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Originally posted by LessinSF
How much did you pay for the t-shirt that proves that you heard of them first?
Less (I never did praise Atticus' most excellent parody) inSF
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Since we're on music, and discussing trendy shit, go out and buy the new Johnny Cash box set if you've got a spare $80.00 in your pocket. The Joe Strummer/Johnny Cash version of Redemption Song is worth the price alone. Before you say "Oh, fuck... no one should cover that song," sample a bit of the song on line. Trust me. Its very fucking moving. You got two cats who'd be dead soon thereafter singing their asses off as best they can with no studio effects (just Strummer playing guitar) on one of the best songs ever written. You may call Redemption Song corny, but no matter how many times I hear it, I can't help but think "Fuck - this might be better than anything Dylan, McCartney or Lennon ever wrote." Oh, and the rest of the Cash box set is also great; killer version of Neil Young's Heart of Gold, a very strange cover of Pocahontas and some other really pognant shit and great country/rock standards.
Rick Rubin is a fucking genius. Does he put out anything bad? Hell, from the Jayhawks through Slayer through the Beasties through the Cult's "Electric" (a fantastic example of stripped down rock), the guy does no fucking wrong.
