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<\/p>\nEditor’s Note: In addition to other news about global pandemics, renowned correspondent Marlow felt it necessary to provide non-pharmaceutical means of compensation. Tomorrow is Veteran’s Day- so we are staying loyal to our brand. <\/p>\n
– Vic<\/p>\n
B(r)and Loyalty <\/p>\n
With one or more vaccines showing huge promise this morning, it’s time to return once again to the plague.<\/p>\n
In this piece I look at how this virus made me acutely aware of my unspoken subconscious b(r)and loyalties. <\/p>\n
No, not for things like Detroit’s shiny, powerful, metal machines, European high end dress and casual shirts, designer jeans, flossing picks, Q-tips, and the like. This is more about standards that have stood the test of time — Heinz ketchup, Cascade dish detergent, Ziploc bags, LED bulbs, Tide detergent, Coke-a-Cola, Kelley Blue Book, Zing Zang Bloody Mary Mix, Skippy and Peter Pan chunky peanut butter, Fever Tree and Schweppes tonic water, Hefty Trash bags, Sweet Baby Ray\u2019s BBQ sauce, Hershey’s chocolates, Charmin TP (all that John Wayne skin scraping stuff can take a flying leap), Bounty paper towels, imported Italian dried pasta, Land of Lakes butter, San Marzano Certified Peeled Tomatoes, and Hellman\u2019s Mayo.<\/p>\n
Along with bulging recipes files, these items made plague life easier, predictable and comforting.<\/p>\n
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The plague also led W and me to listen to lots of cable TV channel and podcast music stations. So not to be just contrary (well, just a little), here\u2019s a partial list of covered songs that were hits like the originals, but which also differed heavily from the original. In some, the new version was amazingly better than the original version which was excellent. <\/p>\n
Van Halen covers of Kinks songs (Yes, I am giving those spandexed and permed pretty boys credit for the work of a true songwriter. It sticks in my craw to say this 35 years later.) <\/p>\n
Just about all of Led Zepplin\u2019s covers of old blues tunes. <\/p>\n
Songs covered multiple times: <\/p>\n
I Love Rock N Roll
\nWalk This Way
\nYou Really Got Me
\nDancing In The Street
\nBlack Magic Woman
\nKnocking on Heaven\u2019s Door
\nMr. Tambourine Man (yes, even James Shatner’s sonic abomination — so bad that it was so good)
\nCrossroads
\nCocaine<\/p>\n
I am not a big fan of the Rolling Stones\u2019 old blues covers, but their cover of Marianne Faithful\u2019s recording \u201cAs Tears Go By\u201d is still killing it. Yes, Jagger and Richards did cowrite it and recorded it later. <\/p>\n
I forgot to include in the above multiple list Donovan\u2019s \u201cHurdy Gurdy Man\u201d covers by the Butthole Surfers and Eartha Kitt. <\/p>\n
\u201cBack in the High Life Again\u201d by Warren Zevon <\/p>\n
\u201cSummertime Blues\u201d \u2013 a mid-60s cover favorite of mine. <\/p>\n
The many covers of Beatles songs deserve their own essay. Here\u2019s a few:
\nDavid Porter “Help”
\nErnest Ranglin “You Won’t See Me”
\nHerbie Mann “Norwegian Wood”
\nSergio Mendez & Brazil ’66 “With A Little Help From My Friends”
\nSteve Marcus “Tomorrow Never Knows”
\nJunior Parker “Taxman”
\nMarvin Gaye’s “Yesterday”
\nJoe Cocker\u2019s \u201cWith a Little Help From My Friends\u201d <\/p>\n
Just about all of Jimi Hendrix\u2019s covers — see \u201cAll Along the Watchtower,\u201d \u201cHey Joe\u201d <\/p>\n
Talking Heads\u2019 \u201cTake Me to the River\u201d <\/p>\n
Johnny Cash\u2019s cover of Nine Inch Nails’ \u201cHurt\u201d <\/p>\n
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