Which one is your favorite? - VII -

This week the song proposal is coming from a dear friend with whom I share the passion of electronic music and instruments. You may also follow his blog/website from the below address:

http://cereyanlimusiki.net/tr/

Please keep your requests and comments coming...

And our song for this week is;

"Warm Leatherette"

"Warm Leatherette" is a song by Daniel Miller's project The Normal, released in 1978. The lyrics of "Warm Leatherette" reference J.G. Ballard's controversial 1973 novel Crash, which had heavily influenced Daniel Miller. Together with his college friend, he had worked on a film script based on the book, but after the project was abandoned, Miller decided to "write a song encapsulating [the script] in 2 and a half minutes". The song was recorded in Miller's apartment using two Revox B-77 tape machines. A series of sawtooth waves were recorded on a $150 Korg 700S synthesizer.

Miller took the record to a few independent music shops, including Rough Trade in London, where it would be played to customers. "Warm Leatherette" was released as the B-side to "T.V.O.D.", the only single by Miller's musical project The Normal, and the very first release on his Mute Records label. However, since it was "Warm Leatherette" that gained more public attention, it was featured as the lead song on subsequent single re-releases. Although Miller did not expect the single to be successful, it sold thirty thousand copies.

The single was an early example of the then-burgeoning industrial music genre, emerging on a wave of numerous electronic pop experiments of the late 1970s in the UK. It has since been described as having "revolutionised electronic music with its punk aesthetic, stark sound and dark subject matter" and has been covered by numerous artists.

And here are the 3 versions I chose for you;

• Grace Jones -"Warm Leatherette"

• Trent Reznor, Jeordie White, Peter Murphy and Atticus Ross-"Warm Leatherette"

• Deathface - "Warm Leatherette"

Now the floor is yours, go ahead and make your comments (here, Instagram, Facebook wherever you feel like...).

nb. Please note that I intentionally do not include the original versions of the songs as it would be a little unfair to the artists covering the songs, and I am sure that sometimes you will be surprised to see that the songs you thought were the originals are just covers...