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Little nugget I ran across today. Recorded Live (how I'm not really sure and if I knew probably couldn't say anyway) in Cleveland at Euclid Tavern on 3-28-01. OK but not the greatest sound quality, but goodtime rockin' stuff.
Seems covers of Dylan songs has become a subcategory of it's own. Here's my addition from Jason and the Scorchers second EP "Fervor". Dare I say I like this better than the original?
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“Brand New Key”
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Arrgh… don’t let knowing the original scare you away just yet! (and things don't really kick-in till after about the 30sec. mark)
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My newest favorite new band the Dollyrots really rock up a song that has always annoyed me horribly. All about wanting some guy to fit his brand new key into her brand new roller skates or some such metaphor.
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Singer Kelly Ogden still does the same, I don’t know what you call it, annoying nasal vocal whine, especially in the choruses, that was always a big part of what made the original so painful, but guess it just wouldn’t be the same without it. That aside, this is brilliant!!!
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...don't go too fast, but I go pretty far
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yeah, this is a good cover not what you expect from the beginning the dollyrots gonna have to remember that name
I remember Melanie Safka's original back then, and I thought it was...puerile. (Mad magazine's favorite word for age-inappropriate stuff.) I wonder if Shonen Knife could carve "Brand New Key" into something as interesting as their giddy cover of the Carpenters' "Top of the World"?
I almost didn't play this track. You're correct, the title brings back too many treacly memories.
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One more from the same show:
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this song right off the first note had me thinkin bill haley and the comets great find!!! rock in its purest form gotta love it
Wow, NRBQ played a spring picnic at my college in 1990. I haven't heard much from them since. Thanks.