This sounds like a bad version of Can't always get want you want at the beginning and then goes down hill from there. What a waste of bandwidth...can I get those electrons back??

good job!!!

 kcar wrote: 
Big New Order fan....this is gggreat

 alux wrote: 
still waiting for that to happen.....nope, still not as good. 

 alux wrote: 

yeah, i like it!

 alux wrote: 

 bokey wrote: 
I don't think it's a blatant or even an intentional rip-off, but I do hear the resemblance.

 esotericderek wrote: 

Well said. I prefer the New Order version, but this is a welcome change from the frenetic teen angst of the original. If Phillips borrowed some chords from "You Can't Always Get What You Want"...big deal. I don't think he's trying to ride the Stones' coattails. Had no idea he had an album of 80s covers...I'll have to see what he did to "The Killing Moon." I really like his song "Mockingbird."

 alux wrote: 
Sacrilegious!

What a cover should sound like.  I love how this improves on the original.

Gawd ,,,  >>>  Does he know he sounds like James Blunt .....   terrible ...

 jagdriver wrote: 
I heard it too...rip-off or homage?

I've always heard Talking Heads influence in this song.

 kindermanltd wrote: 
But if you try sometimes, you get what you NEED!

 elxibalba wrote: 
The One Giant Leap soundtrack is fantastic, I couldn't agree more.

Grant Lee Phillips does an amazing job on this song. If you like his voice, you should check out 1 Giant Leap, a fantastic documentary featuring some amazing talent, including GLP, Maxi-Jazzy from Faithless and numerous other artists I can't think of right now. Great Project.

Ya can't always get what you want... anyone else hear it? It sounds like a "girly-song" sort of a day today, no?

this is my favorite song from the album, and I love the album. am somewhat surprised by the comments on this song, but I suppose people can be a bit precious about their favorite songs when another artist covers them.

word to the poster below who said GLP is great in concert. I haven't seen him on his own, but saw him on a tour with others (the brother and sister from Nickel Creek, Glen Phillips from Toad the Wet Sprocket and a young fiddler/singer who is very talented) and he was terrific - very funny and chatty with the audience and, of course, that voice...

esotericderek wrote:

I agree. If someone had never heard the New Order song, they would just think this was another good Grant Lee song. By the way Grant Lee Phillips is great in concert.

"You can't always get what you want"

I agree that the New Order original is better, but give Grant Lee a break. At least it's a variation and not outright mimicry. I can't abide mimicry. And for what this is, it's not as bad as most of you are making it. It's at least a 6. Maybe a 7 for people who like Grant Lee's style (which I'm not partial to).

Yes, I know some decry the use of emoticons as being the death of the English language. I'm here to tell you that some things aren't worth words.

this CD is an interesting concept but not sure of his execution on this song. You really need to "own" a unique reading like this, and I don't think he found the pink slip...

AliGator wrote:

Count me in the New Order crowd. I'm not feeling this cover.

I gave this a 6 at some point, but right now I'm just not feeling it. Meh. Give me some New Order.

coloradojohn wrote:
Well, you know, you can't always get what you want.

For me, GLP has been on a slow downward descent ever since Mobilize. Maybe I'm just nostalgic for the Buffalo days...

Decent, anyway.

originals are always default better than a cheapened remake

a cover should add something new and not reduce or "cheapen" the original.
i suppose this one succeeds