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JeffR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-04-07 09:57 PM
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Blink 182: Another Girl, Another Planet cover
A tidy, energetic cover of one of the great songs of the New Wave era. Hadn't seen it before. Had to share:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDJAbeSklvA
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enigmatic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-04-07 10:15 PM
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1. The Only Ones were one of the great unsung bands of the late 70's
"Even Serpents Shine" is an absolute classic:

http://www.sierrabravo.co.uk/perrett/serp.htm

And Peter Perrett was one of the era's great frontmen..
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JeffR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-04-07 10:52 PM
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3. He was, or is, some kind of minor genius
Shame he didn't attain the kind of stardom many lesser artists of the era got. He deserved it.
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-05-07 03:58 PM
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9. Yes! Yes! Yes!
Perrett was brilliant.
He was also quite a sartorial and tonsorial influence on the younger mitchum
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zonkers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-04-07 10:28 PM
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2. I feel old. I do remember it the first time around. A classic cut.
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JeffR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-04-07 10:54 PM
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4. I know what ya mean
But when I heard this done in a recent cover, it brought back a little of the adrenaline surge that the original did. Now I have to lie down for awhile...
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bridgit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-05-07 12:48 AM
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5. Gone Daddy Gone...
VIOLENT FEMMES-Gone Daddy Gone MTV
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JeffR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-05-07 03:06 PM
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6. Love it
Thanks for the link.
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RedStateShame Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-05-07 03:15 PM
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7. I hate to be THAT GUY, but....
...didn't the Replacements cover it, too?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3g4qpxJ86g&mode=related&search=
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JeffR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-05-07 08:43 PM
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10. Good point. The Replacements' version is pretty faithful to the original
but the tempo is kinda leaden and the guitar leads aren't very creative (suffering big compared to the great guitar work in the original). Blink just sorta ironed out some of the quirks of the original and turned it into a punkier but poppier tune. Still took me back to a better era for a few minutes.
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-05-07 03:15 PM
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8. Blech... Blink version sucks.
removes all the urgency...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-Wn12g7uT4&mode=related&search=

RL
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JeffR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-05-07 08:55 PM
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11. Blink version is pretty respectable
cause it doesn't emulate the original arrangement, but keeps it brisk and exploits the punky edge of the original. It's not a landmark cover, but it raised my jaded pulse a little.

Nothing will ever compare to hearing the original recorded version the first time, then getting to see the Only Ones on the club tour they did to support the album. John Perry spent almost the whole show with his back turned to the audience, reeling off amazing leads all night. Perrett was the consummate Edwardian dandy-punk. It was transformative.
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-05-07 08:58 PM
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12. Okay, maybe it doesn't suck
the video is annoying though...

RL
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JeffR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-05-07 09:27 PM
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13. Undeniable
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