This is just awesome.  Doveman did these Cat Power style covers of the entire Footloose Soundtrack. It has a sad backstory of being a tribute to a deceased sister.  It\’s pretty effective.

I\’m certainly not going to criticize the songs, but they\’d be so good with a full band doing these songs.  Maybe Sufjan Stevens it up a bit with some banjo?  They\’re a collection of hymns the way they\’re done anyways.

Wow, even WNYC\’s Soundcheck is all up on this. Not that I blame them though.

All the comments on the blogs talk about how ironic these songs are, but I don\’t see it.  They\’re just great.

The mp3s have been C&D\’d off Doveman\’s website, but I\’ve got two of the tracks here, because, you know.  Fuck the man:

• footloose
• holding out for a hero