The shit you learn when browsing through the Wikipedia
September 17th, 2005
Did you know that the Soup Dragons’ song “I’m Free” is a cover of the 1965 Rolling Stones’ track off December’s Children (And Everybody’s)? Me neither, even though both were on my iPod.
Hell, based on the cover version I never would have guessed it was written by Jagger and Richards, and I initially thought the Wikipedia had made a mistake (it wouldn’t be the first time). But after listening to both… yep, they’re the same song.
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I love Wikipedia. In fact, I probably use that widget more than any other.
Not that I could comment about the other portion of your post. Sometimes you guys (RS, PW, WWR) remind me of the guys on “High Fidelity.”
You’d recognize the song immediately if you heard either version, it’s not very obscure.
For a limited time, I’ll even link to the two so you can check it out: Original and Extra Crispy.
Guys on High Fidelity?
Is that a… errr… compliment? I mean, John Cusack’s pretty cool and stuff, so…
No, no, Andy. Obviously I’m the John Cusack character. You, Z, and Jeff can fight over being Jack Black and the weird pasty guy.
cute that you had both without knowing.
coincidence : ex-Soup Dragon has a band called The High Fidelity (created prior to the movie)
Yeah, songs get lost when you’ve got forty gigs of MP3s.