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Artist:Camper Van Beethoven [ more ]
Song:Pictures Of Matchstick Men
Album:Key Lime Pie [ info ]
Released:1989
Last Played:Apr 28, 2013 - 18:42
Avg. Rating:7  (Total Ratings: 734)
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1 votes: 11 (1.5%)2 votes: 22 (3%)3 votes: 14 (1.9%)4 votes: 26 (3.5%)5 votes: 42 (5.7%)6 votes: 71 (9.7%)7 votes: 222 (30%)8 votes: 210 (29%)9 votes: 85 (12%)10 votes: 31 (4.2%)
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Foot
(NorCal / Wine)
Posted: Apr 28, 2013 - 18:46 

 ScottD wrote:

I vote for more "The The" and "The Nails". 
  Love it Stingray, all except the Mellowkamp...


ScottD
Posted: Feb 25, 2013 - 06:25 

 Stingray wrote:

I VOTE FOR MORE CRACKER, THE THE, MELLENCAMP & GRAHAM PARKER!

 
I vote for more "The The" and "The Nails". 
Giselle62
(many bear, big rock, estuary California)
Posted: Oct 22, 2012 - 21:59 

the original is great—-fun to hear the cover...
plaice3
Posted: Sep 21, 2012 - 09:37 

 DaveInVA wrote:
Why?
 
Oh, Dave, just for FUN!!  {#Cheesygrin}
Rotterdam
Posted: Sep 21, 2012 - 09:35 

 ick wrote:
He's not playing violin, he's playing fiddle!  It's rock and roll and rock and roll is juvenile... just like this.  {#Ass}
 
{#Lol} {#Lol} 
ick
(...out of the primordial ooze)
Posted: Jul 20, 2012 - 11:41 

 bronorb wrote:
The violin sounds juvenile. I could play it better and I don't paly violin.
Horrible cover. I like the original much better.

 
He's not playing violin, he's playing fiddle!  It's rock and roll and rock and roll is juvenile... just like this.  {#Ass}
lindergr55
(Albuquerque, NM)
Posted: Jul 20, 2012 - 11:36 

Was in the UK when the Status Quo version was a hit - many memories.  This is a decent cover, though - the violin's a hoot.
Stingray
("ANONYMOUS INTERNET")
Posted: May 18, 2012 - 04:11 

 aspicer wrote:
LOVE Camper Van!  This version ROCKS.  We could stand a bit more CVB in the rotation!
 
I VOTE FOR MORE CRACKER, THE THE, MELLENCAMP & GRAHAM PARKER!
Stingray
("ANONYMOUS INTERNET")
Posted: May 18, 2012 - 04:09 

SO SIMPLE, BUT IT ROCKS!
Orodrigues
(Resende (RJ), Brazil)
Posted: Mar 15, 2012 - 19:15 

Oh, man, this way you make me cry... I always loved the Status Quo original version, but this one is great! You should play it more times...
DaveInVA
(In a hovel in effluent Damnville, VA)
Posted: Jan 12, 2012 - 06:07 

Why?
aspicer
(Chicago, IL)
Posted: Jan 12, 2012 - 06:04 

LOVE Camper Van!  This version ROCKS.  We could stand a bit more CVB in the rotation!
Dahlia_Gumbo
(San Francisco)
Posted: Dec 11, 2011 - 10:43 

Yikes, this is fun.
(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Dec 11, 2011 - 10:42 



Everybody in my hotel room loves this song...
 
Foot
(NorCal / Wine)
Posted: Dec 11, 2011 - 10:41 

Can easily tell they'd morph into Cracker...
mmoyer
(Silicon Valley)
Posted: Nov 09, 2011 - 17:43 

Love it, but please RP, play more songs off their masterpiece Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart.
loopbitz
Posted: Oct 09, 2011 - 05:16 

The original was from Status Quo (1968), i think.
SinisterDexter
Posted: Oct 09, 2011 - 05:16 

 bleubs wrote:
that's a good cover but I'd like to hear the original one from status quo
 
Last played: Sep 15, 2009. {#Cry}
coolpeople_rule
(Winter wonder land)
Posted: Aug 07, 2011 - 10:11 

Sneaker Pimp-ish..nice!
Jazbo
(Beautiful Valparaiso IN.)
Posted: Aug 07, 2011 - 10:01 

Trippy cover... I like...
bleubs
Posted: Aug 07, 2011 - 10:00 

that's a good cover but I'd like to hear the original one from status quo
Orodrigues
(Resende (RJ), Brazil)
Posted: May 04, 2011 - 20:03 

Great cover, but I like most the original Status Quo. Why don't you play it again sometimes?
kingart
(Brooklyn NY)
Posted: May 04, 2011 - 19:56 

Great cover to one of the first songs of its kind. Some say acid rock, others say metal. Status Quo wrought a classic by any name at all. 
kurtster
(sometimes the statue and sometimes the pigeon)
Posted: Apr 03, 2011 - 04:10 

Nice cover, does it justice.  Might like it a little better actually.
tbaloney619
(The Lakeshore, NE Wisconsin)
Posted: Mar 02, 2011 - 17:03 

I can't remember who did the original, but this holds pretty true.  Maybe a little more "updated".  And no - those of you who can't play violin would not even be able to get close.  It'ssupposed to sound "simple".  We're talking matchstick men here - not high art.
DanO-1
(Sandia Park, New Mexico)
Posted: Jan 30, 2011 - 09:28 

Blast from the past. Nice cover.
Shesdifferent
(Just visiting this planet this is not my home)
Posted: Jan 30, 2011 - 09:26 

I knew the song from the first stroke of the violin! Pretty good cover.
cohifi
(Denver)
Posted: Dec 30, 2010 - 01:54 

 Jelani wrote:
I love this. Haven't heard it in so long.
 
it's BICs fault

Jelani
(Home of the freak, land of the vague)
Posted: Oct 27, 2010 - 17:05 

I like this much better tan the original.
I think it has an edge that was previously missing and brings out some character. 
Giselle62
(many bear, big rock, estuary California)
Posted: Oct 27, 2010 - 17:04 

I'm gonna give this a nine just cuz it's one of my favorite songs. 
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