glittering 2000

GLITTERING 2000

GLITTERING 2000
various artists march 2000 PIAS
01: das pop - tonight 02: arid - killer queen 03: arno - all the young dudes 04: marc morgan & vincent venet - america 05: daan - hospitality on parade 06: soulwax - children of the revolution 07: mauro - dynamite 08: pragha khan - jean genie 09: neven - rocket girl 10: ozark henry - suffragette city 11: kiss my jazz - cumon feel the noize 12: jeff bodart - get it on 13: de mens - do you wanna touch me? 14: machiavel - the faith healer 15: sstellla - pappa joe
The thought of a revival of the glamrock period (and its music) from the seventies brings shivers to many of us. Therefore, it’s a perfectly normal reaction to be a bit sceptic towards this unusual release. Fortunately, the result isn’t as bad as could’ve expected. This cd features some of Belgian’s hottest artists at the moment, of which most make contemporary and interesting versions of long forgotten classics. The ones to succeed most in their task, are –in my humble opinion- Das Pop, who turn a horribly cheesy original from the Rubettes into a fantastic, energetic standalone track. Rightfully so- this became a radio-hit in Belgium. Kiss my jazz’s take on Cumon feel the noize isn’t bad at all either- only a teeny bit predictable. This version is far more intimate than the original by Slade, but at the end it starts to ‘rock’ a bit as well. Overall, when they covered Cumon feel the noize live, they played it far ‘louder’ than this version. Other interesting interpretations on Glittering 2000 are those of Soulwax, Daan, Mauro Pawlowski, Ozark Henry, and that of Arno as well. I was a bit disappointed by Do you wanna touch me by De Mens- it’s really a very predictable cover, ànd singer Frank Van der Linden’s English sounds pretty crap as well. And what Praga Khan did with the original is a mystery to me, but the result is a pretty gross song in its own right. Still- this is a pretty nice but weird album- worth considering if you like any of the musicians on it.

lionell
horrowitz