Play 90 second soundbite of 'Rainy Day Mushroom Pillow' @ 'CD quality'
This is billed as the third such release by Fruits de Mer in their attempt to bring the best songs of yesteryear bang up to date through some of today's artists. Hey, it works extremely well, Fruits de Mar have continued to show that their selection techniques are right on the button. Here, the mighty Stay bring the music of Strawberry Alarm Clock, The Rolling Stones and Graham Nash right back into the heart of 00's rock'n'roll music scene. I love the idea behind all of this and, so far, I've loved everything that Fruits de Mer have thrown at me. It's an inspired concept and shows that 'old' music doesn't just have to be discarded as 'old hat' and 'passed its sell by date'!
Stay rejuvenate the songs by adding new vibrancy and fresh guts to the inherent great writing. My particular favourite here is, without doubt, 'Rainy Day Mushroom Pillow'; Stay have magically managed to retain the whole psychedelic undercurrent of the song but made it very 'now' and it's actually turned out to be a commercially viable work even though its title gives the game away somewhat. Stay up the ante with '2000 Light Years From Home' - another fantastic re-modelling that again could be right 'now'. 'Chicago' retains much more of it's 70's vibe and is probably the least known song of the set here. Once again Stay give it plenty and re-invigorate the song beautifully. 'From small acorns, big oak trees grow' - Fruits de Mer and Stay take the young seeds and nurture them to become elder statesmen of the music world - brilliant!!
Fruits de Mer could be on to something extremely worthwhile here; old-timers that remember the originals will be amazed at how well the old 'ens scrub up and the more youthful might just find something as exciting as we did way back then! Great work by Fruits de Mer - brilliant work by Stay - impressive and inspired re-makes of three great songs. Keep 'em coming Fruits de Mer - it's working for me - surely I'm not on my own!!?
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