Line Out - Comments on Almost Paradise http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/06/almost_paradise On Doveman's website, their cover of the Footloose soundtrack album is available for free. It actually reminded me how good the Footloose soundtrack is: the epic highs, the tragic lows; the antic uptempo and the dramatic, hormonal ballads. I'm usually... Copyright 2008 Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:48:14 -0800 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:59:17 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by paulus Alanis's version of My Humps fucking rules!

And I think you're dead wrong about slowed-down covers being nothing but a cheap shot at the original.
(cough*DANZ'ID,myonemanpianobasedMisfitstributeband*cough!)

]]> paulus http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/06/almost_paradise#c1061793 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/06/almost_paradise#c1061793 MP3 Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:06:32 -0800 Comment by perpetually peaking When you slow down a song like “Footlose,” you’ve only got one thing in mind: you’re mocking it.

False. See also: all Red House Painters/Mark Kozelek covers.

]]> perpetually peaking http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/06/almost_paradise#c1061819 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/06/almost_paradise#c1061819 MP3 Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:41:23 -0800 Comment by Chris B I wish to chime in with Jonathan Coulton's acoustic cover of "Baby Got Back". I wouldn't say that's a mockery...

]]> Chris B http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/06/almost_paradise#c1061848 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/06/almost_paradise#c1061848 MP3 Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:08:40 -0800 Comment by Huh I remember liking "footloose."

]]> Huh http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/06/almost_paradise#c1063322 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/06/almost_paradise#c1063322 MP3 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:59:17 -0800