We here at TMT love to print all the news that's unfit to print — from the latest No Fun Fest tidbits to asinine rock musicians doing ridiculous things. So it should come as no surprise to any of you that we here at TMT wanted to fill you in on the latest moronic cover song to grace the music world. Namely, Chris Cornell of Audioslave's decision to cover Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean."
"The song is quite dark and I knew I could make it in to my own, like Johnny Cash did it with Soundgarden's 'Rusty Cage' and Nine Inch Nails' 'Hurt'," says Cornell, 42 (note the clever self-reference by mentioning his former [and better] band, Soundgarden). So Cornell will be releasing this musical outlandishness on his upcoming sophomoric solo LP, set for release in March 2007.
Now, color me a skeptic, but does this not seem like a not-so-clever way of stirring up a little bit of publicity for an already forgotten Audioslave LP that was released back in September? Really, what is the point of letting us know in December of 2006 that you are going to be releasing a cover of Michael Jackson in four months. Could it be that the Christmas consumer needed to remember that Audioslave did, in fact, release a third album, called Revelations, which everyone promptly forgot about? (This, of course, is our reminder.)
In any case, keep your ears peeled for S. Kobak, Hatchet, and Mr P's cover of "More, More, More" by The Andrea True Connection. Should be almost as ridiculous as Cornell's rendition of "Billie Jean."
