Help: A Day in the Life

[obiwankobe]

War Child Comp With Radiohead, Gorillaz Recorded Today, Available Tomorrow

Amy Phillips reports:
A peaceful army of British rock and roll superstars marched into studios across the world today, with 24 hours to record a new song for the Help: A Day in the Life benefit compilation. The disc, with proceeds going towards health and education of children in war zones via the UK-based War Child charity, will be available as a download on the War Child website starting mid-day tomorrow, and in stores on the Independiente label on September 26.

As previously reported, the comp features such faves as Radiohead, Gorillaz, Belle and Sebastian, Bloc Party, and the Go! Team. Since then, Mercury Prize winners Antony and the Johnsons have been added to the lineup, collaborating with Boy George on John Lennon’s “Happy Xmas (War is Over)”. Kaiser Chiefs and Keane will also be offering cover versions, with the former taking on “I Heard it Through the Grapevine” and the latter Elton John’s “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road”.

NME.com revealed the full tracklist this morning. And it goes a little something like this:

Antony and the Johnsons with Boy George – “Happy Xmas (War is Over)”
Belle & Sebastian – “The Eighth Station of the Cross Kebab House”
Bloc Party – “The Present”
The Coral – “It Was Nothing”
Damien Rice – “Crosseyed Bear”
Elbow – “Snowball”
Emmanuel Jal – “Gua”
The Go! Team – “Phantom Broadcast”
Gorillaz – “Hong Kong”
Hard-Fi – “Help Me Please”
Kaiser Chiefs – “I Heard It Through the Grapevine”
Keane and Faultline – “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road”
The Magic Numbers – “Gone Are the Days”
Manic Street Preachers – “Leviathan”
Maximo Park – “Wasteland”
Mylo – TBA
Radiohead – “I Want None of It”
Razorlight – “Kirby's House”
Tinariwen – TBA
The Zutons – “Hello Conscience”

* Pitchfork News: Belle & Sebastian, Go! Team Added to War Child Comp
* War Child Music: http://www.warchildmusic.com/

[*Annie*]

Leave it to Belle & Sebastian to choose the weirdest/ weirdest titled song...

[obiwankobe]

I'd go with this one;
Damien Rice – “Crosseyed Bear”