Everybody Wants to Be a Cat - Psapp

Hi! I'm Brian Ibbott, and I'm the producer and host of a cover song podcast called Coverville, dedicated to my favorite hobby: babbling endlessly about myself cover songs. I produce the show two to three times a week, and shows are sometimes themed, based around a single artist, or made up entirely of listener requests.

Kurtis has generously asked me to guest post, and to pick one of my favorite Disney covers to talk about.

I was very young when I saw the movie that the original comes from, but I'll do my best to give you a quick rundown of the plotline. A family walks into a talent agent's office, and the father tells the talent agent that he's got a great act. The agent tells him that he usually doesn't book family acts, but he asks the father what they do. The father tells him that it's much better if they can demonstrate it to him live. After putting on a show about a Parisian cat named Duchess and her kittens, and a charming stray named Thomas, the talent agent asks family what they're called. The family answers, "The Aristocats!" Or something like that. I'm really bad with movies.

The covering band is a British duo called PSAPP (pronounced 'sap'). They're most noted for being the artists behind the theme song to the wildly successful Grey's Anatomy TV show, but their choice to cover this song isn't completely out of left field. From their covers to their originals, and even the graphics on their website, it becomes apparent that Psapp are cat fanciers. As part of a recent Q Magazine soft rock anthem cover CD, they even covered Al Stewart's Year of the Cat. A Love Cats cover can't be far behind.

Their interpretation of Everybody Wants To Be A Cat from the 5th volume of the Ubiquity Records' excellent REWIND! series, incorporates the best elements of their sound. Warm organic instruments, layered with electronics and everyday objects used as musical percussion, along with sampled meows, all capped off with the lovely whisper-smooth vocals of singer Galia Durant.

Everybody Wants to Be a Cat Psapp 2006