What in tarnation were they thinking?

randyz · Post by **randyz** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 11:23 am

Alan: I wish somebody would give Joe Cocker a guitar. He plays a lot of air guitar when he's "singing". I've always wondered what his "playing" sounds like...

jaybic · Post by **jaybic** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 11:56 am

Type O Negative's cover of "Daytripper" gave me the shudders.

sowhat · Post by **sowhat** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 12:02 pm

Randy: i've seen the Woodstock movie, where young Joe Cocker was wandering around with a guitar... looks like he has lost it somewhere in-between the interview and his performance...

randyz · Post by **randyz** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 12:05 pm

Sheena: Maybe one day he'll remember where he left it. Frankly, Joe always looks like a guy who's lost a lot of stuff...

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 12:09 pm

Yeah... a lot of brain cells. The ol' "whisky flush"!!

delberthot · Post by **delberthot** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 2:33 pm

If its crazy covers you're after, look no further than "me first and the gimme gimmes" with such ditties as "nobody does it better", "uptown girl" and the theme from "Cheers" all done as punk tunes. (I do the first one with a band I'm in)

nick_st_hilaire · Post by **nick_st_hilaire** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 4:43 pm

My fav. Me first and the gimme gimmes is their version of "Mandy."

red_rob · Post by **red_rob** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 11:22 pm

Vanilla Fudge doing the Supremmes' "Keep me Hangin' On". Awesome psychedelic rock.

Coldplay 'covering' (and somehow getting away without litigation) Kraftwerk's "computerlove" for their last single "Talk" makes me seethe with the bile of all consuming anger.

God I hate Coldplay

delberthot · Post by **delberthot** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 11:26 pm

I forgot, we do Mandy as well.

jdogric12 · Post by **jdogric12** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 4:05 am

How could I forget... Red House Painters? I remember a really interesting take on "Silly Love Songs." Good stuff.

kcole4001 · Post by **kcole4001** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 6:08 am

At least I'm not the only one who is rather anti-coldplay. (lack of capitalization intentional)

randyz · Post by **randyz** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 7:06 am

I tried to watch a one-hour Coldplay concert on PBS. They put me to sleep in less than 15 minutes...

sowhat · Post by **sowhat** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 7:52 am

The name suggests, perhaps...

Cannot say their music is not pleasant to the ear, but i agree with Randy - it's... hmmm... a sort of soporific... IMHO.

red_rob · Post by **red_rob** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 9:10 am

I don't even hate their music, I just couldn't care less about it. It's their pretentious attitude and middleclass self-satifaction that riles me. Plus the fact that the UK music media press (starved of any real genius) chose to champion them for the last 2 years when their inoffensive, forgetable student-rock really didn't merit such attention.

How dare they try to tell me that the world should adopt free-trade policies!

(sarcastic voice): "Is free trade a better, fairer way of doing things guys? oh right, I didn't realise that, what with me not being as intelligent, privileged or educated as you pr*cks - thanks!".

Who on earth do they think they are?!?!

Sorry about that - rant over

randyz · Post by **randyz** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 9:17 am

And what's with the singer's (I can't recall his name but I think he's got a kid named 'Moon Unit' errrr 'Snapple') hands? Do I really care what he has written on his hands? Perhaps it's his grocery list that needs to pick-up on the way home...