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blackers wrote:

Like a dog with a rat, 2 rulz. :)
Not as obvious this one. Fans of Black Francis may pick it.

Also...never knew about Status Quo vs Angels....learn something everyday.

unreal

Good work Icandig.

A little cryptic, but I reckon Blackers is up to the task. James Newell Osterberg - Trainspotter vs a steady stream / girl getter?

Haha Icandig, I'm following.

Egregious, that one.

Curious as to what they had to say about it I did a little reading and the band claims their inspiration came from Motown.

Holds weight

"Honestly your honour, I had no idea..."

Is it just a little scary to think that most of the information I find interesting comes from a disparate bunch of surfers on a forecasting website? Thanks J.

And the openning to this...

blackers wrote:

Neil even owns up in the lyrics;
"I'm singin' this borrowed tune/I took from the Rolling Stones/Alone in this empty room/Too wasted to write my own."
Hard to complain about that.

yesterday the Neil young YT channel put up audio from two concerts -- UCLA 1971 and the bottom end in New York.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8gbK8uoqKhlACSeenUPkFQ

a doobie and Neil young...perfect post surf

A couple of very clever songs on climate change

Mothers Day, papa John creach

Good choice two rules.

didn't think you'd find that!!!!!!!!! thanks

A few years old but really good imo

JW outgunned?

Udo, that was unexpectedly powerful, thanks for posting it.

Fuck putin

the only song my ears wanna hear these last few days

hello sailor -- blue lady. some great kiwi rock from the 70s
one for those who ever needed a blue lady to help them through the night.

Time to lighten things up a bit.

Shit yeah

Good call blackers, and nice tune.

Someone mention Black Francis? Someone else posting covers? Here's one I came across recently with both. I like it.

Really enjoyed that one icandig. Cheers. It's such a great song and they did it justice for sure.

Speaking of covers, I stumbled across this one recently which really tickled my fancy. And no, nothing to do with shiny black tight leather pants either.

Covers?

Minimalist rock band strips the fishnets off a glam rock anthem.

Great album that one Stu. Surprised that band has not appeared more here as I am sure there are many who were fans back in the day.

How big were the Femmes back in the day!
This is a great cover by Kingswood of a First Aid Kit song……jjust persist for a minute to get past the opening waffle
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I think Triple J's Like A Version is one of the sadder excuses for relevant music foisted upon da yoof of today.

Second rate butcherings of once-proud songs, being passed off as something fresh and hip.

Does the kids no favours.

While I know we have been here before, there are lots of good covers about Andy.

And at the risk of repeating myself, my fave cover ever.

Worst cover ever?

Sarah's Blasko's version of 'Flame Trees'. All that subtly brilliant rhyme and rhythm conjuring a joyful nostalgia that makes you feel like you grew up in Grafton too, lost to a flat xanax delivery akin to a bored checkout chick.

Horrible shite. Won't receive no embedding from me.

Here’s a genre :
Songs of potential reactionary dichotomy .

Play me this song after a solid ten year hiatus and I’ll fall over with delight. The delicately plucked guitar, the poetic storytelling of the lyrics. It’s all evocation and creates desire to lay on a quiet piece of sun drenched hill staring at the clouds and listening to the seabirds…..sigh.

Then watch my face turn beetroot red with explosive irritation if I happen to hear it again a time or two within ensuing days, which strangely seems to happen due to some unexplained cosmic force. The twee guitar picking, the cloying language grasping at an obvious trope. The cutesy lyrics…..Aaaargrh fugggginn Aaaarghhh!

Anyway…heard it today after a long spell and loved it once more.

embed the real flame trees flick for her

I can beat flame trees.

Begin with a bad song. Mangle the lyrics with a terrible cover and an atrocious advertisement for private health fund with a sickeningly saccharine attempt at cuteness. I just upchucked a little of my dinner. Sorry all for this.

"Songs of potential reactionary dichotomy."

Happened just a couple of days ago. Played the whole album. I'll leave it alone now for a few years. Good movie though.

Apologies in advance. This guy does a wide range of bad covers.

"Worst cover ever?"

Geez Stu, way to kill the vibe.....

Terrible covers?

Sticking with Triple J's Like A Version, here's a couple.

Lime Cordiale embarrassing themselves with I Touch Myself.
The lead vocals, the backing vocals, the arrangement, those awful flaccid Mickey Mouse keyboards.
Even the brass sucks, and I love brass.
And then there's the singer's hair. And the way he pronounces certain words.
He reminds me of this Down Syndrome kid who used to hang around the local pub and would regularly be caught masturbating noisily in the shitters.
Lime Cordiale is totally fucked.
I mean, really.

Dope Lemon just murdering Streets of Your Town. Go-Betweens songs should be off limits and any transgressors put in the stocks in the town square.

As a matter of fact, Lime Cordiale, Flume, Chet Faker, Hermitude etc etc are banned outright at my place of work, and no discussion will be entered into.

This song alone made its creator over $US50M. Doesn’t really seem so hard? Get yourself an empty milo tin, a pair of desert spoons and a recorder and start banking fat stacks yourself.

Geez Andy. For someone who doesn't like like a version, you seem to have listened to a lot of it. Agree re Go Betweens / Angus Stoned. Dunno about the others. Maybe tone it down re: downs - woke society and all. But seriously - I wouldn't go there. Doesn't paint you in a good light.