Shuttin' Detriot Down - John Rich Cover by Neal Medlyn

Guest Post by Neal Medlyn



Here's a recession song for you, America. I had wandered around my house all morning thinking of the title before I heard it through and got all mad thinking that the song was about how we Detroit could go fuck itself.

I got all in a kerfuffle that my fellow Southerners are always so quick to suggest bad come to others, as in Toby Keith kicking such and such in the ass and so forth. So imagine my surprise when I listened and realized the song was on the side of Detroit.

Just goes to show just cuz you grew up in a place that might spawn the sentiment that Detroit or some other city could go to hell for all you care, you can still be surprised by your countrymen.

nm

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MEDLEY MONDAYS - Single Ladies/My Neck, My Back - Beyonce/Khia Cover

Medley Mondays! And the 100th post! It is pouring here in NYC. A grey day. A perfect day for a Beyonce cover.

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What Hurts The Most - Rascal Flatts Cover

I enjoy this song. I also enjoy that everytime I watch a Rascal Flatts video, there is some odd minute or two of dramatic acting before the song kicks in. I promise to find out what the heck is going on with the ersatz telenovela that they've decided is a perfect accompaniment to their songs.
In other news, this is the 99th cover on this blog. Tomorrow is #100. That, to me, is pretty exciting.

Kenny

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You Found Me - The Frays Cover

Things I learned today...Twilight is kinda a good movie. The workprint of Wolverine that leaked is an amazing study of how movies are made. Seeing cartoon airplanes where real ones will be in the final print, is so interesting. And I also learned that I can't forget to post....

kenny

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FLASHBACK FRIDAYS - Smalltown Boy - Bronski Beat Cover

In honor of Iowa. And perhaps soon there will a generation of kids from Iowa who won't feel like they have to leave home...

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Come On Get Higher - Matt Nathanson Cover

Had no idea who Matt Nathanson was before covering this song. I looked him up on Wikipedia and the most notable thing about him seems to be that his songs are well placed on TV shows. One Tree Hill, Scrubs and Private Practice to name a few. His music does seem to fit as emotional oboeing. My partner explains oboeing as the music that plays under an emotional scene in a movie or TV show that often involves an oboe and always is meant to pull at your heartstrings. This song is a definite oboeing song.


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Boom Boom Pow - Black Eyes Peas Cover

Well, Black Eyed Peas are back. Straight to number one download on iTunes. As much as I lost all respect for Fergie when she did a cartwheel in front of Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart, she sounds good on this track. But the track its self is pretty thin. Not production thin, but content thin. It basically is a brag track. I didn't think people were still making those.
Speaking of Heart, I was at Disneyworld this past weekend and Heart was playing the House of Blues in Downtown Disney. I saw their tour buses. Do you think they each get a separate tour bus? I wonder if they like each other still...

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