We've Got You Covered
Reel Big Fish and Cap'n Jazz take on "Take On Me."
Quick, name the best music video from the mid-1980's by a band with a two syllable, hyphenated name. That's right. "Take on Me," by A-ha. Without a doubt one of the greatest music videos ever and performed by a band that nobody really remembers. You get an imaginary cookie if you can name any of their other songs without the use of Wikipedia. But really, who cares if they only had one song? That one song sold almost nine million copies. The only thing that increases the awesomeness of "Take on Me" is a trumpet. Enter Reel Big Fish.
The melody and lyrics are the same, but the urge to dance is even stronger. Replace the original synth keyboard with horns, update the sound of the drums, add a funky bass line and a simple ska guitar riff and you'll need new socks because your old ones have been rocked off.-- --------
I never really liked ska, not even when I was fourteen. However, Cory is right in the assessment that "Take On Me" is probably the best music video to come out of the eighties, the sketchy cartoon spawned countless covers to come our way - including the ska version that was previously mentioned. Cap'n Jazz also put their hand into the A-ha cookie jar and pulled out a bitter treat - bringing angry drums and vocals that are nothing short of pure intensity.
Cap'n Jazz died a short death, but the members went on to play prominent roles in the indie music scene - forming such bands as: The Promise Ring, Owen, American Football, Owls, Joan of Arc and Make Believe, among others.
STREAM: Reel Big Fish - Take On Me
STREAM: Cap’n Jazz - Take On Me
Posted by Wes Soltis, Jason Prechtel on Jan 08, 2008 @ 12:00 am
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