Son Of Dave Covers Dizzee's Bonkers

We weren't necessarily going to feature this as it's a cover but two things changed our mind.

The first is the fact we interviewed the man not to long ago and we really dug his style and the second is because by god its an impressive video and puts shame to the dire original.

Instead of inducing anger, this version is actually listenable and utilises SOD's unique stomping/harmonica/folk stylistics. Featuring just Benjamin Darvill himself, a few clever pedals and live loops of his own beat-boxing, it's both funny and entertaining to watch, showing that once again, alternative does it so much better than the mainstream.

Here's what Darvill had to say on the cover:

"My Dearest Audience,

The publicists and admen will be circulating a little film of me, Son of Dave, performing a zippy new song by Dizzee Rascal. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. It's quite an amusing tune, though it has too many words for my taste.

Some of you from the Grime scene may stumble in to watch by accident. I hope you aren't affronted. Please don't send hate mail or stab me in the bum. I'm just a musician, and a family man. I'm not the enemy!

If there are any cats from Radio One, watching, it's my distinct pleasure to distract you from your daily Grime. Now play the Son of Dave singles that have been sitting on your desks, and I'll send you some free clean undershirts.

Please read the Stool Pigeon for my latest column on the G20 Demo, visit the Myspace site which I'm told is quite good, and the Blog where all sorts of nerds hang out. And kids, pay for your downloads, or we musicians aren't going to bother entertaining you anymore. You're getting on our nerves, frankly.”

We couldn't of said it better ourselves. 

Click HERE to check out our interview with him and check just below for the video.