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| From | "John L. Micek" <jlmicek@comcast.net> |
| Subject | Re: No Matter What covers |
| Date | Wed, 31 Aug 2005 16:22:26 -0400 |
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> I was at the gym and heard a really scary disco/dance cover of >"No Matter
What" the Badfinger song. Horrified but curious, I >checked the iTunes
store, only to discover many many covers of >the song. Some just happen to
have the same title, but many are >really good covers of the original, by
bands like The Clarks, The >Knack, Def Leppard, Peter Stanley, Sven-Erik
Seaholm and >more.
My personal favorite is Mike Mills' (REM) version of it from the REM
Christmas single two or three years ago. He recorded it at Mitch Easter's
place in Kernersville, N.C., along with a terrific version of Alex Chilton's
"Jesus Christ."
Made my holiday a lot warmer that year.
john.
>
> Never found the disco version, though...
>
> anna
>
>
> Anna Borg
> AIM: cakeab
> TallBoy Records
> P.O. Box 27757
> Los Angeles, CA 90027-0757
>
> http://www.tallboyrecords.com
> http://www.myspace.com/anna23
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