Warm Leatherette
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| “Warm Leatherette” | ||
|---|---|---|
| B-side to "T.V.O.D." (7", 45rpm) by The Normal | ||
| Released | 1 November 1978[1] | |
| Genre | Electronic Pop | |
| Label | Mute Records Mute1 | |
| Writer | Daniel Miller | |
| Producer | Daniel Miller | |
"Warm Leatherette" is a song by Daniel Miller, released on the only single by his musical project The Normal as B-side to "T.V.O.D.". It is the first release on his Mute Records label. The lyrics of the song reference J.G. Ballard's novel Crash.[2]
Miller plays a series of sawtooth waves on a Korg 700S synthesiser on the recording.
It was later famously covered by Grace Jones (see Warm Leatherette, her album).
Further cover versions by:
- Trent Reznor, Peter Murphy, Jeordie White, and Atticus Ross covered this song live on the radio in Boston on 6-23-06 during the Nine Inch Nails tour that year.
- Pankow on Freedom for the slaves LP [3]
- Die Tödliche Doris on Kinderringellreihen Für Wahren Toren Des Grals LP [4]
- Sleep Chamber on a 7" with large sized cover [5]
- Chicks on Speed/Hell on a split 7" with different versions of the song [6]
- Duran Duran performed the song at their run of ten concerts in New York City in November 2007, and as part of an electro medley portion of their set list on the subsequent 2008 Red Carpet Massacre tour[7].
- Punishing The Wyrm also recorded a cover, similar to the Trent Reznor & Peter Murphy version. It can be heard and legally downloaded here
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.mute.com/releases/viewRelease.jsp?id=27913 Mute releases
- ^ Sound On Sound Online, "DANIEL MILLER & HIS HOME STUDIO MUTE RECORDS THE INSTRUMENT STUDIO", Paragraph 5
- ^ http://www.discogs.com/release/148145 (Pankow-Freedom for the slaves LP at Discogs)
- ^ http://www.discogs.com/release/953505 (Die Tödliche Doris-Kinderringelreihen... LP at Discogs)
- ^ http://www.discogs.com/release/714801 (Sleep Chamber-Warm Leatherette 7" at Discogs)
- ^ http://www.discogs.com/release/133227 (Chicks on Speed/Hell split-7" at Discogs)
- ^ Set List: WaMu Theater - Seattle, WA. Duran Duran Music (2008-04-30). Retrieved on 2008-05-07.
