My iPod is happily loaded with recent purchases - see sidebar. They are working out nicely. The Richard Thompson cover of The Who's "A Legal Matter" (previously discussed in comments) is good, for example. But Mr. Thompson changes the lyrics. This happens all the time; singers must have their fun. But ... well, I'll give you the whole thing, indicating the change at the bottom.
I told you why I changed my mind
I got bored by playing with time
I know you thought you had me nailed
But I've freed my head from your garden rails
Now it's a legal matter, baby
You got me on the run
It's a legal matter, baby
A legal matter from now on
My mind's lost in a household fog
Wedding gowns and catalogs
Kitchen furnishings and houses
Maternity clothes and baby's trousers
Now it's a legal matter, baby
Marryin's no fun
It's a legal matter, baby
A legal matter from now on
I told you why I changed my mind
I got bored by playing with time
I know you thought you had me nailed
Well, I've freed my head from your garden rails
Now it's a legal matter, baby
You got me on the run
It's a legal matter, baby
A legal matter from now on
You ain't the first and you ain't the last
I gain and lose my women fast
I never want to make them cry
I just get bored, don't ask me why
Just wanna keep doing all the dirty little things I do
And not work all day in an office just to bring my money back to you
Sorry, baby
Thompson modifies this to:
... immature little things I do
And not grow up and be responsible for someone truly wonderful like you
Thompson is singing in self-consciously loose fashion by that point, so there isn't any danger he's taking himself too seriously. Yet mayhap he is evincing a touch of over-concern that the audience will miss the point that the guy's a jerk. Not really a cool dude at all. I took that to be fairly obvious in the original.
The track on the album I really like is Tommy Keene's cover of "Tattoo". It's super twinkly. Tommy who? No, Who is the band. Tommy is the concept album. Vaudeville aside, google does not disappoint. I'm very sorry I can't tell you where to get the Who covers album, which was a freebie Mojo magazine thing. [Oh, crumbles, the mp3 link has expired. oh well.]
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