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Favoriting June 20, 2015: Guest: Author Sheree Homer

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Artist Track
Sleepy LaBeef  I'm Through   Favoriting
King Creole aka Lenny Lacour  Maharishi   Favoriting
Bill Carslile  Love Love Love   Favoriting
Floyd Dixon  Let's Dance   Favoriting
Ella Fitzgerald  Something's Got To Give   Favoriting
Fountains of Wayne  Yolanda Hayes   Favoriting
Bobby Fuller Four, The  I'm A Lucky Guy   Favoriting
Cactus Blossoms, The  If I Can't Win (live in WFMU's Studio A)   Favoriting
Darondo  Luscious Lady   Favoriting
NRBQ  Ridin' In My Car   Favoriting
Clingers, The  Gonna Have a Good Time   Favoriting
Billy Swan  I Can Help   Favoriting
Sheree Homer  Interview   Favoriting
Dale Hawkins  Susie-Q   Favoriting
Timmy Thomas  Whole Lot of Shakin' Goin' On   Favoriting
Mighty Sparrow  Jane   Favoriting
Holly Golightly  As You Go Down   Favoriting
Kitchen Cinq, The  I Can't Let Go   Favoriting
Chuck Bowers  Pig Pen Boogie   Favoriting
Carla Thomas  Same Thing   Favoriting
Jimmy Cliff  Can't Get Enough Of It   Favoriting
Robert Gordon  Something's Gonna Happen   Favoriting
Bobby Goldsboro  Little Things   Favoriting
Mary Kay Place & Willie Nelson  Something To Brag About   Favoriting
Ingfried Hoffmann  Soul Twist   Favoriting
Colin Blunstone  Say You Don't Mind   Favoriting
Ken Nordine  Reaching Into In   Favoriting
Marvin Rainwater  Down In The Cellar   Favoriting
Barbara Lynn  You Better Get Here Fast (aka New Kind of Love)   Favoriting
Ray Mason  Castanets   Favoriting
Ray Mason  Come and Get Your Love   Favoriting
Mike Russo and The Dellwoods and Friend  The Pretzel   Favoriting
Screaming Females  Shake It Off   Favoriting
Lyres, The  She Pays The Rent   Favoriting
Ken Stringfellow  Down on My Knees   Favoriting
Murray Wilson & The Beach Boys  Father's Day Special   Favoriting

CLICK HERE for info on the new, all instrumental, Michael Shelley album

CLICK HERE to see SEVEN videos of The Cactus Blossoms' amazing live performance at WFMU

CLICK HERE for a video of David Myhr's cover of Oh Susie, featured on "Even More Super Hits of the Seventies"

CLICK HERE for a documentary and discussion of The Columbia House Record Club

CLICK HERE to test yourself and find out "How Well Can You Hear Audio Quality?"

CLICK HERE to watch "We Didn't Get Famous" The Story of the Southern Music Underground, 1978-1990

CLICK HERE for an article about Stevie Wonder's "Superstition" with files of the isolated tracks to listen to

CLICK HERE to see actual AFM contracts for some legendary recording sessions

CLICK HERE to read Carol Kaye review of the book "The Wrecking Crew: The Inside Story of Rock and Roll's Best-Kept Secret" or CLICK HERE to read Carol's review of The Hoover Linx Cordless Stick Vacuum Cleaner, BH50010

CLICK HERE to see part one of a short behind the scenes film about Brian Wilson's new album "No Pier Pressure"

CLICK HERE for Brian Wilson's new song "The Right Time" (feat. Al Jardine) live on SoundStage. and

CLICK HERE for "Wild Honey" feat. Blondie Chaplin & Ricky Fataar

CLICK HERE for a great 2012 Rolling Stone piece about the 2012 Beach Boys reunion

CLICK HERE to see Cory Branan's "You Make Me" (in 3-D if you have the red and blue glasses)

CLICK HERE for the Stereohysteria podcast episode featuring Deke Dickerson

CLICK HERE for a chart that shows musician deaths by genre

CLICK HERE to watch 12 parts of "Strong Enough to Break" a documentary film completed in 2004 about the making of Hanson's third studio album "Underneath" that chronicles the bands struggle to complete the album in an increasingly corporate music business.

CLICK HERE for a great piece on Better Records, whcih sells old lp pressings that sell for astronomical prices, e.g: The Police’s Synchronicity: $350

CLICK HERE for "Neil Young's PonoPlayer: The Emperor Has No Clothes"

CLICK HERE for "It Sure Seems Like Neil Young’s Pono Player Is Bullshit"

CLICK HERE for "Why Cds May Actually Sound Better Than Vinyl"

CLICK HERE to see some interesting uncut footage of Paul McCartney shot by Albert Maysles

CLICK HERE to create never ending always changing loops of a music files you upload

CLICK HERE for Gay Robot

CLICK HERE for PopSpots: exact locations of album cover photos and other visuals of pop history - tracked down with an obsessive level of research

CLICK HERE for 1971 tapes of Bob Dylan getting rightfully testy with A.J. Weberman (who used to go through and sell Dylan's garbage)

CLICK HERE for "Mind-Blowing Six Song Country Mashup" - which, if it is real, is pretty mind blowing

CLICK HEREfor the answer to the question "Do Coat Hangers Sound As Good Monster Cables?"

CLICK HERE to watch Nick Lowe and Los Straitjackets or CLICK HERE to listen

CLICK HERE to watch Nick Lowe & Lost Straightjjackets live!

CLICK HERE to watch Mad Magazine's never aired 1974 tv special

CLICK HERE for the genius school teacher who wore the same outfit for yearbook pictures for 40 years

CLICK HERE for a behind the scenes piece about T. Rex’s ‘Get It On

CLICK HERE Foo Fighters with Rick Nielsen doing "Stiff Competition" on David Letterman

CLICK HERE for the preview of the new WFMU documentary "Sex And Broacasting"

CLICK HERE for info on the Silverball Museum in Asbury Park

CLICK HERE for another piece about how the streaming music business model is doomed for eternity to be a disaster for musicians

CLICK HERE for forty photos of The Brown Sisters

CLICK HERE for a piece about mastering that says that sometimes mastering recordings makes them worse

CLICK HERE to watch a great piece on The Ramones!

CLICK HERE for Phil Baugh's "Country Guitar"

CLICK HERE to watch Lou Reed act like a total a-hole

CLICK HERE to watch the BBC Documentary "Squeeze - Take Me I'm Yours"

CLICK HERE for The K-Tel Story

CLICK HERE to hear The Odd Couple sing

CLICK HERE for the N.Y. Times story about the Brazilian bus magnate who’s buying up all the world’s vinyl records

CLICK HERE for a piece from a guy who played in a prison band with drummer Jim Gordon

CLICK HERE for a piece on the dynamic between Lennon & McCartney

CLICK HERE for a documentary about record collectors

CLICK HERE for a piece on The Angelettes

CLICK HERE for Ock TV

CLICK HERE to see "Triumph Watches The World Cup, Part 1"

CLICK HERE for a a piece by bass player Ernie Brooks remembering his days in Jonathan Richman's Modern Lovers

CLICK HERE for something odd: on the website of session guitarist Jay Graydon (he plays the guitar solo on Steely Dan's "Peg") he lists playing guitar on Cheap Trick's studio version of "I Want You To Want Me" among his 1977 credits.

CLICK HERE for some audio Illusions - "Can You Trust Your Ears"?

CLICK HERE for optical illusions

CLICK HERE for "The Jarmels" "A Little Bit of Soap" - don't think this is the original lead singer - but he does a great job

CLICK HERE for the Abbey Road crossing cam

CLICK HERE to find out if we need to be touching

CLICK HERE for a short film of two craftsmen at work

CLICK HERE to play Name That Drum Fill

CLICK HERE to read "Phish Has Been a Band for Thirty Years Now and They Have Sucked the Whole Time" and then CLICK HERE to read "This Is What Happens When You Make Fun Of Phish On The Internet"

CLICK HERE for the story of Be Bop Deluxe's Bill Nelson and how he says his record label ripped him off

CLICK HERE to watch the famously hard to find MC5 documentary

CLICK HERE to read about a recent Jerry Lewis show

CLICK HERE for the new release of 5 Style 1996 live on WFMU

CLICK HERE for Paul Lukas' excellent piece about cultural criticism

CLICK HERE to read "A Portrait of the Worst Guy Ever"

CLICK HERE for proof that Michael Nesmith is a nut

CLICK HERE to see some wise asses I'm a fan of

CLICK HERE to hear Bernard Prurdie talk about all kinds of things - including saying "Ringo's not on anything"

CLICK HERE for a film excerpt "Session Men - Memphis"

CLICK HERE for a laugh

CLICK HERE for Roz Chast's piece “Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant?”

CLICK HERE for a brief history of the baritone guitar"

CLICK HERE for "The Making of 96 Tears"

CLICK HERE for a Rolling Stone piece about The Jerky Boys

CLICK HERE for Ronee Blakley singing "Dues" from "Nashville"

CLICK HERE for Ronee Blakley singing "Tapedeck in His Tractor" from "Nashville"

CLICK HERE to play the web Theremin

CLICK HERE to see drummer Joff from the band Bucky so some drawings of old people

CLICK HERE if you want see a lady call for President Obama's execution. My mind keeps returning to his video and what it means about how screwed up our county is.

CLICK HERE for wrong from the get go NPR blog "The Worst Songs Of All Time?"

CLICK HERE for my July 2007 interview with Mighty Hannibal

CLICK HERE for the website of the guy who shot Bigfoot

CLICK HERE to see why the cowardly anonymous culture of the internet drives me even more crazy then art does

CLICK HERE for a little background on the Buddy Rich tapes

CLICK HERE for a weird Tonight Show episode where Jerry Lewis fills in for Johnny, with guest Bob Hope

CLICK HERE for the Jim Keltner Discography

CLICK HERE for the The Knack - this clip (with hard panned guitars) will help you understand the division of guitar parts in this song - which is not quite what I thought it was

CLICK HERE then click "Random Video"

CLICK HERE Rolling Stone's 500 Worst Reviews of All Time, according to Schmidtt

CLICK HERE for the 1966 Esquire Magazine piece "Frank Sinatra Has a Cold"

CLICK HERE for a dumbly titled, but interesting piece on Tom Wilson

CLICK HERE to find out about folks buying old lps in the USA to sell in Europe

CLICK HERE for a grammar test

CLICK HERE for Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee

CLICK HERE to see Jerry Lewis and Al Goldstein show of gadgets in 1976 on "A.M. New York"

CLICK HERE for Nick Lowe's odd appearance on the Adam Carolla show.

CLICK HERE for a $400+ out of print book about Pub Rock that Nick Lowe recommends - OR - buy it HERE for for £20 (about $30), including postage, on Will Birch's website

CLICK HERE for a reminder that you have to be 恋のホワン・ホワン (or HERE, or HERE , or HERE , or HERE, or HERE!)

CLICK HERE for info on an odd e-book "Nick Lowe: A Long Career That Never Gets Stale." It is 4 pages long and "sells" for $1.99. The same author has one about Dean Martin that was reviewed like this: "This pamphlet was complete gargbage. A sixth grader could have written a better essay. All of this author's works should be removed from Amazon."

CLICK HERE for a new interactive video from Bob Dylan

CLICK HERE, but only if you have golden ears

CLICK HERE for some amazing RARE STAX MUSIC from tapes Robert Gordon pulled out of the debris when the STAX building was being torn down!

CLICK HERE for STAX at The White House

CLICK HERE to read the list of the best selling vinyl records of the last 20 years

CLICK HERE for photos of Nashville session cello player Byron Bach's ledger from Paul Lukas' excellent Permanent Record web site

CLICK HERE if you're a BEATLE fan!

CLICK HERE for ROCKPILE live

CLICK HERE for The Turtles "Happy Together" (vocals only)

CLICK HERE to read the story behind Lou Reed’s “Walk on the Wild Side” bass line

CLICK HERE I think this hurts ants, but it looks cool - I want one

CLICK HERE for Ernie Bushmiller illustrated autobiography, on an amazing website

CLICK HERE for The Mills Brothers

CLICK HERE for some videos from the BUCKY album 'Women, Ladies and Girls (Sing the Bucky Songbook).' (I especially like THIS ONE! {due to the great acting})

CLICK HERE for James Jamerson & Gladys Knight going nuts on I Heard It Through The Grapevine

CLICK HERE for Wilton Felder's so good isolated bass on "I Want You Back"

CLICK HERE for a 1958 film "The Capitol Tower"

CLICK HERE to find out Popular Science is shutting off their comments

CLICK HERE for " The Weirdest Photos Of Mike Love You Can Find "

CLICK HERE for some Steve Allen bashing

CLICK HERE for Liverpool Scene's "Batpoem Live!

CLICK HERE for a "Step Inside Legendary New Jersey Radio Station WFMU!

CLICK HERE to watch The Beach Boys pretend to record "Good Vibrations"

CLICK HERE to watch the full "Beach Boys Live in Concert 50th Anniversary"

CLICK HERE for some live Magic and CLICK HERE for the proper chords.

CLICK HERE for Nick Martellaro version of Los Shakers' Always You

CLICK HERE for info on Fake Amps!

CLICK HERE to hear Gene Simmons say that Ace Frehley is a drugged racist with low self esteem who did nothing

CLICK HERE for a PDF of who plays what on Everly Brothers recordings.

CLICK HERE for How we made "You Really Got Me"!

CLICK HERE for a nice piece about the the L.A. studio musicians who dominated the 70's sound.

I love THESE Beach Boy videos!

CLICK HERE for some classic Jerry. The whole clip is crazy - but 2:13 in is really off the charts nuts.

CLICK HERE for info on an amazing new drug: Unpretentiousil!

CLICK HERE for Paul Anka's famous post-gig turned into a short film!

CLICK HERE for an recent Montclair Times article on Michael Shelley!

CLICK HERE to read how Big Star's "September Gurls" was recorded at Ardent Studios

Apparently Bowie offered "Golden Years" to Elvis Presley - but The King declined. CLICK HERE former guest Stevie Riks nails the Elvis/Bowie duet version.


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Listener comments!

  11:09am
Paul Rutner:

all number 1s! what a great way to spend a morning. go Mike.
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Michael Shelley:

LADY!
  11:14am
Paul Rutner:

Ella Fitzgerald. Now that's the first lady of everything!
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Todd-o-phonic Todd:

Fiveash filling in for Rex today, I will be in the house!
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:20am
Frank Above:

Burn!
  11:21am
P-90:

That's funny, I never noticed Rex "playing the same 20 songs over and over." There's probably 22. At least.
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Michael Shelley:

I kid - I love Rex's show!
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Folsom:

I never get tired of the cactus blossoms.
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:23am
Stevel:

Radio rumble!
  11:33am
Susan Miney:

Greetings from Liverpool UK. ...waiting to hear my friend Sheree Homers interview!
  11:35am
Blanket:

Here's how it'd sound in minor instead of major...
https://soundcloud.com/dj-stairmaster-e/ridin-in-g-minor
  11:36am
marc:

Happy Father's Day to you Michael!
  11:38am
davefromtoronto:

lovin spoonful fave u.s. band...

no, the turtles...
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Brian in UK:

The Vogues, anyone?
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:39am
Montmaster J:

Mikey: next weekend Q is playing on the beach in Rowayton, CT.
  11:41am
JSG:

After the BB, I'd have go with The Byrds.
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Michael Shelley:

Blanket - weird!, mark - Thanks, DFT - Spoonful is up there for me, Brian - didnt bring any, try for next week, J - maybe!
  11:42am
marc:

Childhood memories
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:43am
Parq:

Yo La T is a pretty darn good American band, while we're at it. And then there's Scruffy the Cat. And Dave, the Turtles were on my list too. And then there's the Ramones.
  11:45am
P-90:

Oh ,OK, Sheree Homer, biographer of Rick Nelson, not Rick NEILson.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:52am
Brian in UK:

The Byrds were the ones that turned my head aged twelve. Never been the same since.
  11:52am
davefromtoronto:

cheap trick!!!
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Parq:

Sheree Horner's accent was killing me (in a good way, I mean). She sounds like my aunt, and I'm not even from the midwest.
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:57am
Baby:

Baby!!
  11:57am
P-90:

Agrre w/Parq: very nice interview (maybe too short), GREAT accent
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Baby:

I missed it!!!
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Michael Shelley:

I brought you flowers!
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Baby:

Indeed. Thanks. I'll catch it on the POD. How are you?
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Michael Shelley:

Busy - but good - for an idiot
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Baby:

That's good to hear, except for that busy part.
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Michael Shelley:

busy is good
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Michael Shelley:

how's grapes
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:05pm
Baby:

I know. I was playing off that Idiot line. Grapes are hanging tough. Bought to get out there. Champagne is in play this week. Big day on Tuesday.
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Baby:

Bout
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Michael Shelley:

Send some to the club
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Baby:

Two years, Pennies From Heaven will be Montclair bound.
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Michael Shelley:

Anybody have the new issue of MOJO?
  12:08pm
timurf:

easy mike, it isnt time for fools paradise yet
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:15pm
Baby:

is there a review in Mojo?
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Michael Shelley:

Those who got early enough to hear the whole show heard... my interview w/ Emitt Rhodes is mentioned...
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Cheri Pi:

Making pancakes with MS :)
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purpleknif:

Uh oh, guess I still like Bobby Goldsboro.
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purpleknif:

BTW, love the purple page.
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Michael Shelley:

Just for you!
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purpleknif:

why thank you!
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Joe B:

Show sounding great as always Michael!
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Michael Shelley:

Thanks brother Joe!
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drewo:

Ken Nordine is a happy hockey fan this week.
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purpleknif:

gutter mouth too
  12:37pm
JSG:

I so love this song.
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Michael Shelley:

Total #1 hit
  12:42pm
Stuart Rose:

Who's this Mason fellow?
Damn good song- sounds like a Band song, but no cheap facsimile.
  12:43pm
Rob Foss:

Michael, great show as usual. Ken Nordine is "alive and kicking" (great group as well) at age 95!
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cee:

i'm not sure i want to do the pretzel. seems slightly uncomfortable
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Michael Shelley:

www.raymason.com
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Greg from Bloomfield:

SCREAMALES!
  12:47pm
JSG:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Go0YFc5-Vk
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:47pm
drr:

The guitar on this SF track is so restrained...I'm waiting
  12:47pm
John Arthur:

Is this shake it off cover a live recording?
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Michael Shelley:

yes - from The Onion's series
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drewo:

Screaming Females "Rose Mountain" is a solid '15 contender.
  12:48pm
John Arthur:

Never mind her little break down sounds like she is addressing a crowd lol
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Michael Shelley:

great song - great performance
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Mermaid Parade in Coney Island starts soon!
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drr:

is the mermaid parade still as crowded as it got about ten years ago when I said no no no no never again?
  #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 12:54pm
David in ATL from NJ:

Thanks for another great show, Michael!
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drr:

Bread? Or theres also a Shoes version?
  12:54pm
r i s k y:

Saturday morning panic attack
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Greg from Bloomfield:

Thanks, Michael! I'm a genius too.
  #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 12:55pm
David in ATL from NJ:

Great way to end the show with Mr Wilson. The perfect dad.
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:56pm
jmd:

I never get tired of Murray.
  12:56pm
scott:

Dude, I was sitting right by the phone. Today is Brian Wilson's birthday!
  #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 12:58pm
David in ATL from NJ:

"Fight for Success".
That's beautiful.
Murray was the real genius behind the Beach Boys.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

We're Recording - so RELAX! Go.
...that never fails - Thanks...
  12:58pm
r i s k y:

Relax Mike
  #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 12:59pm
David in ATL from NJ:

Happy Father's Day to you, Michael!
  10:07am
Steve:

Thanks for playing the Bobby Fuller 4 - 'I'm a Lucky Guy' ! Bobby Fuller was such a great Rock n' Roller and artist that he made any song fab and convincing even the ones he didn't write. That's the mark of a great artist when he make other's songs his own.
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