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Listen to Trent Reznor and Karen O cover Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song"
By Jeff MillsDecember 2nd, 2011, 2:00 pmComments (8)
Nine Inch Nails singer Trent Reznor surprised many people by taking home a Best Original Score Oscar for his collaboration with English composer Atticus Ross on The Social Network. Having nothing broken, and nothing to fix, Reznor and Ross have naturally teamed up once again, this time to score the upcoming The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, the first entry in Stieg Larsson's wildly popular, posthumous Millenium series trilogy.
One of the songs from the movie's soundtrack is a cover of Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song" (inspired by a Zep trip to Iceland), by Reznor and Karen O, the peacock-y singer from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, teased in a trailer earlier in the spring. A full version of the tune has now landed on the internet, featuring Reznor's signature industrial drums, which may or may not conjure up in you creepy, Saw-like, steampunk and insect imagery. And Miss O puts forth her best Plant-Coverdale wail.
The song, with its famous staccato riff, Viking imagery, and a phrase ("hammer of the gods") that lent itself to the title of a well-known Zep biography, seems to be an apropos one, considering Larsson's Scandinavian background.
Immigrant Song - Karen O with Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross by Fluke Hawkins
Commentarium (8 Comments)
My least favorite Led Zeppelin song.....but credit where credit is due- they actually do a decent job of it.
The way it was used in the trailer was wonderful. I actually wasn't planning on seeing the US version (since I'd already seen the original trilogy) - but I caught that first trailer (w/this song) and realized "Damn, I might have to see that."
The ONLY good Led Zeppelin song and their version fucking rocks. Done and done.
you obviously don't listen to Led Zep enough if you think that this is their best song.
You know, probably no though of it, including me, but when they were trying to figure out who should play Lisbeth Salander, they should have thought of Karen O
Love it when marching bands play this song.
Not my favorite rendition of the Immigrant Song, but it's not bad.
Ummmm...may want to change the movie poster at the top to one that was released for the US versuin, not the Swedish version. Just sayin'.