I found this whilst trawling the net and thought, “That’s going on the blog, no-one will have heard that!” Then last night (last nite) I heard it on Craig Charles Funk and Soul show on 6 Music. Bastard! Never mind.
I love the Strokes. I realise they’re probably uncool nowadays but I’ve never been cool, and at my age I’m not about to start trying. I bought the first Strokes ep way back in 2000 and thought they were fantastic. Great drummer, vocals drawled through a megaphone and a guitarist who looked like 1966 Bob Dylan. ‘Last Nite’ on the ep was a bit slower than the single/album version that came out in 2001, but the version here is way, way different.
Jumbonics are a jazz/soul/funk outfit from the south of England. I imagine they’ve got goatee beards and wear expensive trainers. I don’t really know. But their version of ‘Last Nite’ is a vinyl-only hammond ‘n’ shuffly drum reworking of The Strokes finest 3 minutes. It could be a cracker, it could be a stinker, I’ve yet to make up my mind. It is pretty strange and pretty funky and pretty well the Plain Or Pan ‘Cover Version of the Month’. So far.
*stop press. hmmmmm. it’s a bit of a stinker really.
Plain Or Pan 