There was a fan out there who wanted Weezer to cover Toto's "Africa". They got their wish.
"Africa" isn't a deep song. It's just about, well, Africa and written by an aspiring 80s L.A. rocker who was fond of the place from reading National Geographic. Weezer adds a few contemporary moments but keeps it pretty straight. Cool they did that for a fan.
Anyway, it's kind of like Ryan Adams recording "1989," or Miley Cyrus singing "Every Rose Has Its Thorn."
Classics we leave alone. You'd never dream of re-making Casablanca. But the Thomas Crown Affair? Sure. Creation, with a lighter degree of pressure.
"Africa" isn't a deep song. It's just about, well, Africa and written by an aspiring 80s L.A. rocker who was fond of the place from reading National Geographic. Weezer adds a few contemporary moments but keeps it pretty straight. Cool they did that for a fan.
Anyway, it's kind of like Ryan Adams recording "1989," or Miley Cyrus singing "Every Rose Has Its Thorn."
Classics we leave alone. You'd never dream of re-making Casablanca. But the Thomas Crown Affair? Sure. Creation, with a lighter degree of pressure.
Sometimes in life original thought isn’t happening. It’s too hard or elusive often for reasons we can’t control of force. So it’s nice to have the light stuff too.
As Picasso said: “Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working.”
From John's Pinboard:
- Beats has done a pretty cool ad for the World Cup, directed by Guy Ritchie.
- Corona has become a large sponsor of clean oceans. You can even buy a cool shirt.
- This is welcomed news because our earth needs it, largely because of the staggering amount of plastic cups we use.
- Great brands have purpose, which I bang on about all the time. WARC honors great brand purpose through their own awards-type of show. See the winners here.
- Co-Op has a nice redesign of their packaging tying everything around more of a branded house.
- In our world, Ogilvy redesigned their logo and identity. Looks sharp. Not much change from where they were but there's a class to it which is nice.
- In the not surprising to anyone category, Americans believe there is too much news. We simply don't have enough content to fill the supply of all the 24 hr news outlets we have. Which creates mistakes, sloppy journalism and eye-ball catching directives.
- Should cities have a Chief Design Officer?
- Tiffany has been struggling. They revived their brand, tied some new work to the royal wedding, and seem to be having a rebound.
- Here are the 100 most influential stories ever. Any thoughts on why Harry Potter would make the top 30 but Star Wars didn't?
- Finally over in #readers Vina posted the 1999 New Yorker article that started Anthony Bourdain’s road to fame.