Glam Descendant
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"Frankenstein"?
Feb 11, 2009, 00:53
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I've been reading the thread on reactions to the new Brain Donor -- I wanted to hold off until I had heard it for myself.
Anyway, I can't find any songwriting credits on the disk and if anyone mentioned the Dolls cover, I missed it. Surely Sylvain & Johansen deserve proper credit?
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Annexus Quam
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Re: dolls
Feb 11, 2009, 11:35
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haven't heard the new donor yet, is it really a dolls cover?
can't wait to hear it then, def my fave dolls song ever
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The Seth Man
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"Frankenstein (Original)"
Feb 11, 2009, 12:47
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It's not a Dolls cover...!
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The Seth Man
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"Something must've happened over (Seth) Manhattan"
Feb 11, 2009, 12:51
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Of all the days to peek on here and find you're back on board...!
Welcome back, man.
(And yeah; "Wasted Fuzz Excessive" is excellent. Honest.)
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dee
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more like a dolls rip off! It is fantastic. One of my fav bits of the album.
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Shrimp
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Re: dolls
Feb 11, 2009, 23:05
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blimey long time no post hope things are ok with you sir
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Glam Descendant
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How so? Same melody & chord changes, same lyrics (at least in the beginning...) -- ?
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The Seth Man
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I've gotta ask you one question:
Feb 12, 2009, 05:57
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How is this a cover of The New York Dolls' "Frankenstein (Original)"?
Well, there's only the opening line "Something must have happened/over Manhattan" and the refrain of the title. And that's pretty much it. It's also not titled "Frankenstein (Original)."
If this song had a different title, no one would think for an instant it was a cover of "Frankenstein (Original)."
It's also missing at least four verses,
There's so much phasing/distortion on the guitar it blurs most of the chords,
There's a line about planes flying into buildings,
The word "martyr" is in the sung lyrics...
It's not a Dolls cover. It's...
a FRANKENSTEIN.
Love,
Edgar Wintergruppe
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Citizensmurf
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Re: I've gotta ask you one question:
Feb 12, 2009, 23:05
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Well it's some kind of homage. Whatever happened to the Saint Vitus cover?
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Glam Descendant
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Re: I've gotta ask you one question:
Feb 13, 2009, 04:33
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You don't think it has the same melody & chord changes? I do.
Pavement totally re-wrote the lyrics to their version of "Camera" but they still gave credit to R.E.M. To each his own version of homage I suppose.
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