Spotted this cover over at Yeezy's and was duly impressed. Francis is a buzzworthy, self-styled New York pop musician and "the Lights" do double duty as a musical collective and conceptual set piece. This cover of Kanye's "Can't Tell me Nothin'" is haunting and immediate and does wonders to showcase the lyrics of one of his best written songs and, frankly, to remind us why we all put up with him in the first place.
Get Francis' '08 EP A Modern Promise for free here, and download the cover below. Those of us in the hype business are dropping names like Prince and Phil Collins, and, honestly, I ain't mad at 'em.
Francis and the Lights - Can't Tell Me Nothin' (cover)
Francis and the Lights - Can't Tell Me Nothin' (cover)
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Hot damn. That video was real serious. I'll have to look further into this Francis fellow.
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