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Re: It begins. End of the decade lists
« Reply #15 on: December 01, 2009, 02:55:56 pm »
Ryan Adams' cover of "Wonderwall"--yes.  Much love.  My all-time favorite cover, though, and I honestly am not sure why, is Big Sir's cover of Hall and Oates' "Sara Smile".  I'll add a link if I can find one.
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Re: It begins. End of the decade lists
« Reply #16 on: December 01, 2009, 03:06:07 pm »
Quote from: bluemoon72 on December 01, 2009, 02:55:56 pm
My all-time favorite cover, though, and I honestly am not sure why, is Big Sir's cover of Hall and Oates' "Sara Smile". 

Mine is The Mothers of Invention's version of "Happy Together".
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Re: It begins. End of the decade lists
« Reply #17 on: December 01, 2009, 05:53:50 pm »
Quote from: AugustWest on December 01, 2009, 03:06:07 pm
Mine is The Mothers of Invention's version of "Happy Together".

Yes! The 1971 Fillmore East show where they play that song is really fantastic. That album was actually my first exposure to Zappa.

And I don't know if anyone has heard it but Pink Mountaintop's cover of Atmosphere by Joy Division is really good.
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Re: It begins. End of the decade lists
« Reply #18 on: December 01, 2009, 06:00:55 pm »
Interesting side note which both of you very well may already be aware of: The lead vocalists and founders of The Turtles, Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman, were full time members of The Mothers at that time.
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Re: It begins. End of the decade lists
« Reply #19 on: December 01, 2009, 06:16:52 pm »
Quote from: rowboat on December 01, 2009, 06:00:55 pm
Interesting side note which both of you very well may already be aware of: The lead vocalists and founders of The Turtles, Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman, were full time members of The Mothers at that time.

You're so professional, Howie.

I actually got to see Flo and Eddie perform live at an oldies show at the Kentucky State Fair about 15 years ago.  They were hilarious.
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Re: It begins. End of the decade lists
« Reply #20 on: December 01, 2009, 07:00:39 pm »
Quote from: jay-ell on December 01, 2009, 02:31:14 pm
I almost got pissed that Metallica's cover of "Turn the Page" wasn't on the list, until I realized that it came out in '98 and I'm just old.

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that was most assuredly a worthy cover.
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Re: It begins. End of the decade lists
« Reply #21 on: December 01, 2009, 11:22:50 pm »
Quote from: lprkn on December 01, 2009, 02:13:14 am
The 30 best cover songs of the decade.
Kind of scraping the bottom of the list barrel topic-wise with that one, but what the hell. They're all fun.

I love Calexico and I love Love, and the former definitely does the latter justice in this case, but they almost do the song too much justice. The first time I heard it I didn't realize it wasn't the original until, like, a minute in. Granted, it was a noisy bar, but still.

Johnny's "Hurt" is definitely pretty important, but more so for the video than the song itself.

Had no idea Gillian Welch did a version of "Black Star." I can imagine it working pretty well.

I'm not sure what's more tragic - the fact that Rufus Wainwright's version of "Hallelujah" (which basically outdoes even Cohen's original) is nowhere to be found or the fact that Brandy Carlile's version even exists.

The inclusion of Cat Power and Seu Jorge put my mind at ease, even if they are both far too low.

Nick Cave's take on "Let It Be," while not earth-shattering or anything, definitely deserves a spot near the bottom.
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Re: It begins. End of the decade lists
« Reply #22 on: December 02, 2009, 12:28:48 am »
Quote from: rowboat on December 01, 2009, 11:22:50 pm
Johnny's "Hurt" is definitely pretty important, but more so for the video than the song itself.

Oh, phooey on you for making me watch that. SO depressing. Death and old age and life sucks.
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Re: It begins. End of the decade lists
« Reply #23 on: December 17, 2009, 06:45:40 am »
Rowboat-- holy FUCK is "Fate" good. I keep meaning to post my favorites-of-the-decade list, it is coming soon.

But oh my GOD Fate. is such good album. Why hadn't I heard of Dr Dog until this year? I saw them live and it was AWESOME.
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Re: It begins. End of the decade lists
« Reply #24 on: December 17, 2009, 06:55:05 am »
When you saw them did Jeffrey Lewis open? He is my favorite guy to see live.
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Re: It begins. End of the decade lists
« Reply #25 on: December 19, 2009, 07:24:50 am »
oh, man. wow.

I think the consensus between my roommate and girlfriend and I was...

I keep typing out really mean things here.
I guess I will say, we did not have anything nice to say about him.

I think my roommate said something like "maybe indie music wasn't such a good idea after all."
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Re: It begins. End of the decade lists
« Reply #26 on: December 19, 2009, 01:37:26 pm »
Hey it's no big deal. If a person takes great offense that someone else doesn't like the same bands they do, they probably need to grow some thicker skin.

Also, I think he may very well be the least attractive musician I have ever seen.







p.p.s. I left halfway through the Dr. Dog set because I thought they were acting like a bunch of douches.
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Re: It begins. End of the decade lists
« Reply #27 on: December 22, 2009, 09:30:45 pm »
best beards of 2009 according to spin magazine
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Re: It begins. End of the decade lists
« Reply #28 on: December 23, 2009, 03:20:57 am »
Quote from: greenkoolayd on December 22, 2009, 09:30:45 pm
best beards of 2009 according to spin magazine

Man, I don't know.  That's basically "Here's a bunch of dudes with beards."  For the most part, I don't see anything all that exceptional.

Except that Warren Ellis cat.  Now that's a scary-ass beard.
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Re: It begins. End of the decade lists
« Reply #29 on: December 23, 2009, 04:51:03 am »
well, its spin magazine, so they basically just pick random indie-rock dudes.  i mean, there arent many other options because real famous people tend to shave or sculpt their facial hair regularly.
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