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I wrote an article on Strawberry Fair, aka Jenny Franzén, on W♥M recently. Since Franzén actually did a few covers, I thought I'd talk about them.
First of all, she did a cover of The Flaming Lips' "She Don't Use Jelly", which I don't have. But I'm told that the words "tangerines" are replaced by "strawberries".
I also don't have the orginal Fat Tulips' "Where's Claire Grogan Now", which the song Where is Alex Taylor Now? is based on.
I do have both version of "Heaven Only Knows", which I may have to save for another time. Strawberry Fair's version is pretty faithful to the original song.... it's always weird to think that it's just one person doing a song that basically has three girls (The Shangri-Las) singing the song.
My favorite cover song is "Attack!", originally by The Toys. Check out this funky "music video" of the "Attack!" song on youtube. I later found out that this song actually is part of a musical movie called It's a Bikini World (1966). It looks like a typical 60s goofy movie.
Apparently this appearance in the movie, as well as American Bandstand, was at the height of their popularity. After changing record labels and producers and failing to chart in 1967, the band broke up.
Most of The Toys' songs were written by Sandy Linzer and Denny Randell, including "Attack!"
If you like what you heard, please head over to facetterad, which has all the ordering information.
03/25/2008 22:42:26
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