THE PIXIES - MONKEY GONE TO HEAVEN - COVER VERSION

[TheWolfman510]

I'm back after watching this a year ago. It's nice to see people still bitching about the person in the video

On a side note: After listening to SO much more music, I can say this sounds like Coldplay a little. Only it's not whiny bullcrap

[yaashdev]

i dont see how this is considered bad

[LukeGriffths121]

Yeah not a bad cover but seriously what the fuck does it matter about sexual preference? Seriously, why can't we fucking live a world where we judge people on their human traits? Sexual preference makes no fucking difference to what kind of person someone is.

[rooney1825]

gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaY

[electronicmedium]

Why would they have a nasty ginger in this video

[crimsonrush]

@electronicmedium Prick.

[electronicmedium]

@crimsonrush  thanks kid

[1338OneStepBeyond]

The distorted voice sucks, the piano sounds feel like a Tori Amos rip off, the harmony of the original is missing. It would only get 2/10 because of the awesome original. But even listening to the Pixies's version while being beaten on the ears with a shovel would be more fun than listening to this crap.

TL;DR: This cover sucks.

[lisalovesjosje]

her expressions. how she skips from one to another.. awesome track, awesome video

[Kyatori]

I love this ! Does anyone know who the artist is ?

[TheRoyaroar]

@Kyatori The original artist is The Pixies

[Kyatori]

@TheRoyaroar yeah but who is singing the cover?

[umyea21]

amazing song! cool video effects!

[Darkzmanz]

XD what a joke

[SuperBluntTrauma]

Tbh i like the intense style of singing in this cover , when i listen to the pixies version it always brings alot of emotions in me :D

[electronicmedium]

obviously the girl is not the singer, but why choose a nasty ginger? lol

[pocketfulofroses]

duh, that's a girl with a playback... Francis Black doesn't look like that at all, guys :P

[bodubogaucho]

the music itself is suffering

[vrolok4768]

fuck!

[jaidedodomu]

gay

[sodorth]

this is PURE RAPE !

[ElKreteno]

the biggest shit ever =(

[y3k23k]

btw if you liked this the band is called la roux.

[joebstarsurfer]

what is this total shit !!!.Judge things as they are and this is x factor shit!

[samuelmorrison]

who is this asshole?

[appleman53]

You cant be straight

[ellogoods]

kinda cool-

prefer the original but this is kinda cool-

[pablogrunge]

fck so beautiful, so....

from argentine!

[FatBlackFrancis]

It's about time La Roux released another song, but did she have to cover the Pixies?

[nitter123]

I love the emotion.Its a good cover! But, i prefer the original. Not to say its bad, this cover is freakin' great! You have a beautiful voice!

[theHiddenHaku]

Very good cover! Thank you for sharing!

[307Tradis]

Good cover :) Nice Video and great job and great face.

[Kalmthemc]

awful.

[sduddy]

its shite

[307Tradis]

Fuck you !

[sduddy]

tut tut

[biba40000]

who made this fabulous cover ???

[DamageManual]

cool cover

[TrentWhite]

I am a hard core Pixies fan since the beginning, and I havent got tired of their stuff but I do enjoy other peoples takes on their songs. Cant never measure up, but aint bad.

[sagaofbluewing]

The person in the video is a chick and isn't the one actually singing.. morons. Although it is nice to see all of the homophobic and moronic comments.

It's not a bad cover and what's the point in covering a song if you're basically just doing a karaoke version?

[kraftdurchfreunde]

pure shite. shame on you gay mothafucka

[MEOWMEOWLIKEMEOWMAN]

Stop judging this based on the vocalist's sexual preference. It should have no impact on your opinion of the song. In the twenty-first century, we should be past thinking like this but sadly we aren't.

Anyway I like the alternative take on this song, but I don't think Frank Black meant this song to be sung so intensely. The artist could do a great job with other songs, but The Pixies were a bit more lighthearted than what he is portraying it as. Anyway I think its good, similar to Bowie.

[herehere14]

@MEOWMEOWLIKEMEOWMAN

it's a woman

[appleman53]

@MEOWMEOWLIKEMEOWMAN I still thinks hes gay

[y3k23k]

@MEOWMEOWLIKEMEOWMAN at least we can still rip on him cus hes a ginger!

[electronicmedium]

@MEOWMEOWLIKEMEOWMAN obviously the girl singing isnt the one who is singing

[electronicmedium]

@MEOWMEOWLIKEMEOWMAN this chick isnt the real singer, just used for the video

[JesterLuke93]

LMAO

SOOPER-ROFL

[68goldtop]

what does it matter if it´s a boy or a girl, or if he´s gay or not?

i think it´s an excellent take on that song!

thanks for posting this!

[wilson1571993]

hahaha this is a fucking joke that guy needs someone to pull his balls out of his stomach

[gougeaway777]

A piss take surely..

[tobi78900987]

wtf....

[limehic2]

i think he is a little bit faggot gay homosexual ...

[Ulfur90]

good cover + i love ther girl in the video ...so hot

[heatblastyo]

i think thats a dude

[LIBshark]

This song was played at Travis the chimp's funeral... it was very lovely...

[saltyeyeskid]

isnt this the placebo fag that killed where is my mind?

[mitzjob]

not bad...a fairly good rethink of a classic

[ethrlswoon]

I love it. If you close your eyes you can hear the old 4AD sound in there. Melancholy.

[chinshuwandee]

I didn't know spricket 24 had the op.

[Mineav]

Sort of Bowie-ish, but he would've added some balls to it--this sounds very neutered. When the guitar kicks in the amp should've been set to '11', and more of it. Some yelling would've helped, too.

[XiomaraCarebear]

yeah, gave me the Bowie feeling as well here.... the voice does it.

(still prefer the Pixies version, but this one's pretty neat!)

[jebeight8]

pretty weirded out by that video, pretty horrible cover

[patmy6]

What the FUCK???

[bruinboy84]

what the hell is this?

[Klubeman]

very pretentious but a really good cover.

[ovocopter]

is it a girl?

[olgasavestheday]

this is kind of funny...

[gleamhound]

Lov e the Pixies and of course I love the original, but think this is a perfectly good attempt to do something different - better than just trying - and failing - to copy the original. Good try, guys.

[LividImp]

Rename the video:

"UNKNOWN ARTIST - MONKEY GONE TO HEAVEN - THE FLACCID VERSION"

Since this is NOT the Pixies and it is an uninspired, limp version. How do these things keep getting made???

[auktober]

uh.....how about no.

[batardtrisomique]

Sounds like shit. No more screaming, no more agression... everything's nice and clean... I have nothing against that kind of music, but it's got absolutely nothing to do with the Pixies, so some people may like it, but I think most of those who really liked the early original work on Surfer Rosa and Doolittle, won't enjoy this version.

[talkshowhost85]

got to admit i love the piano. the early parts sound like a nice variety from the two pale boys version with frank. but it get sucky in the end.

[woostep]

Great face, done a great job on a great song, well done

[ForgottonDarkness]

ugly bitch get of the screen.

you ruiend this song completly. =/

[ericiscool23]

GAY

[Glennfaw]

IMO you'd better be bringing something pretty damned original to the table if you hope to get away with covering a classic song like this - sadly, as with most covers, I think this is a pointless waste of time - but I do reckon the video is actually pretty good.

[voodoochilled1]

This is odd. I dont know whether i like it or hate it! Oddly most comments are negative ones but it still got a 4/5 rating!

[CHLOEpdem]

fuck they killed it proper, the crying is making me cringe

[davo171]

Shes got that perimortem look.

[sasaka18]

I dunno who sings the song, all i know is it's a Scottish band, my cousin is the GIRL in the video and the band chose her because she'd just finished chemotherapy and they thought she had a unique look.

[vgdrmmr]

if bono could write as well as frank this is what i imagine it would sound like, but then I'd still hate u2 cause this is a weak ass cover.

[Petyo84]

right on

[denciopia1]

her face impression is like taking a hard shit.....

[mingerz4life]

Oooooh oooh noooo!!! It's like a symphony of exploding baby tina arena's are setting off in my ears.

REPENT.

REPENT.

[displague]

The face and the voice are Bowie reminiscent. I'm sure I would prefer a cover by him.

[themightytim1]

Oh dear. If ever there was a song that didn't need to be turned into a slow, piano led ballad... its as bad as the James Blunt version of Where is my mind. Who is responsible for this? And what's with the pussy mewling of "God is seven"? You need to scream that shit man, that's like the most hair raising bit of the song!

[yeahDOBS]

wtf is this? ahaha that girl's facial expressions make me laugh more than the cover. the cover doesn't suck, i don't like it, but it isn't bad. it's just that girl. what the fuck is her deal? going from crying to happy. if she was trying to portray the lyric's intentions than i think she failed pretty bad. the part when she holds up her hands is especially funny. anyways, if you cover a song from the pixies you have to match their creativity if not out do them. i didn't see that here

[psycedeliccorn]

ohhhhh, they need to scream god is 7

[Mass75]

absolutely awful!

[marxistbros370]

I think it's very possible that this was a fan video put to a crappy cover.

Jesus, I can't stand this "girl's" face.

[armansinlado]

i really dont know if is he or she

but is a good cover =)

[bummuliddu]

Decisamente una cover interessante di questo famoso brano dei Pixies. Però non conosco il gruppo. Mi piacerebbe saperlo.

[Mythoman6]

It's very a homophobic comments, maybe you need to consult, it's probably hide something. Every peoples hear a song and have some talent can do this on is own version and how he feel it. We call this the art evolution. And for your information the signer his a man but we never see in this video, she an actress.

[zazzafrazz]

I never understood why great artists act in the gayest possible ways. Thier videos, stage persona, whatever. Awesome talent. but it's like thier egos go ballistic and they just can't be normal anymore.

[spraypaintthewalls]

alot of times band videos are the record companies ideas.. like what happens in the videos

[zazzafrazz]

yeah, that's true.

[george0027]

i mean... i kinda like it, the song. video's kinda gay and overproduced but, especially the crying. but the songs cool. watever everyones got their own opinion haha, just hope i don't get trashed hahaha

[euuhi]

oh,and this cover sucks.(:

[euuhi]

1:56

XDDDD!!

[mopeysbigmail]

Is this a man or a woman I'm seeing take a shit all over the Pixies?

[HERETICPRIME]

WTF? Is she laughing or crying? Is she laughing because it's so bad and she's supposed be crying, or is it vice versa for the same reason?  Bloody awful...

[airmiami]

1)she's an APPALLING actress. Really, way too dramatic and way unconvincing.

2)The meaning and the feeling of the song have been ripped out and spat on. It's like diet Coke.

3)Anybody here thinking this is the 'original' version, and that the Pixies did not write this needs their head examining.

4)It's CHEESE!

[swimminghorseman]

haha yeah it's musical rape!

[joydivisionfactory]

This is THE WORST video and a cover version of any song i have ever heard/seen. It's soooo bad, it's almost comical- or shall i say more like tragedy/comedy. Oh my God, help!!!!

[Sweettart9467]

I'm sorry but I like the song no other way but how the pixies did it. This rendition of the song is almost too sad. It comes across as a cheesy instrumental and too emotional. The words to the song don't make since they are song sadly the words were meant to have somewhat of a little bite to them, if you ask me.

[MiguelAngel3077]

Me equivoqué!!!

The original versión is so bad!!!

Look at Channel: breeder99 ''The Pixies - Monkey gone to heaven''

PD_ Sorry. My inglish so bad too!!!

[MiguelAngel3077]

Gente mía!; this video is not a cover... Is the Oficial Versión, feat. Steven Lindsay

[KittyPeace]

wow, just wow, I got shivers up my spine. what a great cover! although I really do love the Pixies version. =)

[marcozanzadj]

... Great & Sweet Cover ...

This Acctress is Amazing !

Great Great Great - Performance ...

One word : BRAVA !!!

[AVOLITE]

All the boneheads posting that this is U2 or just Bono would explain them also adding to their comment how much they hate it.

I find this cover rather powerful myself. Nice to see an actual artisic video filled with emotion in todays cookie-cutter hodge podge of crap they show on MTV.

[trashysinatra]

Steven Lindsay is the artist performing. He guided the Big Dish towards three wonderful albums in the `80s. Check them out, esp. big new beginning and swansong. I notice that the comments on this page are highly polarised. That in itself validates this version.

Now, must get on to Lilac Wine by Jeff Buckley, have just seen Ne Le Dis a Personne (Tell no one) and need to revisit that track.

[pataphysician66]

This is vomitous

[RudolfSchmidt]

if I told you people that the girl in the video reminds me of my long lost 3 year old best friend, catherine, would that make anyone feel anything? anything at all?

[PhantomDog]

Personally speaking, a little down. People live and die but they always leave some kind of a mark on those who care. It seems to have been a good memory. I hope you don't surrender to despair (sometimes it's hard not to) and remember her well.

[sasaka18]

Not sure who this cover is by but the GIRL singing is my cousin, she is an amazing actress from Scotland and she had just finished chemotherapy when she did this so had quite a unique look, which is why i think the band picked her for the video. So you can all shove your IMHO's up you arses.

[RudolfSchmidt]

I used to hate this cover, but the only thing keeping the doubt alive, was the girl in the video. she is troubling, amazing, she is there, THERE, and makes me realize im here, HERE.

[PhantomDog]

Sorry she's on chemo. Maybe that's why she projects so powerfully; when she seems about to cry, I feel it immensely. Still don't like the cover much but your cousin's performance gives it a great depth. And excuse me but what's 'IMHO?"

[restoremaz]

somebody shoot me

[pussycruncher69]

Haha, terrible cover. I'm sorry.

[fredder100]

It bugs me that anyone can cover any song. It's disturbing to here this brutal attempt at an amazing song. I'd say this ranks right near Fallout Boy covering Joy Division's Love Will Tear Us Apart on the worst covers of all-time list.

[cevirgen1]

i love this version,but who or what are you

[PhantomDog]

It's funny; I love U2 but I thoroughly HATE this version.

[RudolfSchmidt]

its double funny, because I hate U2 and LIKE this version

[pataphysician66]

It's a Pixie song

[GreeneCushing]

I could swear that's Bono and U2. Who I know are big Pixies followers.

[CELR91]

wtf? crap

[eddthebed]

awful cover

[nine0ne0ne]

brilliant cover.......whos the singer?

love this version....

[herbahyperici]

but really: is it a boy or a girl? Or a little bit of both? Are there two boys and two girls? Or How Many? I don´t really know. And i don´t really care.

[davepgrant]

Oh no, no, no, no, no, and finally, GOD NO!

[Fuckingflesheater]

Ugliest dude ive ever seen lmao