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30 December 2005

I Am The Walrus Beginning at 12:15 EST: sixteen different versions by fifteen different bands. Why? BECAUSE I CAN!!! Bwah-ha-ha-ha!→[More:]I'm not even going to give you a setlist. It's I AM THE WALRUS, got it?!?!?

Oh all right, I'll list who each one was by after they're played. I finally convinced myself that making a swap CD of them all would be a Bad Idea, but I have them all now and it just seemed a shame not to share. Right?

post by: yhbc at: 12:09 | 8 comments

Right.

posted by danostuporstar 30 December | 12:17

When was the Men w/o Hats version released?

posted by danostuporstar 30 December | 12:41

2000, on the album "Sideways". Import-only.

And I can't believe it! I actually have a listener!

posted by yhbc 30 December | 12:48

Our lil private moment. Thanks for sharing.

posted by danostuporstar 30 December | 13:02

Frank Zappa too?

Thanks...now I get to hate the song 16 times instead of one! This rules.

posted by iconomy 30 December | 13:05

You're REALLY going to hate the Jim Carrey version, then.

posted by yhbc 30 December | 13:07

Whoa, you're right. Swingle Singers is pretty mind blowing.

posted by danostuporstar 30 December | 13:18

Okay, this last one is actually more of a "parody" than a "cover".

The list:

1. The Beatles (doing about six minutes of rehearsing the melody and various parts in the studio)
2. Gray Matter
3. Styx (live)
4. Spooky Tooth (probably the worst version, IMO)
5. Men Without Hats
6. Oasis (live)
7. Die Toten Hosen
8. Love-Hate
9. XTC
10. Frank Zappa (live)
11. Jim Carrey
12. Oingo Boingo
13. Swingle Singers (a cappella)
14. The Beatles (the version from "Anthology", without the overdubs)
15. The Beatles (the final version, remastered into true stereo)
16. The Rutles - Piggy in the Middle

Goo Goo Ga Joob!

posted by yhbc 30 December | 13:32

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