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Jefferson Airplane meets Battlestar Galactica

She's got a better voice than Grace Slick.

Sounds like the Mickey Mouse Club discovered LSD.

I like it, in part because, despite its historic significance in popular culture, the original is not something I enjoy hearing anymore. One of the drawbacks of modern civilization is the astonishingly easy access to almost everything that has ever been written, performed, drawn, etc. On the one hand, this gives easy access to the types of things that once were reserved for elites. On the other hand, there is a numbing effect that comes from gross over-exposure. This plays out in the comments sections here, when listeners complain that RP is playing something that is overplayed on commercial radio. The irony is that much of this music was seen as breakthrough material when it was new. The easy retort is: stop listening to those other stations. But, who can stop the endless barrage of piped in, or otherwise narrow casts, of music from the past 50 years. And my point is? The Grace Slick performance is fine, but after a half century or so, maybe another take on the song is not unwelcome.

My 2 cents. A yawner version of a great old classic. Brought nothing interesting or new to this version

I like how she knows no one can do Grace Slick except Grace, and she makes it her own without straying from the power and sinister intensity of the original. I love her other songs, too. A real talent!

Love Emilíana Torrini - worth checking out her album Love in the Time of Science

I like it, in part because, despite its historic significance in popular culture, the original is not something I enjoy hearing anymore. One of the drawbacks of modern civilization is the astonishingly easy access to almost everything that has ever been written, performed, drawn, etc. On the one hand, this gives easy access to the types of things that once were reserved for elites. On the other hand, there is a numbing effect that comes from gross over-exposure. This plays out in the comments sections here, when listeners complain that RP is playing something that is overplayed on commercial radio. The irony is that much of this music was seen as breakthrough material when it was new. The easy retort is: stop listening to those other stations. But, who can stop the endless barrage of piped in, or otherwise narrow casts, of music from the past 50 years. And my point is? The Grace Slick performance is fine, but after a half century or so, maybe another take on the song is not unwelcome.

I like it simply because I've not heard anything other than the original of this song - I've never once heard it covered. 

Actually, you have...The Jefferson Airplane (with Grace Slick) is a cover

of White Rabbit done by The Great Society (with Grace Slick) a year or

so earlier...The Great Society (with Grace Slick) also do a great cover of

Sally Go 'Round the Roses...

Tony in NJ

W.A.S.T.E.

I like it simply because I've not heard anything other than the original of this song - I've never once heard it covered. 

Actually, the Airplane's White Rabbit is Grace Slick doing a cover of her-

self...The original was by Slick when she was with The Great Society...

Tony in NJ

W.A.S.T.E.

Never heard of the film, but I like the White Rabbit version. 

Just bought the dvd on ebay.  At £1.50, got to be worth a punt.

How do rabbits spread fear and loathing of meat?

Fun fact; Rabbits are an invention of the Illuminati, designed to spread fear and loathing of meat, so you turn to Genetically Modified vegetables that contain sedatives and trackers.
Feed you head! wake up sheeple.
;-)

I agree in principle, but geez, Louise, do something new with it. 

I love this - exactly what a cover should do: pay homage, bring something new (energy, weirdness, magnificent musicianship), and do no harm.  Check, check, check.  As always, thx Bill

I agree in principle, but geez, Louise, do something new with it. Joe Cocker was a master at reinterpreting Beatles classics into new classics, but just re-singing a classic note-for-note only invites a failing comparison to the original. I'm also thinking about recent covers of Because the Night and Turn the Page which really did not need to be recorded because they were only weak retreads of the classic originals.

Dolly Parton's cover of Heaven Let Your Light Shine Down and Johnny Cash's Hurt are two other good examples of a complete retake, making each song very much their own.

This one? Meh. Not impressed.

I - really detested the original - just always grated on my nerves -  I heard this on RP today for the first time - and really like this   This woman sounds amazing and fits the song just right   thank you for providing a way for me to enjoy a clssic

A live, original version by The Great Society has long guitar-based intro which stretches the song is floating around.  My favorite version.

This version is nice but hard to replicate the power of Grace's voice.

I like it, in part because, despite its historic significance in popular culture, the original is not something I enjoy hearing anymore. One of the drawbacks of modern civilization is the astonishingly easy access to almost everything that has ever been written, performed, drawn, etc. On the one hand, this gives easy access to the types of things that once were reserved for elites. On the other hand, there is a numbing effect that comes from gross over-exposure. This plays out in the comments sections here, when listeners complain that RP is playing something that is overplayed on commercial radio. The irony is that much of this music was seen as breakthrough material when it was new. The easy retort is: stop listening to those other stations. But, who can stop the endless barrage of piped in, or otherwise narrow casts, of music from the past 50 years. And my point is? The Grace Slick performance is fine, but after a half century or so, maybe another take on the song is not unwelcome.

I am really surprised that someone could cover this song, and not completely fail. I dig this, and I RARELY ever like covers.  

I think that the original is so short, that covering this song and letting the song "stretch its legs" is a good thing.  The music of the original is great, but it never gets much time to shine due to the lyrics and short length.  

I like it, in part because, despite its historic significance in popular culture, the original is not something I enjoy hearing anymore. One of the drawbacks of modern civilization is the astonishingly easy access to almost everything that has ever been written, performed, drawn, etc. On the one hand, this gives easy access to the types of things that once were reserved for elites. On the other hand, there is a numbing effect that comes from gross over-exposure. This plays out in the comments sections here, when listeners complain that RP is playing something that is overplayed on commercial radio. The irony is that much of this music was seen as breakthrough material when it was new. The easy retort is: stop listening to those other stations. But, who can stop the endless barrage of piped in, or otherwise narrow casts, of music from the past 50 years. And my point is? The Grace Slick performance is fine, but after a half century or so, maybe another take on the song is not unwelcome.

Okay, but, seriously? One doesn't mess with a classic. Just sayin'....

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You are so very wrong.  I like it.  A unique original, updated into the 21st Century.

BTW, the movie (Sucker Punch) is an exercise in imagination that is well worth the time.  Just be sure to buckle your mental seatbelt!

I like it, in part because, despite its historic significance in popular culture, the original is not something I enjoy hearing anymore. One of the drawbacks of modern civilization is the astonishingly easy access to almost everything that has ever been written, performed, drawn, etc. On the one hand, this gives easy access to the types of things that once were reserved for elites. On the other hand, there is a numbing effect that comes from gross over-exposure. This plays out in the comments sections here, when listeners complain that RP is playing something that is overplayed on commercial radio. The irony is that much of this music was seen as breakthrough material when it was new. The easy retort is: stop listening to those other stations. But, who can stop the endless barrage of piped in, or otherwise narrow casts, of music from the past 50 years. And my point is? The Grace Slick performance is fine, but after a half century or so, maybe another take on the song is not unwelcome.

Do Jorma, Jack and Grace know this is out there?!? I guess so.

Decent enough cover, but I don't see the point. It doesn't change it enough to be really interesting and therefore falls short of the original. 

Pretty good remake, never heard it before.

I quite enjoy this remake (the film was *meh*). But yeah, as far as the original being a "magnitude higher"... seek out the version that is Grace Slick's vocal track alone; no other instrumentation. When you hear her in her sonic glory it's easy to understand that no one is ever going to do a cover that surpasses, or even equals, the original. But I'm all for folk giving it a try.

I quite enjoy this remake (the film was *meh*). But yeah, as far as the original being a "magnitude higher"... seek out the version that is Grace Slick's vocal track alone; no other instrumentation. When you hear her in her sonic glory it's easy to understand that no one is ever going to do a cover that surpasses, or even equals, the original. But I'm all for folk giving it a try.

Amazing how much better the original is wihtout all the special effects and ordinary pop singer.  The original is an order of magnitude higher, but nothing wrong with loving and remaking the song.

This is a song that doesn't need to exist. 

I wanted to like this more than I did.  Going with a 5 rating although if my wife likes it maybe I'll go to a 6 or 7....thanks for playing it, BillG...and Long Live RP!!