Forum Idea

[mjh89]

Maybe an "Out-of-town viewing" board should be added kind of like the ticket exchange board. All the "Where to watch the game in Istanbul?" posts were getting annoying.

[TShen]

Yes, perhaps a sticky for confirmed viewing location around the nation. People always seem to return to the same bar/restaurant every year.

[atb9]

[Q]mjh89 Wrote:

 Maybe an "Out-of-town viewing" board should be added kind of like the ticket exchange board. All the "Where to watch the game in Istanbul?" posts were getting annoying.[/q]

Not a bad idea but it only happens when Cornell is on TV, which isn't too often...it would go unused for large portions of the year (350 days out of 365).  

Also, get used to the fluctuation in usage...people come out from hiding in the bushes when the team is performing really well or really poorly

[Will]

Yeah, and there weren't enough "Where to watch the game in Constantinople?" posts.  But that's nobody's business but the Turks'.

[mjh89]

I knew the TMBG reference was coming soon enough.

[Will]

[Q]mjh89 Wrote:

 I knew the TMBG reference was coming soon enough.[/q]

I had to do it.  I just had to. :-D

[Trotsky]

Please tell me nobody out there actually thinks TMBG wrote that song.  Please.

Yeesh, kids today...

[marty]

[Q]Will Wrote:

 Yeah, and there weren't enough "Where to watch the game in Constantinople?" posts.  But that's nobody's business but the Turks'.

[/q]

I don't know about Rich S but I've called a truce with the Turks.  The Ali Baba in Troy and the Istanbul in New Haven are too good to ignore.  No sports TV, just good food.

[Will]

[Q]Trotsky Wrote:

 Please tell me nobody out there actually thinks TMBG wrote that song.  Please.

Yeesh, kids today...[/q]

While it's true that the song was originally done by the Four Lads, "Istanbul" was truly made great by They Might Be Giants.  No matter who wrote or originally performed a song, I'll first associate the song with whichever group or artist does it best.  Which means that, in my mind, "Respect" belongs to Aretha Franklin, "Higher Ground" belongs to the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and "Come Together" belongs to Aerosmith.  (Yes, I make the claim that somebody can do a Beatles song better than the Beatles.  So there.)

[Trotsky]

TMBG's cover is hip today.  Tomorrow another cover will be hip, and so it goes forever. Covers are, in the end, perishable.  The original at least has the advantage of always being original.

For that matter, Aretha's overblown, over-the-top cover of Respect, while a lot of fun, is barely a lame American Idol audition compared to Otis Redding's soulful original.

But at least that's arguable.  If you think Higher Ground belongs to the Peppers, I can't help you.

[BCrespi]

While Dylan's is good, I certianly think the lasting and most-known version on All Along the Watchtower is and will be Hendrix's.  Then again, maybe that's just my point of view, so who knows.

[KenP]

I'll never forgive TMBG for performing the theme to Higglytown Heroes
::bang::

[Beeeej]

Similarly, Hendrix's "Hey, Joe" is by far the seminal version.  Barely anybody even knows who the Leaves are, much less that it was their song first.

What it comes down to is opinion, really.  I can't stand Aerosmith's "Come Together," but - and I almost hate to admit this - I think Phil Collins's "Tomorrow Never Knows" is just as good as the original.

Beeeej

[Hillel Hoffmann]

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Green Lantern had the color yellow.

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[CowbellGuy]

[Q]Beeeej Wrote Something Like:
Phil Collins doesn't unequivocally suck all the time.[/q]
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