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Bad_Faith_Detector t1_ivm86rp wrote
Yeah this is news to me as well.
catwith4peglegs t1_ivm9h2f wrote
What the hell is a Shondell?
doubleflush t1_ivmmtd6 wrote
did you think a pop star princess could write a banger like this ? lol
starmartyr t1_ivmnpqo wrote
Madonna did. It's not that unbelievable.
starmartyr t1_ivmnrlg wrote
The guys behind Tommy James.
doubleflush t1_ivmo28k wrote
madonna wrote i think we’re alone now ?
starmartyr t1_ivmqo3d wrote
No, but she wrote all of her own songs. She's certainly a pop princess.
doubleflush t1_ivmqu74 wrote
but she didn’t have any bangers though lol
Sunsparc t1_ivmrjry wrote
A lot of 80s songs were covers of 60s and 70s hits.
Sunsparc t1_ivmrls3 wrote
She also covered a fair amount too.
Gary_Vigoda t1_ivmyjas wrote
The guitarist reminds me of the guy from Hot Rod.
Lots of punk bands used to cover old songs.
Social Distortion Making Believe is an old Kitty Wells song.
Cuillin t1_ivn0s7k wrote
You’re entitled to your opinions, and you clearly don’t like Madonna, but saying she didn’t have any bangers is asinine. She’s a household name decades later still.
Cuillin t1_ivn0vta wrote
Pfft, next you’ll tell me Weird Al Yankovic is a cover artist
Sunsparc t1_ivn157b wrote
Technically he's a parody artist.
Cuillin t1_ivn1hoi wrote
Oh… my… god
MikeArrow t1_ivn3g4j wrote
Used to great effect in the 10 Cloverfield Lane trailer.
LeonardSmallsJr t1_ivn5kg3 wrote
Fun fact: Tommy James and the Shondells had back to back #1 hits in the 80s with this song covered by Tiffany and “Mony Mony” covered by Billy Idol.
JohnDivney t1_ivnb8ax wrote
This is probably one of the biggest frustrations of being an adult, thinking of all the bands I adored as a kid for writing such an epic song, only it to be an effin cover. Black Crowes, looking at you, for starters.
schumaniac t1_ivnihh1 wrote
I think he's a clone now.
harvest3155 t1_ivnk6n9 wrote
he did a lot of covers, but we have to give him due with Eat It. it is crazy that kids these day actually think that MJ's Beat It was the original.
stutterstut t1_ivnq93p wrote
Wanda Jackson did a great cover of Making Believe.
Ruffdawg t1_ivo1ox3 wrote
'X' looking motherfucker is one of my favourite insults!!
Kylestache t1_ivo95pt wrote
RIP Weird Al
tacknosaddle t1_ivoo43y wrote
No spoilers, but you might want to watch the movie Shakes the Clown as that same question comes up.
catwith4peglegs t1_ivooe19 wrote
It’s one of my favorite movies of all times.
tacknosaddle t1_ivotclh wrote
They had a 25th anniversary screening of it at a movie theater in Harvard Square a few years back that Bobcat and some others involved were there to talk and do a bit of a Q&A. I have a picture with him and his autograph on my copy of the DVD.
One of my favorite bits of information was that the hickey added just above the bust of Florence Henderson was her idea, Bobcat said his reaction was, "Fuck it. It's your Wesson contract."
You_are_Retards t1_ivpr1ih wrote
Isnt that the villain from The Highlander film?
dankdooker t1_ivq7pq5 wrote
Coolio doing Gangster's Paradise was also a cover of a Stevie Wonder song
captain_beefheart14 t1_ivrrthn wrote
I was always partial to the intro baseline in Draggin’ the Line by them
junkmm3 t1_ivm0cxf wrote
Great bass line.