Mandy Moore duets with Michael Stipe

[Headache in a Suitcase]

Mandy Moore and Michael Stipe have recorded a cover of the Beach Boys' "God Only Knows" for Moore's upcoming movie Saved!.

The R.E.M. singer, who co-produced the teen spoof, wanted to join Moore after hearing her initial rendition of the song. "He left me such a sweet little message like, 'You have such a beautiful voice,'" Moore says. "That he wanted to be a part of it was so fucking cool. He actually invited me into his studio to meet the guys."

In Saved! -- which Stipe has likened to "monster vampire high school kind of movies, only here the monsters are Jesus-freak teenagers" -- Moore stars alongside a wheelchair-bound McCauley Caulkin as a Bible-thumping senior at American Christian High.

"My character just thinks that she is so much better than everybody else because she has this personal relationship with Jesus," Moore says. "I got to play the bad girl, which is so much more fun than what I've been doing: the girl who always gets the guy at the end of the film."

 

[HelloAngel]

I just don't get it.

 

[Angela Harlem]

I guess Michael Stipe isn't as critical as say...the folks of bandc

 

[MrBrau1]

Her newest album is covers of XTC, Joe Jackson, The Waterboys, Joni Mitchell, Blondie, etc. It was also produced in part by Andy Sturmner, who was in Jellyfish and made the best album ever-Spilt Milk.

 

[babyman]

oh...i don't know...mandy moore and michael stipe...ouffffffffff it's a bit strange

 

[Nate Dogg]

oh...i don't know...mandy moore and michael stipe...ouffffffffff it's a bit strange

that would be like Bono and Beyonce doing a duet. I mean....c'mon.

 

[DaveC]

Man. I'd certainly like to "duet" with Mandy Moore...

 

[Salome]

I guess Michael Stipe isn't as critical as say...the folks of bandc

 

[Flying FuManchu]

In Saved! -- which Stipe has likened to "monster vampire high school kind of movies, only here the monsters are Jesus-freak teenagers" -- Moore stars alongside a wheelchair-bound McCauley Caulkin as a Bible-thumping senior at American Christian High.

I agree, Jesus-freak teenagers are monsters...

Stipe has sold out though... or is it cool to be with the teen pop stars who reject their own music....

 

[EmeraldEyes]

it sounds a bit out of character for Stipe, but ... yikes, what has the world come to...?

 

[Flying FuManchu]

Why is it out of character for Stipe? He goes to a Hootie and the Blowfish concert and gives them some praise. There was another instance where Stipe gave priase to a mainstream groups rendition of an REM song...

Face it....









Stipe is a teenybopper....

 

[fah]

I will make no comments until I hear the song.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

Why is it out of character for Stipe? He goes to a Hootie and the Blowfish concert and gives them some praise. There was another instance where Stipe gave priase to a mainstream groups rendition of an REM song...

Face it....









Stipe is a teenybopper....

when did hootie and the blowfish become a teenybopper band? rucker's a huge REM fan...

She sits alone by a lamppost, trying to find a thought that's escaped her mind
She says Dad's the one I love the most, but Stipe's not far behind
-let her cry

-headache... who secretly wishes hootie would become cool again so that i can start listening to cracked rear view again

 

[Flying FuManchu]

Not REM just Stipe... I thought, guilt by association was commonly accepted here.

 

[Flying FuManchu]

There is one teenybopper rock band/ individual that Stipe did give a little praise/ attended a concert for but I can't remember the name of the "modern" group.

I like Cracked Rear View and would listen to it now but many of my CDS are packed away in a crate...

 

[lady luck]

that would be like Bono and Beyonce doing a duet. I mean....c'mon.

So sorry to write this... But they did a duet.

 

[U2Man]

So sorry to write this... But they did a duet.

 

[RA-D]

I'm not 100% sure Mr Nate was impervious to that fact.

 

[Mofo]

well she has said her albums are crap so at least she is honest and she knows how to sing

 

[thatsnotmypuppy]

Yep - she has slagged off her first two albums as 'corporate rubbish' - however she stands by her covers album 'Coverage' - which to be honest isn't all that bad

 

[typhoon]

I like how this almost two-year-old thread was revived because someone didn't understand someone else's sarcasm.

 

[JOFO]

mandy = dandy.

 

[zoney!]

Better than Michael Moore doing a duet with Stipe.

 

[JOFO]

Better than Michael Moore doing a duet with Stipe.