Take Cover! Sun Kil Moon Vs. Modest Mouse

When is a cover song better than the original? Only you can decide. This week: Sun Kil Moon takes on Modest Mouse's “Ocean Breathes Salty.” MAGNET’s Edward Fairchild pulls the pin. Take cover! In 2005, Mark Kozelek (Red House Painters) and Sun Kil Moon released Tiny Cities, an album of stripped-down, acoustic Modest Mouse covers, with the songs rearranged to the point of being barely recognizable. The new rhythms and calm timbre cast the songs in an entirely different light, forcing listeners to take their time and pay closer attention to the lyrics and what the song was actually saying. The album was critically polarizing upon its release, but probably only because it was taken too seriously. Four years later, it doesn't feel like Kozelek was trying to prove something for himself, so much as he was unlocking and opening something about Modest Mouse. The Cover: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8i2tOfzyfk[/youtube] The Original: [metacafe]http://www.metacafe.com/watch/sy-18502745/modest_mouse_ocean_breathes_salty_official_music_video/[/metacafe] [poll id="47"]