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Posted on 31/01/08 at 02:13:21 pm
Last week we were lucky enough to get down to London club White Heat, to see Lightspeed Champion and Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner cover The Strokes together.
Well if you weren’t lucky enough to see the debut performance of the Pun Lovin’ Criminals as the supergroup called themselves, we discovered this great footage floating about online.
Just click below to watch the video, plus check out the current issue of NME with Lightspeed himself on the cover for the full story on how the gig came about.
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apollo4_ryan [Visitor] //January 31 2008 at 15:07
no offensive to the group or anything.
but them covering the strokes is a bad idea, they've turned a really good influencial song into a bag of crap.
shame on them!!
james_the-giant_peach [Visitor] //January 31 2008 at 15:35
second that. i've never been much of a fan of alex turner at all though. in this he seems more of a guy pulled from the crowd to do some karaoke. the bass player though was on the ball though.
[Visitor] //January 31 2008 at 15:36
Ive never heard of this band before, this is the first time i've seen or heard them
What a bunch of shit
What's alex doing with them? They cant play
michael [Visitor] //January 31 2008 at 16:35
i saw lightspeed champion last week at lancaster sugarhouse and they were brilliant, the album is brilliant but this is not good i agree. Listen to lightspeed on his own and his cover of heart beats in its cage its very good!
[Visitor] //January 31 2008 at 17:15
its class you deaf fucks
Woodsy [Visitor] //January 31 2008 at 17:21
To be fair though, it looks like their all having a laugh - I dont think its meant to be taken seriously, I'd have loved to have been there!
[Visitor] //January 31 2008 at 18:03
its just a bit of fun..... get over it you winging tarts
Mike1990 [Visitor] //January 31 2008 at 18:24
Alex is a master. This band suck
thomas [Visitor] //January 31 2008 at 18:34
i think u boys need to simmer down. it was all a bit of fun. not like they're saying yer lets do it better than the strokes did, cos no1 could. and whoever can dispute the fact that alex turner is a genius needs to re-assess themselves and the situation. peace.
Googs001 [Visitor] //January 31 2008 at 19:06
What a Load of Shit !
Dom [Visitor] //January 31 2008 at 19:42
its the same old story from people who post reviews.
no one can take a cover for granted, you always inevitably
slag it off. you give all the crap about influencial a song is
and these guys are just having a laugh.
next time u cover a bands song. yo remeber wot u said
about other bands covering songs. cos u couldnt do any
better , you arrogant bastards.
Pete [Visitor] //January 31 2008 at 20:03
I dont see what all the hype about Lightspeed Champion, he/they play average catchy songs, nothing revolutionary. As the the arctics, well i loved their first album, the second one was a let down and this cover is awful, The Strokes are an awesome band and this is a class song, but they butcherd it.
kana [Visitor] //January 31 2008 at 20:19
its just some friends jamming and they happen to be famous enough to jam on a stage. dev said before the video started that they never practiced together before. with that said i think they did a good job on the song
[Visitor] //January 31 2008 at 20:49
What do u twats know ur all just emo twats sort it out eh and learn to fuckin know ur music yeh..
Ridler [Visitor] //January 31 2008 at 23:18
Why have a go? They were celebrating Dev's album release, and to be honest the cover isn't bad, everyone is a critic these days..........
nick [Visitor] //February 1 2008 at 04:37
i like both bands but NO ONE can cover the strokes and get away with it. no one sounds like jules. no one plays like nick. just doesn't work.....
[Visitor] //February 1 2008 at 07:27
This is great- learn to appreciate talent
mould [Visitor] //February 2 2008 at 16:31
Clearly only idiots have been commenting thus far. Who can question the genius of Alex Turner multiplied by Dev Hynes, the breathing saviour of music. Shame on you harsh commentators.
beckyyy [Visitor] //February 3 2008 at 15:54
i reckon they did a pretty damn good job of it
wish i was there
well done pun lovin' criminals
:]
god [Visitor] //February 3 2008 at 18:26
tune tune
Josh [Visitor] //February 4 2008 at 19:13
why is everybody acting so negatively?!?!?
its just a bit of fun. its nothing serious, just a little get together which is unrehearsed as they mentioned. now shut up and enjoy the actually not so bad cover
elin [Visitor] //February 5 2008 at 17:12
yah prolly not his best performance (alex's) buut you gotta say its a crap recording.. i mean u almost can't hear his voice..
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