QotD: Better than the original? (er, not really better)
What is your favorite cover song?
Question submitted by Ray.
Sublime in Boston in the mid-90's on tour doing a radio show and being asked to play "Date Rape" (which they hated) and instead playing something else...
Okay, the truth is I think this is a clever edit. When I first heard this I assumed it to be the story, I mean, how punk rock is it to go on and play a Minor Threat cover (THE Minor Threat cover) when asked to play your college radio hit? Not only that, the interviewer opens himself for the song by saying he "promised" his fans (the actual songs ends with "...and that's a promise.")
I have an out-take of them actually playing Date Rape on WBCN, so I think they actually did play it, and then played this and some jokester decided it'd be funnier if they edited it this way.
Still, as sloppy as this song is, it sure would have a been a funny event if it was true.
Comments
I am pretending that I never read this. It's REAL GODDAMNIT!
Low's legendary Halloween show -- in which they dressed up as the Misfits and then performed their own songs as the Misfits -- is no longer on teh intarnets. This is a world-historical tragedy!