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Frozen Sooner
11/13/2006, 02:42 AM
It was killing me 'cause it sounded like an R.E.M. song but didn't, you know, suck.

Turns out I had heard it before. So if you're looking for it, it's not an R.E.M. song. It's on the Donnie Darko soundtrack. It's a cover of a Tears for Fears song called "Mad World".

I don't know why I couldn't place it before.
SicEmBaylor
11/13/2006, 03:17 AM
That's a great song.
yermom
11/13/2006, 10:49 AM
i knew it sounded old for some reason, but i couldn't place it when i saw Donnie Darko
achiro
11/13/2006, 11:42 AM
GoW is one of the best games(graphically) that I have ever played. The game itself is not bad, just very short. Oh, and that music I didn't recognise at all.
Hatfield
11/13/2006, 11:44 AM
gary jules is the artist.
SOONERKAT
11/13/2006, 11:45 AM
Gary Jules' cover of TFF's "Mad World". Apparently, he recorded it for $50.00 in the basement of a friend, and it has become one of the most downloaded songs of the last couple of years. It was used in an episoe of CSI last year as well. (I only know all of this because I saw that damn commercial on my way out of the house Friday and had it stuck in my head all day!)

Good song.
proud gonzo
11/21/2006, 11:09 PM
so wait, is it actually REM doing the cover?
Frozen Sooner
11/22/2006, 12:10 AM
so wait, is it actually REM doing the cover?

No. You can tell because it doesn't suck.
proud gonzo
11/22/2006, 12:14 AM
ok, then who IS doing the cover??
Frozen Sooner
11/22/2006, 12:15 AM
Couldn't tell you.


Gary Jules' cover of TFF's "Mad World". Apparently, he recorded it for $50.00 in the basement of a friend, and it has become one of the most downloaded songs of the last couple of years. It was used in an episoe of CSI last year as well. (I only know all of this because I saw that damn commercial on my way out of the house Friday and had it stuck in my head all day!)

Good song.
yermom
11/22/2006, 12:17 AM
heh
proud gonzo
11/22/2006, 12:22 AM
Are you sure it isn't REM? I mean, because it really sounds like them. Only it doesn't suck.
Frozen Sooner
11/22/2006, 12:22 AM
The not sucking is a pretty big clue.
PrideTrombone
11/22/2006, 12:39 AM
Michael Andrews.
Frozen Sooner
11/22/2006, 12:41 AM
No, it's actually Gary Jules. It's miscredited on iTunes.
PrideTrombone
11/22/2006, 12:47 AM
Stupid ITunes. Well, if you want to download it on ITunes, look under Michael Andrews.
proud gonzo
11/22/2006, 12:47 AM
Is he in REM?
tbl
11/22/2006, 01:42 AM
IT'S NOT MICHAEL STIPE!!!! It's Gary Jules doing is best Michael Stipe impression.

That commercial is a trip with that song on it.
tbl
11/22/2006, 01:42 AM
But yes, he is in REM. I believe he played Cowbell on "Shiny Happy People".
tbl
11/22/2006, 01:47 AM
It blows big time that it's X-Box only. Bulljive.
Frozen Sooner
11/22/2006, 01:53 AM
Considering that it was written specifically to optimize the X-Box's features, it makes sense.
skycat
11/22/2006, 03:30 AM
Eh... they could port it easily enough if they wanted to.

The video for the song is pretty sweet too. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4N3N1MlvVc4
OU4LIFE
11/22/2006, 08:42 AM
I need this song.

someone give it to me.
sanantoniosooner
11/22/2006, 08:46 AM
I need this song.

someone give it to me.
http://www.soonerfans.com/forums/showpost.php?p=1672508&postcount=12
OUDoc
11/22/2006, 09:24 AM
It also comes in a lotion.
sanantoniosooner
11/22/2006, 09:30 AM
It also comes in a lotion.
Lube of War?
NormanPride
11/22/2006, 09:53 AM
I've only ever seen the end of Donnie Darko. Why is it I always see the end of these types of things and get all confused? Why me?