10. Negativland, "U2" ("I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For")
Album: Released as a single which may not be legally for sale anywhere anymore
I had to fit this one in here. It is infamous, yes; it has a tenuous relationship to the original song, and it may be just an excuse to listen to naughty Casey Kasem outtakes. (For the uninitiated: there are actually two different versions of Negativland's "U2." One has lots of profanity and sampled Casey Kasem over a kazoo-like rendition of the song. The other mixes in bits of the original, a smarmy recitation of the lyrics over a hummed melody, and samples of U2 interviews.) On the plus side, no other U2 cover will teach you so much about international copyright law and the doctrine of fair use.
see the rest at [a href="http://www.atu2.com/news/article.src?ID=2539"]atu2.com.[/a]
Posted by eshtine at September 13, 2002 12:46 AMgood.
Posted by: deepak at January 24, 2003 04:56 PM