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To: eleni121
I felt the same way listening to Michael Bolton massacring "My Girl" and "Sittin at the Dock of the Bay".

You have hit on one of my visceral grievances. You could throw in his version (I think it's him) of the Four Tops "Reach Out, I'll Be There" for good measure, or bad measure if you prefer. Musical sacrilige, and people will hear that and think it's the real thing. And I won't even start in on James Taylor draining the soul from "How Sweet It Is."

33 posted on 06/01/2006 10:07:23 PM PDT by speedy
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To: speedy

I think that's Michael MacDonald. Either way, it sucks.


34 posted on 06/01/2006 10:12:03 PM PDT by gate2wire
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To: speedy

All I can say about Bolton and Taylor is "Mommy make the bad men stop!"

"Draining the Soul" perfectly describes what these 2 do to their frightful rendition of the classics. I think of Joe Piscopo doing his lounge act on SNL...and Bill Murray singing "Star wars - gimme those star wars"


38 posted on 06/01/2006 10:20:15 PM PDT by eleni121 ('Thou hast conquered, O Galilean!' (Julian the Apostate))
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