Minutemen's "Dr. Wu"

[Zachary Houle]

While I'm at it -- and I don't know if this has been brought up before
-- has anyone taken a listen to The Minutemen's version of "Dr. Wu" on
_Double Nickels On The Dime_?
If you have, just curious to see what you folks think: Is it homage? Or
is it mockery? (ie. lyrics being read as bad poetry.)

Yours,
Zach

[k...@onhoops.com]

>The Minutemen's version of "Dr. Wu" on
> _Double Nickels On The Dime_?
> If you have, just curious to see what you folks think: Is it
homage? Or
> is it mockery? (ie. lyrics being read as bad poetry.)

it's crazy, and it's sly-- but I think it's sincere. D and Watt always
had a good understand of what was up, and I think they knew that the
lyrics of this song were the real deal. They did do their fair share of
tongue-in-cheek covers, but I don't believe this was one of them.

The lead singer of Sublime, whose name escapes me, fark...Bradley
Nowell, also does an acoustic cover of the song which sounds like he's
listened to both versions...not sure what it's on, I grabbed it on mp3
and burned it. It's especially poignant, I like Sublime but don't own
any of their records (you couldn't go through high school in the last
few years without having to dance to one of their songs at a party),
and Nowell succumbed to a herion addiction in 1997. Pretty rough, it
reminds you real the songs D+W write are. They tear things out of you.

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[truc...@my-deja.com]

i think it's an homage. in the liner notes they claim CCR,van halen and
steely dan create timeless music. which until sammy hagar came into the
picture was true

In article <38A734CB...@home.com>,

Zachary Houle <zho...@home.com> wrote:
> While I'm at it -- and I don't know if this has been brought up
before

> -- has anyone taken a listen to The Minutemen's version of "Dr. Wu" on

> _Double Nickels On The Dime_?
> If you have, just curious to see what you folks think: Is it
homage? Or
> is it mockery? (ie. lyrics being read as bad poetry.)
>

> Yours,
> Zach
>

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[Nyarlathotep]

In article <38A734CB...@home.com>,
Zachary Houle <zho...@home.com> wrote:
> While I'm at it -- and I don't know if this has been brought up
before
> -- has anyone taken a listen to The Minutemen's version of "Dr. Wu" on
> _Double Nickels On The Dime_?
> If you have, just curious to see what you folks think: Is it
homage? Or
> is it mockery? (ie. lyrics being read as bad poetry.)

Ironically, I heard the M-Men's version before I heard SD's.

Mockery or homage? It could be either one, couldn't it?
(Especially when you consider the 'men's cover of Van Halen's "Ain't
Talkin' 'bout Love, also on Double Nickels.)

I'm inclined to think it's more an homage than a parody. I mean,
DW is such a cool, weird song -- who'd want to make fun of _that_?

Whatever the case, it's an entertaining cover.

[Nyarlathotep]

In article <8979sl$jq5$1...@nnrp1.deja.com>,

truc...@my-deja.com wrote:
> i think it's an homage. in the liner notes they claim CCR,van halen
and
> steely dan create timeless music. which until sammy hagar came into
the
> picture was true

It could've been worse. They could have replaced Dave with Gary
Cherone.

Seriously, I could never get into VH.