Last Splash

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Friday, 30 September 2005

What's with all the Queen remakes lately? They're okay, but honestly, no one can touch Queen or Freddie Mercury, so if you like the music, for God's sake go out and buy a damn Queen CD, don't buy some CD with Constantine from American Idol singing 'Bohemian Rhapsody'.

Normally, I hate remakes, especially when they decide to change a few words or phrases to make it more pop-relevant, but I have to admit I LOVE the Black Flag reference in The Atari's version of 'Boys of Summer', and it's really not a bad remake. And what could be better than Cake's version of Gloria Gaynor's 'I Will Survive'? "I should've changed my fucking locks"...yeah, that's what she should've said the first time.

So, I've listened to David Gray 3 times now, and I love it. The only flaw I found on the album are Track 4: 'Nos Da Cariad' is really not my style. Oh, and it creeps me out that he thanked Michael McDonald in the liner notes ("Here's a girl that doesn't like Michael McDonald." Sidenote: if you ever get the chance to see Frank Calliendo's stand-up show, do it!)

So far the Foo Fighters CD is good, but 'Best of You' is still the best track on the "heavy" disk. I'll take a listen to disc number 2 and see what I think.