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Merrie Amsterburg — Walking On The Moon
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fredoki
(France)
Posted: Apr 17, 2013 - 03:27
 
 Rooney wrote:
Once more, I am somewhat forced to give a song a 10, that I would normally give a 7 in order to balance out the dweebs that gave this a 1.  Truthfully, I would have preferred her version to be a little more upbeat, but all in all it was not a bad interpretation.  I find purists f*cking annoying.

 

+1.
People gives a 10 to a song that they love, and a 1 when they don't love it. And there is no rating between...

toomanyollys
Posted: Apr 17, 2013 - 03:17
 
She sounds like she has a terrible cold. Or is holding her nose. Which would be a new thing I guess.

bb_matt
(Hampshire, England)
Posted: Apr 17, 2013 - 03:16
 
 Rooney wrote:
Once more, I am somewhat forced to give a song a 10, that I would normally give a 7 in order to balance out the dweebs that gave this a 1.  Truthfully, I would have preferred her version to be a little more upbeat, but all in all it was not a bad interpretation.  I find purists f*cking annoying.

 
Calm down.
I gave it a 2 to redress the balance somewhat.

It's not a good interpretation of the song in my opinion. There we go, we all have different opinions.

I think the power of the song has just gone with this version, it sounds flat and dull when compared with the original.

 

Barman
(Milan, Italy)
Posted: Mar 16, 2013 - 16:35
 
 Rooney wrote:
Once more, I am somewhat forced to give a song a 10, that I would normally give a 7 in order to balance out the dweebs that gave this a 1.  Truthfully, I would have preferred her version to be a little more upbeat, but all in all it was not a bad interpretation.  I find purists f*cking annoying.
 
{#Iamwithstupid}

Rooney
(Near Paradise)
Posted: Feb 13, 2013 - 08:12
 
Once more, I am somewhat forced to give a song a 10, that I would normally give a 7 in order to balance out the dweebs that gave this a 1.  Truthfully, I would have preferred her version to be a little more upbeat, but all in all it was not a bad interpretation.  I find purists f*cking annoying.

NeuroGeek
(Just Way Out There)
Posted: Feb 13, 2013 - 07:36
 
 jagdriver wrote:
 
{#Lol}

handyrae
(Zero Point Field)
Posted: Feb 13, 2013 - 07:36
 
I don't hate it, but it seems to be needlessly sloppy.

fredoki
(France)
Posted: Feb 13, 2013 - 07:36
 
Love this cover !

Jazbo
(Beautiful Valparaiso IN.)
Posted: Feb 13, 2013 - 07:35
 
My dear God....the cover here is to cover your ears...3

bagpipe
(Ottawa, Ontario)
Posted: Feb 13, 2013 - 07:35
 
Very nice. Would like to hear more of her.

juanos
(Somewhere between the US and Guatemala)
Posted: Feb 13, 2013 - 07:34
 
such a waste!... not good really!

jimys
(A land far, far away with no television)
Posted: Feb 13, 2013 - 07:33
 
{#No}

bokey
Posted: Feb 13, 2013 - 07:32
 
A solid 1

robinvankuijk
Posted: Feb 13, 2013 - 07:32
 
yuk

hidey
(NZ)
Posted: Jan 12, 2013 - 23:28
 
Dear me Bill - this is a desperate piece of music. I'm shaking my head in disbelief, and after I've finished doing that I will be logging onto another station until I've calmed down - could be quite a while!! {#No}  It almost got the dreaded 1, but I gave it 2 out of possibly misplaced compassion. What a shocker. {#No} {#No}

scraig
(Santa Barbara, CA)
Posted: Dec 12, 2012 - 14:26
 


Baby_M
(a 100+-year old building in downtown Akron, Ohio)
Posted: Dec 12, 2012 - 14:23
 
I love this.  Totally transforms the song.

JustJeff
(Somewhere in Kansas)
Posted: Dec 12, 2012 - 14:22
 
I didn't like this song in High School.  A remake hasn't made it any better.

Alafia
(the dojo)
Posted: Nov 11, 2012 - 05:00
 
I like this cover :)

Grammarcop
(Part of the 47% who won't vote for Mitt Romney)
Posted: Nov 11, 2012 - 04:59
 
Drudgery. 

hcaudill
(Washington, DC)
Posted: Oct 10, 2012 - 20:25
 
This is beautiful. At the very least it makes you sit up and listen to a song that most of us have become numb to. 

lbeaton
Posted: Jul 08, 2012 - 09:27
 
Awesome to hear Merrie on Radio Paradise again, after a hiatus of... umm... seven years or so? And haters? {#Nyah} 

Cheers!
 

ziakut
(Right Here)
Posted: Jul 08, 2012 - 09:23
 
Breathes new life into a dated and two dimensional song. Thank you Merrie...no need to waste decent lyrics.

tupicetti
(At the verge of the desert, literally...!)
Posted: Jul 08, 2012 - 09:23
 
I actually dig this version better than the original. I have no idea whether that is because, at certain point, I started to dislike Sting or simply because the guitar and bass work, plus the dreamy percussion, roots into my head more effectively. In any case, it might be a matter of this version being fresher...

gvan
(From inside the house!)
Posted: Jun 06, 2012 - 15:56
 
Awesome! Great to hear a cool cover song on RP... especially one that Dylan didn't write first.

coding_to_music
(Beantown)
Posted: Jun 06, 2012 - 15:54
 
sonically quite nice...

jagdriver
(Just a nod and a wink south of Paradise)
Posted: Jun 06, 2012 - 15:51
 


JohnyV
Posted: Apr 04, 2012 - 05:01
 
Nice cover

laozilover
(Left of Chicago and up)
Posted: Apr 04, 2012 - 05:01
 
Filtered through Valium?!?  I dunno, I like Valium...{#Shifty}

Sasha2001
(I can see Zabars from my window)
Posted: Mar 03, 2012 - 12:53
 
 romeotuma wrote:


I must have been on LSD or something the day I posted this...



 



I'm a huge Police fan and I actually really like this cover. Must have been some nice Haight Street Rainbow you had that day.

apd
(Toronto, On)
Posted: Mar 03, 2012 - 12:47
 

 

admirable honesty, romeo. Perhaps you'd been in the hotel room too long?


romeotuma wrote:



I must have been on LSD or something the day I posted this...


 



number7
(Napanee, Ontario, Canada)
Posted: Mar 03, 2012 - 12:47
 

I'm with most of the rest of you, didn't care for the original & this is no improvement on it.

What I'm worried about is are we now going to hear a Police tune next?

Thank you for the"PSD" button.



Purple_Turtle
(Hamburg, Germany)
Posted: Mar 03, 2012 - 12:45
 
Wierd. The original was the first single I ever bought.

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Mar 03, 2012 - 12:44
 
 romeotuma wrote:


Wow...  I like this cover better than the original!  Cool!

 
 

I must have been on LSD or something the day I posted this...




djengs
Posted: Jan 31, 2012 - 20:26
 
Myself, I like this better than the original. But, I never liked the original all that much.

TerryS
(Another SW)
Posted: Jan 31, 2012 - 20:24
 
Everage, Edna Everage.

kcar
Posted: Dec 31, 2011 - 07:39
 
 toomanyollys wrote:

I assume this would be playing in the Beyond section?
 
Oh the Beyond section, it's, it's...well, it's Beyond. 

Marley
(Portland, Or)
Posted: Dec 31, 2011 - 01:54
 
I got this CD as a promo copy at the indie record store I worked for back in the 90s. Always liked this cover. Glad to hear it on RP.

toomanyollys
(51.7663,-0.9270)
Posted: Nov 29, 2011 - 08:06
 
 siandbeth wrote:
I feel like I'm strolling through Bed, Bath and Beyond or one of those soap and lotion shops. Not the best cover.
 
I assume this would be playing in the Beyond section?

beeblebrocks40
(Jonas Ridge, NC)
Posted: Nov 29, 2011 - 08:05
 
I'm missing the rhythm section of the original.


HoneyBearKelly
(Brooklyn)
Posted: Nov 29, 2011 - 08:05
 
Radio Paradise plays some nice covers.
This isn't one of them.

ScottishViking
(Toronto)
Posted: Nov 29, 2011 - 08:04
 
No thank you. I'm not even crazy about the original, but this hits the ground at a rating of 3.

siandbeth
(Santa Cruz California)
Posted: Nov 29, 2011 - 08:04
 
I feel like I'm strolling through Bed, Bath and Beyond or one of those soap and lotion shops. Not the best cover.

toomanyollys
(51.7663,-0.9270)
Posted: Nov 29, 2011 - 08:03
 
After a few listens I quite like it, but it still sounds like she's holding her nose while singing. Perhaps that's her thing?

deepwoodskev
(In a town west of Chicago)
Posted: Nov 29, 2011 - 08:03
 
Oy, can't listen to this.

Walking Out the Room 

MiracleDrug
(Earth)
Posted: Oct 28, 2011 - 17:50
 
 DoctorHooey wrote:

 

{#Yes}

kaybee
(Lost in the Wilds of Toronto)
Posted: Oct 28, 2011 - 17:49
 
I absolutely love the original but this is actually pretty good.

itaish
(Berkeley, CA)
Posted: Aug 26, 2011 - 15:58
 
 zogma wrote:
Definitely takes the sting out of the song.  Love it.
 
Yes, that's exactly how I felt.


anteater
Posted: Aug 26, 2011 - 15:57
 
Ug - the best part by far of the original was the understated bass line.

pixel-pusher
Posted: Aug 26, 2011 - 15:55
 
 Jamunca wrote:
Wasn't liking the verse treatment, but whoa man.... that chorus kicked in, and I said to myself, "self, this is pretty decent!"
 

Oddly, my reaction is the opposite. I like the verse treatment a whole lot, but would really like to hear it kick up a notch for the chorus; it loses the interesting pointilistic rhythm of the verse and just blands into sleep.