tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2367859846495854541.post2309398885467687280..comments2007-12-20T15:47:45.947-05:00Inverarityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09838650110847975337noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2367859846495854541.post-69869272436352887682007-12-20T15:47:00.000-05:002007-12-20T15:47:00.000-05:00Every time I get this one stuck in my head, I think it's a Jethro Tull song. I like Jethro Tull, mind, so that's not intended as an insult.Mark of the Asphodelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14559240762068577710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2367859846495854541.post-18439951449429838872007-12-17T07:14:00.000-05:002007-12-17T07:14:00.000-05:00Honestly, I haven't gotten that far in the SATB discography yet. Will do, though. <BR/><BR/>Definitive, though? That's a high bar to clear...Inverarityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09838650110847975337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2367859846495854541.post-8530534676880840122007-12-14T22:19:00.000-05:002007-12-14T22:19:00.000-05:00Another song with a comic book connection, BTW: the chorus was (mis-) quoted in a late issue of Jamie Delano’s run on HELLBLAZER.<BR/><BR/>I’m curious: How do you rate Siouxsie and the Banshees’ cover of this? It’s an entirely different beast, to be sure—much more observational and arch, pushing the over-the-top noir imagery almost to the edge of absurdity—but I think it works very well. It fully embraces the immaculate pop structure that Cale does his best to subvert, landing somewhere between music-hall and arena rock, flirting with camp, but a particularly <I>menacing</I> breed of camp.<BR/><BR/>It may be heresy for me to say, but I consider the Banshees take to be the definitive version of an amazing song.Jack Feerickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06957899718721006732noreply@blogger.com