Cursive covers Starship

In the latest edition of The A.V. Club’s Undercover series, Cursive attempts Starship’s “We Built This City” and belly flops the fuck out of it. Wow. I’m a pretty big Cursive fan, and this is just painful to listen to, much less watch. I loathe the original, but, my God, I was yearning for it compared to this. I’m not wholly convinced this wasn’t some sort of elaborate prank, but I just can’t figure out what Cursive might have against The A.V Club to back up my theory. Without a hint of irony, vocalist Tim Kasher begins the segment explaining why his band chose this song, saying that it is far and away the best on the list. I took a gander at the list again, and I must respectfully disagree. In fact, I’d say this is the worst choice, excepting maybe “Kokomo” by The Beach Boys. If you want to know what suck sounds like, watch this.