Tag: Old School Freight Train

Good-day, kittens & dawgs! It’s mid-month, as we face another round of Battle of the Bands. Today’s battle cover song goes back more than three decades.

Debbie Harry wrote “Heart of Glass” (reference only – not included in BOTB) in 1975 named “Once I Had A Love”. It had a slower, funkier sound with a basic disco beat that the band called “The Disco Song“(just for fun). It wasn’t until the group was working on their album Parallel Lines that they decided to dust this song off to make over becoming the album’s third single to chart number one in several countries in 1979.

I’m featuring two new-to-me bands covering Blondie’s classic hit at a bit of a slower pace. First up is a group outta Charlottesville, Virginia who combine bluegrass, jazz, Latin, and Celtic sounds to create their own music. Meet….Old School Freight Train!

Next up is a French cover band lead by musicians Marc Collin and Oliver Libaux. Their music style falls in the genres: lounge, new wave, and bossa nova. The only one I understand is lounge. lol Anywho, the group has performed with a long list of revolving female singers who have successful solo careers, some of which are Camille, Phoebe Killdeer, Mélanie Pain, and Nadéah Miranda.  Allow me to introduce to you, Nouvelle Vague (In French this means “new wave”)!

 

Do you know which band you like the best? Are you going with Old School Freight Train or Nouvelle Vague? Please cast your vote in comments and if you want, tell me why you picked your artist.

[tweetthis]Who gets your #vote, Old School Freight Train or Nouvelle Vague in Round 2 Aug. #BoTB? #music[/tweetthis]

I’ll share my pick next week along with the results, so be sure to come back to see who wins this round of BoTB. Meanwhile, the fun continues with more epic battles underway below.

• Stephen @STMCC presents Battle of the Bands
• Lee @Tossing It Out
• Robin @Your Daily Dose
• Mike’s Ramblings
• John @ The Sound of One Hand Typing
• Dixie @DCRelief ‘Battle of the Bands’
• Debbie @The Doglady’s Den
• Cherdo on the Flipside
• Michele @Angels Bark
• Mary @Jingle Jangle Jungle
• Janie Junebug
• J.A. Scott
• Guilie @Quiet Laughter
• Kim @ReInVintaged
• Evil Pop Tart
• DiscConnected

I invite you to visit, Stephen (at the top of the list), if you’d like to know how this works and/or ask how to join all this madness fun.

Thanks for joining in on the fun. I am not doing a link up on my site this go around, instead I am joining the Monday’s Music Moves Me party and invite you to come along. This is Curious as a Cathy signing off with have a bandtastic day and please boogie over for my mid-week fun with not-so Wordless Wednesday!