RE: Wierd Covers i.e. Portishead doing Girl From Ipanema

Lee Gordon (LGordon@mdyn.com)
Mon, 4 May 1998 14:38:10 -0700


let me see if i'm understanding you correctly...you're saying you
dislike massive's "protection" more than any other track they have?

if yes, my question is......what are you doing on this list?

lg

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marc Wright [SMTP:mw@eis.net.au]
> Sent: Monday, May 04, 1998 5:06 AM
> To: acid-jazz@ucsd.edu
> Subject: Re: Wierd Covers i.e. Portishead doing Girl From Ipanema
>
>
> > i always found it odd that massive attack covered "light my fire",
> but then
> > again, the doors were known for the same sort of dark (what's life
> w/o a bad
> > pun?) vibe.
> >
>
> And I gotta say.......what a waste of space *that* track was on the
> album. Only Massive Attack track I *dislike* ('cept maybe
> 'Protection'), and I dislike it immensly.
>
> Off to buy 'Mezzanine' tomorrow :)
>
>
> And re: wierd covers. One of my absolute favourite ever tracks is
> 'High Noon' by Kruder and Dorfmeister. Not exatley a cover, but
> certainly recognisable. You find yourself humming 'Blue Moon' all
> day.
>
> Marc.
>
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