Comments on: News & Comment: Cedar Fort Title Makes Oprah & Other News

By: Wm Morris

Wm Morris — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:29:13 +0000

It’s not orthodox if the lips that speak the truth are heretical.

By: Th.

Th. — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:02:14 +0000

What are you talking about? He quotes Frank Sinatra! How much more orthodox can you get?

By: Wm Morris

Wm Morris — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:26:55 +0000

I never thought to hear such heresy from your lips, Th.

By: Th.

Th. — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:12:15 +0000

I thought it was Bon Jovi who sang “It’s [bum!] my [bum!] life!”

By: Wm Morris

Wm Morris — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:03:02 +0000

I agree that it’s pretty decent cover as these things go. But in order for it to be better, it has to substantially surpass the original. No Doubt’s version features a Gwen Stefani vocal that’s just a little too overly dramatic and precious and the arrangement doesn’t change a whole lot.

I suppose one could object to the synth animal-like sounds in the original, but a) the anti-synth backlash is so 1995 and b) Talk Talk had a sense of humor about them.

In addition, by casting it solely in terms of female sexual empowerment, Stefani loses the more nuanced version of the original.

By: MoJo

MoJo — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:35:51 +0000

Yuh huh.

By: Wm Morris

Wm Morris — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:23:57 +0000

Uh, no.

By: MoJo

MoJo — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:00:51 +0000

Please. No Doubt’s was much better.

By: Wm Morris

Wm Morris — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:30:04 +0000

It’s my life. Don’t you forget.

(Talk Talk version — not the No Doubt one)

By: Th.

Th. — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:59:04 +0000

You wouldn’t find it so funny if it were your life.