tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111635302011-04-21T14:51:31.484-04:00A blog dedicated to the elimination of overplayed "standards" from the repiroires of cover bands everywhere, and to offering more pleasing (to the ear, heart, and mind) and satisfying musical substitutes.CJ Marsicanonoreply@blogger.comBlogger31100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11163530.post-1112154896911347102005-03-29T22:52:00.000-05:002005-03-29T22:56:14.180-05:00

ARTIST: Van MorrisonOVERPLAYED SONG: "Brown Eyed Girl"ORIGINAL SOURCE: single/Blowin' Your Mind album (Bang!, 1967)OTHER SOURCE: The Best Of Van Morrison (Mercury, 1990)The ever-handy resource allmusic.com describes Van Morrison's first solo hit "Brown-Eyed Girl" like this: "Possibly Van Morrison's biggest international hit record, "Brown Eyed Girl" came between his career as the lead singer of

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ARTIST: The RamonesOVERPLAYED SONG: "I Wanna Be Sedated"ORIGINAL SOURCE: Road To Ruin LP, Sire/Warner Bros., 1978OTHER SOURCES: Ramonesmania compilation, Sire/Warner Bros., 1988; Loco Live (live CD), Sire/Warner Bros., 1993; Hey! Ho! Let's Go: The Anthology 2xCD compilation, Warner Archives/Rhino, 1999Let's get one thing straight before we proceed with this next entry. We here at Stop Playing

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ARTIST: Lynyrd SkynyrdOVERPLAYED SONG: "Sweet Home Alabama"ORIGINAL SOURCE: Second Helping LP, MCA, 1975OTHER SOURCES: Any of the many compilations of Skynyrd material released by MCA/Geffen since 1980.Let's be honest. As decent a band they were, Lynyrd Skynyrd were basically a mid-sized cult act at best, with at least 95% of their following based below the Mason-Dixon line, until a private

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