The Vaselines – Son of a Gun
MP3: The Vaselines – “Son of a Gun” from Enter The Vaselines, due May 5 on Sub Pop.
Kurt Cobain was such a fan of this Scots band that he recorded covers of three of their songs: this one, “Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam,” and my all-time favorite Nirvana song, “Molly’s Lips.” Enter The Vaselines is a remastered collection of pretty much everything the Vaselines did, including “never-before-heard demos, and live recordings from 1986 in Bristol and 1988 in London.”
The Vaselines: iTunes, Amazon, Insound, wiki.
Fan Video: Nirvana – “Son of a Gun”
Live Video: Nirvana – “Molly’s Lips”
Video: Nirvana – “Jesus Doesn’t Want Me For A Sunbeam” (Unplugged)
Nirvana: iTunes, Amazon, Insound, wiki.
vitas
1138 days ago
bit overkill on the vaselines. i like my comp “the way of the vaselines”. it’s a good collection of a band that didn’t have that much output in the first place. there some fun stuff on there, but there’s also a lot to toss away. it’s all here again, but with demos. it’s a bit odd, since the original releases were more like demos in the first place. i’m sure it’ll be interesting for die hards and for folks that want new vinyl.
Jake
1138 days ago
I hear you, Vit. Sub Pop describes this new release as “effectively a deluxe-edition reissue of the 1992 Sub Pop release The Way of The Vaselines with a new title and new cover art from the band, and a whole lot of new material (the entirety of the 17-song second CD/third LP has been added).”
LionIndex
1138 days ago
I like “Way” too, and I actually think this might be one of those things where the songs become weaker when they’re cleaned up.