{"id":1358,"date":"2006-11-28T18:56:00","date_gmt":"2006-11-29T02:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/2006\/11\/28\/just-like-elvis\/"},"modified":"2006-11-28T18:56:00","modified_gmt":"2006-11-29T02:56:00","slug":"just-like-elvis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/2006\/11\/28\/just-like-elvis\/","title":{"rendered":"Just Like Elvis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Full disclosure: I am, in general, not<\/span> a fan of hip-hop, rap, or R&B. Every now and then a song will come along that I enjoy, but overall, those particular musical genres don’t appeal to me.<\/p>\n

It is, then, perhaps not surprising that I should find whiter-than-white covers of classic rap songs more amusing than others might.<\/p>\n

(Why am I writing like this? Because I just watched several hours of Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry being veddy<\/span> British in Jeeves and Wooster<\/a>. Good stuff, what!)<\/p>\n

I discovered Jonathan Coulton earlier this month, thanks to Dr. Demento opening a recent show with Coulton’s cover of “Baby Got Back” (requires Flash).<\/a> And today, after perusing The Torontoist<\/span>‘s much-blogged-about article on cover songs, I found Nina Gordon<\/a>‘s acoustic “Straight Out of Compton” (2.1MB mp3).<\/a> Both are brilliant. Note, however, that the latter contains explicit lyrics and frequent droppings of “the F-bomb,” and the former trades in graphic euphemisms for a myriad of sexual acts. You may not wish to “pump up the volume” on these tunes while in the company of young children or co-workers.<\/p>\n

(The other reason I’m writing like this is because I’m currently reading John Hodgman’s The Areas of My Expertise<\/span><\/a>. He is insane– but in a good way, and thus we prefer to call him “mad.”)<\/p>\n

Speaking of the royal “we,” I simply must link to John Rogers’ agent’s account of the Royal Premiere of Casino Royale<\/span> (a.k.a. James Bond 21<\/span>)<\/a>. If you’ve seen the movie, you can probably guess the central, er, nugget<\/span> of his anecdote.<\/p>\n

~CKL<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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