Cold War Kids - Electioneering

From Stereogum presents: Ok X : a tribute to Ok COmputer.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Radiohead
• cold
• war
• kids
• electioneering
• politics
• suck
• people
• should
• castrate
• their
• president

[EepiczombieE]

Honestly, it's better than the original..

[shaolinkin]

I heard the original for the first time in months a few hours ago, and I'd say I like this one more but they're two completely different songs really. Both are great songs I'm glad to have heard.

[L337wizard]

@shaolinkin This is really good. I just am too much of a radiohead fanboy to let go of that song.

[shaolinkin]

@L337wizard you're also too much of a winner, OBVIOUSLY

[sheean42]

well..... fuck..... this is an awesome cover by an awesome band of an awesome song by an awesome band

[PunkFictionProdction]

I like this. It's not like CWK covered Creep or Karma Police, and they also kind of made it their own. I respect that.

[thraengorn]

Let's just respect the subjectivity of music! "I'm not saying 'Electioneering' is the best song on the album, but (still, a big claim!) it's certainly the most badass. It's lyrically everything we want to do - bursts of concrete imagery... OK Computer is the single most important album to be released during my youth and that it was a rite of passage. But that really is the truth and I have never had an emotional connection with an album quite like I have with this one" -Cold War Kids front-man

[antisadism]

I would say if this cover is good or not, but you probably dont give a shit about my opinion.

[bombast07]

@Metroid00x You could make the case that this is the worst song of OKC, but one of the worst songs off of a classic album is still way better than any song the Cold War Kids have created.

[bombast07]

@PunkFictionProdction It's not my fault that this band covered a song and made it sound like a dying dog howling the night away locked inside a barn.

[PunkFictionProdction]

@bombast07 Once you reach an age where you realize that your opinion is not objective but actually subjective maybe I'll debate you.

And telling an artist to 'stick to making their own songs' is an incredibly stupid concept. If someone told gave Thom Yorke that advice, every single Radiohead album would sound like Pablo Honey.

[bombast07]

@PunkFictionProdction

Made it their own? Stick to making your own songs. Stay in your lane. Don't fuck with classic songs off of classic albums unless you are really gonna add something to it that wasn't there to begin with. This is just garbage. They took one of RHs best 'rock' songs and made it sound like it was recorded in a garage. It would maybe be ok if the dude's voice didn't sound like someone scraping their nails along a chalkboard.

[bombast07]

Of course the guy uploading this video would like this dreadful cover over the classic original off of one of the most influential albums of all time.

[SlipMeATwenty]

This is a good cover, don't get me wrong, but it's kind of like an opposite version of the original. Which is good, but I wish it had some guitar or more energy. Maybe a faster pace.

[blizzerdbiworrior]

The music in this sounds like "Too Afraid to Love You" by The Black Keys.

[mattatussin]

wow this really sucks. Easy star all star version is 100 times better.