Nice concert, crap song.

October 24, 2001 11:15 PM

Nice concert, crap song. I would have given anything to hear Sean, Yoko, Moby and Rufus Wainwright singing "Across the Universe" which might be my fave Lennon song of all time. But this concert was never televised in the SF Bay Area and now STP's cover of "Revolution" is being flogged on alternative rock radio in the Bay Area. And it sucks, IMO. Damn.
posted by Lynsey (15 comments total)

agreed. blasphemy. what has STP ever done that even remotely resembles anything revolutionary? nothing.
posted by afx114 at 11:54 PM on October 24, 2001

... er ... yeah ... ok. So anyway. If anyone happens to find a copy of said STP cover, please do forward me a link ...
posted by GatorDavid at 12:13 AM on October 25, 2001

And if anyone finds a copy of the Rufus, Moby, et al's cover of Across the Universe, please post a link or description. Thanks!
posted by skechada at 5:51 AM on October 25, 2001

And if anyone finds a copy of the Rufus, Moby, et al's cover of Across the Universe, please post a link or description. Thanks!
posted by skechada at 5:51 AM on October 25, 2001

I would have given anything to hear...Yoko...singing "Across the Universe"

Funny, most people would have given anything *not* to hear Yoko sing.
posted by MrBaliHai at 6:29 AM on October 25, 2001

Oh, there's just got to be an MP3 of this somewhere. Or maybe there's a cd release in the works? I'm a sucker for charity cds. I bought the Diana one for the U2 and Neil Finn songs.
posted by kittyb at 6:37 AM on October 25, 2001

i am a bit cross about the timing of this concert.
rufus was supposed to be in atlanta that night, opening for tori amos at the fox theatre. none of us were told and only figured it out when pinch-hitter david ryan harris of the brand new immortals wandered out on stage to do a five song warmup.

tori was excellent. rufus and tori on the same night would have been life-changing.
posted by grabbingsand at 6:55 AM on October 25, 2001

I saw Spacey on the Leno show last week, and they showed a clip of him singing "Mind Games." He confessed that he'd never heard of the song until band-leader-for-the-night Dave Stewart suggested it. Spacey said he learned the song, and has since forgotten it already. If he looked impassioned and sincere, like he was singing an old Lennon favorite of his, remember he's a two-time Oscar winner.
posted by CosmicSlop at 6:55 AM on October 25, 2001

I saw the Across the Universe performance. It was Rufus Wainright, Moby and Sean Lennon. It was really good, but I can't figure out why Moby was there. Rufus sang great, Sean sang great, Moby can't sing. Thankfully he never sang a lead. Waht is also strange is that I have heard that Rufus has sucked. His Sessions at West 54th was so bad they couldn't air it. But he was really good here.
posted by bob bisquick at 8:29 AM on October 25, 2001

Did Roger Whittaker appear to sing his version of Imagine? That would've been awesome.
posted by MrBaliHai at 8:57 AM on October 25, 2001

it was a really, really nice cover. i got all choked up and shit when sean sang.
posted by sugarfish at 9:10 AM on October 25, 2001

Yeah, I usually get chocked up when Sean sings, but it's because he can't.

That boy needs to lay off it a bit. I saw him do some solo stuff at a Cibo Matto show - it was horrible!!!! Just because you're some celebrity kid doesn't mean you're as tallented as your pops.
posted by QrysDonnell at 10:14 AM on October 25, 2001

qrysdonnel: at least you were able to see cibo matto.
*swoon.
posted by ronv at 2:07 PM on October 25, 2001

skechada: I have the song. I am willing to release it, provided you give me your email address.

and your first born!

Or you could just write me here.
posted by eschewed at 11:25 PM on October 25, 2001

Just because you're some celebrity kid doesn't mean you're as tallented as your pops
Nobody can be as talented as Sean's "pops", QrysDonnell. Give the kid a break is what I say
posted by matteo at 10:23 AM on October 27, 2001