Normally, this would be where I post about this weekends events in the Tampa/St. Pete area but this weekend there is nothing going on in my world for a number of reasons:
- Last Sunday I tried to rip my arm off in a mountain biking accident and recovery has been a slow process. Wednesday night at the Shack*Shaker show it was killing me despite very little movement so I am gonna lay low in hopes it gets better.
- Also, ninebullets.net is getting a laptop upgrade! While I sit at home and self-medicate my arm I will begin the process of moving everything from one laptop to the other.
Crap reasons, I know. FWIW: I am going fishing tomorrow.
Okay, enough livejournal.
Yesterday I posted about the new Cake cd and included their cover War Pigs with the post. Which created an itch to hear the Faith No More version of the song. So I decided today would be a War Pigs day. Enjoy.
That Tesla version is from the bonus disc of their new cd, Reel to Reel. It also contains a new acoustic version of Paradise. So, to get a little Flashback Friday on y’alls asses:
When I was a teenager my friend’s cousin or aunt or something (i do not remember the relation) came down from New York to visit. Holy crap, I fell head over freakin’ heels for her. I was in full-blown infatuation. When she was leaving I made her a mix tape and Paradise (Five Man Acoustical Jam version) was my big finale of the tape. For months after she left I pined over her and playing Paradise more times than anyone ever should…
And for no reason other than a burning desire to close the post on a more butch note:
“Which created an itch to hear the Faith No More version of the song.”
Hah! I thought I was the only one!
There’s a country band called Forty Twenty up near me that always opens their shows with
Don’t know why it lost the end of my previous comment. Anyways, Forty Twenty is a country band up near me who always opens shows with War Pigs. They do it in medley with one of their own songs. You can listen on their website: http://fortytwenty.com/WarWagon733.mp3. It’s rather similar to the Hayseed Dixie version, but I believe it predates Hayseed Dixie’s.
I have maintained for years, and it is even more topical now, that the theme to “Transformers” would sound great covered in the style of “War Pigs.” Think about it. If a band decides to do that, I want credit.
You would be my new best friend if you would repost this. I missed it.