We were listening to Tom Petty’s “American Girl” as we stood in line to buy Flash tickets over the weekend. The song sounded great but once we got in the stadium it turned out to be a cover band. Every song they did sounded as good as the original. So you have to wonder why. Why not just play the recording? I’d much rather hear Angel Corpus Christi’s dreamy Tom Petty covers.
We went up to Olmstead’s Highland Park tonight where the Psychedelic Furs were were playing for free at the Lilac Festival. The guys, the Butler brothers, were covering themselves. They sounded exactly like they did thirty years ago, same songs, nothing new. Kind of an odd experience.
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