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The Residents did many cover versions including whole albums of interpretations of artist's work
including amongst others, John Phillip Sousa, Hank Williams and Elvis Presley. Here's a live version
of The Residents performing Elvis' 'Burning Love'. Great dancing!
Original: Hot Chocolate - Emma
Covered by Sisters of Mercy
Index - 8 Miles High.
Obscure garage take from 1967. The vocals are right down in the mix, enough to call this version amateurish, not that I consider that a bad thing. I love the Byrds version but there's something darker about this. Could be the use of sound fx in the intro of the helicopter that I immediately link to the horror images of Vietnam War that I was exposed to as a child when looking through pictures in Life and Time magazine, and something that sounds like a crowd at a Nazi Party rally.
RIP David Crosby.
Husker Du - 8 Miles High
Always thought this version was a bit of a mess with Bob Mould screaming his way through the indecipherable lyrics but the intro is great. Don't know why they didn't go for harmonies on the vocals when it was one of this groups strengths.
Shockabilly - 8 Miles High
The vocals this time are just laughably bad with Eugene Chadbourne's cartoonish voice but his final guitar solo is interesting and I also like the submerged backing rhythm of bass and drums/tapes that accompanies it.