MP3: Lamont - Take a bow
Lamont's "Take a bow" cribs heavily from The Clash's "Lost in the supermarket", serving to emphasize just how disco/pop the original song really is. It's kind of a bummer to hear such a blatant ripoff of a classic tune, but Lamont, to their credit, almost pull it off. If you're gonna steal, might as well aim big, right? The Clash sarcastically state "I've got my giant hit discoteque album" when, ironically, that's pretty much exactly what Lamont is going for. I applaud their attempt at a novel distribution scheme and really do enjoy the rest of their album, but it's hard for me to look past this. To take something so iconic (The Clash are, after all, "the only band that matters") and completely suck the meaning out of it, is inexcusable. I only hope it wasn't intentional.
Lamont - Take a bow