Soundgarden Swings
Finally got my hands on that Paul Anka covers CD. Had a tough time picking which track to share, but I think you'll find this one amusing.
Paul Anka - "Blackhole Sun" (MP3 link removed)
Posted at 3:17 PM
May 13, 2005
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God bless you.
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That's pretty damn fantastic.
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Lea Delaria's cover is less gay and sucks 50% less.
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Please post more.
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hey can u please post his cover of wonderwall . i'd really like to hear that ! . thx
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I gotta say, this arrangement ain't half bad! Sadly, Paul Anka doesn't seem to have much voice left in his higher register. Even so, this is a credible take on the song. I'd love to hear more from this!
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Now that's showbiz! Many thanks for the post. It's cheez wiz heaven, baby.
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OK, I'll post one more MP3. Which one do you guys want?
1. It's My Life (Bon Jovi)
2. True (Spandau Ballet)
3. Eye Of The Tiger (Survivor)
4. Everybody Hurts (REM)
5. Blackhole Sun (Soundgarden)
6. Wonderwall (Oasis)
7. It's A Sin (Pet Shop Boys)
8. Jump (Van Halen)
9. Smells Like Teen Spirit (Nirvana)
10. Hello (Lionel Richie)
11. Lovecats (The Cure)
12. The Way You Make Me Feel (Michael Jackson)
13. Tears In Heaven (Eric Clapton)
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Meh. It doesn't count if you just take the words and tack them on to completely different chord changes.
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This is real smooth. How does Jump sound?
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nice version.
The Way You Make Me Feel please.
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I'm with Koos (and not just cuz he/she is so polite) TWYMMF...please.
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That's gonna be the name of my new blog (TWYMMF). I know MJ isn't as cool as Leonard Cohen, but at least it has the same number of letters.
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post "Eye of the Tiger"
best cover since that froggy voiced kid sang it on the Cosby Show? Probably.
(it would be great if I could use this memory for something meaningful)
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Wonderwall, please.
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I agree -- totally "the way you make me feel"... please! purty please!
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I just spelled my name wrong twice. Time to go home.
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Lovecats please! His take on The Cure must be hilarious....
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Wonderwall or Smells Like Teen Spirit, please.
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Steve & Edie did a pretty good version of "Sun", too.
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I gotta be honest.
I think this is really quite good.
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Wonderwall!!!
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WONDERWALL PLEASE !!
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I want to hear Jump. It's got to be the swingingest.
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oasis - wonderwall . yes that one , put it up
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haha that's funny , i wanna hear his cover of wonderwall
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I personally think Lionel Richie's Hello would be hillarious...
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Ugh... It was fun to hear it but it ain't going on my iPod.
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Lovecats, baby, Lovecats.
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wonderwall please . and ill post x&y here ..
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"Smells Like Teen Spirit" of course
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wonderwall
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Lovecats!!!
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He clearly wants to be Richard Cheese.
Everybody Hurts, Smells Like Teen Spirit, or The Lovecats, please and thanks.
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wonderwall please webby
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Dammit Murch,
You beat me to the comment by 4 minutes. This is so Richard Cheese.
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just think: paul anka doing the CURE!? my vote's totally with lovecats!
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wondewall, please
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Wonderwall. Those brothers are tools, but damn thats a good song.
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seeing this reminds me of australia's great big band singer/sinatra impersonator called frank bennett.
here's an excerpt of his cover of radiohead's creep -
hxxp://www.frankbennett.com/video/Creep_BBand.wmv
(replace the xx with tt)
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ugh. this makes me want to bash my head against a wall.
Richard Cheese is so much better.
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I thought old as dirt performers doing cheesy covers of rock hits went out of style in the mid-90s? Lame.
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Smells Like Teen Spirit.
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wonderwall .
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Smells Like Teen Spirit, It's my Life, or Eye of The Tiger. Or all.
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Bittersweet/melancholy -- I want to see a whole troupe of showgirls wearing black fishnet and Chris Cornell masks kicking those legs up into the air . . .
Anyone remember Johnny Cash's version of "Rusty Cage?"
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. . . and The Way You Make Me Feel, please.
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Definitely Jump or Smells Like Teen Spirit. And, God Bless.
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"Wonderwall" is fun to listen to, but Mike Flowers Pops already did a popular lounge version so I wanna hit y'all with some Nirvana instead. You gotta hear "Jump" too. Keep an eye out for the 2nd MP3 on Monday.
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Great shroooomin muzak... rock on gummer
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Here's Lovecats:
http://singleclick.com/gallery/d/102773-1/Lovecats+_The+Cure_.mp3
Unfortunately, we don't have an mp3 of Cover Me Badd's Blasphemous Guitars' newest DMode/Cure/Smiths mashup masterpiece Whole Lotta Lovecats. myspace.com/covermebadd has some fun stuff tho'....
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Well done Anka, pretty good stuff!
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