On this, the last day of my vacation, I’d like to take a moment and reflect on the lessons learned over the past week or so.
1. Toilets may be cleaned, but the stain on one’s soul lingers.
2. Target brand junk food can make me just as ill as the name brand variety, and at half the price.
3. There is a little bit of Xanadu in all of us.
4. Cosmic Cubes do not ask for a gratuity, nor do they rub smelly fixatives into one’s scalp.
5. It’s important to place a “fee payments shall not be made in rodent and/or bird carcasses” clause into a cat condo association charter.
6a. When dating a guy like Buddy, it’s important to have the burn trauma unit on speed dial.
6b. There’s a reason so many superheroes are millionaires or friends of millionaires.
7. I could always nap at work.
8. Are we having fun yet? No? I guess it’s time to break out the thumbscrews and vial of hydrochloric acid then.
The Insane – Last Day (from Punk and Disorderly, 1982) - UK82 punk and nuclear dread -- like Rogers and Astaire.
The Byrds - It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (from the 1996 reissue of 1965's Turn! Turn! Turn! LP) - Some may find this heretical, but I enjoy The Byrds' covers of Bob Dylan's songs more than I enjoy the originals.
Sunday, July 15, 2007
Vacation: Day 9 – It’s over, it’s over
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No, you don't have to excuse yourself for loving the Byrds covers of Dylan songs as they are much better than the originals. Even Dylan admitted sometimes in the 60s that the Byrds sounded like he always wanted to but didn't succeed.
I'm a sucker for Bob Dylan but I'm also a sucker for a good Bob Dylan cover. Hole does a good version of this song too. You used to be able to get it for free from their website.
i personally prefer anyones versions of bob dylan's songs as that nasal whine grates across my sould like cat claws on a blackboard. if there is any xanadu in me its very well hidden, trust me i looked.
A.J
I'm a big Dylan fan, and there are some of his songs I can't imagine anyone else doing, such as the taunting whine of "Like a Rolling Stone".
That said, there are PLENTY of Dylan-penned songs that are MUCH better when somebody else does them. The Byrds do great things with Dylan songs.
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