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Somehow my wife found this 2007 comp on Tidal… it features the likes of Luna doing Paula Abdul’s “Straight Up,” and Superchunk doing “Say My Name” (seems like peak something-or-other)!

morrisp.fandom.com (morrisp), Thursday, 20 April 2023 01:35 (one year ago) link

Peak Gen X sell-out shaming

Josefa, Thursday, 20 April 2023 01:54 (one year ago) link

Jim O’Rourke’s take on a Spice Girls song is pretty good…

morrisp.fandom.com (morrisp), Thursday, 20 April 2023 02:03 (one year ago) link

one year passes...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OrLR8J-1bA

Intense!

Chuck_Tatum, Monday, 29 April 2024 23:44 (one month ago) link

Intensely "unavailable"(?)

rendered nugatory (morrisp), Tuesday, 30 April 2024 00:16 (one month ago) link

Staple Singers covering Talking Heads. I heard this for the first time today

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-S656JfwjPk

bbq, Tuesday, 30 April 2024 01:41 (one month ago) link

^^^ secret weapon when I used to dj.

Requiem for a Dream: The Musical! (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 30 April 2024 02:19 (one month ago) link

Intensely "unavailable"(?)

― rendered nugatory (morrisp), Tuesday, 30 April 2024 00:16 (nine hours ago) link

Oops. The link was to a beautiful, intense and odd reading of "Moonlight Sonata" by Glenn Miller. Also here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nK5BBl7VE6A

Chuck_Tatum, Tuesday, 30 April 2024 10:06 (one month ago) link

I'll just play this in the opposite direction cos I think the better known version is a much changed cover
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cF64tTw9nDE
is Jerry Lee Lewis's original.

The MC5 picked it up from this cover which does show traces of the original and revved it up further
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ot_-B-83Lb0

Stevo, Tuesday, 30 April 2024 10:43 (one month ago) link


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