The "I Didn't Comment in Another Thread" Thread

[payn]

I get that math is a complicated subject, and that it requires practice to develop one's skill. It's a lot like playing the piano: you can read sheet music all day, but if you don't sit on the bench and practice for hours you are never going to be a pianist. BUT COME ON, PEOPLE. This isn't differential calculus, this is a twenty-sided die.

 

[RealAlHazred]

Can we keep the commentary a bit more circumspect, please? If this becomes just direct commentary on active threads, it'll have to be closed.

Sorry. It was just such a bizarre comment I was overcome with awe. I will try to practice restraint.

 

[Cadence]

Is it crazy to say Roger Daltrey's "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" remake on the Lost Boys Soundtrack is better than any of Elton John's versions.

 

[Gradine]

Is it crazy to say Roger Daltrey's "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" remake on the Lost Boys Soundtrack is better than any of Elton John's versions.

I had to go and listen to it because I totally don't remember this song in the Lost Boys. On final assessment: crazy? No. Wrong? Yes.

 

[payn]

Is it crazy to say Roger Daltrey's "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" remake on the Lost Boys Soundtrack is better than any of Elton John's versions.

No more crazy than saying Bowie's cover of Hard to be a Saint in the City by the Boss is.

 

[billd91]

Is it crazy to say Roger Daltrey's "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" remake on the Lost Boys Soundtrack is better than any of Elton John's versions.

Not a bit. I think some cover versions are better than the originals. I very much prefer "Raspberry Beret" as covered by the Hindu Love Gods to Prince's version. It has a much stronger groove to it.
That's part of the beauty of covers - people put their own spin on it. Sometimes it's lame, other times sublime.

 

[Cadence]

No more crazy than saying Bowie's cover of Hard to be a Saint in the City by the Boss is.

I guess I should go listen to those...

 

[trappedslider]

i resisted the urge to make a remark about the corporate history of IBM among others, the fact that some companies still make money off of Lovecraft....but it would have caused the thread to be locked and me with a temp ban or a ban from the thread.

anyway:

If all the worlds a stage, then this play sucks. I want a refund.

 

[Gradine]

I mean, "Don't Let the Sun Go Down On Me" is Elton John's magnum opus, in my not particularly humble opinion, and he sells every second of it.

If you want a cover that is genuinely miles better than the original, might I suggest NiN's "Hurt" as sung by Johnny Cash?

 

[Gradine]

All due to respect to Marilyn Monroe and Princess Diana, of course