Distorted, but really good - The Dictators with Joey Ramone on vocals covering The Who's "The Kids are Alright."
They're at Coney Island High, which if I recall correctly was managed by Lindsay Anderson of The Kowalskis.
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Friday, May 15, 2015
I Like the Cover Better: Summertime Blues
I like the original song, "Summertime Blues" by Eddie Cochran.
I even like the Rush cover from Feedback. And this excellent Kyoushirou version in Japanese. And The Who. And The Stray Cats. The Beach Boys (one my hands-down favorite bands). Even Marc Bolan and TRex! It's a can't-miss song.
But nothing compares, in my mind, to Blue Cheer:
It's oddly a cover that doesn't work as well without your brain knowing the original, but it takes that meta-song knowledge and spins it somewhere amazing. It's Quentin Tarantino-like in its ability to show you what's awesome about the original by going someone the original never, ever, could.
If you know any Summertime Blues covers I didn't mention, please add them in the comments.
I even like the Rush cover from Feedback. And this excellent Kyoushirou version in Japanese. And The Who. And The Stray Cats. The Beach Boys (one my hands-down favorite bands). Even Marc Bolan and TRex! It's a can't-miss song.
But nothing compares, in my mind, to Blue Cheer:
It's oddly a cover that doesn't work as well without your brain knowing the original, but it takes that meta-song knowledge and spins it somewhere amazing. It's Quentin Tarantino-like in its ability to show you what's awesome about the original by going someone the original never, ever, could.
If you know any Summertime Blues covers I didn't mention, please add them in the comments.
Sunday, December 28, 2014
I Like the Cover Better: Substitute
This one is for Ed, who mentioned The Ramones cover of Substitute from "Acid Eaters" the other day.
I like The Who song "Substitute." Great lyrics, catchy guitar hooks.
But nothing compares to this studio performance of it by Sex Pistols. As far as I can tell, this is all of them live in the studio, much like their performance of The Modern Lovers song "Road Runner."
What I like is how apologetic the original song is - it's really a shrug and sorry, I'm not the real thing or I'm not what you were hoping for, and you aren't either. But the Sex Pistols version is extremely aggressive and in your face angry. It's, basically, too bad, this is what you get. It's got that aggressive guitar sawing of Steve Jones, too, off of simple and sharp Paul Cook drumming. All that "Sex Pistols couldn't play their instruments" stuff is utter marketing broadsheet crap, and if this performance doesn't show you that nothing will.
There is also this mix, which is pretty interesting in an of itself.
Sex Pistols: Substitute Monitor Mix
I like The Who song "Substitute." Great lyrics, catchy guitar hooks.
But nothing compares to this studio performance of it by Sex Pistols. As far as I can tell, this is all of them live in the studio, much like their performance of The Modern Lovers song "Road Runner."
What I like is how apologetic the original song is - it's really a shrug and sorry, I'm not the real thing or I'm not what you were hoping for, and you aren't either. But the Sex Pistols version is extremely aggressive and in your face angry. It's, basically, too bad, this is what you get. It's got that aggressive guitar sawing of Steve Jones, too, off of simple and sharp Paul Cook drumming. All that "Sex Pistols couldn't play their instruments" stuff is utter marketing broadsheet crap, and if this performance doesn't show you that nothing will.
There is also this mix, which is pretty interesting in an of itself.
Sex Pistols: Substitute Monitor Mix
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