No stranger to covers, Cold War Kids singer Nathan impresses with his take on Joni’s “All I Want.” Who needs a dulcimer?! Not him. The Kid nails the vocal and works out an interesting guitar part, considering Joni’s crazy dulcimer tunings. Listen to it Spinner.
And in the podcast (MP3 here, though it doesn’t have the Joni cover), the interviewer asks him about celebrities who have requested to be on the list for their shows. Moby AND Mischa Barton. Party.
(Pic of CWK in hotel dining room in Norway. The camera man could be heard saying “Work it.”)
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i really like cold war kids and joni mitchell,
but this is awful. very female impersonater.
I don’t suppose anyone has Sufjan’s “Free Man In Paris” yet? I’m really curious about that.
You thought he “nails the vocal”? That cracking falsetto was painfully out of tune.
They never include the cover in the podcast. Ted Leo covered the Impressions and it wasnt in the podcast either
I refuse to touch anything i know to be AOL.
geezzz…this band is terrible. why does the media continue to give them so much coverage?
I liked it. I think I might be one of the few who still like the Cold War Kids.
i like them too.
this just occurred to me. cold war kids credit matt wignal for recording some of their stuff. matt wignal’s band released an album a few years back called russian lullabies. could there be a pinko conspiracy in orange county, ca? that’d certainly make orange county, ca a more interesting place to be, i imagine.
“I don’t suppose anyone has Sufjan’s “Free Man In Paris” yet? I’m really curious about that” – Scott
There’s actually a video at Youtube of Joni Mitchell performing the song – a rarity
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnrQYK_auNw
got like three words into the singing, literally said “shut the FUCK up” to myself and to whoever the hell that dude was. gross. please dont screw with perfection.