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I thought it was funny when they referenced things Bono actually did, like when they had him say lines from Vertigo. Other than that, I didn't find it particularly funny.
To be honest, I don't know about the entire Dirty Projectors album, I was more talking about that specific song. I've heard 4 or 5 other songs from it, and didn't like any of them as much as the title track remake/cover.
I have to admit that I actually like 'Liar' quite a bit, especially the music video. Don't really have an overwhelming opinion on anything else.
I'm developing a crush on 1970s Linda Ronstadt.
I thought it was funny when they referenced things Bono actually did, like when they had him say lines from Vertigo. Other than that, I didn't find it particularly funny.
well, i never would have realized that was supposed to be "rise above" had i not know going into it. without paying attention to the lyrics (which had i heard it under circumstances under which i was unaware of what it was, i wouldn't have been since they sort of made my ears bleed), i wouldn't have known it was anything i'd ever heard before at all. holy fuck, batman, that was painful.
well, i never would have realized that was supposed to be "rise above" had i not know going into it. without paying attention to the lyrics (which had i heard it under circumstances under which i was unaware of what it was, i wouldn't have been since they sort of made my ears bleed), i wouldn't have known it was anything i'd ever heard before at all. holy fuck, batman, that was painful.
It'll be okay.
I hope your house burns down tonight.
Scumbo has a flamethrower? Can I borrow it?
of course. full of surprises, that one is.
Cool. I must find a way to sneak it into The Fray in my purse.
I was just thinking of The Who's A Quick One While He's Away and Green Day's cover. And I think I've figured out why I hate it so much. Try as he might, Billie Joe is no Roger Daltrey. That and they didn't do anything interesting with the song, they just played it completely straight.
I think Clapton's acoustic take on Layla is a very different arrangement from the original.
the world would thank you for that
as much as i apparently don't like what the dirty projectors did with "rise above," at least it's an honest attempt at re-making the song instead of a boring straight up copy. a few weeks back when, at least i think it was a random music thread but it might have been somewhere else in here, there was that brief discussion about acoustic versions of songs (mainly acoustic u2 stuff). that's what i don't like about 90% of the so-called acoustic versions of things i've heard from pretty much any band i've ever hear do an acoustic version of their songs. it's just a non-electric or a non-full band version of a song with nothing really different added or changed other than a couple minor details because logistics dictated such. springsteen is the only person i can think of who i've ever heard consistently not fuck it up, and i could probably name one or two other exceptions from a couple other bands, but most acoustic versions of things don't do anything for me for that reason.
I like both versions of Layla. I have the Derek And The Dominoes version on my iPod, fwiw.
yeah, that's the one i was forgetting. it is drastically different, which is why it's awesome.
IWasBored said:and since we're confessing shit, i'm watching glee. it's funny, i'm not really sure why.