Ednaswap Is `Torn' Over Song's Success The California Group Wrote It; Natalie Imbruglia's Cover Has Made It A Hit.
LOS ANGELES — There was no escaping the song - not in the car, not even at the beach. The words belonged to Anne Preven and Scott Cutler of the band Ednaswap, but the ``Torn'' earning saturation airplay on pop radio was strangely foreign.
It sounded little like the torrid rock song about a failed relationship that Ednaswap played night after night on the road. That's because the voice and face on MTV belonged to Australian singer Natalie Imbruglia, whose pop hit has propelled her album Left of the Middle to sales of more than four million copies since March.
This wasn't the first raid on the Ednaswap songbook: Madonna recorded the band's ``Sanctuary'' in 1994. But it was different with ``Torn,'' a tune that could now be heard almost anytime, anywhere.
``We were in the water the other day at the beach, literally in the waves, and there were these kids next to us, and they all of a sudden started singing `Torn,' '' said Preven, Ednaswap's lead singer. ``I had to get out of the water. That's enough.''
Not that she's complaining exactly. As she sat with Cutler in a North Hollywood cafe, Preven noted that the Imbruglia hit had earned Ednaswap's original version some airplay on modern-rock radio. But the band has yet to have any direct communication with the singer.
``She never called to thank us, which is kind of weird,'' said Preven, her hair tinted purple. ``Don't you think?''
Pipperoo
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UK Tour! and Album by Reeves Gabrels & His Imaginary Fr13nds 3 September 2014 at 11:21
REEVES GABRELS - UK TOUR DATES - Sept/Oct 2014
New Album: “Reeves Gabrels& His Imaginary Fr13nds” (Release date: 13thOctober 2014)
Reeves Gabrels & His ImaginaryFr13nds are set to tour the UK this autumn and preview songs from a forthcoming new studio album
Reeves Gabrels, long-time artistic partner of David Bowie and The Cure’s current lead guitarist, brings his power trio, Reeves Gabrels & His Imaginary Fr13nds, from Nashville to England to play in small venues starting on September 30.
Lovers of superb songs, stellar musicianship and fearless improvisation will all want to see and hear Reeves & friends in action.
The band’s live sets will preview songs from their forthcoming album, also titled Reeves Gabrels & His Imaginary Fr13nds, which is to be released digitally just as they head home, on October 13. Highlights include the biting “Drown You Out” and the spooky “House of Usher” (titled after an Edgar Allan Poe story from an 1840 collection Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque). Uncommon interpretations of Bo Diddley’s early rocker “Who Do You Love” and Jimmy Reed’s blues “Bright Lights, Big City” also feature. Album details and pre-order links will be available on the date of the first performance, September 30.
Fans of earlier Reeves Gabrels albums will also be well pleased at the performances, as the trio will play songs from Sacred Squall of Now (1995), Ulysses (1999) and Rockonica (2005). And of course selected co-writes—Tin Machine’s "Bus Stop" (DavidBowie/Reeves Gabrels) and "Yesterday's Gone" (Reeves Gabrels/RobertSmith)—will be a treat for English audiences.
Nine dates in England are confirmed for Reeves Gabrels & His Imaginary Fr13nds in September/October 2014:
Tue 30th Sep The Horn, St Albans (www.ticketweb.co.uk) Wed 1st Oct The Live Rooms, Chester (www.seetickets.com) Thurs 2nd Oct Fibbers,York (www.ticketweb.co.uk) Fri 3rd Oct ThinkTank, Newcastle (www.seetickets.com) Sun 5th Oct O2Academy 2 Islington, London (www.ticketweb.co.uk) Mon 6th Oct Boileroom,Guildford (www.seetickets.com) Tue 7th Oct The Bowery District, Reading (http://sub89.fatsoma.com/events/112391/) Thu 9th Oct The Oobleck, Birmingham (www.seetickets.com) Sat 11th Oct The Forum, Tunbridge Wells (www.twforum.co.uk)
Tickets are priced £10 to £14 (subject to booking fee) / London £16 (subject to bookingfee). Tickets are available from local box offices and above links.
Looks like quite intimate venues which is nice to see. Hope he brings the show to Europe sometime too
well it's pretty appropriate venues for a band like that. Definitely more of a niche sound for guitar nerds MUCH different than what he plays w/ the Cure.
When I saw them in Nashville this summer, there were maaaaaaybe 25 people in the room.
Pipperoo
Big Hand
Songs Of A Lost World Moon Moderator
But that means no CURE plans until the very end of this year after the Riot festivals.
I am wondering if Robert would join Reeves to sing Yesterday´s Gone, that would be awesome.
I don't know about that... When I first heard that Reeves was going to be touring the UK for 2 weeks, my first thought was "he's got Cure plans in October and is going over a little early to do some shows before they start"
But that means no CURE plans until the very end of this year after the Riot festivals.
I am wondering if Robert would join Reeves to sing Yesterday´s Gone, that would be awesome.
I don't know about that... When I first heard that Reeves was going to be touring the UK for 2 weeks, my first thought was "he's got Cure plans in October and is going over a little early to do some shows before they start"
Well, we´ll see what happen in the next couple of months.
Craving for something NEW.
There Was Nothing in the World that I Ever Wanted More than to Feel You Deep in My Heart...
MUCH different than what he plays w/ the Cure.
