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Will

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Date: Jun 18, 2008

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There is a new cover version of Love is Blind by The Bon Bon Club. Some info: The Bon Bon Club are Sushi Quatro (bass, vox), Thirsty Moore (drums,vox) and Chapatti Smith (perc, vox), although Sushi and Thirsty are better known under different names for their day job as the rhythm section of Sheffield glam-popsters The Long Blondes and Chapatti also plays in Slow Down Tallahassee. On this single The Bon Bon Club hit us with a Hulk-fist sized triple whammy (plus!) of cover versions. Rather than slow the songs down on acoustic guitar to 'show the great songwriting' like every Jo Wiley Live Lounge indie plodder, the Bon Bons strip 'em down and rip 'em up to the real essentials - the bass and drums. This is how you do it. The covers are The Cure's "Lullaby", Pulp's "Love is Blind" and Death from Above 1979's "Romantic Rights". You can listened to the song on its last.fm page. -- Edited by Will at 20:29, 2008-06-18 __________________ www.pulpwiki.net

James

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Date: Jun 19, 2008

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It's not bad, but it's not good either. __________________ Oh god, you'd better leave town. Before you get caught in the Covid lock down.

Eamonn

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Date: Jun 19, 2008

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They wisely left-off the "HEY BUTCHER!..." rant near the end. I think the fact that there's quite a lot of witty half-spoken half-sung bits in Pulp songs, that you can only really imagine Jarvis ever singing/saying, puts people off doing Pulp cover versions, for fear of coming across a tit. __________________ Tell mester to fck off!*

calumlynn

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Date: Jun 19, 2008

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That is absolutely excruciating. I love it how the singer sings in a posh southern accent a la The Pipettes, yet pretends to add a "yorkshire twang" to her words at the end of lines. Absolutely hilarious! __________________

James

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Date: Jun 20, 2008

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I must admit I was being over-generous when I said it's not bad. Pity, I love that song. Right up there with I Want You as an early Pulp favourite for me. BTW, off topic, I played My Lighthouse in Reading last nite. No particular reason. They liked it tho'. __________________ Oh god, you'd better leave town. Before you get caught in the Covid lock down.

Sturdy

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Date: Jun 20, 2008

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calumlynn wrote: That is absolutely excruciating. I love it how the singer sings in a posh southern accent a la The Pipettes, yet pretends to add a "yorkshire twang" to her words at the end of lines. Absolutely hilarious! Maybe she's from Harrogate. __________________ "Yes I saw her in the chip shop / so I said get yer top off"