{"id":23790,"date":"2020-08-27T09:10:20","date_gmt":"2020-08-27T13:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/?p=23790"},"modified":"2020-08-27T09:10:21","modified_gmt":"2020-08-27T13:10:21","slug":"all-pastiche-covers-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/all-pastiche-covers-album\/","title":{"rendered":"All-Pastiche Covers Album"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Here&#8217;s a topic I have been thinking about for years, but that may never have made it to the Main Stage. I guess I&#8217;ve been thinking about this since Rock Town Hall first fizzled away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"1976 KIss - Hard Luck Woman\" width=\"695\" height=\"391\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GUFuJQATLZA?feature=oembed&amp;wmode=opaque\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>KISS<\/strong>&#8216; &#8220;Hard Luck Woman&#8221; is such an obvious pastiche of mid-&#8217;70s <strong>Rod Stewart<\/strong> that it&#8217;s a wonder that Rod never covered it. (Or has he?) Some of you may recall <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/kiss-army-reunion-band-of-brothers\/\" target=\"_blank\">how much I personally despise KISS<\/a>, but I have to give it to them: they were rock solid as Rod Stewart imitators. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What&#8217;s the first thing anyone of my generation thought when first hearing the <strong>Stealer&#8217;s Wheel<\/strong> song &#8220;Stuck in the Middle With You&#8221;? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>New Dylan tune? Cool!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bob&#8217;s a proud man, but he&#8217;s got a devilish sense of humor. How has he gone all these years without covering that song? (Or has he?)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And here&#8217;s the tune that has most had me thinking about this topic for the last few years: <strong>David Bowie<\/strong>&#8216;s &#8220;Diamond Dogs.&#8221; Maybe it was 5 years ago when it came on and I thought to myself, <em>That is the greatest song the <\/em>Exile<em>-era Stones never recorded!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Can you hear it as a swaggering Stones song, with Jagger sashaying and laying into the word &#8220;brooch&#8221; the way Bowie so expertly does*; Mick Taylor and Keef doing their thing; <strong>E Pluribus Gergely<\/strong>&#8216;s <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/bobby-keys-is-dead\/\" target=\"_blank\">favorite saxophonist, Bobby Keys<\/a>, honking away? Ever since that day the thought occurred to me, that&#8217;s all I can hear. Well, that and the way Bowie sings <em>brooch<\/em>. And the cool <em>This ain&#8217;t rock &#8216;n roll; this is genocide<\/em> intro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So here&#8217;s my assignment: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>Starting with the 3 songs I&#8217;ve noted (and dispute those nominations if you must), what would make the greatest collection of covers of pastiche songs by the original artists being imitated? Imagine, a revitalized, coke-and-brandy fueled Rod the Mod singing &#8220;Hard Luck Woman.&#8221; Bob Dylan and his most crack modern-day band rambling through &#8220;Stuck in the Middle With You.&#8221; The Rolling Fucking Stones coming back for just one more album and world tour, featuring their version of &#8220;Diamond Dogs.&#8221; Hell, the Stones promise <strong>2000 Man<\/strong> a seat on the tour bus!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>*<em>Brooch<\/em> is probably my favorite word in the English language, or at least a close second to <em>penultimate<\/em>, on the basis of the way Bowie pronounces it in &#8220;Diamond Dogs.&#8221; Somehow, Bowie made it sound dirty!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a topic I have been thinking about for years, but that may never have made it to the Main Stage. I guess I&#8217;ve been thinking about this since Rock Town Hall first fizzled away. 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