The Boys of Summer
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Originally posted by Brain Stew
I am tired of the mainstreaming of punk. It's nice that you can pick up Black Flag, or The Clash, or Dead Kennedys at your local music store, but ypu have to wonder when the subversive becomes mainstream.
I am tired of the mainstreaming of punk. It's nice that you can pick up Black Flag, or The Clash, or Dead Kennedys at your local music store, but ypu have to wonder when the subversive becomes mainstream.
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I sometimes enjoy punk covers of songs, but not this one. It has none of the energy that a punk song should have, just the rapid tempo. It just feels so packaged and fabricated. . .or maybe I'm just getting old and pissy.
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if you want a BETTER cover of this song, IMO, check out the version by the band Codeseven recorded back in 1998. The Ataris version sounds like a much wimpier/weaker version of what Codeseven tried with the song.
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The Benjamins also did a much better cover. Wow, what happened to the Ataris? I didn't follow them very closely, but the few songs I'd heard of theirs when I was in college eclipse embarrassing tripe like "In This Diary". "Being grown up isn't half as fun as growing up?" Yikes!
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If their record company insisted on this song, and if The Ataris didn't really do their very best on that version, they should have said, okay fine. We'll re-record it if you're so damn insistent on it! But if they weren't completely satisfied with it, they should have redone it.
Well, now its a hit, for better or for worse. It is at #44 this week on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart.
Well, now its a hit, for better or for worse. It is at #44 this week on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart.
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Originally posted by scarredgod
if you want a BETTER cover of this song, IMO, check out the version by the band Codeseven recorded back in 1998. The Ataris version sounds like a much wimpier/weaker version of what Codeseven tried with the song.
if you want a BETTER cover of this song, IMO, check out the version by the band Codeseven recorded back in 1998. The Ataris version sounds like a much wimpier/weaker version of what Codeseven tried with the song.
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Re: The Boys of Summer
Originally posted by Buttmunker
The Boys of Summer by Don Henley was his finest hour as a solo artist
The Boys of Summer by Don Henley was his finest hour as a solo artist
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I kept hearing this song on the "HITS" channel. I was wondering why they were playing this old song so much. Finally was told it was a remake because I would turn it as soon as I heard it.
Both versions blow, IMO!
Both versions blow, IMO!
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Decent cover.....Phenomenal song
This songs production....PERFECT(who the hell produced this song by the way). Also, Henley's raspy vocals are perfect for the song. Just one "Minor" complaint.....It wouldn't be a Dalvin post without one. But I would have loved to have had those 2 new songs on "Actual Miles"(garden of Alllah and Everybody Knows) replaced with two songs from "Inside Job"("My Thanksgiving" and "Workin' It". Oh well, Just buy these two albums, the new cuts on "Actual Miles" aren't that great, but it was because Henley was having many gripes with his record company at the time. Why do you think he posed as a used car salesman on the front cover of the album? I got the subliminal message, but many didn't
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Originally posted by El Scorcho
To add my expertise on this --
I'm good friends with the Ataris....
To add my expertise on this --
I'm good friends with the Ataris....
-k
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Originally posted by LX98Civic
I kept hearing this song on the "HITS" channel. I was wondering why they were playing this old song so much. Finally was told it was a remake because I would turn it as soon as I heard it.
Both versions blow, IMO!
I kept hearing this song on the "HITS" channel. I was wondering why they were playing this old song so much. Finally was told it was a remake because I would turn it as soon as I heard it.
Both versions blow, IMO!
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I can tolerate the Henly version, but this newest version is just complete crap. Personally, I'm tired of new bands covering old classics just to get on the radio. They can't write their own lyrics / basic melody, so they rip something.