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Main Discussion Area => KFOG's 10@10 => Topic started by: SFGuy on November 07, 2009, 03:01:06 AM
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I know it's a week away but any word on if Friday the 13th will be a Hits from hell set?
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I know it's a week away but any word on if Friday the 13th will be a Hits from hell set?
I have to assume she'll continue the tradition, as she has with the Pride Set and the Spook-tacular. Granted, I don't listen to AL the rest of the day, but there didn't seem to be advance mention of either of those sets, even tho' she referred to them as "Foghead-generated". So if you have an HFH you wanna hear, e-mail her now!
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Just heard AL solicit Foghead suggestions for HFH--and she's even using the traditional moniker. So it's on, baby, it's on!
She also mentioned that, although HFH sounds like a 70s thing, hits from hell can be from any era. So go wild with your suggestions.
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Just heard AL solicit Foghead suggestions for HFH--and she's even using the traditional moniker. So it's on, baby, it's on!
She also mentioned that, although HFH sounds like a 70s thing, hits from hell can be from any era. So go wild with your suggestions.
I think an all-Jason Mraz 10@10 would be the ultimate HFH set. ;) Seriously, I intend to suggest "I'm Yours" as well as some other KFOG faves in addition to the traditional HFH regulars.
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I'm hoping for "I've Never Been to Me."
I'd suggest "Milkshake," but I'm guessing most of y'all won't know that one.
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If it could be from today, anything from Lady Gaga would be hell even it's not a hit.
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I'm hoping for "I've Never Been to Me."
I'd suggest "Milkshake," but I'm guessing most of y'all won't know that one.
I know it and you've reminded me that the song that totally ripped it off, Gwen Stefani's "Hollaback Girl", was a bigger hit and is even more hellish.
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here's the email I sent AL, re: HFH...
Looking forward to Friday's HFH set -- glad you're continuing the tradition, and hope you're feeling better. And I heartily agree that it's not just a '70s thing, tho' that decade has always seemed to dominate. My picks below; may I also suggest you could do a set with 2 songs from each decade KFOG covers ('60s-'70s-'80s-'90s-'00s). That would make everyone happy (or piss everyone off).
'60s -- "Honey", Bobby Goldsboro
'70s -- "Float On", The Floaters
"Get Dancin", Disc-O-Texx
'80s -- "Sister Christian", Night Ranger
'90s -- "Ice Ice Baby", Vanilla Ice
"Ironic", Alanis Morrissette
"My Heart Will Go On", Celine Dion
'00s -- "Last Kiss", Pearl Jam
"Hollaback Girl", Gwen Stefani
"I'm Yours", Jason Mraz (Yes, a current Foghead fave, but his voice is like fingernails-on-a-blackboard to me)
You have made 10@10 your own and are doing a fabulous job with it! Thanks!
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here's the email I sent AL, re: HFH...
Looking forward to Friday's HFH set -- glad you're continuing the tradition, and hope you're feeling better. And I heartily agree that it's not just a '70s thing, tho' that decade has always seemed to dominate. My picks below; may I also suggest you could do a set with 2 songs from each decade KFOG covers ('60s-'70s-'80s-'90s-'00s). That would make everyone happy (or piss everyone off).
'60s -- "Honey", Bobby Goldsboro
'70s -- "Float On", The Floaters
"Get Dancin", Disc-O-Texx
'80s -- "Sister Christian", Night Ranger
'90s -- "Ice Ice Baby", Vanilla Ice
"Ironic", Alanis Morrissette
"My Heart Will Go On", Celine Dion
'00s -- "Last Kiss", Pearl Jam
"Hollaback Girl", Gwen Stefani
"I'm Yours", Jason Mraz (Yes, a current Foghead fave, but his voice is like fingernails-on-a-blackboard to me)
You have made 10@10 your own and are doing a fabulous job with it! Thanks!
very nice email. I'm sure she'll love it.
Ice Ice Baby is a guilty pleasure. Yes, he ripped of Queen and actually lied about it (per some video interview I saw), but, yo, that shiznit is catchy! "Stop! Collaborate and listen!" Word to your mother!
I can't argue w the others... :)
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If it could be from today, anything from Lady Gaga would be hell even it's not a hit.
I feel fortunate that I cannot even place one of her songs. I've seen more than heard her.
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If it could be from today, anything from Lady Gaga would be hell even it's not a hit.
I feel fortunate that I cannot even place one of her songs. I've seen more than heard her.
I'm baffled by the popularity of women who look like drag queens. LG is one, Wendy Williams (the talk-show host) is another. I mean, just hire a f--ing DQ.
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I'm hoping for "I've Never Been to Me."
I'd suggest "Milkshake," but I'm guessing most of y'all won't know that one.
I know that one. I might add Rihanna's Umbrella, ella ella ella. fricking annoying.
how about:
Run Joey Run
Billy Don't be a Hero
You Light Up My Wife Life
I suppose those are obvious. Oh wait, the goal here is to put together an interesting set with songs that are lame. Not just to create a lame set. So Mike, if she accepts your Mraz suggestion, will you turn the station? or will hearing it as part of this set create new context and allow you space and temperament to listen to I'm Yours?
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Mike, if she accepts your Mraz suggestion, will you turn the station? or will hearing it as part of this set create new context and allow you space and temperament to listen to I'm Yours?
I'll be givin' it my best-est. ;)
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Mike, if she accepts your Mraz suggestion, will you turn the station? or will hearing it as part of this set create new context and allow you space and temperament to listen to I'm Yours?
I'll be givin' it my best-est. ;)
Don't hate. Participate!
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_adIe6P-CVi4/STP2dENVmEI/AAAAAAAADTk/PbYxa7YUmDE/s400/jason+mraz.jpg)
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Mike, if she accepts your Mraz suggestion, will you turn the station? or will hearing it as part of this set create new context and allow you space and temperament to listen to I'm Yours?
I'll be givin' it my best-est. ;)
Don't hate. Participate!
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_adIe6P-CVi4/STP2dENVmEI/AAAAAAAADTk/PbYxa7YUmDE/s400/jason+mraz.jpg)
He's everywhere and nowhere, baby
That's where he's at
Burnin' up the KFOG playlist
In his hipster hat
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Ice Ice Baby is a guilty pleasure. Yes, he ripped of Queen and actually lied about it (per some video interview I saw)...
I heard the same thing, wherein he said, "It's not a ripoff of Queen*, because
the Queen riff goes: bum bum bum bah-dah bum bum, [rest] bum bum bum bah-dah bum bum',
and my riff goes: bum bum bum bah-dah bum bum, bah bum bum bum bah-dah bum bum'."
*of course Queen were ripping off Chic, and I never heard them acknowledge that either. So it's kind of like the pot denying it's black when the kettle denies it too.
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Ice Ice Baby is a guilty pleasure. Yes, he ripped of Queen and actually lied about it (per some video interview I saw)...
I heard the same thing, wherein he said, "It's not a ripoff of Queen*, because
the Queen riff goes: bum bum bum bah-dah bum bum, bum bum bum bah-dah bum bum',
and my riff goes: bum bum bum bah-dah bum bum, bah bum bum bum bah-dah bum bum'."
*of course Queen were ripping off Chic, and I never heard them acknowledge that either. So it's kind of like the pot denying it's black when the kettle denies it too.
But, did Mr Ice have an actual bass player reproducing the riff, or did he sample the orig? 'cause if it was the latter, he's not just a liar he's a complete idiot.
DAMMIT -- a "classic" Dave HFH; AL's still ill.
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Just heard webster say today's set is another classic--Cover Versions from Hell. Which, iirc, includes Madonna's American Pie. Duck! Run!
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Get well soon, AL!
(http://images.icanhascheezburger.com/completestore/2008/10/3/128675720571268789.jpg)
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Just heard webster say today's set is another classic--Cover Versions from Hell. Which, iirc, includes Madonna's American Pie. Duck! Run!
and iirc, this set is bookended by Pat Boone.
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Ice Ice Baby is a guilty pleasure. Yes, he ripped of Queen and actually lied about it (per some video interview I saw)...
I heard the same thing, wherein he said, "It's not a ripoff of Queen*, because
the Queen riff goes: bum bum bum bah-dah bum bum, bum bum bum bah-dah bum bum',
and my riff goes: bum bum bum bah-dah bum bum, bah bum bum bum bah-dah bum bum'."
*of course Queen were ripping off Chic, and I never heard them acknowledge that either. So it's kind of like the pot denying it's black when the kettle denies it too.
But, did Mr Ice have an actual bass player reproducing the riff, or did he sample the orig? 'cause if it was the latter, he's not just a liar he's a complete idiot.
DAMMIT -- a "classic" Dave HFH; AL's still ill.
he was a liar and an idiot -- he might still be, for all I know -- but the song is great!
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(http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/28343769/Pat+Boone.jpg) vs.(http://www.bsnpubs.com/veejay/vjlittlerichard64.jpg)
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BOS Faith Hill, I don't care what "purists" say -- this country reworking is damned ingenious.
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wow, Pat Boone must have some Transylvannian ancestry, cause she sure sucked the life out of that Little Richard classic...
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BOS Faith Hill, I don't care what "purists" say -- this country reworking is damned ingenious.
I agree, I love it. BOS
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BOS Faith Hill, I don't care what "purists" say -- this country reworking is damned ingenious.
I agree, I love it. BOS
proxy of Rod, 'cause he loves her on SNF (even if he thought she was Taylor Swift)
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this is not in the Db. Hard to believe.
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BOS Faith Hill, I don't care what "purists" say -- this country reworking is damned ingenious.
I agree, I love it. BOS
Yeah, once I got my head around it *not* being Janice (or Irma) I'm kinda liking it.
For good or bad, this set is not in the DB so far as I can find. So at least we get the opportunity to be surprised by a classic. (And to fill in the blank in the DB.)
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Lifetime Achievement in Hellishness: Shatner (the past tense of "shitner").
(http://www.diversionprojects.org/images/The_Transformed_Man_Cover.jpg)
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I don't get the hate for Jason Mraz. He is certainly a lot more tolerable than Mat Kearney, IMHO
My all-00's HFH:
Hinder, "Lips Of An Angel"
Christina Aguilera/Pink/Mya/Lil Kim, "Lady Marmalade"
Mariah Carey, "We Belong Together"
Simple Plan, "Perfect"
Nickelback, "Photograph" (I don't mind them as much as some, but this song is definitely grating)
Madonna, "American Pie"
Miley Cyrus, "The Climb"
Mat Kearney, "Closer To Love" (although it wasn't a mainstream hit, it did chart AAA and HAC)
Michael Jackson, "You Rock My World" (sorry)
Fergie, "Fergalicious"
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I limited my list to "serious" recordings... ones that weren't obviously intended to be jokes, a la Cartman
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this is not in the Db. Hard to believe.
it's from... whatever year that Friday the 13th was also Good Friday (hence the covers theme, "resurrecting" previous people's hits).
BOS2 Glenn Beck Eric Cartman.
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I have this whole album on mp3, just in case anyone else shares Gaz's designation of "ironists who wish to impress their friends with pop culture detritus". (see below)
(http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/dre500/e567/e56713th5g6.jpg)
Review by Joseph McCombs
One of the true ultimates in so-bad-it's-sublime listening. This collection culls the most interesting results of the famously bad recording careers of Star Trek's Kirk and Spock, both of whom recorded albums in the late 1960s. William Shatner's seven cuts all stem from his notorious album The Transformed Man, which the liner notes here aptly describe as "a bewildering collision of Dylan, Shakespeare, and the Beatles, narrated over a strangely disconnected free-for-all." Leonard Nimoy, meanwhile, gets considerably more attention, owing to his having recorded five (!) albums of "musical" material — mostly covers of folk-rock contemporary tunes. He turns in no genuinely good material, but his unsteady attempts at carrying a tune are worth more than a few laughs, whether in his struggles to keep the meter in "Put a Little Love in Your Heart" or his attempts to channel the "spirit" of Spock in "Highly Illogical" and "Spock Thoughts" (the latter of which is actually "Desiderata"). Although a high rating seems inappropriate for a collection such as this, Spaced Out is actually a must-have for ironists who wish to impress their friends with pop culture detritus.
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Holee crap! (that spelling is a shray-ism, I think), Capt James T. Kirk is completely bipolar in this song.
The maniacal parts are as high as a kite (as Shatner probably was when he recorded this) and the "low" parts sound as defeated as a person can get when he's coming down from whatever...
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this is not in the Db. Hard to believe.
Not in the DB JINX!!
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BOS2 Cartman, you guys.
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BOS2 Cartman, you guys.
VHM Chef's "cameo". Even Xenu would be pleased.
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Sinatra's ring-a-ding "Mrs Robinson" is laughably bizarre -- but Little Steven says this is his all-time-favorite Sinatra recording !?! I mean, seriously Steven, WTF?
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I also have this one for the same reasons, and, again, iirc, we'll close the set with a track from this album.
(http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc800/c866/c86650lf4qn.jpg)
I still think "Enter Sandman" was brilliantly executed irony, just as some of you felt about Richard Cheese's rendition of Radiohead's "Creep" that we heard in Annalisa's Funny Friday set.
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yeesh -- sounds like a Sinatra paroody. Listen closely, in the background you can hear "Ka-Ching!"
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BOS3 Frankie, and that tramp Mrs. Robinson. He'd a' done her.
Talk about taking a few liberties with the lyrics.
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Sinatra's ring-a-ding "Mrs Robinson" is laughably bizarre -- but Little Steven says this is his all-time-favorite Sinatra recording !?! I mean, seriously Steven, WTF?
really? well, Little Steven can't have good taste all the time.
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this Pearl Jam one really is no fun .. it sucks in most ways I care to think of.
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I also have this one for the same reasons, and, again, iirc, we'll close the set with a track from this album.
(http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc800/c866/c86650lf4qn.jpg)
I still think "Enter Sandman" was brilliantly executed irony, just as some of you felt about Richard Cheese's rendition of Radiohead's "Creep" that we heard in Annalisa's Funny Friday set.
Agreed -- his "Tutti Frutti" is reprehensible on many levels, but as much as I despise the guy politically, the above LP shows he had a sense of humor, at least.
Worst of the Worst: Pearl Jam. Even ironically, this is just baffling. Who would want to cover a song so wretched?
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Shatner (the past tense of "shitner")
Thanks Mike! that was a literal LOL moment.
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Shatner (the past tense of "shitner")
Thanks Mike! that was a literal LOL moment.
ooh, I missed that. Glad you bumped it up. Good one, RGM!
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Worst of the Worst runner-up: Britney's spears.
(http://a0.vox.com/6a00cdf3a54d98cb8f00e3989e5d000003-320pi)
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Can we pick a WOS for HFH? This Britney cover seems like a copout choice.
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Shatner (the past tense of "shitner")
Thanks Mike! that was a literal LOL moment.
ooh, I missed that. Glad you bumped it up. Good one, RGM!
It's an old Alex Bennett line -- always happy to recycle it.
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Ok, I haven't heard this version of "Light My Fire". Now that I have, I want to go back to bed.
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Ok, I haven't heard this version of "Light My Fire". Now that I have, I want to go back to bed.
Is this Tammy Faye Bakker?
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Can we pick a WOS for HFH? This Britney cover seems like a copout choice.
Pearl Jam, no contest!
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Mae West's on fire!
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_hS8qUM29B9A/SkVkQ97CvXI/AAAAAAAABNQ/11FOykzk1n0/s400/drasin_big30.jpg)
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Who would want to cover a song so wretched?
Exactly! That's the better question, imho.
As most of you know by now, this was a soundcheck recording that got released to the fan club & eventually wound up being (stunningly) their highest charting single by far. All of that is pure fact-is-stranger-than-fiction stuff.
But like Mike says, WTF were they doing playing that horrible song under any circumstances!? Unlike Cartman or (maybe) Sinatra or certainly heavy metal Pat B., there is no sense of irony here at all, and this is just the polar opposite of the kind of earnestness Vedder can pull off.
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I do agree that this Tiffany cover is particularly awful.
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Mae West's on fire!
I forgot (thankfully?) that this was Mae West.
the ending of the song showed off her trademark patented sexy Mae West cadence. That was fun, if a little disturbing.
ok, this one ain't bad. Debbie Gibson?
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Who would want to cover a song so wretched?
Exactly! That's the better question, imho.
As most of you know by now, this was a soundcheck recording that got released to the fan club & eventually wound up being (stunningly) their highest charting single by far. All of that is pure fact-is-stranger-than-fiction stuff.
But like Mike says, WTF were they doing playing that horrible song under any circumstances!? Unlike Cartman or (maybe) Sinatra or certainly heavy metal Pat B., there is no sense of irony here at all, and this is just the polar opposite of the kind of earnestness Vedder can pull off.
I suppose I could Wiki it, but wasn't this intended to be a benefit song of some sort? I would agree that they could have found something better to cover.
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"I Think We're Alone Now" is, (again, imho) a victim of astonishingly bad over-the-top produciton values that were about 4 yrs out of date. In different hands this could have been a good-if-not-great cover.
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Mae West's on fire!
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_hS8qUM29B9A/SkVkQ97CvXI/AAAAAAAABNQ/11FOykzk1n0/s400/drasin_big30.jpg)
I forgot (thankfully?) that this was Mae West.
the ending of the song showed off her trademark patented sexy Mae West cadence. That was fun, if a little disturbing.
ok, this one ain't bad. Debbie Gibson?
It's Tiffany. As far as I know, Gibson never covered anything. Except, regrettably, herself.
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Who would want to cover a song so wretched?
Exactly! That's the better question, imho.
As most of you know by now, this was a soundcheck recording that got released to the fan club & eventually wound up being (stunningly) their highest charting single by far. All of that is pure fact-is-stranger-than-fiction stuff.
But like Mike says, WTF were they doing playing that horrible song under any circumstances!?
Vedder wasn't yet born when the original was first a hit in '64; he would've been 9 when it was re-released in '73. So it doesn't even make sense that it'd be on his radar, much less a song he liked so much he'd sing it for his own enjoyment. (Unless his parents had terrible taste.)
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"I Think We're Alone Now" is, (again, imho) a victim of astonishingly bad over-the-top produciton values that were about 4 yrs out of date. In different hands this could have been a good-if-not-great cover.
interesting. What year was it made? the electro-drums sound dated, but they always did~! :)
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"I Think We're Alone Now" is, (again, imho) a victim of astonishingly bad over-the-top produciton values that were about 4 yrs out of date. In different hands this could have been a good-if-not-great cover.
The Rubinoos did a *great* cover of it, circa '76 or '77.
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At least we were spared Madonna's "Pie".
But I don't care how what you say, Boone's "Sandman" rocks & swings & holds up far better (or at a minimum far less pretentious) than the original. Awesome instrumental arrangement.
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Who would want to cover a song so wretched?
Exactly! That's the better question, imho.
As most of you know by now, this was a soundcheck recording that got released to the fan club & eventually wound up being (stunningly) their highest charting single by far. All of that is pure fact-is-stranger-than-fiction stuff.
But like Mike says, WTF were they doing playing that horrible song under any circumstances!? Unlike Cartman or (maybe) Sinatra or certainly heavy metal Pat B., there is no sense of irony here at all, and this is just the polar opposite of the kind of earnestness Vedder can pull off.
I suppose I could Wiki it, but wasn't this intended to be a benefit song of some sort? I would agree that they could have found something better to cover.
Wiki says:
The idea to cover "Last Kiss" came about after vocalist Eddie Vedder found an old record of the song at the Fremont Antique Mall in Seattle, Washington.[8] He convinced the rest of the band to try out the song and it was performed a few times on the band's 1998 tour. The band eventually recorded the song at a soundcheck at Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C. and released it as a 1998 fan club Christmas single.[9][10] The band spent only a couple thousand dollars mixing the song.[11] Bassist Jeff Ament said, "It was the most minimalist recording we've ever done."[10]
It was also on the album No Boundaries: A Benefit for the Kosovar Refugees
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And it's the promised Metallica cover. If this is indeed tune #10, then my recollection of Madge's abominable American Pie cover must have been a different set. Which is just fine with me--that version of the song is like fingernails on my internal chalkboard.
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"Sleep with Juan Jajopin..."
Who's Juan Jajopin?
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At least we were spared Madonna's "Pie".
But I don't care how what you say, Boone's "Sandman" rocks & swings & holds up far better than the original. Awesome instrumental arrangement.
Agreed, I wouldn't consider this a hellish cover.
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My all-00's HFH:
Hinder, "Lips Of An Angel"
Christina Aguilera/Pink/Mya/Lil Kim, "Lady Marmalade"
Mariah Carey, "We Belong Together"
Simple Plan, "Perfect"
Nickelback, "Photograph" (I don't mind them as much as some, but this song is definitely grating)
Madonna, "American Pie"
Miley Cyrus, "The Climb"
Mat Kearney, "Closer To Love" (although it wasn't a mainstream hit, it did chart AAA and HAC)
Michael Jackson, "You Rock My World" (sorry)
Fergie, "Fergalicious"
Ooh, I want to play! (Remember my 'Annoying List' from R&R? Many of these songs are from there ;))
My 00's HFH!
XXXtina Aguilera et al. - Lady Marmalade
Destiny's Child - Bootylicious
Kelly Rowland - Stole
Fergie - London Bridge
Johnny Lang - Anything's Possible (Not mainstream, but does anyone remember this? Absolutely atrocious.)
Jewel - Again & Again
Nelly ft. Kelly Rowland - Dilemma
The White Stripes - Icky Thump
Usher - Yeah
Pink - So What
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"I Think We're Alone Now" is, (again, imho) a victim of astonishingly bad over-the-top produciton values that were about 4 yrs out of date. In different hands this could have been a good-if-not-great cover.
interesting. What year was it made? the electro-drums sound dated, but they always did~! :)
It reached #1 in November 1987.
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At least we were spared Madonna's "Pie".
But I don't care how what you say, Boone's "Sandman" rocks & swings & holds up far better than the original. Awesome instrumental arrangement.
Agreed, I wouldn't consider this a hellish cover.
same here, makes up (almost) for his Tutti Frutti
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"Sleep with Juan Jajopin..."
Who's Juan Jajopin?
That's Pat's back-door man. He's been keeping him on the side for *years* now.
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BOS to Cartman. Believe it or not...Hits 106 actually had this version on their playlist for a few weeks.
I'll VHM Pearl Jam too, because for some reason it cracks me up (:-X) & quite frankly their only song that I've ever been able to tolerate.
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My all-00's HFH:
Hinder, "Lips Of An Angel"
Christina Aguilera/Pink/Mya/Lil Kim, "Lady Marmalade"
Mariah Carey, "We Belong Together"
Simple Plan, "Perfect"
Nickelback, "Photograph" (I don't mind them as much as some, but this song is definitely grating)
Madonna, "American Pie"
Miley Cyrus, "The Climb"
Mat Kearney, "Closer To Love" (although it wasn't a mainstream hit, it did chart AAA and HAC)
Michael Jackson, "You Rock My World" (sorry)
Fergie, "Fergalicious"
Ooh, I want to play! (Remember my 'Annoying List' from R&R? Many of these songs are from there ;))
My 00's HFH!
XXXtina Aguilera et al. - Lady Marmalade
Destiny's Child - Bootylicious
Kelly Rowland - Stole
Fergie - London Bridge
Johnny Lang - Anything's Possible (Not mainstream, but does anyone remember this? Absolutely atrocious.)
Jewel - Again & Again
Nelly ft. Kelly Rowland - Dilemma
The White Stripes - Icky Thump
Usher - Yeah
Pink - So What
Yeah, I used to do that on the R-n-R site too. I actually just joined Pulse Music Board, where there are a lot of the same characters (and amazingly enough, even after nearly a decade, they all act like they're still in high school). I stick mostly to the HAC/AAA board, where it's not quite as obnoxious.
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...after vocalist Eddie Vedder found an old record of the song at the Fremont Antique Mall in Seattle, Washington...
well, okay. If it came about because of the Fremont Antique Mall (http://www.yelp.com/biz/fremont-vintage-mall-seattle-2) then it gets a few bonus points.
Urth, next time you get up to SEA, check this place out. If it's anything like it was when I was in college, you'll love it.
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Yeah, I used to do that on the R-n-R site too. I actually just joined Pulse Music Board, where there are a lot of the same characters (and amazingly enough, even after nearly a decade, they all act like they're still in high school). I stick mostly to the HAC/AAA board, where it's not quite as obnoxious.
Welcome back! :)
I agree that they still act like they're in high school. I still post occasionally on there (as 'Corporate American'), but not nearly as much as I used to. When I do it's Alt., Hot AC/AAA, and sometimes Off-Topic.
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Ha! here's "21 Guns"!!
Last nite VH-1 Classic was doing #1 Hits of the '70s (well, the ones they could find clips for) and they played Don McLean's orig "AP" in a live-at-some-college recording. Then the host (orig MTV'er Mark Goodman) mentioned Madonna's version having been voted "Worst Cover Version of All Time"
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And in keeping with the HFH theme, we hear 21 Guns post-set for the first time in a week.
(JK, not really a HFH, but a mightily over-played one.)
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Ha! here's "21 Guns"!!
Last nite VH-1 Classic was doing #1 Hits of the '70s (well, the ones they could find clips for) and they played Don McLean's orig "AP" in a live-at-some-college recording. Then the host (orig MTV'er Mark Goodman) mentioned Madonna's version having been voted "Worst Cover Version of All Time"
this is perfect, 21 Guns qualifies as a cover from hell of ELO's Telephone Line
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And in keeping with the HFH theme, we hear 21 Guns post-set for the first time in a week.
(JK, not really a HFH, but a mightily over-played one.)
LOL! and it's followed by "Sweet Home Ala-bummer". I wanna stick around for the bonus, but they're making it difficult.
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Then the host (orig MTV'er Mark Goodman) mentioned Madonna's version having been voted "Worst Cover Version of All Time"
I'd believe that.
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2nd time this morning I've heard Susan Tedeschi -- is she in town? Or maybe she's doing "Concert For Kids" yet again?
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and here's Joan Jett's "I Love RnR" -- has KFOG been beefing up on the overplayed "classics" in reaction to 103.7 The Band? Sure seems so to me.
ETA: and now "Love Shack" -- this post-10@10 stretch is more hellish than the HFHs.
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Friday the 13th....COVERS FROM HELL!!!
1. Pat Boone - Tutti Frutti
2. Faith Hill - Piece of My Heart
3. William Shatner - Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds
4. Cartman - Come Sail Away
5. Frank Sinatra - Mrs. Robinson
6. Pearl Jam - Last Kiss
7. Britney Spears - Satisfaction
8. Mae West - Light My Fire
9. Tiffany - I Think We're Alone Now
10. Pat Boone - Enter Sandman
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Sorry that AL is ailin', but it's really a shame she got sick *this* week. I was seriously looking forward to hearing what she'd do with the HFH theme, as were most of us I think.
Btw, we get only one Friday the 13th in 2010--in August. There were 3 of 'em this year, but today was the first since AL took over 10@10.
Points to the KFOG web team for getting the set list posted right after the set though. If they're gonna nix Dave's backsell (as they must, I guess) then that's the least they can do.
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Rosalie plays a bonus cover, but it's not hellish at all: California Guitar Trio's terrific version of "Bohemian Rhapsody", an Acoustic Sunrise fave. Magnifico indeed!
and it's followed by Dave's voice saying "KFOG" -- LOL! -- and Jack Johnson with another hellish Foghead fave. Alleluia zig-zag nothing. I'll seek refuge in Offshore Radio, in anticipation of seeing Pirate Radio this week.
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and here's Joan Jett's "I Love RnR" -- has KFOG been beefing up on the overplayed "classics" in reaction to 103.7 The Band? Sure seems so to me.
ETA: and now "Love Shack" -- this post-10@10 stretch is more hellish than the HFHs.
I've noticed this too. If anything, I thought the Band (which never should have replaced smooth jazz in the first place) would make them skew newer. And then there's the 10 @ 10's, which have had an average of 1-2 listenable ones per week, for me. I used to be able to count on 2-4. But now it's not worth making myself wake up by 10 just to hear something 60s or 70s more often than not. This recent skewing has really been pushing me to Live 105 (Or Channel 92.3, when it comes in.) Like KFOG, Live 105 is just as bad about playing to death the same 20 "currents" and recurrents that they've played for years but I guess if I'm going to be bombarded I guess I'd rather be bombarded by newer stuff. Plus Live 105 has actually been getting better -- they've started re-adding new wave tracks every hour and calling them "Vintage Vinyl." I've heard Alphaville, A Flock of Seagulls, The Smiths, & others...pretty good stuff.
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and it's followed by Dave's voice saying "KFOG" -- LOL! -- and Jack Johnson with another hellish Foghead fave.
Perhaps a subtle nod from one longtime KFOG jock to another? In any case, nicely done Rosalie.
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yeesh -- sounds like a Sinatra paroody. Listen closely, in the background you can hear "Ka-Ching!"
I remember this show when it was first on the air. I thought this Sinatra song was performed by Joe Piscopo.
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Yeah, I used to do that on the R-n-R site too. I actually just joined Pulse Music Board, where there are a lot of the same characters (and amazingly enough, even after nearly a decade, they all act like they're still in high school). I stick mostly to the HAC/AAA board, where it's not quite as obnoxious.
Welcome back! :)
I agree that they still act like they're in high school. I still post occasionally on there (as 'Corporate American'), but not nearly as much as I used to. When I do it's Alt., Hot AC/AAA, and sometimes Off-Topic.
Cool, I'll be on the lookout.
There are a handful of really knowledgeable posters in that forum, although it does have more than its share of "Up with Kelly" fans.
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2nd time this morning I've heard Susan Tedeschi -- is she in town? Or maybe she's doing "Concert For Kids" yet again?
I haven't done a full-fledge analysis, but if one were to look for the artist who has the highest following ratio:
Plays on KFOG divided by Plays elsewhere, I'm sure Tedeschi would rank somewhere near the top, along with Chuck Prophet and Mike Doughty. Not that there is anything necessarily wrong with that.
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now it's not worth making myself wake up by 10
LOL. Oh for the days when getting up by 10 seemed an imposition... ::)
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My all-00's HFH:
Hinder, "Lips Of An Angel"
Christina Aguilera/Pink/Mya/Lil Kim, "Lady Marmalade"
Mariah Carey, "We Belong Together"
Simple Plan, "Perfect"
Nickelback, "Photograph" (I don't mind them as much as some, but this song is definitely grating)
Madonna, "American Pie"
Miley Cyrus, "The Climb"
Mat Kearney, "Closer To Love" (although it wasn't a mainstream hit, it did chart AAA and HAC)
Michael Jackson, "You Rock My World" (sorry)
Fergie, "Fergalicious"
Ooh, I want to play! (Remember my 'Annoying List' from R&R? Many of these songs are from there ;))
My 00's HFH!
XXXtina Aguilera et al. - Lady Marmalade
Destiny's Child - Bootylicious
Kelly Rowland - Stole
Fergie - London Bridge
Johnny Lang - Anything's Possible (Not mainstream, but does anyone remember this? Absolutely atrocious.)
Jewel - Again & Again
Nelly ft. Kelly Rowland - Dilemma
The White Stripes - Icky Thump
Usher - Yeah
Pink - So What
I'm in!
Simple Plan, "Untitled (How Can This Happen to Me)"
Hinder, "Lips of an Angel"
Hoobastank, "The Reason"
DJ Webstar, "Chicken Noodle Soup"
Natalie, "Goin' Crazy"
Lumidee, "Never Leave You (Uh Oh)"
Kid Rock, "All Summer Long"
Paula DeAnda f/ Baby Bash, "Doing Too Much"
Eminem, "Ass Like That"
Fabolous, "Into You"