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Re: 13 March 2009: not just HFHs, but "Covers From Hell"
« Reply #45 on: March 13, 2009, 10:30:35 AM »
OK, the player crapped out, and when I pressed "play" again, "Dream On" came on.  WTF?

Back to normal.  I kinda liked Tiffany's take on Tommy James at the time.  Her cover of "I Saw Her Standing There" was far worse.

sounded like she said "holding on to one another's man" -- LOL!
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Re: 13 March 2009: not just HFHs, but "Covers From Hell"
« Reply #46 on: March 13, 2009, 10:30:46 AM »
OK, the player crapped out, and when I pressed "play" again, "Dream On" came on.  WTF?

Back to normal.  I kinda liked Tiffany's take on Tommy James at the time.  Her cover of "I Saw Her Standing There" was far worse.

Spoken like someone who was really there! I agree with you. :)

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Re: 13 March 2009: not just HFHs, but "Covers From Hell"
« Reply #47 on: March 13, 2009, 10:31:30 AM »

Maybe children these days, having never heard the original, feel the same way about the Britney cover as I do about the Tiffany one.
It's awesome!!

I like the Tiffany version well enough, and, unlike most of the rest of the set, this one was actually a bona fide hit, #1 in fact.
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Re: 13 March 2009: not just HFHs, but "Covers From Hell"
« Reply #48 on: March 13, 2009, 10:31:57 AM »
the phrase "we've been bookended by Pat Boone" should never be in anyone's vocab.
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Re: 13 March 2009: not just HFHs, but "Covers From Hell"
« Reply #49 on: March 13, 2009, 10:32:59 AM »
the phrase "we've been bookended by Pat Boone" should never be an anyone's vocab.

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Re: 13 March 2009: not just HFHs, but "Covers From Hell"
« Reply #50 on: March 13, 2009, 10:33:14 AM »

Maybe children these days, having never heard the original, feel the same way about the Britney cover as I do about the Tiffany one.
It's awesome!!

I like the Tiffany version well enough, and, unlike most of the rest of the set, this one was actually a bona fide hit, #1 in fact.

indeed, other than the aforementioned Pearl Jam, and the Faith Hill was a #1 or 2 country single, iirc
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Re: 13 March 2009: not just HFHs, but "Covers From Hell"
« Reply #51 on: March 13, 2009, 10:34:06 AM »
Best WOS to Pat Boone!



The AMG review:

Before finding God and Gospel, Pat Boone first made a living in the '50s gumming his way through early rock & roll and rhythm & blues covers, turning out risible whitebread pap for the masses. Boone would now have us believe, 40 years on, that he has lost religion to suddenly embrace the mighty masters of metal. There is no logical reason for human beings to deliberately expose themselves to Mr. Boone's new wash-off tattoo, Harley fixation, and deadpan milktoast delivery as he, his cookie-cutter female background chorus, and underachieving big band samba their way to Deep Purple's "Smoke on the Water," and jive to Guns N' Roses' "Paradise City," and swing through the most ludicrous read imaginable of Metallica's "Enter Sandman." Other abominations include Alice Cooper's "No More Mr. Nice Guy," Ozzie's "Crazy Train" and that ultimate nightclub closer...(wait for it)...Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven."
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Re: 13 March 2009: not just HFHs, but "Covers From Hell"
« Reply #52 on: March 13, 2009, 10:37:47 AM »
the phrase "we've been bookended by Pat Boone" should never be in anyone's vocab.
He's the white bread in the sandwich  ;)
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Re: 13 March 2009: not just HFHs, but "Covers From Hell"
« Reply #53 on: March 13, 2009, 10:37:50 AM »
sounds like they edited the Good Friday references outta Dave's spiel, unless I had a brain fart. 
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Re: 13 March 2009: not just HFHs, but "Covers From Hell"
« Reply #54 on: March 13, 2009, 10:39:03 AM »
sounds like they edited the Good Friday references outta Dave's spiel, unless I had a brain fart. 

Because today isn't Good Friday.

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Re: 13 March 2009: not just HFHs, but "Covers From Hell"
« Reply #55 on: March 13, 2009, 10:43:56 AM »
TANC:  I posted this in the 1975 thread earlier, 'cause Bob played the Pink Floyd orig: disco "Have a Cigar" by a studio outfit called Rosebud:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ma3qZ0z-gEU

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Re: 13 March 2009: not just HFHs, but "Covers From Hell"
« Reply #56 on: March 13, 2009, 10:44:08 AM »
sounds like they edited the Good Friday references outta Dave's spiel, unless I had a brain fart. 

Because today isn't Good Friday.

...and Good Friday won't be a Friday the 13th again until 2063.  If I live to see that I'll have just turned 100.
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Re: 13 March 2009: not just HFHs, but "Covers From Hell"
« Reply #57 on: March 13, 2009, 10:45:17 AM »
sounds like they edited the Good Friday references outta Dave's spiel, unless I had a brain fart. 

Because today isn't Good Friday.

...and Good Friday won't be a Friday the 13th again until 2063.  If I live to see that I'll have just turned 100.

speaking of, today is Peter Finch's 50th (and Webster's is next month). 
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Re: 13 March 2009: not just HFHs, but "Covers From Hell"
« Reply #58 on: March 13, 2009, 10:51:46 AM »
sounds like they edited the Good Friday references outta Dave's spiel, unless I had a brain fart. 

Because today isn't Good Friday.

...and Good Friday won't be a Friday the 13th again until 2063.  If I live to see that I'll have just turned 100.
sorry I won't be with you; enjoy!
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Re: 13 March 2009: not just HFHs, but "Covers From Hell"
« Reply #59 on: March 13, 2009, 12:13:49 PM »
sounds like they edited the Good Friday references outta Dave's spiel, unless I had a brain fart. 

Because today isn't Good Friday.

...and Good Friday won't be a Friday the 13th again until 2063.  If I live to see that I'll have just turned 100.

speaking of, today is Peter Finch's 50th (and Webster's is next month). 

today Peter said he had lost 55 pounds over the past several months.  wow!

happy bday Peter "Beanpole" Finch
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