Oh we can beat them, for ever and ever…
The latest fundraising idea from the
The idea behind the project is that a whole bunch of music legends chose one of their own favourite music acts to cover one of their songs.
David was among the very first to add his name to the list of music legends supporting the project, and though we can’t announce his choice of act and the track they are covering just yet, you will hear about it here first…presuming the band don’t let the cat out of the bag before then!
“Heroes” will be released through EMI?s Parlophone label on November 24th and the cover has been created by John Squire, who did the artwork for the legendary “Help”, the first album to be released to benefit the charity.
Here are some of the tracks already in the bag, albeit a different bag to the aforementioned one that the cat may escape from…
DUFFY covering SIR PAUL MCCARTNEY?S “LIVE AND LET DIE”
HOT CHIP covering JOY DIVISION?S “TRANSMISSION”
BECK covering BOB DYLAN?S “LEOPARD-SKIN PILL-BOX HAT”
BRIAN WILSON nominating RUFUS WAINWRIGHT, who performs a medley of two tracks from “Smile”
THE KOOKS covering THE KINKS? “VICTORIA”.
You can view the full press release in the press release section above.