At 04:08 PM 3/2/99 -0500, you wrote:
The first time I heard their version was on the televised portion of the
Opry a few years ago; that flat 7 chord jumped right out at me.
Uh... as a non-musician who doesn't even aspire to play three chord Lou
Reed songs, what the hell are you talking
Can you create flash cards for me? Uh... I'm sorry I asked the
original
question.
Jeff
[Matt Benz] Jeff, what Jon is doing is "translating" the chords
of a song into numbers. The whole key of a song, say G becomes numbers:
G -1 A -2 B-3 C-4 D-5 E-6 F-7. So, your standard
Hey there,
Ex-Boston Bob, who never goes out in Chicago anymore g
Ive heard both Cake and Robbie introduce old covers by explicitly
stating
something along the lines of 'I think this is a really good song'
Cake
even went so far as to say 'we're not doing this ironically.'
But don't some of
On Tue, 2 Mar 1999, Jennifer K. Heffron wrote:
On the topic of covers, generally, I enjoy the occasional incongruous
cover that an artist throws into the set, even the cheese. Especially
when the artist can make the cover song sound uniquely "theirs." I guess
I like the novelty of it. A
Hey there,
Slonedog says: Nirvana were pretentious 90s shits but I guess they
were
better than Shania.
Better how?
Jon Weisberger Kenton County, KY [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://home.fuse.net/jonweisberger/
*sigh*
Later...
CK stupid and contageous
Hey there,
I never thought I'd be glad to hear "These Boots Are Made For Walking"
again until I heard Candye Kane reinvent it on her CD. If any song
screamed "cheese", this is it, and Kane turned it into a campy
cover that I like better than the original.
It _does_ have the greatest bass line
Bob wrote:
Ive heard both Cake and Robbie introduce old covers by explicitly stating
something along the lines of 'I think this is a really good song' Cake
even went so far as to say 'we're not doing this ironically.'
If that's referring to their cover of "I Will Survive," I remember a
Hey there,
Dina 'Gundy' Gunderson
OK, OK, finally I just have to ask "WHY?!!!" I just don't get it. Why
do
people love for country or alt.country bands or so-called alt.country
bands
to do covers of godawful cheesy rock songs? Why do people respond to
these
more than they do to the, OK, I'm
Barry Mazor wrote:
OK, OK, finally I just have to ask "WHY?!!!" I just don't get it. Why do
people love for country or alt.country bands or so-called alt.country bands
to do covers of godawful cheesy rock songs? Why do people respond to these
more than they do to the, OK, I'm
Barry says,
And bonus 3:
It is a passing peculiarity of the late 90s that it passes for ultrahip to
celebrate the most addlebrained and plain dull pop pablum of years gone by,
at the deliberate expense of what somebody's older brother with taste
liked. So you scream for Karen Carpenter and
Excerpts from recent postcards:
Why do people love for country or alt.country bands or so-called
alt.country bands to do covers of godawful cheesy rock songs? Why do people
respond to these
more than they do to the, OK, I'm going to say it, "real" songs?
Two reasons I think.
1. If you do like
I could care less about Cake, but Gloria Gaynor's original version is just
swell. Great song delivering a dead-serious message that no doubt
resonated with lotsa folks inside and outside of her intended audience.
I want to defend Cake here, who it seems some folks might wanna toss away as
By the way, speaking of covers, the Del
McCoury Band did a great cover of Tom Petty's "Love Is A Long Road" on
Sessions at West 54th.
The first time I heard their version was on the televised portion of the
Opry a few years ago; that flat 7 chord jumped right out at me. It's on
their last
At 08:31 PM 3/1/99 -0500, you wrote:
Jennifer, who is going to scream for "Jet" at the top of her lungs when
Mr. Fulks hits town next month...
OK, OK, finally I just have to ask "WHY?!!!" I just don't get it. Why do
people love for country or alt.country bands or so-called alt.country bands
Someone (sorry, missed the initial message) wrote:
> Why do people love for country or alt.country bands or so-called
> alt.country bands to do covers of godawful cheesy rock songs?
And Jeff Weiss responded:
> Secret confirmation that those godawful songs we all loved as kids
> aren't as
On Tue, 2 Mar 1999, Dave Purcell wrote:
If Jake London is out here still, he should forward his very fine
essay on covers to the list.
Speakin' of Jake and cool covers, he does a swell version of the Spinners'
"Games People Play."
Hi everyone. Did I miss anything good?
Nah. We've all
At 12:54 PM 3/2/99 -0500, you wrote:
By the way, speaking of covers, the Del
McCoury Band did a great cover of Tom Petty's "Love Is A Long Road" on
Sessions at West 54th.
The first time I heard their version was on the televised portion of the
Opry a few years ago; that flat 7 chord jumped right
...covers of godawful cheesy rock songs? Why do people respond to these
more than they do to the, OK, I'm going to say it, "real" songs?
The obvious answer here is that people like to have fun (and
unfortunately sometimes people like to have fun much more than they
like
Aw, Dave's back.
Hi everyone. Did I miss anything good?
Smooches,
Dave
Actually, you didn't. Marah is still the future of alt-country. g
marie
The first time I heard their version was on the televised portion of the
Opry a few years ago; that flat 7 chord jumped right out at me.
Uh... as a non-musician who doesn't even aspire to play three chord Lou
Reed songs, what the hell are you talking about?
Hah, am I glad you asked, because
Dina asked why a person might scream out for a cheesy pop cover...
Well, speaking only for myself, I have to say that I enjoy "Jet." A lot.
So sue me g.
On the topic of covers, generally, I enjoy the occasional incongruous
cover that an artist throws into the set, even the cheese.
At 04:40 PM 3/2/99 PST, John K. wrote:
I never thought I'd be glad to hear "These Boots Are Made For Walking"
again until I heard Candye Kane reinvent it on her CD.
My favorite version of this song is Loretta Lynn's. And she don't do it
campy, neither--I mean, she is all but out the door!
Slonedog says: Or perhaps it's because the artists actually like the songs.
I for one love "Dancing Queen", "Jet" and "I Will Survive". They're not
"guilty pleasures", they're just fun songs.
I don't like to do the "But that's what I said in the firts place"
thing--but I did--before those,
Excerpts from internet.listserv.postcard2: 1-Mar-99 Re: Robbie Fulks and
covers by Dina Gunderson@mindsprin
OK, OK, finally I just have to ask "WHY?!!!" I just don't get it. Why do
people love for country or alt.country bands or so-called alt.country bands
to do covers of godaw
Wait. . .I've never heard Robbie do this particular cover. Are you referring
to that cheesy rock song Suffragette by the Beatles?
curious,
Linda
In a message dated 3/1/99 9:04:26 PM Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Jennifer, who is going to scream for "Jet" at the top of her
Wait. . .I've never heard Robbie do this particular cover. Are you referring
to that cheesy rock song Suffragette by the Beatles?
curious, Linda
That's Jet all right, Linda--but it was by Wings.
OK, OK, finally I just have to ask "WHY?!!!" I just don't get it. Why do
people love for
In a message dated 3/2/99 3:45:36 AM !!!First Boot!!!, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
Wait. . .I've never heard Robbie do this particular cover. Are you
referring
to that cheesy rock song Suffragette by the Beatles?
Linda!
I know that this isn't a Beatles discussion group, but I'm shocked
Carl Z. says:
I dunno, but Fulks plays the hell out of that song, so I think he really
likes it. Jamie S. will testify to how well he did it in Pittsburgh
last fall.
Yeah, I'll testify. Here's my deal, Dina--usually I don't like it much when
a band covers a cheesy song. I'm thinking of that
In a message dated 3/1/99 10:10:38 PM Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
That's Jet all right, Linda--but it was by Wings.
I knew that.
lr, sleep deprived from the Tweedy show. he covered some Uncle Tupelo. I
don't think the Woody Guthrie stuff counts as covers.
Jaime sez:
Robbie made "Jet" sound like the best damn
song ever written when he played it. (And that takes some doing. g) I
think it was his sheer enthusiasm.
Or sheer perversity.
Tom Moran
The Deliberate Strangers' Old Home Place
http://members.tripod.com/~Deliberate_Strangers/index.html
Have I ever mentioned that I like the Stones better?
lr
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