This is Spin magazine's writeup of the show I went to see on Wednesday. It's a trifle unkind--the room wasn't that empty, especially for a Wednesday night in an incredibly square town. They asked me and Tony Woodlief the question: what song would you like to see these guys cover? I hate questions like that. I rarely have a good answer, and knowing that I never have a good answer just makes me more nervous and drives any possibly good answers back down into whatever remote part of my psyche they live in. After a few long, frozen moments I blurted out the first thing that came to mind, which was, for no reason I can discern, "Cake Parade" by Georgie James. At that, at least I had an answer; several other people hemmed and hawed for a few minutes, and then gave up.
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If you like Georgie James, be sure to check out the Rosebuds when they play the Rock and Roll Hotel next week. (Interestingly, I got introduced to both bands when the opened for Camera Obscura - on different tours)
The answer to that question is always "Tom's Diner"
Struck dumb by hipster paralysis!
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
I recommend the half-tempo cover by Type O Negative.