Official Score = 2 1/2 Devils[/caption]You know when I was a kid one of my favorite songs that Michael Jackson did at the time was the song, 'Smooth Criminal'... The song was great, I mean it had an element of, 'Noir' in the song lyrics (if this song had been made in to an actual movie, it would have been written in the same style as classic 1940s Film Noir!)
And you know what even the music video fit in to the classic 1940s Film Noir style... And I would even go further and say that between the song itself and the video, just about everything fit perfectly!
With that in mind though I still found that, 'Alien Ant Farm' created a truly awesome remake of the song in 2001 as part of their album, 'Anthology'... As a matter of fact this was the song that got me interested in Alien Ant Farm itself!
Now at that time I hadn't heard to many remixes of songs... I mean I had heard a few decent tribute songs for Metallica, but that was pretty much it! So being able to listen to this song truly was a lot of fun!
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Alien Ant Farm's, 'Smooth Criminal' kicks ass, in my opinion pays tribute to the original version of this song![/caption]Why was this song so good? Well besides the lyrics itself, this song took a completely different direction then Michael Jackson's version went... (Both good, but definitely different...) And I have to admit that, that is part of why I like this song as much as I do!
Michael Jackson's was definitely more, 'Noir' but with a definite Rock/R&B feel to it... Which was and still is good, but Alien Ant Farms version was more of a modern day punk version of the classic song, and besides the fact that the tune is very catchy, it also has a humorous Video with it as well!
The next thing that I wanted to mention as a reason why I do like this song, is the fact that I do like seeing the different directions various artists take when they are re-creating A masterpiece and trying to give a new spin on it...
In the end this song is a fun one, and definitely worth listening to at least once... I hate to say it though, a lot of the rest of the music on this album in my opinion kind of sucks and is not worth getting the album for just one song!
http://youtu.be/CDl9ZMfj6aE
