Single Minded: Jack White Duets With Bob Dylan, Elvis Costello, Lily Allen, Of Montre

 

September 29, 2007, 01:52 AM

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Every Tuesday Single Minded highlights new tracks hitting stores (or the Web) this week. On Fridays, come back for rarities, remixes, mash-ups and more.
Jack White and Bob Dylan, “Meet Me in the Morning” [Live Duet]
It's genuinely difficult to figure out who this duet benefits more. It's like God doing a duet with PJ Harvey in an all-you-can-eat burrito bar while The Big Lebowski is playing in the background.
Lily Allen, “Don't Get me Wrong” [<a target="blank" />Pretenders Cover]
Stop us if you've heard this one before: young British female singer crosses paths with uber-producer Mark Ronson, crafts an album that's championed by blogs, becomes tabloid sensation and slowly begins exhibiting erratic behavior. Instead of flaming out in a series of increasingly embarrassing public scuffs involving marital scratching and horse pills, this one toughs it out, stays the course and eventually turns in a charming little cover of a Pretenders song. Oh, America. Always hitching your horse to the wrong cart.
Of Montreal, “Friends of Mine” [Zombies Cover]
Athens costume-pop band drag a Zombies chestnut into the big, dark Romper Room of the soul. For everyone who ever wondered what a pop song would sound like if it was made out of Nerf.
Elvis Costello, “Beautiful” [Christina Aguilera Cover]
This version features some kind of clanging electro-percussion and lunar lounge xylophones. Also known as the “Dad, stop embarrassing me!” mix.
Wale, “Good Girl” [Cousin Cole Remix]
It's obviously a little ridiculous to post a remix of a song by a semi-obscure D.C. rapper, but we're still living in the ideal universe, remember? The one where Lily Allen beats Amy Winehouse. In that one, Wale is huge and Shop Boyz are marginal regional celebrities. So enjoy this remix of his number-one single.
[Photo: Jim Dyson/Getty Images; Sean Gardner/Getty Images]


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