tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post1650352031829365902..comments2024-03-28T14:41:03.787-04:00Comments on PowerPop: Silly Love Songs R Us: Part DeuxNYMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10863355110457910935noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-89747688285729927552014-11-24T16:30:42.809-05:002014-11-24T16:30:42.809-05:00From one Pete to another: With Dion's "Dr...From one Pete to another: With Dion's "Drive My Car" I'm thinking "Joe Walsh" as well.<br /><br />I enjoyed the song to begin with, but as it went on I started liking it a little less, and by the time Dion started ad libbing with "honk my horn", "step on the gas" etc. I was well and truly "over it", as young people like to say.<br /><br />Actually, I'd really like to hear a Joe Walsh version of "Drive My Car".<br /><br />Unfortunately, the closest I can get is a song by Joe called "In My Car":<br /><br /><a href="http://youtu.be/4EDsmqs5sZY" rel="nofollow">http://youtu.be/4EDsmqs5sZY</a><br /><br />Just between you and me – and anyone else reading this – I think that's dreadful.<br /><br />I'd much rather hear "In Your Car" by Australian band The Dugites:<br /><br /><a href="http://youtu.be/0Iku36c4Vgs" rel="nofollow">http://youtu.be/0Iku36c4Vgs</a>Peter Power Pophttp://peterspowerpop.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-57977151707516879912014-11-21T09:28:17.957-05:002014-11-21T09:28:17.957-05:00"Come And Get It" sounds like "Obla..."Come And Get It" sounds like "OblaDiOblaDa" which was Paul's attempt at ska.buzzbabyjesushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09375127662096374324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-44547509634916531852014-11-21T08:52:01.071-05:002014-11-21T08:52:01.071-05:00I think the Dion track sounds great. Others I have...I think the Dion track sounds great. Others I have heard that I really liked are Brian Wilson's "Wanderlust" and Paul Rodger's "Let Me Roll It"side3noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-80488663802511279642014-11-20T16:38:34.742-05:002014-11-20T16:38:34.742-05:00Am I the only person here who thinks Dion sounds a...Am I the only person here who thinks Dion sounds a bit like Joe Walsh here? Or am I insane?petenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-90924290293353259192014-11-20T10:16:49.626-05:002014-11-20T10:16:49.626-05:00So far, the only tracks I like are Dylan's and...So far, the only tracks I like are Dylan's and Hibbert's, and even Dylan's is too damned faithful in its arrangement.<br /><br />Using McCartney's band for most of the tracks was a big mistake, IMO. It's led to too many soundalike tracks, just with a different singer plopped on top of the backing.<br /><br />If you're putting out a tribute album of such familiar songs, you damn well better do something radical with them, or what's the point?Gummohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09947040598570967596noreply@blogger.com