Cover Wars: Foreplay/Long Time Edition
Foreplay/Long Time is the third track on Boston’s self-titled 1976 debut. Though many think it is the best-selling debut album in the US of all time, it is actually second with that honor belonging to the Guns ‘N Roses’ 1987 debut Appetite For Destruction.
The Contestants:
The Brew: Leading off this week is a straight-ahead and well-performed rendition from The Brew. There are a few good harmonies here and obviously Boston’s lead singer, Brad Delp, is one of the hardest rock voices to cover. Source: 10-30-2009
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Phish: The Fall Of 1994 saw Phish mixing things up with their musical genres and instrumentation. The band performed a number of bluegrass classics with keyboardist Page McConnell moving to upright bass, bassist Mike Gordon playing the banjo, guitarist Trey Anastasio simply moved to an acoustic and drummer Jon Fishman playing the washboard (he played mandolin on some other ’94 bluegrass tunes as well). Source: 11-12-1994 via From The Archives Bonnaroo 2009
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Phish: The Phish bluegrass rendition of Foreplay/Longtime disappeared after 1994 but four and half years later the quartet rolled into Mansfield, Massachusetts (35 miles southwest of the city of Boston) and opened with this electric version. On a personal note, this was the first song I ever saw Phish play live, and it was 11 years ago yesterday. Source: 7-12-1999
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Rascal Flatts: I’ll give it to Rascal Flatts, they really nail the intro. Only one verse gets performed but instead you get a verse of Edgar Winter’s Free Ride. So for those of you keeping score it’s actually: Foreplay > Long Time > Free Ride > Long Time. If you’ve always thought the song needed some lasers and pyrotechnics, this one is for you.
Checking in on the In The Aeroplane Over The Sea Cover Wars from two weeks ago, you idiots voted for Phish. 87Hizzetfield is demanding a recount.
Tuesday, July 13, 2010 at 1:25 pm
No wonder you got hooked. I remember driving all the way from Michigan through Canada for those Great Woods shows and thinking it was stupid for just 2 shows, but once they came out with the Foreplay/Longtime that it was gonna be worth it.
Tuesday, July 13, 2010 at 6:19 pm
gotta be rascal flatz (4 life)
Tuesday, July 13, 2010 at 7:18 pm
Phish tied with Phish… that’s really the only way this should end!
Wednesday, July 14, 2010 at 10:03 am
I got to see them do the bluegrass version @ Gaillard Aud in Charleston SC 10/28/94 (my first show) it was fucking spectacular…seeing Fish play the “Madonna” washboard is something to behold!