Eels are a very unusual and distinctive band. They're probably in loads of collections thanks to their inclusion on all sorts of compilation CDs that have accompanied film soundtracks, including including Scream 2, American Beauty, Road Trip, Holes, The Anniversary Party, Knocked Up, Yes Man, The End of Violence, Hellboy II, Hot Fuzz, The Big White, and the first three Shrek movies. I'd imagine that a lot of folk who were then attracted to buy more stuff by the band as a result of the soundtrack material would likely be baffled by what they picked up....it's not always the easiest or most comfortable of listening.
They also once did a very unusual cover. This was the fabulous original:-
And here's the equally fabulous cover in which the original is twisted and kicked around to produce something rather disturbing:-
mp3 : Eels - Get Ur Freak On
Happy Listening
3 comments:
Great post, Mark Everett has been a favorite for a long time. Daisies of the Galaxy is still one of my favorite albums that gets a regular re-run.
Saw them perform this live back in the day, after spending quite a while haggling with a ticket tout selling at 3 times the face value...
Ah jeez I love E. I saw him years ago with Lisa Germano in London. Unforgettable show. He played the whole thing on a baby Taylor in farmers' slacks. Beautiful. I am an artist and I would love you to listen to my album. I'm sort of in the same room as Thea Gilmore: we are often bunched together on these search engines. pollypaulusma.com. How can I get it to you?
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