You know, I loved the Cher song when it came out, against all rationale, and
my wife was always, like, "You should HATE this-- it is like everything you
hate!"  And I kept saying, "I can't explain it, but there's a great song
under all that gloss."  I threatened to learn it on guitar to prove it.
Then when I heard the Lux Liner version-- well, it wasn't precisely the
version I heard in my head, but it was damn close enough.  And I played it
for my wife, telling her, "See?  THAT's what I've been hearing."

I still might spend a few days at some point with my ancient 4-track
attempting to record the version in my head; it has some differences versus
the lux liner one.  But I think theirs totally kills.

PS: Jocelyn, I think I now know how to properly pronounce your last name.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jocelyn Geboy" <smussyolay@yahoo.com>
To: <audities@smoe.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 4:55 AM
Subject: Re: Luxury Liners


> ~~~~i guess the phonetic pronunciation of my last name
> finally has borne fruit in that i prefer the cher
> version to the luxury liners version by leaps and
> bounds.  (my tongue is FIRMLY planted in my cheek,
> people.)
>
> seriously, though. there IS a song there. but i just
> think my pop can come in different colors. whether it
> be pop in the form of pretty hate machine or pop in
> the form of green day or pop in the form of the
> beatles or pop in the form of semisonic or pop in the
> form of outkast or pop in the form of 80's hair metal
> (see: poison and def leppard) or pop in the form of
> big star... it's all pop. for me, i love to talk about
> it and sing it and dance to it...but ultimately, it
> comes down to that vague: i know it when i hear it.
>
> cher is all right by me.
>
> jocelyn (it's gay-boy) geboy
>
> --- "Billy G. Spradlin" <bgspradlin@cablelynx.com>
> wrote:
> > They did a outstanding cover. When I first heard it
> > - I thought "wow, theres a
> > real SONG here when you strip all the production
> > cheese off".Same with
> > Fountains of Wayne's cover of "Baby One More Time".
> >
> > Billy
> >
> >
> > At 05:13 PM 1/20/2004 -0800, you wrote:
> > >>From: Mike <shindig@nc.rr.com>
> > >>Has anyone heard the Luxury Liners' version of
> > "Believe"?
> > >>
> > >>Definitive.
> > >>
> > >
> > >It's a definite improvement over Cher's ear
> > shattering rendition.
> > >
> >
> >http://www.theluxuryliners.com/mp3/luxury_liners_believe_cher.mp3
> > >
> > >When the Luxury Liners played IPO last summer I was
> > hoping they would play
> > >that tune but no such luck.
> > >
> > >Cathy
> > >
> >
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> >
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