tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5763367257909118409.post4499290690371196029..comments2023-09-28T02:56:35.520-07:00Comments on I THINK I HATE MY 45s: George Harrison - All Those Years Agoithinkihatemy45shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04731469673786156299noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5763367257909118409.post-3628619283419274052009-05-16T09:01:00.000-07:002009-05-16T09:01:00.000-07:00fair enough. I never really thought of it as a tr...fair enough. I never really thought of it as a tribute. Just a nice cover. I guess what I should really have called you on was including Roxy's 'Jealous Guy' in a list with All Those Years Ago and whatever songs McC and Elton did (which I'm not familiar with). The Roxy song was done live, in the version I know, and covering songs live is not unusual. I saw Springsteen live the night after Lennon was killed; he ended with a rousing Twist and Shout. It was great rock'n'roll, didn't need to be reverential.Donald Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06391024449222256377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5763367257909118409.post-86541437950827126952009-05-11T20:51:00.000-07:002009-05-11T20:51:00.000-07:00...not that I'm demanding reverence (obviously, gi......not that I'm demanding reverence (obviously, given my semi-fondness for the casualness of "All Those Years Ago")! I just find this particular cover hollow as a "tribute."ithinkihatemy45shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04731469673786156299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5763367257909118409.post-2512520588714204052009-05-11T20:48:00.000-07:002009-05-11T20:48:00.000-07:00I think it's pointless in that it's a straight-up ...I think it's pointless in that it's a straight-up cover of a song that reveals nothing about Roxy Music's feelings towards Lennon (whatever they might have been) aside from, "Hey, we could have a hit with this song of yours!" I suppose there's some implied respect there, but it feels more commercially driven than, uh, reverent or whatever.ithinkihatemy45shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04731469673786156299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5763367257909118409.post-22938114354356320472009-05-11T18:19:00.000-07:002009-05-11T18:19:00.000-07:00heavy duty snark: since when is covering someone's...heavy duty snark: since when is covering someone's song as a tribute to them "pointless"? And Roxy's cover of "Jealous Guy" is actually quite nice. As to "All Those Years Ago," I wouldn't say it stinks, but it does seem awfully slight. "When We Was Fab" is so much better at the retrospect thing.Donald Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06391024449222256377noreply@blogger.com