Death Cab for Cutie, She & Him, Band of Horses' Ben Bridwell Cover Love Songs for StarbucksSo do Department of Eagles, Rogue Wave, Richard Hawley, um, Katy Perry...http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/n ... -starbucksFor you to be in any way remotely amped about this story, the following things have to not make you want to barf: Starbucks, Valentine's Day, NPR-sounding MOR indie, Katy Perry blatantly grabbing for indie cred, cutesy fake-vintage cover art, the idea of anyone covering Coldplay for anything other than a joke, love in general.
Still with me? On January 30, Starbucks Entertainment will release
Sweetheart: Our Favorite Artists Sing Their Favorite Love Songs. Starbucks already pulled this trick in 2005, and apparently the world demanded a sequel.
The tracklist includes A.C. Newman's previously reported cover of a-ha's "Take on Me", Ben Bridwell of Band of Horses covering George Harrison, Department of Eagles doing a Leiber and Stoller song made famous by Elvis, Rogue Wave doing the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and that Katy Perry cover of Sam Sparro's "Black and Gold" that lit up the mp3 blogs a few months back.
Also, both halves of the newly engaged indie supercouple Ben Gibbard and Zooey Deschanel will be represented here via the Death Cab and She & Him selections, and maybe they'll be singing to each other because awww. (They're covering songs which, respectively, 311 and Marilyn Manson have already had their way with. Make of that what you will.)
Sweetheart: Our Favorite Artists Sing Their Favorite Love Songs:
01. Death Cab for Cutie: "Love Song" (Cure cover)
02. Katy Perry: "Black and Gold" (Sam Sparro cover)
03. DeVotchKa: "Hot Burrito #1 (I'm Your Toy)" (Flying Burrito Brothers cover)
04. Department of Eagles: "Love Me" (Elvis Presley cover)
05. Jessica Lea Mayfield: "Words of Love" (Buddy Holly cover)
06. Ben Bridwell: "Your Love Is Forever" (George Harrison cover)
07. Kate Tucker: "I'm on Fire" (Bruce Springsteen cover)
08. Rogue Wave: "Maps" (Yeah Yeah Yeahs cover)
09. A.C. Newman: "Take on Me" (a-ha cover)
10. Jem: "Yellow" (Coldplay cover)
11. Richard Hawley: "Early Morning Rain" (Gordon Lightfoot cover)
12. Daniel Martin Moore: "I Hear Music" (Billie Holiday cover)
13. She & Him: "I Put a Spell on You" (Screamin' Jay Hawkins cover)
14. Lila Downs: "My One and Only Love" (Frank Sinatra cover)
