Saturday, July 9, 2011

The same old thing we did last week

So I'm at the gym one time right? And there's the TVs on the sorta-cycling things right? And I was watching That 70s Show (name of actual show, Leonard). It's not actually that bad. And when I first heard the theme song, I was like "Hey, this sounds familiar... Wait, this is ripped off 'In The Street!'" Turns out it isn't ripped off of the Big Star song, it's just a cover, by Cheap Trick. But it doesn't sound exactly like the original song, so I thought it was a different one. The Cheap Trick version isn't bad, it's actually pretty good, but it's mostly by-the-book modern rock version of a classic. The best version of the song is the single version by Big Star (kinda true rule I made up: single versions are usually better than the album version ONLY if they have been rerecorded, not cut down/butchered to fit acceptable radio time). Also, the main character in the show, Eric, looks very similar to Rivers Cuomo... Blue Album era, without those thick glasses. You don't think so? Yeah right.

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