Manhawke

It just came to my attention that Scottish singer/songwriter Malcolm Middleton has been working on covering a number of prominent female artists. His latest cover is of Ladyhawke’s ‘My Delirium’ and he puts the original to song to shame. His Scottish accent brings a whole new life to the song, stripping away all the clichéd ’80s sounding synths and simply picking away at his guitar. It’s quite charming and sounds so pure, like Middleton just picked up his guitar and started playing without having to spend much time learning the song. I never found the original song to be that catchy, but Middleton makes it impossible to not sing along to “you’re playing with my delirium.”

Apparently Malcolm Middleton has been working on this project for a while now. I also found his cover of Girls Aloud’s ‘Call The Shots’, which is equally impressive. It’s funny how we often write songs off just because of who performs them. Most of you reading this probably wouldn’t take any notice of Girls Aloud. It’s funny how so many people worship bands like The Killers despite their song writing ability being very average, but are happy to dismiss artists like Girls Aloud or Katy Perry.

Middleton’s efforts have actually highlighted some good song writing and even if the original tracks were pretty rubbish, we now know that they at least had something worth pursuing behind it all.

Malcolm Middleton- My Delirium: MP3

Malcolm Middleton- Myspace

 

Posted by Nick Fulton under Scotland
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