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Re: Expectations for Covers (WAS: Re: What the....)
On Mon, 22 May 1995, Gene Kannenberg wrote:
> Date: Mon, 22 May 95 12:53:37 EDT
> From: Gene Kannenberg <EPK93002@UConnVM.UConn.Edu>
> To: thewho@cisco.com
> Subject: Expectations for Covers (WAS: Re: What the....)
>
> >From Ian M. Derby:
>
> >> I still think Linda Perry's version kicked ass. I'm sorry, she really
> >> belted it out great. Oh, well, it's just an opinion. Pretty strong one,
> >> tho.
>
> > Now we know what's wrong with your view of music. :) Just an
> > opinion, and it's very strong. She simply butchers it, flat out.
>
> Define "butchers." I happened to think her *version* was strong, heartfelt,
> full of passion, and *not* an attempt to ape Roger. What exactly is the
> point of a cover version which sounds exactly like the original? I think
> we've heard this discussion here before: Did the Who "butcher" Summertime
> Blues? Dancing in the Street? Under My Thumb? The Last Time? Shakin' All
> Over? Eyesight to the Blind? Batman? Barbara Ann? I'm a Man? Twist &
> Shout?
Well, since I made the original comment about not liking Perry's version,
I thought that I would try to clear up what I meant. When I was at the
Carnegie show, and they started to do DrJImmy, I was wishing that Roger
had done this one. Of course the show was full of guest stars, and I don't
have anything personal at all against LInda Perry. I only know that one
song
that got a ton of air play. It was just that one song that I wish Roger had
saved for himself. It wasn;t the guest who sang it. It was the non-Roger
point that I was trying to make. Just me being selfish is all.
Pete