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| Jungle_Jim (Brighton UK) | Posted: Apr 30, 2009 - 18:48 andrewimft wrote: In Britain this hair-do could be called a 'convoy cut'. It's a barnet most associated with travellers living in busses and vehicles - those at the punk/crusty/pikey end of that scene. It's normally mostly short at the front with a mullet hanging off the back which is going into dreads. Sometimes it's a bit of a mohawk on the top with shaved sides.  |
| Pieter (Sydney Australia) | Posted: Apr 30, 2009 - 18:42 Yes, why bother? |
| Jungle_Jim (Brighton UK) | Posted: Apr 30, 2009 - 18:39 Pretty good vocal impersonation of Neil Finn's vocals |
| elementary | Posted: Apr 30, 2009 - 18:39 Play the original! |
| catsoup (Euclid, OH) | Posted: Mar 30, 2009 - 05:41 I can only give it a 6. I like the guitar work, but his voice just doesn't really bring anything new to the song. It's not a bad cover, it's just not an outstanding one either. |
| kaybee (Lost in the Wilds of Toronto) | Posted: Oct 23, 2008 - 16:47 Nice cover! |
| neilp | Posted: Oct 23, 2008 - 09:23 heretical tripe -10 |
| Montyontherun (Stratford Upon Avon, UK) | Posted: Aug 21, 2008 - 05:17 I've just tuned in an caught the last remaining bars of this song.... please please please don't play again. He can't sing, the guitar sucks and he looks as if he's just climbed from the primordial ooze. Crow Magnum Cook! |
| jagdriver (Auburn, CA) | Posted: Aug 21, 2008 - 05:10 Jesse's a great guitar player, but a singer he's not. |
| andrewimft (North Californie) | Posted: Jun 19, 2008 - 00:26 PeterRigg wrote: Excellent! An 8. Althought I'm tempted to reduce it on the strength of the regrettable 'mullet' hairstyle.
This not a mullet: 
And this is not a mullet: 
This is a mullet:
A mullet has to have the top of the head shaved back, otherwise, it's just long hair. |
| PeterRigg (Lancashire, England) | Posted: Mar 16, 2008 - 14:09 Excellent! An 8. Althought I'm tempted to reduce it on the strength of the regrettable 'mullet' hairstyle. |
| tiggers | Posted: Feb 14, 2008 - 02:45 Wimpy vocals and that dumb Spanish guitar!!! This is utterly dire - how to wreck a classic in one easy move. |
| ParMesSoins (... dans le Jura [France]) | Posted: Feb 14, 2008 - 02:45 Sympatoch' ... Sunny Day  |
| KermitDfrog (Los Angeles, CA) | Posted: Jan 13, 2008 - 15:36  |
| alanthecowboy (Lakefield) | Posted: Dec 13, 2007 - 05:57 Dior wrote: I think it's a marvellous Crowded House song. How could it be destroyed like this? It couldn't be. I like both versions, but I never would have checked out the original if I hadn't watch Jesse and his band play a killer version of this live in my hometown. |
| Jack_Jefferson (Columbus, OH) | Posted: Dec 13, 2007 - 05:55 Decent cover of the song. The silly hairdo on the cover takes a point off of it, though. |
| Dior (Sherbrooke, Quebec) | Posted: Dec 13, 2007 - 05:54 ksua wrote: Wow, that was the worst song I have ever heard, and the album cover, what a guy..
I think it's a marvellous Crowded House song. How could it be destroyed like this? |
| idheitmann (Minneapolis) | Posted: Dec 13, 2007 - 05:53 excellent album, dreadful song. |
| d00kie (In Cubicle Hell!) | Posted: Oct 11, 2007 - 10:21  |
| 1wolfy (Mission Viejo California) | Posted: Oct 11, 2007 - 10:21 C'mon how do you figure ?drekar wrote: this is so, so bad. |
| cavalaxis (The second door on the left.) | Posted: Oct 11, 2007 - 10:20 Okay, this doesn't work at all. Yuck yuck yuck. Leave my CH alone! |
| horstman (Syracuse, New York) | Posted: Sep 25, 2007 - 18:00 ksua wrote: Wow, that was the worst song I have ever heard, and the album cover, what a guy..
How many songs have you heard in your life? Four? Come on, ya gotta do better than that. Far worse than this, like anything by Britney Spears or Backstreet boys. Worst song ever, my #ss! |
| slydevil | Posted: Aug 09, 2007 - 13:48 love flamenco guitar but this does nothing for me. insipid byran adams-like mediocrity. |
| drekar (Dallas.) | Posted: Aug 09, 2007 - 13:48 this is so, so bad. |
| teapot | Posted: Aug 09, 2007 - 13:46 I had heard about this version of FaYF, but never actually "heard" it. Flamenco? Argh! |
| lathyris (Houston, TX) | Posted: Aug 09, 2007 - 13:46 This is so hokey and pukey and ookey. . .but I still kind of like it. Damnit. |
| (former member) (Too far from the bay of Funday) | Posted: Jun 23, 2007 - 10:19 The original: I'm lying in a quiet room on a warm summer day with the girl I love, thinking how wonderful life can be, not moving from the moment. This song: I'm walking through the stores outside a hot, long day inside Disneyland and there's a group of "authentic" musicians playing "authentic" instruments trying to get me to buy their new CD, but all I want is to get to my car and start the long ride home. |
| aliasnwonderland (Ohio, USA) | Posted: Jun 07, 2007 - 16:59 gjeeg wrote: Funny how contemptuous and negative folks can be in their dismissal of good music. This is a spirited and faithful and affective rendition of the original. It is NOT the original, but it captures the beauty of the Finns. I like it a great deal.
   I get so annoyed with all the children who thing it is cool to dog something in a web post beause it is different from what they are used to.
I agree that this cover is not as good as the original, but I like this one and I always enjoy hearing covers of Crowded House songs because it means that the originals won't be lost in obscurity. Crowded House is and always will be my favorite band.  |
| parrothead (could be anywhere in the great USA) | Posted: Jun 07, 2007 - 16:50 gjeeg wrote: Funny how contemptuous and negative folks can be in their dismissal of good music. This is a spirited and faithful and affective rendition of the original. It is NOT the original, but it captures the beauty of the Finns. I like it a great deal. Danny Wilde was with the Rembrants I thought. Not the Finn Bros. or Crowded House. Do I have this wrong??? Good tune by the way!! |
| ksua | Posted: May 23, 2007 - 01:00 Wow, that was the worst song I have ever heard, and the album cover, what a guy.. |
| TerryS (The other SW) | Posted: Apr 05, 2007 - 17:43 Danny Wilde : separated at birth from Herman (of Hermit fame) |
| hochelaga (montreal) | Posted: Mar 05, 2007 - 11:27 beautiful guitar! |
| sproggit (canada (for now)) | Posted: Mar 05, 2007 - 11:25 just putting flamenco guitar into a song isn't enough to make it ok to do a cover. imo |
| madaxeman (By the sea) | Posted: Jan 04, 2007 - 13:31 I'd like to hear the Finn's comments on this.I don't think it adds much,if anything to the original,but in it's own(original)way it's as good as the original,so in my book.Awesome. |
| ruthless (Midtown Memphis) | Posted: Jan 04, 2007 - 13:27 mattt wrote: Dig the permullet.
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| Rocc4 (This Is Not Here) | Posted: Dec 06, 2006 - 11:51 I think we've heard enough flamenco-flavored music for one afternoon. Is Bill giving dancing lessons or something? WTF? |
| ladybinnath (Buffalo, NY) | Posted: Dec 06, 2006 - 11:51 This adds nothing to the original, though the acoustic guitar remains nice...reminds me of Al Stewart actually. |
| Daniel_Pittenger (Vermont) | Posted: Dec 06, 2006 - 11:51 Wow, I really like this. It's catchy, and not whiny like some. The guitar lick in the background is steller. Solid 9 |
| mattt (Undisclosed Location) | Posted: Nov 07, 2006 - 07:02 Dig the permullet. |
| 67nj (Ravenna, Italy) | Posted: Nov 07, 2006 - 07:00  |
| WonderLizard (2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise) | Posted: Oct 23, 2006 - 15:52 Kevstar wrote: Not gay enough.
Then how about Scissor Sisters, Elton John or k.d. laing? Oh, that's probably not what you meant... |
| Kevstar (San Diego) | Posted: Aug 28, 2006 - 15:50 horstman wrote: You are an idiot. Okay....Now go ahead and listen to more Porcupine Tree. |
| carlos56 (Zaragoza (Spain)) | Posted: Aug 11, 2006 - 11:40 brokemusician wrote: Me da diarrea en los oidos cuando escucho esto.
Ich erhalte Durchfall in meinen Ohren, wenn ich dies zuhöre! J'obtiens la diarrhée dans mes oreilles quand j'écoute ceci ! Prendo la diarrea nei miei orecchia quando ascolto questo! A mi también, no sé que manía les ha dado a estos de RP con los ritmos "flamencoides" malos ultimamente ... me he reido mucho con tus traducciones ¿sabrías decirlo en inglés? |
| Marr (Houston (dreaming of Austin)) | Posted: Aug 11, 2006 - 11:39 Neil is one of those guys whose best writing seems to work best for his voice alone. Its not that this isn't a good attempt. It is. But without his voice it lacks (for me) the heart of the song. |
| gradys_kitchen (Royal Oak, MI) | Posted: Aug 11, 2006 - 11:37 SmackDaddy wrote: Son of Michael Bolton????
If only spliced with the genetic lameness of Kenny G. |
| Augustus (Columbus, OH) | Posted: Aug 11, 2006 - 11:37 brokemusician wrote: Me da diarrea en los oidos cuando escucho esto.
Ich erhalte Durchfall in meinen Ohren, wenn ich dies zuhöre! J'obtiens la diarrhée dans mes oreilles quand j'écoute ceci ! Prendo la diarrea nei miei orecchia quando ascolto questo! I think I ate at the same place, with the same consequence. |
| horstman | Posted: Aug 11, 2006 - 11:36 Kevstar wrote: Not gay enough.
You are an idiot. |
| ruthless (Midtown Memphis) | Posted: Aug 11, 2006 - 11:36 jah_blessed wrote: Nice try, but no cigar. His voice just can't match the harmonies of the Finn brothers and the production is overdone. Tries too hard to sound different.
I agree. Too bright for the subject matter |
| supergroverx (Los Angeles) | Posted: Aug 11, 2006 - 11:35 agreed across the board. the original is such a beautiful song, and this version does nada for it. 4. |
| queenjill (CA) | Posted: Aug 11, 2006 - 11:35 brokemusician wrote: Me da diarrea en los oidos cuando escucho esto.
Ich erhalte Durchfall in meinen Ohren, wenn ich dies zuhöre! J'obtiens la diarrhée dans mes oreilles quand j'écoute ceci ! Prendo la diarrea nei miei orecchia quando ascolto questo! c'mon, say what you really mean. don't hold back. |