tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post111947965703291590..comments2024-03-27T23:24:02.731-04:00Comments on PowerPop: With Apologies to Eli....NYMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10863355110457910935noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-1119891814292026952005-06-27T13:03:00.000-04:002005-06-27T13:03:00.000-04:00Do yourself a favour and run out and get "Play". I...Do yourself a favour and run out and get "Play". It's one of my favourite Squeeze albums ever and a great place to start.<BR/><BR/>and Hi! :DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-1119496557712857702005-06-22T23:15:00.000-04:002005-06-22T23:15:00.000-04:00Ooooo, I'd make a *huge* distinction between vario...Ooooo, I'd make a *huge* distinction between variorum versions of a song and covers. <BR/><BR/>My own prejudice is for covers that reinterpret songs: too close to the original and what's the point? Faves in this regard include Nina Gordon's "Straight Outta Compton" and the Bangles' "Hazy Shade of Winter." But that's not quite the same as the same artist rethinking their own song differently.NYMaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10863355110457910935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-1119490732136449932005-06-22T21:38:00.000-04:002005-06-22T21:38:00.000-04:00Hey, I don't hate *all* alternate versions - there...Hey, I don't hate *all* alternate versions - there are some covers I like as well or better than the originals, like the Natascha Atlas version of "I Put A Spell On You", and the Erasure version of "Solsbury Hill".<BR/><BR/>But I just can't get behind that variation on "Tempted", and I think the "official" version works a helluva lot better.Elihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16044541756968514349noreply@blogger.com