If there was an award for most productive artist of the year, hands down Ty Segall would take the prize. The west coast garage-rocker has put out three different records this year (the solo record Twins, Slaughterhouse with his band, and a split LP with White Fence) has done a shit load of touring, including a stellar show with Thee Oh Sees at Town Ballroom, and now he’s released a cover of “Femme Fatale” for a Bay Area covers album, The Velvet Undergroud and Nico by Castle Face and Friends.
The original track from the self-titled studio album by The Velvet Underground and Nico, which is regarded as the 13th greatest album of all time by Rolling Stone, was released as a single back in 1966 and still lends itself as one of the most evocative and influential tracks in the rock music canon. Obviously it would be difficult, and a bit unnecessary, for Ty Segall to attempt to replicate the Andy Warhol lent nightingale’s lush vocals, so instead he takes the a maniacal route and we are left with loads of feverish guitar feedback, fuzzed-out vocals and a jet-fast drum beat resulting in a track almost a half minute shorter than the original at two minutes and 16 seconds. It’s a brisk, enjoyable rendition, and it’s hard to see Ty Segall doing it in any other way.
The original track from the self-titled studio album by The Velvet Underground and Nico, which is regarded as the 13th greatest album of all time by Rolling Stone, was released as a single back in 1966 and still lends itself as one of the most evocative and influential tracks in the rock music canon. Obviously it would be difficult, and a bit unnecessary, for Ty Segall to attempt to replicate the Andy Warhol lent nightingale’s lush vocals, so instead he takes the a maniacal route and we are left with loads of feverish guitar feedback, fuzzed-out vocals and a jet-fast drum beat resulting in a track almost a half minute shorter than the original at two minutes and 16 seconds. It’s a brisk, enjoyable rendition, and it’s hard to see Ty Segall doing it in any other way.
Listen to the cover below:
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