Across the Universe

Me and my Monkey

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Nov 3, 2015

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• Jun 22, 2017

• #1

In my mind, a more perfect pop song was never made. Now murdered by Rufus Wainwright, aided and abetted by Samsung. Shame, I rather liked their phones.

 

Is it PotG?

Thrifty non-licker

Feb 20, 2017

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Sussex by the Sea

• Jun 22, 2017

• #2

Never really liked Blur anyway.

 

Me and my Monkey

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• Jun 22, 2017

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• #3

Is it PotG? said:

Never really liked Blur anyway.

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You're getting confused with Across the Universal.

 

Buzzer

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Oct 1, 2006

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• Jun 22, 2017

• #4

If it's the Rufus Wainwright version I think you mean, it's quite an old recording. It comes from the I Am Sam soundtrack with a whole host of musicians...Eddie Vedder, Nick Cave, Aimee Mann, Ben Folds, Sheryl Crow, The Vines, Grandaddy etc etc all doing Beatles covers. One of my favourite sountrack albums, as it goes.

 

Me and my Monkey

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• Jun 22, 2017

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I'd not heard it before, living in blissful ignorance until today when Samsung shoved it under my nose. Can't comment on the other covers on the soundtrack, of course, never having knowingly heard them, and I am generally open minded about covers. But this one is just a SPECIAL song for me.

 

Buzzer

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• Jun 22, 2017

• #6

Fair enough! I'm not a big Rufus Wainwright fan. He tends to play the blouse-y queen too often but I don't mind that cover.

 

dejavuatbtn

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Henfield

• Jun 22, 2017

• #7

The original will NEVER be bettered.

 

Theatre of Trees

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TQ2905

• Jun 22, 2017

• #8

Prefer this to the original.

 

studio150

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On the Border

• Jun 22, 2017

• #9

 

studio150

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On the Border

• Jun 22, 2017

• #10

Buzzer said:

If it's the Rufus Wainwright version I think you mean, it's quite an old recording. It comes from the I Am Sam soundtrack with a whole host of musicians...Eddie Vedder, Nick Cave, Aimee Mann, Ben Folds, Sheryl Crow, The Vines, Grandaddy etc etc all doing Beatles covers. One of my favourite sountrack albums, as it goes.

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Is it a soundtrack album though, given the '..and inspired by...' and therefore I assume includes a track or two which wasn't in the film.

 

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lasvegan

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Sin City

• Jun 23, 2017

• #11

I quite like the cover by Fiona Apple

https://youtu.be/AZ5WPXxNzPU

 

Jam The Man

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• Jun 23, 2017

• #12

The 'wildlife' version on Past Masters 2 is a terrific version. For the life of me I can't find a link on You Tube though due to copywrite

 

Lower West Stander

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Back in Sussex

• Jun 23, 2017

• #13

Cannot be any worse than the Leona Lewis's butchering of Run by Snow Patrol.

Without doubt the most diabolical cover ever made.


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Binney on acid

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• Jun 23, 2017

• #14

Thank god Jackson Browne did a superb version of this wonderful song. Meaningless fact : Both he and Lennon share the same birth date.

 

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Cheeky Monkey

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Jul 17, 2003

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• Jun 23, 2017

• #15

dejavuatbtn said:

The original will NEVER be bettered.

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Usually I'd agree, but as Theatre if Trees says, Laibach arguably did: (drool)