Jon Auer - Misfit Kid

[Panorama]

Have you heard Jon Auer's version of The Cars - Misfit Kid ???
Listen to the sample here
http://audio.notlame.com/sounds04/misfitkid2.mp3
http://www.notlame.com/thecars.htm

It's just great -- Different from the original -- in the same way that other artists interpret a song and create an excellent cover version, like:
Gary Jules & Michael Andrews did with Tears For Fears - Mad World
Siouxsie & The Banshees - Dear Prudence

http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews ... cars.shtml
"The Posies' Jon Auer takes on another lesser known gem in "Misfit Kid". This is a sweetly haunting minimalist take, enhanced by Auer's vocal delivery and powerful tympani accents."

http://www.rockandrollreport.com/the_ro ... ribut.html
"I'd been waiting to hear Misfit Kid since I saw it on a track listing, one of my favorites from Panorama, and John Auer turns in a minimalist take with the right elements of echo, power guitar and/ or tympani drums all at just the right spots. And he nails Elliot Easton as 'the secret weapon of the Cars' and 'the heavy metal George Harrison.' "

http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/art ... 1000740510
"A portion of the compilation's proceeds will be donated to the American Cancer Society in memory of Cars bassist Benjamin Orr, who died of cancer in 2000.

Photographer and fan Peter Kuehl organized the CD, inspired by Orr's passing. "The first thing I thought was that someone should get a tribute together," he explains. "And I thought that it should be for charity. After three years, none had been produced, so I decided to do it myself." "

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[SwampThing]

Thanks for the info.

I'm a huge Jon Auers/Posies fan. Their latest release is really good. I have Jon's covers CD, he does some amazing covers on that one.