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'Footloose' and a Favor

Tuesday, July 08, 2008

Thomas Bartlett has been a trusty sideman to many major New York artists, including David Byrne, Antony and the Johnsons, Yoko Ono and the National. He's earned acclaim for solo work released under the moniker Doveman. So why on earth would a 26-year-old rising star spend weeks overhauling the cheesy film soundtrack from 1984's "Footloose"? Bartlett joins us to explain the true meaning of friendship.

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  • [1] Dee from Queens July 08, 2008 - 02:40PM

    Doveman,

    Footloose: I didn't think it was funny - I think it sounded awesome.

    Dee
  • [2] Tally from Hell's Kitchen July 08, 2008 - 02:41PM

    Yikes, he can play piano... but the vocals are yikes... I can't describe. Nice idea but pathetic shot at irony.
  • [3] Catfish J. Rivers from Elizardbreff, NJ July 08, 2008 - 02:42PM

    My brother and I used to love the song "Let's hear it for the boy". We actually had an entire choreographed dance, involving jumping into a pool with a cannonball splash and yelling our names. LOL. Those were the days!
  • [4] Manna from Soho July 08, 2008 - 02:42PM

    This is so bad he makes the originals sound good.


  • [5] TinyShiny from BK July 08, 2008 - 02:43PM

    I think that this so-called re-casting of what the artist identifies as overly slick pop is borderline offensive.


  • [6] mel from Manhattan July 08, 2008 - 02:44PM

    Yikes! This is music? And I'm not talking about the original. . .
  • [7] Milos from Queens July 08, 2008 - 02:45PM

    Oh my goodness...this music is so pretentious and joyless. I guess Doveman means well, but if I were his friend I'd be very disappointed.
  • [8] Manna from Soho July 08, 2008 - 02:47PM

    Sounds like chord progressions....

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  • [9] Catfish J. Rivers from Elizardbreff, NJ July 08, 2008 - 02:47PM

    I think it is cool what he's done with the soundtrack, although I was he had more of a sense of humor...
  • [10] Jim from Brooklyn July 08, 2008 - 02:49PM

    As someone pushing 60, I was pretty horrified by everything about the 80s as a 35 year-old. Doveman is a breath of fresh air on this material.


  • [11] tom from NYC July 08, 2008 - 02:54PM

    To my ear, doveman takes life out of those old songs. Like the popular forties songs my mother grew up with, they were meant to be peppy, shallow mindless adoring and youthful. But full of life. He dispenses with all those qualities. What's the point? I grew up loathing these songs, but now can hear what was appealing.
  • [12] Homer from NYC July 09, 2008 - 09:51PM

    This is brilliant.


  • [13] Taybin from Brooklyn July 18, 2008 - 08:30PM

    These songs are just great. I don't see them as being ironic at all. I think that by being played slow like this, you can really focus on the lyrics which aren't as bad as you'd expect.

    It's like when Ben Gibbard covers a Britney Spears song. You can feel the emotion behind the lyrics instead of it being a generic dance song.

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