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April 14, 2006

Ray LaMontagne Covers Gnarls Barkley

Via Amrit, we have MP3 of our favorite (Stephen) Stills-loving crooner taking on that soulful charttopper blaring from every Brit kid's mobile.

Ray LaMontagne - "Crazy" (MP3 Link Expired)

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am i the only one having trouble with the link?

Posted by: Trey at 04/14/06 10:11 AM | Reply
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Fixed the link -- sorry Trey! Enjoy.

Posted by: scott at 04/14/06 10:27 AM | Reply
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wow.. he makes it sound like it could be a rock song

Posted by: max at 04/14/06 11:08 AM | Reply
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Yes, quite the choice cut. And well done making the post "Stills" specific!

Posted by: Amrit at 04/14/06 11:16 AM | Reply
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Very cool. Was this recorded for any specific reason or release?
Just got the Gnarls Barkley CD last night, so it's great to hear this cover.
Looking forward to another record from Ray as well...

Posted by: Corey at 04/14/06 11:27 AM | Reply
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And off it goes, into the mouth of Taylor Hicks...

Posted by: J at 04/14/06 1:09 PM | Reply
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cool beans.

Posted by: ice at 04/14/06 2:20 PM | Reply
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J! Priceless! Exactly what I was thinking!

Posted by: Liz at 04/14/06 6:17 PM | Reply
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actually, i'd totally dig hearing this performed by taylor hicks. :-)

Posted by: adam at 04/14/06 9:23 PM | Reply
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Great, thanks.

Posted by: G at 04/15/06 12:16 PM | Reply
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Thanks for the post, Great cover. Can't wait for Ray's new disc to drop at the end of the year. As for Taylor Hacks (yawn), well, nevermind!

Posted by: Kevin at 04/15/06 3:45 PM | Reply
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I could not thank you more for this cover. I eat up everything Ray.

Posted by: havachip at 04/15/06 8:40 PM | Reply
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This is the coolest thing since the other version. great mix cd book ends! thanks mr. gum!

Posted by: Jesus Christ at 04/15/06 9:03 PM | Reply
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I'll second everything already said, except the Taylor Hicks crap. Thank you.

Posted by: Karl at 04/16/06 9:24 AM | Reply
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im sorry but i really dont like this, Gnarls barkley made an amazing song, its own genre even, i love it, buit this really is a bad cover, so soon after the relese of the original

Posted by: steve at 04/17/06 8:41 AM | Reply
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I love it, probably more so than the original!!!

Posted by: mark at 04/17/06 12:17 PM | Reply
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This is a fantastic cover of a pretty good song. Barkley's version is good...it's fun...but it'll fade away and be forgotten by next year. Ray has done him a favor by actually getting listeners to hear the great words that Barkley wrote. And it also seems to me that anything that Ray sings just turns into something special.

Posted by: Steve at 04/17/06 2:49 PM | Reply
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ray got one of the words wrong, after 'does that make me crazy, does that make me crazy, does that make me crazy' it should be 'possibly' but ray says 'probably'

Posted by: steve at 04/17/06 3:42 PM | Reply
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yo, has anyone figured out the tab to this? Someone has to have worked on it. Post a URL or something...

Posted by: Ross at 04/17/06 7:06 PM | Reply
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luuuuuuurve it.

so much i can't write my paper.

Posted by: rachel at 04/18/06 12:00 AM | Reply
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THERE IS NO GNARLS BARLEY, HES AN ALTER EGO OF CEE LO AND DANGERMOUSE PUT TOGETHER, BY THE WAY, TERRIBLE COVER, THIS DUDE NEEDS TO HANG IT UP AND STICK TO ORIGINALS, YALL DONT KNOW SHIT.

Posted by: DANIEL at 04/20/06 6:47 PM | Reply
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Could someone please post the link to the MP3 file again. Link above has expired.

Posted by: Adeel at 04/21/06 9:30 AM | Reply
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eh

Posted by: jj at 04/24/06 6:53 AM | Reply
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yes please do repost it!

Posted by: blep at 04/27/06 4:42 PM | Reply
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please repost the mp3 i have spent ages trying to track this down!!

Posted by: adz at 04/28/06 10:39 AM | Reply
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PLEASE REPOST THE RAY COVERING GNARLS MP3!!!

Posted by: ERT at 09/19/06 1:25 PM | Reply
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PLEASE REPOST THE RAY COVERING GNARLS MP3!!!

Posted by: ERT at 09/19/06 1:26 PM | Reply
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PLEASE REPOST THE RAY COVERING GNARLS MP3!!!

Posted by: ERT at 09/19/06 1:26 PM | Reply
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PLEASE REPOST THE RAY COVERING GNARLS MP3!!!

Posted by: ERT at 09/19/06 1:27 PM | Reply
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PLEASE REPOST THE RAY COVERING GNARLS MP3!!!

Posted by: ERT at 09/19/06 1:29 PM | Reply
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PLEASE REPOST THE RAY COVERING GNARLS MP3!!!

Posted by: ERT at 09/19/06 1:29 PM | Reply
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couchsessions.com has ray cover

Posted by: homesewn at 09/23/06 11:41 AM | Reply
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Tab for this song is as follows..

hammer third fret on A string On intro..

Cm Eb Ab gm G7

Cm Ab Eb Gm G7

Posted by: Harrysdad at 09/27/06 3:26 AM | Reply
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r u joking? Cee Lo is nd 4eva will b the only 1 hu can sing crazy! every1 else should get there own original song nd stop rippin off these genuises!

Posted by: h at 10/31/06 11:41 PM | Reply
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THE COVER IS SHIT! RAY SHOULD STICK 2 ORIGINALS INSTEAD OF RIPPIN OFF OTHER PEOPLES GENUIS!

Posted by: k at 10/31/06 11:43 PM | Reply
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I have to ask any of you who think this is a "horrible cover" if you usually, or at all, listen to acoustic music.... because this is really rad!

More importantly, the ENTIRE point behind doing a cover of ANY song is that you do it in a COMPLETELY different style. How much different can you get than dropping the tempo 20 BPM & singing it with more heart & bloodsoaked soul???

Don't get me wrong, the original Gnarls tune is money.... but so is Ray's version. End of story.


-curtis murphy-

Posted by: curtis murphy syndicate - winner LA Music Awards: Rock Single of the Year! at 11/18/06 3:13 AM | Reply
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hypothetically if ray had released his version of crazy in a world without gnarls barkley would it be as big...

Posted by: dances with wolves? at 11/25/06 7:55 PM | Reply
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Y'all chatting shit! Both versions are good - but mine is better! I've covered this song too, and it rocks! So there!

Posted by: Ste at 12/27/06 7:53 PM | Reply
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