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You have to see this! Paul Anka does New Wave!
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Mon May 16, 2005 7:06 amby red x red
Check this out:
http://www.vervemusicgroup.com/product. ... bf&src=vmg
Funny stuff! Perhaps the byline should read: "Paul Anka ruins the music of your youth!" See:
http://www.stereogum.com/archives/001474.html
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Mon May 16, 2005 7:46 amby rewind
[quote]Originally posted by red x red
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Perhaps the byline should read: "Paul Anka ruins the music of your youth!"
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Mon May 16, 2005 7:59 amby red x red
Rewind: you are referring to:
http://www.stereogum.com/
There is a great MP3 posting of Jump by Paul Anka for review at that site. Reminds me of the Aztec Camera version.
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Mon May 16, 2005 8:04 amby 2Nu
Hey, Tom Jones did it to a Prince's 'Kiss' via AON
Bill Shatner did his own Next Wave stylings ('In Love') with Ben Folds FoP.
So why not Paul..?[:0]
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Mon May 16, 2005 8:29 amby eight6
That could truly make me "Jump"!...off a cliff that is. Horrid.
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Mon May 16, 2005 9:07 amby middlesexnj
Wow, that is an, uh, interesting choice of songs for Anka to cover. Two or three of those songs might be suited to his style. The rest... well.
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Mon May 16, 2005 9:09 amby eight6
[quote][i]Originally posted by middlesexnj[/i]
<br>Wow, that is an, uh, interesting choice of songs for Anka to cover. Two or three of thos
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Mon May 16, 2005 9:20 amby scramjet
Mr. Anka and his band are undoubtedly very talented, but his style is one that I don't enjoy at all. I enjoy an interesting cover, but these do nothing for me. I'm not sure whether to laugh or cry.
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Mon May 16, 2005 7:07 pmby i_like_lectric_motors
[quote][i]Originally posted by eight6[/i]
<br>That could truly make me "Jump"!...off a cliff that is. Horrid.
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Mon May 16, 2005 9:26 pmby eight6
[quote][i]Originally posted by i_like_lectric_motors[/i]
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Mon May 16, 2005 9:39 pmby i_like_lectric_motors
Your mileage might vary. It probably depends a lot on your opinion of Aztec Camera to begin with. I always thought they were highly overrated.
Way too boring for me. So for me, it's a case of a band that sucks covering a song that sucks and very rarely d
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Mon May 16, 2005 9:40 pmby ru480s2
The original is the horrid one. You must check out Aztec Camera version with the guitar solo at the end.
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Mon May 16, 2005 9:44 pmby i_like_lectric_motors
[quote][i]Originally posted by ru480s2[/i]
<br>The original is the horrid one. You must check out Aztec Camera version with the guitar solo
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Mon May 16, 2005 9:54 pmby ru480s2
I find that the whole point to the song, take some dumb-ass rock anthem, play it lounge style, then rock out at the end to show those long hairs how it is done.
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Mon May 16, 2005 9:58 pmby i_like_lectric_motors
[quote][i]Originally posted by ru480s2[/i]
<br>I find that the whole point to the song, take some dumb-ass rock anthem, play it lounge styl