Cover versions - yay or nay?

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I'm sure this will get a nay but I really like this

Blitzkrieg bop -- Beautiful South

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NoMoreHugh wrote:
26 Jun 2022, 7:36am
I'm sure this will get a nay but I really like this

Blitzkrieg bop -- Beautiful South
Nay—it's distinctly their style, but utterly neutered. I did, however, like their cover of "Livin' Thing" off that covers record/
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
26 Jun 2022, 8:29am
NoMoreHugh wrote:
26 Jun 2022, 7:36am
I'm sure this will get a nay but I really like this

Blitzkrieg bop -- Beautiful South
Nay—it's distinctly their style, but utterly neutered. I did, however, like their cover of "Livin' Thing" off that covers record/
Yep their cover of 'Livin' Thing" is cool.
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Speaking of the Beautiful South, I've always dug their languid cover of "Dream a Little Dream." It's being in a rowboat, drifting down a slow-moving river.
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Yay to both livin thing and dream a little dream

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Fiona Apple, "Pure Imagination." I love it for the embedded horror of the presentation, where pure imagination seemingly leads to something disastrous, yet there is still hope at the end. It's like an entire narrative contained within.
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The Bird and the Bee, "Jump." Delightfully silly.
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
10 Dec 2023, 1:24pm

The Bird and the Bee, "Jump." Delightfully silly.
But alas, it's still VH.
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Sparky wrote:
10 Dec 2023, 6:52pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
10 Dec 2023, 1:24pm

The Bird and the Bee, "Jump." Delightfully silly.
But alas, it's still VH.
Oh, poo, "Jump" is fun.
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
10 Dec 2023, 1:24pm

The Bird and the Bee, "Jump." Delightfully silly.
I just saw a jazz piano performance by James Taylor's guy, and he mentioned he was in the middle of writing a musical with Inara.
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Kory wrote:
12 Dec 2023, 1:10pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
10 Dec 2023, 1:24pm

The Bird and the Bee, "Jump." Delightfully silly.
I just saw a jazz piano performance by James Taylor's guy, and he mentioned he was in the middle of writing a musical with Inara.
Neat. The Bird and the Bee are somewhat of a guilty pleasure as I'm generally not keen on that kind of lounge-lizard pop.
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
12 Dec 2023, 1:11pm
Kory wrote:
12 Dec 2023, 1:10pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
10 Dec 2023, 1:24pm

The Bird and the Bee, "Jump." Delightfully silly.
I just saw a jazz piano performance by James Taylor's guy, and he mentioned he was in the middle of writing a musical with Inara.
Neat. The Bird and the Bee are somewhat of a guilty pleasure as I'm generally not keen on that kind of lounge-lizard pop.
I don't know them well, but a close friend is a huge fan of theirs, to the point that they saw his work on IG and commissioned him to design a show poster and a deck of playing cards to sell at the merch table.
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Kory wrote:
12 Dec 2023, 1:26pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
12 Dec 2023, 1:11pm
Kory wrote:
12 Dec 2023, 1:10pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
10 Dec 2023, 1:24pm

The Bird and the Bee, "Jump." Delightfully silly.
I just saw a jazz piano performance by James Taylor's guy, and he mentioned he was in the middle of writing a musical with Inara.
Neat. The Bird and the Bee are somewhat of a guilty pleasure as I'm generally not keen on that kind of lounge-lizard pop.
I don't know them well, but a close friend is a huge fan of theirs, to the point that they saw his work on IG and commissioned him to design a show poster and a deck of playing cards to sell at the merch table.
I think this is the song that caught my ear:


I also dig this love letter to David Lee Roth:
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
10 Dec 2023, 6:53pm
Sparky wrote:
10 Dec 2023, 6:52pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
10 Dec 2023, 1:24pm

The Bird and the Bee, "Jump." Delightfully silly.
But alas, it's still VH.
Oh, fun, "Jump" is poo.

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gkbill wrote:
13 Dec 2023, 12:50am
Dr. Medulla wrote:
10 Dec 2023, 6:53pm
Sparky wrote:
10 Dec 2023, 6:52pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
10 Dec 2023, 1:24pm

The Bird and the Bee, "Jump." Delightfully silly.
But alas, it's still VH.
Oh, fun, "Jump" is poo.
Bah, I say, bah!
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