Not so much Pet Sho Boys as Chip Shop Boys, Sleaford Mods have done the inevitable – a cover of West End Girls. I say cover, it’s like karaoke. All the beauty and subtlety of the original has been bludgeoned by the lads, with this completely one note version.
There’s just a sense of “why bother?” to it. A cover is best when something original is done, but there’s nothing much of reinvention here,move along. I’m just baffled by their attempts. I thought they’d subvert it in some way.
Occasionally, Jason Williamson goes, “YEAH!” in an attempt to inject some energy into it. But nah, it’s like a drunk uncle at a wedding who turns up late, and upends the cake. I suppose that’s the point, but I don’t think it works. Don’t let them near Erasure or Yazoo. Can you imagine? Urggghh.
Hit The North 
most covers don’t work, like, at all. I think I’m going to write about this. x
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