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Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 11:23 am
by randyz
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...
Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 11:56 am
by jaybic
Type O Negative's cover of "Daytripper" gave me the shudders.
Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 12:02 pm
by sowhat
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...
Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 12:05 pm
by randyz
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...
Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 12:09 pm
by ozover50
Yeah... a lot of brain cells. The ol' "whisky flush"!!

Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 2:33 pm
by delberthot
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)
Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 4:43 pm
by nick_st_hilaire
My fav. Me first and the gimme gimmes is their version of "Mandy."
Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 11:22 pm
by red_rob
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
Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 11:26 pm
by delberthot
I forgot, we do Mandy as well.
Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 4:05 am
by jdogric12
How could I forget... Red House Painters? I remember a really interesting take on "Silly Love Songs." Good stuff.
Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 6:08 am
by kcole4001
At least I'm not the only one who is rather anti-coldplay. (lack of capitalization intentional)
Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 7:06 am
by randyz
I tried to watch a one-hour Coldplay concert on PBS. They put me to sleep in less than 15 minutes...
Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 7:52 am
by sowhat
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.
Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 9:10 am
by red_rob
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
Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 9:17 am
by randyz
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...