Comments on: Blues Run the Game http://songbytoad.com/2007/09/blues-run-the-game/ Independent music from Edinburgh, Scotland - with added gin and swearing. Wed, 23 May 2012 14:07:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Matthew http://songbytoad.com/2007/09/blues-run-the-game/#comment-1311 Matthew Wed, 19 Sep 2007 14:00:24 +0000 http://songbytoad.com/2007/09/16/blues-run-the-game/#comment-1311 Jesus - at this rate there's going to have to be another post on this song! Any chance you could email it to me old chap? Jesus – at this rate there’s going to have to be another post on this song! Any chance you could email it to me old chap?

]]> By: morg http://songbytoad.com/2007/09/blues-run-the-game/#comment-1310 morg Wed, 19 Sep 2007 13:37:27 +0000 http://songbytoad.com/2007/09/16/blues-run-the-game/#comment-1310 Eddi Reader's version is good too ... dang it, maybe it's just a good song. Eddi Reader’s version is good too … dang it, maybe it’s just a good song.

]]> By: Matthew http://songbytoad.com/2007/09/blues-run-the-game/#comment-1309 Matthew Mon, 17 Sep 2007 18:25:08 +0000 http://songbytoad.com/2007/09/16/blues-run-the-game/#comment-1309 Oh no - who was I upsetting this time? Oh no – who was I upsetting this time?

]]> By: Laura http://songbytoad.com/2007/09/blues-run-the-game/#comment-1308 Laura Mon, 17 Sep 2007 17:59:26 +0000 http://songbytoad.com/2007/09/16/blues-run-the-game/#comment-1308 only stopped to read this as you were dissing my favourite band, but really glad i did - really interesting post and some *amazing* tunes :) only stopped to read this as you were dissing my favourite band, but really glad i did – really interesting post and some *amazing* tunes :)

]]> By: Matthew http://songbytoad.com/2007/09/blues-run-the-game/#comment-1307 Matthew Mon, 17 Sep 2007 12:37:59 +0000 http://songbytoad.com/2007/09/16/blues-run-the-game/#comment-1307 Just about to listen to that actually - it's taken some time to chew my way through my inbox, even after a couple of days away. Just about to listen to that actually – it’s taken some time to chew my way through my inbox, even after a couple of days away.

]]> By: Campfires & Battlefields http://songbytoad.com/2007/09/blues-run-the-game/#comment-1306 Campfires & Battlefields Mon, 17 Sep 2007 10:50:43 +0000 http://songbytoad.com/2007/09/16/blues-run-the-game/#comment-1306 Nick Drake recorded a lovely version of this tune. Check your inbox. Nick Drake recorded a lovely version of this tune. Check your inbox.

]]> By: Matthew http://songbytoad.com/2007/09/blues-run-the-game/#comment-1305 Matthew Mon, 17 Sep 2007 08:42:42 +0000 http://songbytoad.com/2007/09/16/blues-run-the-game/#comment-1305 Sorry Davy, I never saw that one. But I was a mere tadpole on the internets back then! Cheers Jon - yes I love the Counting Crows version too actually, and especially in contrast to their recent work which has been disappointing. Sorry Davy, I never saw that one. But I was a mere tadpole on the internets back then!

Cheers Jon – yes I love the Counting Crows version too actually, and especially in contrast to their recent work which has been disappointing.

]]> By: Davy H http://songbytoad.com/2007/09/blues-run-the-game/#comment-1304 Davy H Sun, 16 Sep 2007 21:31:28 +0000 http://songbytoad.com/2007/09/16/blues-run-the-game/#comment-1304 The recent 2CD comp of Jackson C. Frank's stuff is well worth a listen, although the music on it is at times almost unbearably sad. There's a modest little post about him from last year over at my place too http://theghostofelectricity.blogspot.com/2006/10/blues-run-game_116133795055210530.html The recent 2CD comp of Jackson C. Frank’s stuff is well worth a listen, although the music on it is at times almost unbearably sad.

There’s a modest little post about him from last year over at my place too http://theghostofelectricity.blogspot.com/2006/10/blues-run-game_116133795055210530.html

]]> By: Jon http://songbytoad.com/2007/09/blues-run-the-game/#comment-1303 Jon Sun, 16 Sep 2007 18:13:36 +0000 http://songbytoad.com/2007/09/16/blues-run-the-game/#comment-1303 It's rare that covers hold a candle to the original version of the song but this might be the exception. I think the original is great and both cover versions have a unique quality to them that allows the artists to make the song their own. Sadly, it's a small reminder of how good the Counting Crows used to be. VERY WELL DONE!!!! It’s rare that covers hold a candle to the original version of the song but this might be the exception. I think the original is great and both cover versions have a unique quality to them that allows the artists to make the song their own. Sadly, it’s a small reminder of how good the Counting Crows used to be. VERY WELL DONE!!!!

]]> By: dickvandyke http://songbytoad.com/2007/09/blues-run-the-game/#comment-1302 dickvandyke Sun, 16 Sep 2007 14:57:20 +0000 http://songbytoad.com/2007/09/16/blues-run-the-game/#comment-1302 Nice work Toady. I knew the original but not the covers. Simon & Garfunkel don't seem to possess the hard-earned melancholy, misery and futureless desparation of the author - and those signature twiddly bits at the end gild the lily a tad. Nevertheless, well worth sharing with a brandy and coke nostalgia ride on a wet Sunday afternoon. Nice work Toady. I knew the original but not the covers. Simon & Garfunkel don’t seem to possess the hard-earned melancholy, misery and futureless desparation of the author – and those signature twiddly bits at the end gild the lily a tad. Nevertheless, well worth sharing with a brandy and coke nostalgia ride on a wet Sunday afternoon.

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