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That’s delightful.
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I’m going to listen to this very soon, but in a way, I feel like I’ve already heard it.
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Hmmm…all this time I thought it was “sure as Kilimanjaro rises like a LEOPARD above the Serengeti”, not “Olympus”. I think my misheard lyric is more poetic, though it doesn’t make a whole lot of sense.
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OMG YES!!!
My version of (This Mortal Coil’s cover of) Van Morrison’s “Come Here My Love” is way better 
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It's a storyline… and paragraphs, they turn to stone
just works more for me than
Yet the storyline, in paragraphs, laid down the same.Their cover of Rosanna is delightful too (maybe moreso): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8jr-p0lQZo&feature=youtu.be
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this cover is better
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Meh. Similar to their version of Roseanna. Unfortunately, it just sounds like Weezer doing their Toto impersonation. Make it your own, Weezer.
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Haha, your version is better. Another misheard (but better) lyric of mine is from Mountain’s “Theme for an Imaginary Western”. I thought it was:
“Oh the sun was in their eyes
And they danced with the tribe…”
not the correct:
“Oh the sun was in their eyes
And the desert was dry…”
I still sing my improved version!
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Dear God, I am so glad that I discovered punk and jazz (starting with Mahavishnu) in the '70’s thus pretty much missing out on all that God Damn crap they were calling ‘popular’ music. Did people actually buy and even listen to crap like Toto or Journey? So freaking weird.
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It is.
The Weezer version just sounds like a remake. Do something original with it.
I actually liked that they didn’t F-around with it too much.
The original is just so iconic, that it would grate (at least to me) if they changed it too much.
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I am floored! That’s my old pal Mike, at the Pie in Salt Lake City! I used to go sit in with Mike and Jeff, playing percussion and adding vocals and flute here and there. Nice to see a very talented friend getting recognition. Mike used to head up a very good Jerry Garcia tribute band, and is a walking Grateful Dead encyclopedia. Bonus info: Mike’s daytime job used to be as a defense attorney in northern Utah.
I recommend checking out his website and YouTube channel.
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Any song in the world is better… their version of Roy Harper’s Another Day is even better than the Kate Bush/Peter Gabriel version.
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