Video Exclusive: The Gossip's "Eyes Open" from "Live in Liverpool"

Portland, Oregan-based punk band the Gossip are famous for their sweaty, covers-heavy live shows, where loud-and-proud frontwoman Beth Ditto shimmies across the stage, belting along to stripped-down versions of everything from Aaliyah's "Are You That Somebody?" to "Careless Whisper" by Wham!. This week marks the release of the trio's first live CD/DVD, Live in Liverpool, which features those songs as well as their disco-punk hit "Standing in the Way of Control," all recorded at a 2007 concert. Click above for an exclusive clip from their new release, a full-length video of the band performing "Eyes Open."

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Song Stories

“Weird”

Hanson | 1997

Accomplished tunesmith Desmond Child co-wrote "Weird" with the three brothers that make up Hanson. Credited for dozens of cuts, including songs by Kiss, Cher, Bon Jovi and Aerosmith, Child told Rolling Stone that "Weird" holds a special place in his heart, "because it's about being different--and I grew up poor, I grew up being Latin, I grew up being gay, and now I'm fat!" The song was included on Hanson's 1997 album Middle of Nowhere, which sold more than ten million units.

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