tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18074220.post8447043917522057933..comments2024-02-28T22:10:28.445-05:00Comments on With Malice Toward None: Top 10 Songs To Drive Fast To in a ConvertibleEl Duderinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12572185127391515950noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18074220.post-73340752902249305452007-05-25T13:45:00.000-05:002007-05-25T13:45:00.000-05:00FGH's version of Born to Run however does neither....FGH's version of Born to Run however does neither. But it is fun.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04839837286189113610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18074220.post-74485521941689344292007-05-25T13:44:00.000-05:002007-05-25T13:44:00.000-05:00Technically "Head On" is a Jesus and Mary Chain so...Technically "Head On" is a Jesus and Mary Chain song but the Pixies version is the better.<BR/><BR/>The New Yorker critic Sasha Frere-Jones is compiling a "Kill vs. Owns" list... rulz and examples are such...<BR/><BR/>Choose a major artist. Then choose a cover of that artist's work. The cover must either Kill (be killingly good, perhaps good enough to stand alongside the original) or Own (redefine the song and steal it from the author). For example:<BR/><BR/>KILLS:<BR/><BR/>The Feelies, "Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey."<BR/>Gilberto Gil, "When I'm Sixty-Four"<BR/><BR/>OWNS:<BR/><BR/>Jimi Hendrix, "All Along The Watchtower."<BR/>Joe Cocker, "With A Little Help From My Friends."<BR/><BR/>I would say the Pixies own Head OnAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04839837286189113610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18074220.post-18789678912341415692007-05-21T15:57:00.000-05:002007-05-21T15:57:00.000-05:00I can go along with just about all of it but for P...I can go along with just about all of it but for Prince. I second the BeeFiveTwos.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18074220.post-20322626780276340322007-05-18T10:15:00.000-05:002007-05-18T10:15:00.000-05:00In the 90s? Try the 80s for many of them! And I'm ...In the 90s? Try the 80s for many of them! And I'm getting old too, as I recognize all of the groups (if not some of the actual songs). The Lemonheads? Heh.<BR/><BR/>How about Rock Lobster by the B52s?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com