the Bird & the Bee, who recorded a full album of Hall & Oates tunes, to Alison Brie, whose Brooklyn band performs “Rich Girl,” because of courseOh. Youth. I hope that's a meteor bound for Brooklyn.
Will someone now dare claim (or at least make it clear to the ignorant youth before we are subjected to any more tribute* albums) that Loggins & Messina blow chunks as well? Seals & Crofts? England Dan & John Ford Coley? Tom & Jerry?
And what's w/ that duo dynamic? I'm no musical encyclopædia, but Google agrees there's nothing. When two white guys collaborate are each other's "testosterones" cancelled? (Can't think of any "hard" rock/metal duos. Certainly no successful/known ones.)
Yet R&B duos (mixed) work: Peaches & Herb, Mickey & Sylvia. Even R&B dudes: Don & Dewey. Now, I don't want to wax Goldbergian, but the "soft rock, limp dick (at a minimum metrosexual)" conclusion is foregone here.
Soon in Salon: "STAR WARS: Y'All Ever Notice Them Prequels Ain't So Good?" & "Hitler: Even Worse Than You Thought!"
*"Millions for defense but not one damn penny for tribute" albums.
4 comments:
I'm reminded of this.
Hall and Oats? Really?
Isn't the point of a tribute album to pay homage to music you like?
Isn't the point of a tribute album to pay homage to music you like?
Not in Brooklyn, the point is to be ironic and postmodern.
The Bird and the Bee are (I think) a Topanga-related band, so don't hate me too much.
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