Idolator

Hey, did ever get a hankering to hear Mark Ronson cover Mary J. Blige? Stereophonics tackle Hot Chocolate's "You Sexy Thing"? Something called the "Pigeon Detectives," which sounds like a failed Nick Jr. show, try their hand at Huey Lewis and the News? Listen to Mike Skinner sing-rap Elton John? Take a razor blade to your eyelids? Pour lye all over your genitals? Light your toes on fire? Then you may be interested in Radio 1, a forthcoming collection where modern-day NME faves cover one song per year from 40 fabulous middlebrow years of the BBC station. Unlike our recent rants againt cheeky cover conceits, these don't look to be so much "ironic" as "awful." The full tracklist is after the jump: More »