After the atrocious attacks in Paris on November 13, 2015,
The Eagles of Death Metal issued a challenge to other musicians to cover their
song I Love You All The Time. “For every cover sold, we pledge to donate 100%
of the publishing income to The Sweet Stuff Foundation. We ask that you also
donate the money generated from sales of the song to the charity.” Because
Francois Van Coke believes unifying and healing power of music, he felt moved
by this plea to help raise funds for the victims of the Paris attacks and
followed suit. “I felt that I wanted to be a part of the Play It Forward
campaign because I was touched by the attacks at the Eagles of Death Metal
show. I also feel a bit of a connection
with the band because we played with them when they were in South Africa. I am
a huge fan of the band and I Love You All the Time was my favourite song on
their new album. It was an honour to
record this song.” Francois’ stripped down and pure version of I Love You All
the Time was recorded with Theo Crous at Bellville Studios. Jedd Kossew played guitar on the track. He
translated the French part of the original version into Afrikaans: “I
translated the French part to Afrikaans to make it more my own, plus my French
pronunciation would’ve been bad.”
NB! Great news!
Francois van Coke and Karen Zoid’s super fantastic live DVD, Toe Vind Ek
Jou, will hit the stores on the 8 February 2016.
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