{"id":169059,"date":"2025-12-05T06:22:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T06:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/169059\/"},"modified":"2025-12-05T06:22:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T06:22:11","slug":"check-out-the-damneds-vibrant-cover-of-pink-floyds-see-emily-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/169059\/","title":{"rendered":"Check out The Damned’s vibrant cover of Pink Floyd’s ‘See Emily Play’"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Damned<\/a> have covered Pink Floyd<\/a>\u2018s classic song \u2018See Emily Play\u2019. Listen below.<\/p>\n

The punk icons\u2019 take on the legendary band\u2019s 1967 single serves as the second preview of their new covers album, \u2018Not Like Everybody Else\u2019, out January 23 via earMUSIC. Pre-order\/pre-save here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Guitarist Captain Sensible provides lead vocals on The Damned\u2019s vibrant reimagining of Syd Barrett<\/a> and co\u2019s psychedelic \u201960s tune.<\/p>\n

The musician acknowledged that the cover was \u201ca bit of a weird choice\u201d, given \u201cpunk was seen as a reaction against the mega stadium rock acts of the mid \u201970s\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut whatever Pink Floyd eventually morphed into by then, there\u2019s no denying that the early Syd Barrett years were wildly innovative, helping splash psychedelia across a music scene that was, until then, full of drippy love songs,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n

The guitarist said The Damned had ultimately landed on Pink Floyd\u2019s second single partly because it was one of late founding guitarist Brian James<\/a>\u2018 \u201cearly faves\u201d. Captain Sensible also told fans that \u2018See Emily Play\u2019 \u201cwas the song that blew my mind (man!), so much that I went from merely appreciating music to becoming completely obsessed by it\u201d.<\/p>\n

The Damned\u2019s new cover combines \u201cthe band\u2019s signature punk energy with the whimsical, kaleidoscopic spirit of the original\u201d. Read more in the post below.<\/p>\n

Each track on \u2018Not Like Everybody Else\u2019 has been carefully curated by the group, and is a personal and celebratory tribute to Brian James and his influences. The musician died in March this year.<\/p>\n

\u2018See Emily Play\u2019 follows on from The Damned\u2019s rendition of R. Dean Taylor\u2019s \u2018There\u2019s A Ghost In My House\u2019.<\/p>\n

Next spring, the band are set to play a special 50th anniversary show at the OVO Arena Wembley in London<\/a>. Support will come from The Loveless featuring\u00a0Marc Almond<\/a>, as well as Peter Hook & The Light<\/a> and The Courettes. Find any remaining tickets here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Damned have covered Pink Floyd\u2018s classic song \u2018See Emily Play\u2019. Listen below. The punk icons\u2019 take on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":169060,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[146,85,46,409,56726,1548],"class_list":["post-169059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-music","tag-punk","tag-rock"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169059"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169059\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}