{"id":2323,"date":"2010-09-11T20:36:10","date_gmt":"2010-09-11T20:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/?p=2323"},"modified":"2010-09-15T00:39:37","modified_gmt":"2010-09-15T00:39:37","slug":"from-real-country-to-cosmic-love-remixed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2010-09\/from-real-country-to-cosmic-love-remixed\/","title":{"rendered":"From Real Country to Cosmic Love, Remixed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-2340\" title=\"oxegen-free-sat-20\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/oxegen-free-sat-20-454x650.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"454\" height=\"650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/oxegen-free-sat-20-454x650.jpg 454w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/oxegen-free-sat-20-104x150.jpg 104w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/oxegen-free-sat-20-279x400.jpg 279w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 454px) 100vw, 454px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Florence and the Machine have been getting raves for years, and particularly for their live shows.\u00a0 Led by Florence Welch and sounding like a mix of Kate Bush, Sinead O&#8217;Connor, and Natalie Merchant, with a touch of harpy Joanna Newsom and a dollop of cosmic Stevie Nicks, their debut record, &#8220;Lungs,&#8221; was released in the summer of 2009 to critical acclaim.\u00a0 With great\u00a0 songs and deliveries on <em>Dog Days Are Over, Hurricane Drunk, Drumming Song, <\/em>and <em>Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)<\/em> amongst others, we concurred with the experts.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2333\" title=\"FloBacklit\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/FloBacklit1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"430\" height=\"274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/FloBacklit1.jpg 430w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/FloBacklit1-150x95.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now comes a recent remix of their great song, <em>Cosmic Love, <\/em>as re-imagined by Short Club.\u00a0 While we liked the harp and wrenching dramatics of the original (see the videos way below), this mix kicks in after its acoustic opening.\u00a0 Earthly or higher love?\u00a0 You make the call.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Florence and the Machine<em>&#8211;Cosmic Love (Short Club remix)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>[audio:https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cosmic_Love_Short_Club_Remix.mp3|titles=Cosmic_Love_Short_Club_Remix]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>And here are a couple of alternative takes:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Florence and the Machine - Cosmic Love (Live on KEXP)\" width=\"635\" height=\"357\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_gMq3hRLDD0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Florence and the Machine - Cosmic Love (live) Shepherds Bush Empire\" width=\"635\" height=\"476\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BWJfBnc6RjQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>And in case you missed the VMAs a couple nights ago, here&#8217;s Florence flooring:<\/p>\n<p><embed src=\"http:\/\/media.mtvnservices.com\/mgid:uma:video:mtv.com:559923\" width=\"512\" height=\"319\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" flashVars=\"configParams=id%3D1647213%26vid%3D559923%26uri%3Dmgid%3Auma%3Avideo%3Amtv.com%3A559923\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" allowScriptAccess=\"always\" base=\".\"><\/embed><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin:0px;padding:4px;width:500px;text-align:center;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mtv.com\/ontv\/vma\/2010\/\" style=\"color:#439CD8;\" target=\"_blank\">2010 MTV Video Music Awards<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mtv.com\/ontv\/vma\/2010\/video.jhtml\" style=\"color:#439CD8;\" target=\"_blank\">More VMA Video<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florence and the Machine have been getting raves for years, and particularly for their live shows.\u00a0 Led by Florence Welch and sounding like a mix of Kate Bush, Sinead O&#8217;Connor, and Natalie Merchant, with a touch of harpy Joanna Newsom and a dollop of cosmic Stevie Nicks, their debut record, &#8220;Lungs,&#8221; was released in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2323\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}