Fab Four

Are there many songs about The Beatles? I can only think of these two off the top of my head. I'll have to do some searching this weekend.

Gigi Parker & The Lonelies > Beatles, Please Come Back


The House of Love > Beatles and The Stones

We got the feelin' now!

Cover tunes are weird. I mean, you either love them or hate them. In the case of, let's say, Michael Bolton doing Sittin' On The Dock of The Bay (just because it's an easy target), you're left scratching your head, wondering why, in the name of all that is good, was he allowed to do that song. Who actually said, "Yeah Mike, this is a great choice for a cover. You will completely own this song." And if he came up with it on his own, why didn't anybody try to talk him out of it? It just sounds so soulless and over-produced. It's music for people who don't like music. Okay, so that is one example of a bad cover.

A good cover might be The Clash (yeah, I'm still in Clash mode, sorry) doing the Bobby Fuller Four's I Fought The Law. It's a good choice because that song totally encapsulates what the Clash were all about and it's also a catchy pop tune. It was played so well and got enough airplay, that people often mistake it for a Clash original.

In any case, I came across this track recently and was a little bit hesitant to check it out. I don't know a lot about Al Green, but I do know he's an amazing singer. Add a classic Beatles tune to that equation and I wasn't sure what to expect, but....it's pretty awesome. I especially like the horns, and the beginning of the song where he says "We got the feelin' now!" Hell fucking yeah, we do. In my mind, this is every bit as good as the original, and I love the Beatles. Who's the man? Al Green is the man. You can find this track on his Green Is Blues album, if you like it.

Al Green > I Want To Hold Your Hand

New PUFFY single!

I'm not sure what it's called but it's pretty cool. Also included are covers of The Beatles' "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" and ELO's "Don't Bring Me Down". I really like the ELO cover. "Lucy" is good but it has been done to death.

PUFFY > Don't Bring Me Down