{"id":2805,"date":"2014-04-23T11:55:49","date_gmt":"2014-04-23T15:55:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/?p=2805"},"modified":"2014-04-22T23:53:19","modified_gmt":"2014-04-23T03:53:19","slug":"covers-of-note-the-rebel-light-be-my-baby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/2014\/04\/23\/covers-of-note-the-rebel-light-be-my-baby\/","title":{"rendered":"Covers of Note: The Rebel Light, Be My Baby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/therebellight\">The Rebel Light<\/a>, of Los Angeles, California took a shot at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jrVbawRPO7I\">The Ronettes classic<\/a> &#8211; always a bold move &#8211; and in their case a successful one. They retain the massiveness of the original sound but add some of their own summery shine and the final result is warm, expansive and delightful.<\/p>\n<p>Bonus facts: they recorded the vocals in their bathroom and the drums in a shed. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"450\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/143751607&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;visual=true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And for any of you who might be thinking <i>hey sound a little bit like the Beach Boys<\/i>, well, you are not wrong, however, when the <i>actual<\/i> Beach Boys covered this song in 2000, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=x5Hyl96xzwc\">Brian Wilson sang it like he had an anchor attached to his ankle and was being dragged out to sea.<\/a> I also found an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OrHxLTB11fQ\">Mike Love version from 1981<\/a> which is slightly perkier but yet still doesn&#8217;t sound quite right &#8211; too much wobble-fuzzy synthesizer, maybe.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, here is what <a href=\"http:\/\/therebellight.com\/\">The Rebel Light<\/a> sound like left to their own devices:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"450\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/137092307&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;visual=true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Rebel Light, of Los Angeles, California took a shot at The Ronettes classic &#8211; always a bold move &#8211; and in their case a successful one. 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