this isn't singing. Waaat.

[zathorg]

this is fucking beautiful.

[OhZamoraZoltan]

this is fucking terrible.

[angerock49]

I don't like this cover :/

[carbonatic]

what a horrible cover

[leviticusapplebottom]

ha @sockpuppetmartinez ha ha ha ha. grow up.

[sockpuppetmartinez]

LOL it's like Bright Eyes, but with even less talent and even more pretension. If that's at all fucking possible hahahaha.

[JayRocks311]

i'm not feelin it.

[livingtomusicxxx]

@JayRocks311 i'm not feelin the fact that you're not feelin this.

[NiteShok]

amazing

[hazelnutchoc9]

@Jallaby hahahaha so agree - I don't know how the hell I got to this weird ass song

[celts1984]

am i the only one that finds this funny

[hazelnutchoc9]

@celts1984 No, I also find it hilarious - and disturbing. WTF

[joelmellon]

This is from A Promise not La Foret, why would you pass up the chance to have a picture of a naked man holding a plastic doll upside down?

[koddinn]

I am so in love with this version...

and I actually get cheerful/melancholic/happy/sad all at once, but mostly happy because Xiu Xiu decided to make a WONDEFUL cover of a great song...

[netskot]

you can actually hear Jamie struggling through it. great cover.

[Notespompon]

@netskot Yeah he looks like he's struggling for life in that studio he's at, while recording into 10,000 dollar vintage Neumann Condensor Microphones... Struggling so hard.

I'll tell you where I struggle... In finding an actual song in this 6 minute MP3. There are notes being played at an uneven and metronome-less tempo, but I'm failing to hear any actual music (Only if your imagination is that of a kindergartner on Acid). I hope this guy isn't getting paid for this.

[eeeyyyeee]

one of my favorite covers. depressing or not it is a genuine artistic rendition of the song.

[Zeebo89]

my copy got run over by a car when i ran across the road trying to catch the bus but I dropped it, im still trying to decide whether that was a good thing cos I used to listen to this song wayyyyy to much and I used to get sooo depressed and cry all the time

[packalola]

lament, and remember the music as you would the cd, but appreciate having had the experiences that you had and got through that made it special to you; and give it the occasional listen, for strength and nostalgic purposes... tis the soundtrack of life

[JWJD]

@Zeebo89 wasn't meant to be, zeebo. everything is exactly as it should be.

[Madisonmofo]

Thanks for posting this. I accidentally left this album on a train in India.