shot to the heart

January 25, 2012 7:53 AM

What do you get when you cross the low key folk rock of Bon Iver with the arena rock of Bon Jovi? You'd probably get something like Bon Joviver.

This cover is by Miracles of Modern Science who have other covers as well as original material online.

posted by codacorolla (18 comments total)

This could have been incredibly stupid. But it wasn't. It was awesome.
posted by threeants at 7:57 AM on January 25, 2012

Bon Jiver would be preferable, I think.
posted by 2bucksplus at 8:01 AM on January 25, 2012

You forgot the "FUCK YEAH AWESOME" tag.
posted by Fizz at 8:05 AM on January 25, 2012

Bon Jiver would be preferable, I think.


"Waitress, I speak jive well."
posted by gauche at 8:06 AM on January 25, 2012 [1 favorite]

Stewardess. Dammit.
posted by gauche at 8:07 AM on January 25, 2012

I knew this day would come, I just didn't think it would come so soon.
posted by wreckingball at 8:10 AM on January 25, 2012

That was really really good, for how short it was.
posted by hanoixan at 8:11 AM on January 25, 2012

Do they die at the end?
posted by eugenen at 8:18 AM on January 25, 2012

Sort of an obvious one, but they did it very well.
I love how they are sadly staring at candles. With fur hats on.
posted by chococat at 8:22 AM on January 25, 2012 [1 favorite]

Interesting stereo effect going on there, since different voices end up in different channels and it ends up sounding less in sync.
posted by smackfu at 8:30 AM on January 25, 2012

But, but, you didn't link to their cover of This Charming Man.
posted by ambrosen at 8:40 AM on January 25, 2012 [7 favorites]

May as well use this time to share Beatallica.
posted by sourwookie at 8:49 AM on January 25, 2012

May as well use this time to share Beatallica.

For my money, the gold standard for cover-song mashups is still the Beatnix.
posted by Strange Interlude at 9:01 AM on January 25, 2012

> But, but, you didn't link to their cover of This Charming Man.

OMG. Can we replace the real Morrissey with a violin, too? That video proves they're basically interchangeable, and violins are way less racist on the whole.
posted by wreckingball at 9:27 AM on January 25, 2012 [3 favorites]

Now do Rebecca Black Eyed P. J. Harvey (D.J.) Dangermoussy Elliott Smiths.
posted by oulipian at 9:54 AM on January 25, 2012 [2 favorites]

wreckingball, absolutely. That violin was a perfect Morrissey, wasn't it?
posted by ambrosen at 11:31 AM on January 25, 2012

The prospect of more of these non-computerized, somewhat understated 'mashups' makes me Bon Jovial
posted by obscurator at 12:37 PM on January 25, 2012

I just listened to Bon Iver's self-titled album for the first time this weekend. It struck me very much as if Supertramp had taken enormous amounts of acid instead of cocaine and white wine.

Which isn't at all a bad thing.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 12:36 AM on January 26, 2012