I was listening to the Stern show this morning & Howard reported that Warren Zevon, the dude who made "Wherewolves of London," is dying within weeks. As a tribute he played some of his songs, including a cover he did of Raspberry Beret. IT WAS HORRIBLE, very folksy, whole-wheat-breadish, maybe the worst Prince cover EVER done. Makes Tom Jones' "Kiss" sound genious. :O

Of course they all liked it, Howard said it was "rockin'" & he liked it better than Prince's version. AMAZINGLY, Robin (notorious for dumber-than-shit comments) was the sole voice of reason - she mocked the song & said she liked P's better.

Man, I wish you guys could have heard it. It was unbelievably bad. Did anyone else hear it?

Do I hear crickets?

Do I like emoticons WAY too much?

The cover of Raspberry Beret was actually by "Hindu Love Gods" which was basically (REM - Stipe) + Zevon. I think.

narcotizedmind said:

Yea, they mentioned it was Zevon along w/ another group but I couldn't remember which one. It was Zevon on vocals though, right?

CalhounSq said

Yep. But blame REM if the cover sucked; it was almost certainly their idea (they were known to admire Prince in the 80s... again, from memory).

narcotizedmind said:

Yea, but Zevon's vocals sucked more ass than an ass sucking contest! There's enough blame to go around & he certainly deserves some...

What???Warren Zevon is Dying? From what he's not Old! He's sickly? I liked the Hindu Love Gods. What is this about? Are you sure???