I’m not sure how I acquired it, but I just listened to this terrific version of Van Halen’s “Jump” by a Scottish band from the eighties called Aztec Camera.
According to Wikipedia, the song was a B-side for an American single release in 1984. The rhythm reminds me slightly of Rilo Kiley’s “The Frug”, which is also a pretty cool song:
Coming from a UK post-punk background, this was an ironic, tounge-in-check choice of song to cover (if not a direct piss-take).
Also definitely worth checking out is their album ‘Love’ which has some terrific, up-beat romantic pop songs that have great melodies and lyrics, and manage to avoid being clichéd.
haha very cool Darren. This popped up in my technorati feed for Van Halen news. Thanks for sharing.