I have to say that this is a category that is at no loss for contenders. I think Dolly Parton’s cover of ‘Stairway to Heaven’ although funny on many levels, is not on even more. the Ramones cover of ‘Have You Ever Seen the Rain’ also too much juxtaposition to work. And almost every cover by actors that really shouldn’t be singing.
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Matthias, I agree completely. The other thing about Rod Stewart that MUST MUST be stopped is the gratuitous crotch-shot album covers. Dear good lord. Put that thing away.
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Heather, great post! A few years ago, I really got into Frank Sinatra and Nat Cole adn the jazz classics which are often dubbed “The American Songbook.” I’d like to add all of Rod Stewart’s cover versions. Not only did he bludgeon these great songs but he did it over and over and over again on 3 or is it 4 volumes now. Please STOP, someone STOP him. His voice is horrible on these tracks.
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ken, Stipe says it’s Bill Rieflin at the end of the Permanent Vacation track.
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I’d say Jesse Malin’s butchering of Bastards Of Young on his new disc more than qualifies
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Awww… I really liked Gwen Stephanie’s version of “It’s My Life” as well as the original Talk Talk version 🙁
However, and I know a lotta people might hunt me down for saying so, but I really disliked Johnny Cash’s cover of Nine Inch Nails “Hurt”. He may be the Man in Black, but his dark side is good fun, not Nihilistic!
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a great post heather. thank you.
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i cannot put into words how much i love this band. thank you for the show.
(here from a link on LiveJournal)
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Speaking of William Shatner… (did I bring him up?)… he has a new CD out since January 4th… and according to Amazon, over 200 folks think it’s almost five star worthy..
Heather why haven’t you been blogging Shatner? Is it age discrimination?
Beam me up.
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I always thought William Shatner singing “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” was pretty bad. Then again “If I Had A Hammer” by Leonard Nimoy was no gem. I guess any Trekkie who sings could make the list. Or any singer on the ‘Golden Throat’ compilation.
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Name: Heather Browne
Location: Colorado, originally by way of California
Giving context to the torrent since 2005.
"I love the relationship that anyone has with music: because there's something in us that is beyond the reach of words, something that eludes and defies our best attempts to spit it out. It's the best part of us, probably, the richest and strangest part..."
—Nick Hornby, Songbook
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—Hunter S. Thompson
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