Violent and Crazy - LOS ANGELES, California - Alternative / Rock - www.myspace.com/violentandcrazy
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Violent Femmes Cover Gnarls Barkley
Published 6/6/2008 by Stereogum at Stereogum
... and back.) So far less than a minute's streaming, but even from this sound clip we can see that the Femmes are staying pretty true to the original's script: Gano even does the "ha ha ha" where Cee-Lo lays his laugh. Because it's the Violent Femmes, though, it's a lot creepier (in a good way). And it sounds like the Violent Femmes. Take a listen . This is what it should sound like: Like a Morricone-style dirge recorded by The Mamas and The Papas, Violent Femmes' cover of Gnarls Barkley's infamous "Crazy" is like nothing you've heard from the legendary alt-rock trio before. ...
Violent Femmes Cover Gnarls
Published 6/7/2008 by Steve Henderson at AbsolutePunk.net - News
... Listen to the Violent Femmes cover Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy" here.
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Published 6/21/2008 at Salon
June 21, 2008 | Violent Femmes The Violent Femmes' "Crazy" The Violent Femmes and Gnarls Barkley are a mutual appreciation society formed in oddball heaven. Two years ago, Barkley did ...
Get "Crazy" With The Violent Femmes [Music]
Published 6/21/2008 by ian spiegelman at Gawker
... of the Femmes classic "Gone Daddy Gone" that took the song's already hypnotically manic energy and bent it into something new and just as lovably weird. Now, the favor has been returned. Visitors to the MySpace page for an ensemble billing itself Violent and Crazy can currently sample a taste of the Femmes' reimagining of Barkley's athemic smash 'Crazy' before the single releases later this month." Listen here. ...
Crazy by The Violent Femmes
Published 6/26/2008 by Scaramouch at YesButNoButYes Stories
A quick recommendation for a new EP by the Violent Femmes, a cover of Gnarls Barkley's Crazy, which is in the iTunes store, and also available as in limited edition blue vinyl.
The EP is a smokey, Morricone-inspired version and - in a very smart move - also includes a full instrumental version AND an a cappella version, which will make it even easier for mashup artists everywhere to incorporate it. Crazy is a well-covered track in this regard, most notably Crazy Logic and Crazy As She Goes, so I'd expect to see some ...

