Well, it's Friday, and my Oriental houseboy Kato and I must don our costumes and go out to fight crime. Consequently, posting by moi will be sporadic for a bit.
But in the meantime, here's a fun project.
Best Record Which Sounds Eerily Like The Work of Another Artist.
[arbitrary qualifier: No obvious pastiches -- no Rutles or Dukes of Stratosphear -- need apply]
My totally off the top of my head Top Seven:
1. The Knickerbockers -- "Lies" (The Beatles)
2. Fontella Bass -- "Rescue Me" (Aretha Franklin)
3. Mouse and the Traps -- "A Public Execution" (Bob
Dylan)
4. The Jags -- "Written on the Back of My Hand" (Elvis Costello)
5. Terry Anderson -- "Weather or Not" (Keith Richards/Rolling Stones)
6. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers -- "American Girl" (Byrds/Roger McGuinn)
7. Count Five -- "Pyschotic Reaction" (Yardbirds)
Join in, won't you?
Hope you and Kato have a good weekend, Mr. Simels;)
ReplyDeleteMy contribution?
The View- "Same Jeans" (Cornershop)
Oh, in this genre, this could go on for months!
ReplyDeleteLet's just start with FOW, "Stacey's Mom" (The Cars) and "Supercollider" (Oasis).
Dunno if it's exact, but Klaatu's "Sub Rosa Subway" sure does sound like the Beatles, a mashup of "Hello Goodbye" and "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" with a dollop of Wings as a garnish.
ReplyDeleteAnd of course "Here Comes the Sun King" starts out sounding like Fleetwood Mac's "Albatross," at least a little....
Queensryche - "Silent Lucidity" (Pink Floyd)
ReplyDeleteNo one else has ever heard of it (not that that has ever stopped me before) but I'm awfully fond of Cotton Mather's "My Before and After" as a parallel universe Beatles tune.
ReplyDeleteOh, and for faux Paul McCartney, Badfinger's "Day After Day," also one of my fave songs evar.
ReplyDeleteI'll shut up now....
Stealer's Wheel - "Stuck In The Middle With You (Bob Dylan)
ReplyDeleteAmerica - "Horse With No Name" (Neil Young) [also the stoopidest lyrics, bar none]
The Knack - "Your Number Or Your Name" (Beatles)
Green Day - Misery (The Kinks)
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