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    Thanks guys, so many good songs from all of you!

    For some reason I remember a one-shot “sidemen supergroup”* in the mid-90s called Spin 1ne 2wo who made a good cover album** of the same name, at the time I did especially dig their version of Blind Faith’s “Can’t Find My Way Home”.

    It’s fascinating how songs are really the soundtrack of our lives, binded forever to specific memories ready to jump out of their box whenever someone push the right (or sometimes painfully wrong) button.

    I love Dylan and all your reviews about the movie are convincing me to watch it despite my anti-Chalamet feelings 😀

    * Phil Palmer, Paul Carrack, Steve Ferrone, Rupert Hine, Tony Levin

    ** for the full tracklist: https://www.discogs.com/master/413377-Spin-1ne-2wo-Spin-1ne-2wo

    It’s fascinating how songs are really the soundtrack of our lives, binded forever to specific memories ready to jump out of their box whenever someone push the right (or sometimes painfully wrong) button.

    The first(of many) times I got dumped by a lady, Beth from Emmons Ave in BK, as I was driving home listening to Without You by Nilsson and started crying. To this day, if I hear that song, I get a jolt of sad emotion.

    Bo, I totally get it.

    I have at least half a dozen of songs wrapped in a duffel bag, stuffed in a safebox and buried in the Mariana Trench.
    If I casually hear one of them I immediately left the room/shop or flip channel.

    P.S. Luckily many other songs give me an incredible burst of energy/good emotions 🙂

    From yesterday.

    I hope you’re feeling better, TC.
    I have a low tier of asthma and i can relate to you…

    Thanks cyber, I think I’m just about over it. Hoping I’m fine by the end of the weekend. I also have asthma so this has been a pretty miserable month so far.

    A couple of my comments from the KP trade thread. I feel pretty good about them.

    Of course all this happens while I’m driving fucking home from rural PA so I can’t do much. Getting two future 1RP, depending on the protections, moves this trade from disaster to potentially good. But it really feels like the main purpose of this trade is to go all-in this Summer on 2 max players. Also, there’s no way we’re flipping DJ or Wes to another team for additional assets; we’d almost certainly have to take salary back that eats into our cap space next year and we’re obviously not going to do that.

    Ladies and gentleman we have ourself a competent front office.

    We’ve got a long fucking way to go before we can claim our front office is competent. We just traded our best player asset to, in part, dump a salary that this front office stupidly gave out a year and a half ago.

    I absolutely love both Joni’s original and CSNY’s cover of Woodstock.

    Gearge Benson does a pretty good cover of Leon Russell’s This Masquerade

    Brian, agreed on Blood on the Tracks, which came out my freshman year in college and just floored me. So different than his earlier stuff, almost a genre unto itself.

    “I always love Linda Ronstadt’s covers in the 70s.”

    Linda’s run in the mid 70’s was unbelievable. I didn’t know her backstory then, and it’s fascinating how well connected she was with so many of the greats of that time. Probably the object of my most intense boycrush.

    I’ll take any song from Annie Lennox’s album of covers “Medusa”. She kills every single one, especially No More I Love Yous and Don’t Let it Bring You Down.

    One of the greatest and most underrated female vocalists ever IMO.

    Even though getting old kind of sucks, I am glad to have experienced the 70’s at an age where the memories are so vivid and visceral. I left the Bronx for a small liberal arts college in 1974, and what I remember most is very quickly learning how little I knew about music beyond mainstream pop. Students would come to the college with literally hundreds of vinyl albums and top-notch turntables stereo equipment. I got exposed to so many deep tracks as well as lesser known but soon to be famous artists like Springsteen. And it seemed like every month a brand new album would drop that would blow everyone away and would be played over and over in every dorm room in a haze of bong smoke.

    Just found out I’m going to be in NYC next week so, considering my user name, I feel like I’m required to go to The Strand on Wednesday.

    “I’ll take any song from Annie Lennox’s album of covers “Medusa”. She kills every single one, especially No More I Love Yous and Don’t Let it Bring You Down.

    One of the greatest and most underrated female vocalists ever IMO.”

    I wasn’t a big fan of The Eurythmics, but `totally agree on this album of covers and on Lennox’s voice.

    “I always love Linda Ronstadt’s covers in the 70s.”

    Linda’s run in the mid 70’s was unbelievable. I didn’t know her backstory then, and it’s fascinating how well connected she was with so many of the greats of that time. Probably the object of my most intense boycrush.

    Saw her open for Neil Young in Salt Lake in 1973.

    Johnny Cash’s cover of Hurt (by Nine Inch Nails) is good. I prefer the original but many like the cover better.

    Obviously songs form us in our youth, which is why it’s so hard, as adults, to connect to “new” music. I still like new musicians here and there, but it’s hard to find that importance you felt in your teens, twenties, or even thirties…

    But speaking of covers and Dylan, Cat Power’s cover of his entire Royal Albert Hall concert is really something… I was expecting to hate it, but it’s quite good.

    On that note, have you heard Ryan Adams’ cover of Taylor Swift’s entire ‘1989’ album? It’s interesting if nothing else.

    I’m going to have to throw in Cream’s cover of Robert Johnson’s “Crossroads” even though most people have probably never heard the Johnson version and even though parts of that version were probably lifted from other blues artists at the time.

    Just found out I’m going to be in NYC next week so, considering my user name, I feel like I’m required to go to The Strand on Wednesday.

    Yes! I can set aside a book for you if you want one. It’ll be chaotic, so please just remind me that you’re from Knickerblogger when you say hi.

    On a Knicks note, from an objective pov it’s kind of a shame that AD is not playing tonight. It makes me wonder whether LeBron, who is nursing a foot injury, will go for a retro classic at MSG. I guess keeping that from happening is a job for OG.

    Drank beers with Bob Dylan’s son before his band opened up for Cracker in DC on Cracker’s tour for their first album. Small venue, so it had just a normal bar and a good “pre-game” atmosphere.

    Cool guy. Wound up at the bar next to each other, said “hi,” started talking in the general reverie of it all. Took at bit for it to come out that he was performing in the opening act, then a bit later for it to come out that he was the lead singer, and I think the fact that he was Bob’s son came out almost by accident. Neither I nor my buddy are/were big Dylan guys (*), so we kind of beer laughed, probably made some kind of joke about burying the lede, left it at that, carried on with the consumption and the convo. He left, got with his band, belted out some very high quality material.

    Tremendous show by both bands.

    (*) Nor are we “anti-Dylan guys”; I like/love several of his tunes. He’s kind of before my time and time isn’t infinite so I’ve never really taken him for a serious on-purpose spin. Maybe someday. A bunch of people I respect a lot (including some here) are really into him and the music critical press thinks he’s an all-timer, so it’s pretty much beyond question that there’s a whole lot there.

    Per cleaning the glass, Lakers have the 5th best point differential over the last 2 weeks. Obviously not going to be the same without AD.

    Knicks have the highest at +17.4. Offense and defense rank 2nd. It’s 6 points higher than second place Cleveland.

    It’s literally just our 5 game win streak while other teams have played up to 8 games, but still nice to see.

    It’s fascinating how songs are really the soundtrack of our lives, binded forever to specific memories ready to jump out of their box whenever someone push the right (or sometimes painfully wrong) button.

    You’ve nailed it, Max. 🙂

    From the last thread, and it was a great thread all around, i’d like to bring the rare appearance of Unreason:

    Thanks Z-man. Honestly I’m too casual a fan to contribute more than the rare non-basketball tidbit. I’m grateful that you all keep the fire burning bright here. It warms and enlightens me when I can pull my attention away from the storm outside and take comfort in whatever controversy or celebration the board is focused on.

    Everybody did a great work bringing up great covers, but Ben R might take the crown… “Sinnerman” by Nina Simone is really a wonderful version. 🙂

    I’d like to bring one of my favorite cover versions, although the original is better, i love the Cowboy Junkies version of “Sweet Jane”.

    Good morning, Knickerblogger!!!

    cyber, I’m going to see the Cowboy Junkies at the Birchmere in Alexandria, VA (*great* venue!!!) with my girlfriend on April 10. Probably seen them there four or five times, and have been a fan since getting turned on to the Trinity Sessions by my girlfriend at the time in the mid-’90s.

    JK mentioned St Vincent yesterday and IIRC they once covered the Golden Girls theme song and made it a dirge.

    REM also covered King of the Road and Toys in the Attic on the album with the two Velvets covers — also to quality effect.

    I played at a festival in Brazil once and Bob Dylan somehow played before us (I was playing with Macy Gray). When he does festivals they usually cordon off his whole area so nobody gets close to him, but for some reason at this particular show he walked right by me in the opposite direction as I was walking to the stage. We even made eye contact for a millisecond.

    It was the most uncanny thing seeing his face like two feet away. It was like seeing Abraham Lincoln or something. I’ve been around a million famous people but that was the one time I was genuinely awestruck. You almost don’t think of him as an actual real person.

    shaw and blades and hoffs and sweet have full albums with covers…pretty good stuff on those…

    Heart likes(d) to do zeppelin covers…rock n’roll was an encore for many years…at that kennedy center show they did stairway to heaven…

    pink did a nice job the other night on that zeppelin tune..not sure who the guitarist was but he laid it down…

    i hope we blow the lakers the fuck out of the building tonight…want reddick to have to suck it up…

    Doogie’s top 10 teams at the end of January:
    1. Thunder (37-9)
    2. Cavaliers (39-9)
    3. Celtics (34-15)
    4. Grizzlies (32-16)
    5. Knicks (32-16)
    6. Rockets (32-15)
    7. Nuggets (29-19)
    8. Clippers (28-20)
    9. Wolves (27-21)
    10. Mavericks (26-23)

    Doogie’s top MVP candidates at the end of January:
    1. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
    2. Donovan Mitchell
    3. Jayson Tatum
    4. Alperen Sengun
    5. Jarrett Allen
    6. Stephen Curry
    7. Darius Garland
    8. Karl-Anthony Towns
    9. Amen Thompson
    10. Jaylen Brown

    My Bob Dylan story: I was very close friends with Timothee Chalamet growing up. Went to tons of Knicks games together. One time he won two free tickets from Landry Fields in some kind of Twitter contest and took me as his guest. Lots of great pictures of us cheering on Al Harrington together.

    Um Doogie, not to make too big a deal out of it, but you kind of forgot the guy who is third in scoring, third in rebounding, second in assists, averaging a triple double, and is actually blinding anyone looking up his advanced stats…

    My Dylan Moment, I guess: When I first moved to Manhattan I was walking to work one morning and felt a prickle and looked up and walking right next to me was Woody Allen. I glanced up further and I was clearly walking right through a movie set, with chairs and cameras all around. Also clearly a walk-through as nobody was yelling at the schmuck who was looking around wildly.

    cyber, I’m going to see the Cowboy Junkies at the Birchmere in Alexandria, VA (*great* venue!!!) with my girlfriend on April 10. Probably seen them there four or five times, and have been a fan since getting turned on to the Trinity Sessions by my girlfriend at the time in the mid-’90s.

    That’s great, Doogie, have fun! 😉 And your girlfriend has good taste in music! 🙂

    Like that one, also like/love REM’s covers of Femme Fatale and Pale Blue Eyes.

    I had the vinyl where those songs appear – Dead Letter Office – but then my punk/hardcore phase came along and i sold it to buy new records. I was liked a 2nd hand shop at the time, constantly selling my records to buy new ones, except a few records from my favorite bands, those i kept like a treasure.

    Hubert with the early Cronin. I have a vague sense of foreboding now.

    I think you mean Hubert with the Hubert, as I predicted this dominant stretch of basketball a week ago and every game has happened exactly as I laid it out. The pattern of this season has been established.

    My Bob Dylan story: I was very close friends with Timothee Chalamet growing up. Went to tons of Knicks games together. One time he won two free tickets from Landry Fields in some kind of Twitter contest and took me as his guest. Lots of great pictures of us cheering on Al Harrington together.

    Would be cool if he invited you to go with him to celebrity row! 😉

    Ah, early REM reference. I was a huge fan after seeing them in a small club called Hobo’s in Knoxville in the late fall of 1982. They were amazingly energetic onstage (despite a tiny crowd…it was a Thursday night IIRC) and sounded so fresh at that time.

    And, yeah, their VU covers were good.

    My favorite band from that point on through most of the 80’s, pushing The Clash to #2 for a few years. 😀

    Nice to see Quick is back. Although, you know, they can’t even beat Chicago… Dalen Terry ate them alive…

    I’m glad to be living in The Time of Wemby.

    I remember my son playing with an automatic door at a CVS when he was 3 and then realizing someone was behind me because they were laughing at his antics.

    It was Alex Baldwin.

    One of my favorite things about New York is how we all ignore celebrities because we all consider ourselves to secretly be major celebrities also.

    Hubert – A jinx is a jinx

    TNFH – He seems like a good guy. I saw his sister on a late night show and she had a lot of stories about growing up in Manhattan Plaza, which sounds like a trip. Real New Yorkers. Love that he is a Knicks diehard

    Chris Cornell has a series of wonderful covers including Lennon’s Watching The Wheels and Guns N Roses’ Patience.

    Yes! I can set aside a book for you if you want one. It’ll be chaotic, so please just remind me that you’re from Knickerblogger when you say hi.

    Thanks, if it’s as good as your Sopranos book I definitely want one!

    I love Christina Aguileras cover of It’s a Man’s World (live) and cover adjacent is the old house Defected version of Voices in side My Head by the Police. Also the Raze remix of Break For Love by Pet Shop Boys gives me the deepest feels. Some good pet shop boys covers out there.

    Also Charlie XCX has released a new vinyl that is filled with white powder that moves around… cool? I don’t know.

    Early 2000s I was a sommelier at a Mario Batali eatery (I loved that job) and after service some of the funnest denizens of the village would come and hang in the bar. Michael Stipe was good friends with Mario and he was always nice to us. I used to take him to the espresso machine in the kitchen to make him his favorite drink which was wand frothed Orange juice and ketel one vodka. His conversations made me feel so center of the world as my world was so centered on Manhattan south of 14th st unless I was going to Tunnel of Twilo or Roxy or whatever scene I needed to make an appearance in. Those were some fun parties.

    He is no Dylan but as noted I was too young to know I was supposed to fall in Love with Dylan. I do really like his music.

    Watching Wemby gobble up Giannis fucking Antetokounpo like it’s a matter of course was kinda surreal last night. OKC all you want but Wemby all night long.

    I predicted this dominant stretch of basketball a week ago and every game has happened exactly as I laid it out. The pattern of this season has been established.

    that was a really good call…I remember reading it and thinking to myself: no way…

    sure enough, you spotted something…we do not appear to be playing like a .500 team (win one, lose one) at the moment…

    good call…

    I would like to add Nina Simone’s “I put a spell on you” to the list of great covers. Quite the change from the mood of the original (which I also really like).

    One cover I haven’t seen mentioned is Maxwell’s cover of “This Woman’s Work” by Kate Bush. Love that one and it’s in “Love and Basketball” one of the best basketball movies ever.

    Hi everyone, late 60’s I’m in a coffee house in Detroit. I’m in back working my flask when joni Mitchell comes by. I offer her a drink. Turns out her ex lives in my building.

    Sorry I couldn’t get my post to format properly. Edited it. Looked good for a minute. Didn’t stick when I refreshed. Can’t edit anymore.

    Down the rabbit hole to discover the glam hair metal band Femme Fatale (thank you Clarence), who had one album in 1987; perhaps the best part is ‘Guitarist Mazzi Rawd left the music industry and went on to get his PhD in Physics.’

    One more story. In 90″s my doubles partner was betty Carter one afternoon. We played against her drummer and the climb owner. After she got in my van and went to interview on open air Cafe with local jazz starion. Then she went back to her life as a touring artist and I went to club and was in audience. Down best mag called her voice one of the three greatest impre instruments.

    MSG networks in some big financial trouble:

    Sounds like they’re not in a position to be fighting with cable companies like they have been.

    feeling a bit unsettled today, not sure if it’s an emotional, mental or physical thing…an unbalanced, uneasy feeling…just ate, and had a chance to talk with my friend, so feeling better…

    Hope you’re ok geo.

    The idea that Rutgers has two of the top three players in the country and is barely over 500 seems ludicrous.

    Calling bullshit on these draft rankings

    thanks this chicanery…it made me smile earlier to to hear you are feeling better 🙂

    funny thing is, the unsettled feeling is not entirely unfamiliar, so…kind of feels like i want to crawl out of my skin…yep…

    still talking with friend, but, hard to focus on their words…hard to focus on anything really…

    Hard to believe Bamba’s just throw-in material now… what a sad bust…

    It’s weird that this trade deadline should be an active one yet the Knicks most likely won’t be involved (perhaps very slightly).

    hello hello hello, what’s up for a saturday in beautiful porto cyber?

    Nothing much… no mountain, no basket, no running… today i opted for the Dolce Fare Niente! 😉

    Hubert – A jinx is a jinx

    Except I’m not a jinx I’m an oracle 😉

    My best NY celebrity story is when I thought someone was holding the door to Pasquale Jones open for me but it was actually for Beyonce and I nearly knocked her over as I stepped through the doorway and Jay-Z looked at me like “wtf?”

    I had a rehearsal one time at Center Staging in Burbank, which is a big complex of rehearsal studios, from small club sized stages to big arena stages where they do full production rehearsals. Nobody told me what room we were rehearsing in.

    I peeked into a door and the room was nobody in there, but Motley Crue’s gear was all set up in there. Fairly cool. Then I tried a second very heavy door. I pulled it open and U2 was on stage, playing “With Or Without You” with full stadium lights and production. I sheepishly closed the door and backed away.

    LA. Gotta love this town.

    I was walking into the Trump hotel in Columbus Circle to go to lunch at Jean Georges about 15 years ago and right before I got to the door it opened and Shaq walked out. He’s astonishingly huge up close and I said something stupid like ‘oh shit its Shaq’ and he pointed at me and walked by

    Hahahahaha

    Everytime I see him hug Chuck I think it’s impossible he is that much larger than him.

    Will put up a thread if Brian doesn’t

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