Hey there,
Dina 'Gundy' Gunderson
>
>OK, OK, finally I just have to ask "WHY?!!!" I just don't get it. Why
do
>people love for country or alt.country bands or so-called alt.country
bands
>to do covers of godawful cheesy rock songs? Why do people respond to
these
>more than they do to the, OK, I'm going to say it, "real" songs?
a bunch of replies and then Jamie...
>Yeah, I'll testify. Here's my deal, Dina--usually I don't like it much
when
>a band covers a cheesy song. I'm thinking of that awful disco thing
>that Cake covered a couple years back, for instance..."I Will Survive",
was
>it? Anyhow, to me, the difference is, Robbie made "Jet" sound like the
>best damn song ever written when he played it. (And that takes some
doing. <g>)
>I think it was his sheer enthusiasm.
>
Well, agreeing with all the 'it sounds good' and 'its fun' posts one more
thing.
Ive heard both Cake and Robbie introduce old covers by explicitly stating
something along the lines of 'I think this is a really good song' Cake
even went so far as to say 'we're not doing this ironically.'
So I think, contrary to Jamie's point, that there are songs that can be
removed from their original context (read: Disco) to highlight the
lyrical and/or simple melody of the tune. Enough to make you go "Hey,
Dancing Queen is a pretty cool tune." I'd put John Wesley Harding's cover
of Like A Prayer in this pile as well.
Later...
CK shocked that Linda didnt know Wings sang Jet
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