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| From | "Jaimie Vernon" <bullseyecanada@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: Speaking in tongues |
| Date | Fri, 14 Oct 2005 20:49:22 -0400 |
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AT Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 17:18:09 Steve wrote:
>Interesting, I wondered. They were probably being sincere and just
>giving their "take" on the cover. Maybe interpretation by the listener
>of the new version is still so colored by our own expecations and love
>for the song?
It may have been a matter of bands who appreciated the Carpenters' work
rather than bands INFLUENCED by them. "If I Were A Carpenter" featured
bands with no real A.M. radio pop pedigree who were "interpreting" these
songs rather than channelling them. Let's face it.....Babes In Toyland doing
"Calling Occupants" was neither a homage to The Carpenters or the guys that
wrote the song -- Klaatu. It was a crusty spin on a well-worn space trip.
If you went to the Carpenters' contemporaries and asked THEM for songs you'd
get folks like Elton John or Dionne Warwick doing straight-up homages
because there'd be honest-to-goodness reverence for the material.
Jaimie Vernon,
President, Bullseye Records
"Not Suing Our Customers Since 1985!!"
http://www.bullseyecanada.com
Author, Canadian Pop Music Encyclopedia
http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Pop_Encyclopedia/
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