Scala & Kolacny Brothers, Morning Benders, Of Montreal

	Scala & Kolacny Brothers - Creep .mp3
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Scala & Kolacny is an all girls Belgian choir that mainly cover songs from rock legends including U2, Rammstein, Nirvana and Depeche Mode. They have released five studio LP's since 1996 and have won the Best Belgian Choir Award in 2000. The trailer for the upcoming "Social Network" movie, that looks seriously badass, features the choir's version of the song "Creep." Never would I have imagined that there would be a cover of this song that gives me the chills as much as Thom Yorke's poignant voice. The layer of voices, the revered piano accompaniment and the dramatic climax that leads to "she's running out the door" would make anyone fall in love with this choir. Check out their version of Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" as well.

	The Morning Benders - I Wanna Be Like You .mp3
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The 1960s introduced the world to many eras. But besides Vietnam, rock n roll, and pot, it was also the time where a growing trend was all ready in motion, and is still quite prominent today: The Disney era. We are all descendants of the Disney Generation whether we grew up watching them as children, teenagers or even adults. And all of us can agree that it was the wonderful musical scores that made the classics so worthwhile.
One of my personal favorites always had to be the scene in Jungle Book where King Louie asks Mowgli to share the secret of man's red fire. 43 years later, the Morning Benders have taken the classic and made it their own; I mean it really sounds like a Morning Benders song. One must applaud them for making this song relevant to today's hipster market. My only criticism is that they failed to include Baloo's gibberish at the end of the song. That was always my favorite part.





In the late 1970s, french disco pop sensation Ottawan came out with songs that we still cherish today like "Hands Up," "D.I.S.C.O." or "T'es Ok!" In 1982, one of the most famous Bollywood sensations ever, "Disco Dancer" was released and all of these disco tunes were used in the film. The pivotal song about the film's protagonist, Jimmy, samples "T'es OK!" for the song, "Jiimy, aaja!" "Jimmy" was monumental in Russia, Turkey, obviously India, and in Sri Lanka. The Tamils had made their own version of the Bollywood classic, which controversial pop icon M.I.A. was exposed to in her youth.



On her sophomore album "Kala," M.I.A. created her own interpretation of the song which maintained the disco pop feel, but also dabbled in electronica and hip hop. Of Montreal, the eccentric indie/disco outfit from Athens, Georgia covered the song shortly after. The result is a more laid back strand of disco pop that only Of Montreal could devise. Mind you, it would definitely help with the aid of narcotics. It would have seemed more fitting for them to have just covered the Ottawan classic and eliminated the middle man. But than this history lesson would not have taken place.