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Tom_Foolery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-04 12:17 PM Original message |
What group/artist did the best/worst cover song? |
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CO Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-04 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
1. William Shatner's "Mr. Tambourine Man" |
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bikebloke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-04 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
2. Sweet Home Alabama |
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dedhed (353 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-04 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
3. Worst cover... |
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mac56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-04 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
4. Best: "Money" or "Twist And Shout" by the Beatles. |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-04 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
5. A few good ones... |
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BOSSHOG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-04 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
6. Best - Brooks and Dunn, "My Maria" |
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mac56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-04 12:24 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Really? |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-04 12:37 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. maybe that's why it was good? |
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mac56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-04 12:39 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. okay...but... |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-04 12:56 PM Response to Reply #17 |
34. yeah, like the Lemonheads' version of MRS. ROBINSON |
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mac56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-04 01:01 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. a very good example |
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Fenris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-04 01:05 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. They also did an excellent version of Morrissey's Everyday Is Like Sunday |
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MinnFats (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-04 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
7. Manfred Mann's Earth Band Covered two Springsteen songs... |
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MinnFats (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-04 12:34 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. oops. forgot 'best.' it has to be 'All Along the Watchtower' by Jimi |
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( posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-04 01:48 PM Response to Reply #13 |
57. that one or Mick Harvey's cover of Initials BB |
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Quahog (704 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-04 01:02 PM Response to Reply #7 |
37. Yup, these deserve a vote for worst n/t |
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regularguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-04 01:03 PM Response to Reply #7 |
38. Yeah, what he/they did to those songs is a crime! |
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Atlas Mugged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-04 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
9. Worst. Cover. Ever. |
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( posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-04 01:53 PM Original message |
& Devo's cover is one of the best |
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Nailzberg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-04 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
71. I'll second that! |
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The Zanti Regent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-04 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
10. "Blowin in the Wind" by Eddie Albert |
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Commendatori (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-04 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
11. Best: Queensryche's "Scarborough Fair," |
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noonwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-04 01:53 PM Response to Reply #11 |
59. Is "Scarborough Fair" on one of the Reich's CDs? Which one? |
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Commendatori (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-04 02:54 PM Response to Reply #59 |
70. No, it was a B-side to a single, |
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southpaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-04 03:27 PM Response to Reply #11 |
78. Amen on the Queensryche! |
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Loonman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-04 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
12. Pixies - "Head On" |
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Whitacre D_WI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-04 12:35 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Are you mad? |
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Screaming Lord Byron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-04 12:40 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Much as I love the Mary Chain, I've gotta agree. |
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Loonman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-04 12:47 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. It sounds like a piss-take |
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Whitacre D_WI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-04 12:49 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. No! |
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Sticky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-04 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
16. Rod Stewart's cover |
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Zomby Woof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-04 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
19. best and worst |
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Fenris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-04 12:48 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. "Baby, Let Me Follow You Down" gets my vote |
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Zomby Woof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-04 12:52 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. true, but |
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Fenris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-04 12:54 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. A Dylan trifecta! |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-04 02:02 PM Response to Reply #19 |
65. "You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Man" |
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Screaming Lord Byron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-04 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
20. My Bloody Valentine's 'We Have All The Time In The World' |
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Fenris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-04 12:48 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Is that best or worst? |
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Screaming Lord Byron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-04 12:51 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. I'll give that a little Morrisseyan ambiguity. |
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Fenris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-04 12:53 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Alright. But be prepared for hordes of female and male admirers. |
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Screaming Lord Byron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-04 12:55 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. Hey! As long as they're free with their cash, what do I care? |
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Fenris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-04 12:59 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Spoken like the man himself! |
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clidaw (17 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-04 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
24. Satisfaction? Britney Spears?? |
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mac56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-04 12:53 PM Response to Reply #24 |
30. Cale's version is also on the "Scrubs" soundtrack. |
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Dulcinea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-04 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
26. Pearl Jam's cover of that butt-awful song |
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mac56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-04 12:54 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. I love that version of "Last Kiss". |
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Nailzberg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-04 03:07 PM Response to Reply #26 |
73. Sorry, but you're wrong. |
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Bossy Monkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-04 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
39. "We Can Work It Out" -- Stevie Wonder by a wide, wide margin |
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mac56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-04 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
41. Anyone familiar with Mary Lou Lord and Semisonic's version |
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Quahog (704 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-04 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
42. Emmylou Harris' version of "Wrecking Ball" |
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Zomby Woof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-04 01:08 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. good one! |
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terrya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-04 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
43. Worst: Bing Crosby doing "Hey Jude" |
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Screaming Lord Byron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-04 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
44. The Sundays did an excellent 'Wild Horses' |
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Screaming Lord Byron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-04 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
46. The Pixies - 'Winterlong' |
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Fenris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-04 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
47. Joy Division "Sister Ray" |
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clidaw (17 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-04 01:56 PM Response to Reply #47 |
60. Sister Ray cover |
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Screaming Lord Byron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-04 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
48. This Mortal Coil 'Song to the Siren' and 'You and Your Sister' |
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Quahog (704 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-04 01:23 PM Response to Reply #48 |
55. Yes! And 'Kangaroo' |
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Screaming Lord Byron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-04 01:26 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. Yeah, I'd forgotten about Kangaroo. TMC was a great concept. |
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Fenris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-04 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
49. Sex Pistols "Substitute" |
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Fenris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-04 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
50. The Clash "I Fought The Law" |
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Screaming Lord Byron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-04 01:16 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. plus 'Police and Thieves' and 'Police on my Back' |
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Fenris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-04 01:20 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. And "Pressure Drop"! Quadfecta! |
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( posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-04 01:49 PM Response to Reply #51 |
58. Look Here |
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Screaming Lord Byron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-04 02:00 PM Response to Reply #58 |
63. Of course. And The Pixies named a song after him. |
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( posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-04 02:07 PM Response to Reply #63 |
67. A Mose Allison story |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-04 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
52. Oooga chucka oooga ooga ooga chucka |
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Avonrepus (146 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-04 01:22 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. Rolf Harris - Stairway To Heaven |
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Tom_Foolery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-04 02:06 PM Response to Reply #52 |
66. Do you mean Blue Swede's HOOKED ON A FEELING? n/t |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-04 02:08 PM Response to Reply #66 |
68. yep..blech |
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MissMillie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-04 02:51 PM Response to Reply #52 |
69. Shawn Colvin did a whole album of AWESOME covers |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-04 03:09 PM Response to Reply #69 |
74. Yep it's called Covergirl and that song is on it |
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elfwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-04 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
61. Me First and the Gimme Gimmes |
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MissMillie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-04 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
62. Celine Dion's "I Drove All Night" followed closely by |
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Screaming Lord Byron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-04 02:01 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. Jessica Simpson's 'Take My Breath Away' |
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jimbo fett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-04 03:03 PM Response to Reply #64 |
72. I'll second that. What a horrible cover! |
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Screaming Lord Byron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-04 03:11 PM Response to Reply #72 |
75. (shudder) |
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Nailzberg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-04 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
76. Stereofuse "I Remember You" - Worst.Cover.Ever. |
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bif (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-04 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
77. "Nature's Way" -This Mortal Coil-The Best |
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southpaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-04 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
79. Kentucky Headhunters |
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livetohike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-04 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
80. Best: All Along the Watchtower |
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Beefheart (54 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-04 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
81. Devo's "Satisfaction" or the Slits' "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-04 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
82. Best (tie) - Cafe Tecuba/"jackass" (beck) & Cornershop/"Norwegian Wood" |
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geniph (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-04 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
83. Tom_Foolery, you are my new bestest friend! |
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Zomby Woof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-04 05:02 PM Response to Reply #83 |
86. don't forget |
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geniph (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-04 05:13 PM Response to Reply #86 |
87. Yup, that song is a beautiful cover |
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Twillig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-04 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
84. I always like Judas Priest's cover of Diamonds and Rust |
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southpaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-04 04:34 PM Response to Reply #84 |
85. Priest likewise rocked Green Manalishi |
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Kat45 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-04 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
88. Clapton's version of "Little Wing" - in the category of 'best' |
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Whitacre D_WI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-04 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
89. MC5 "Ramblin' Rose" and Alternative TV "Why Don't You Do Me Right?" |
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