Re: Encomium

["\[ trent \]" <cybertrento@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I like that version of DBtS too.  Very powerful.  In contrast, the rest 
of the album makes me vomit.  The version of Going To California has 
slightly different lyrics sinec it is a woman singing.  The piano really 
adds a lot to the actual music, but as far as I'm concerned, this is the 
only halfway decent song (besides DBtS) on the CD.

The Rollins Band have no concept of what Four Sticks is about.  Hootie & 
The Blowjob also screwed up Hey Hey What Can I Do, and Sheryl Crow 
should picked a different song to cover, b/c D'yer Mak'er just isn't her 
cup of tea (this was explified on Modern Rock live when she called it 
"dieer makeer").  I might've liked STP's Dancing Days if it was fully 
electric, but that abomination just made me want to spew, although I 
must admit that the intro was pretty cool.  Big Head Todd & The Monsters 
deliver a passable version of Tangerine, at least passable until you 
realize that they have three guitarists doing what one guitarist used to 
do all the time.

In short, this album is the definition of what most tribute albums are 
all about.  Get a long semigood rock bands onto once CD covering songs 
that were played better by the originals and rake in the cash.  Pleh!  
I'm surprised Pagey, Jonesy and Percy let this deal go thru.  Oh well.  
I must say that the CD makes a great coaster.  Try it, it'll work 
perfect.

Trent

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But definately my favorite song
> on the whole album is Down By the Seaside by Tori Amos and Robert 
Plant.
> It's completely different than the PG version. The tempo is slowed 
down
> tremendously which kind of gives it a Jazzy feel. It has beautiful 
vocals
> by both Robert and Tori Amos. It kind of sounds like the version that 
P/P
> do sometimes inside HMMT. It's really beautiful.
I could pretty much take it or leave it for most of the album, but I too
am very fond of this cut. It is one of the "goose bump" tracks for me.
Interesting in that I didn't really care too much for the 
originalversion.
> I liked Going to California with a piano. It was
> played by this band called Never the Bride.
Just a little tidbit, at the time Never The Bride included Plant's old
guitarist, Doug Boyle, whom I think very highly of, so I like this 
tracktoo!
Diane