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Title: I kid you not Post by: Aegir on June 23, 2006, 11:32:52 AM I heard a cover of "Island Girl" (from Still Cruisin') when I was in the mall yesterday.
Title: Re: I kid you not Post by: Jason Penick on June 24, 2006, 10:47:27 AM I hate that song! :angry
Title: Re: I kid you not Post by: SloopJohnB on June 24, 2006, 10:55:01 AM Now THAT is strange... :o
Are you sure it was this exact song? I think Elton John also did a song called "Island Girl"... If this new song truly is a cover of the BB's "Island Girl", I would really like to know what's going on in these singers' heads... ??? Why make a cover of this song?! Sorry to disagree with you on that one Jason, but I think the original version is cool; I especially like the acapella intro. :) Title: Re: I kid you not Post by: Aegir on June 24, 2006, 02:45:34 PM It wasn't the Elton John song; I definitely heard "island girl, she makes me happy / island girl, she's kinda sassy".
The weird thing is, not only did someone cover it, but presumably it got on the radio or something! Or maybe the mall has its own playlist, I don't know. Title: Re: I kid you not Post by: Rocker on June 24, 2006, 02:49:35 PM It wasn't the Elton John song; I definitely heard "island girl, she makes me happy / island girl, she's kinda sassy". The weird thing is, not only did someone cover it, but presumably it got on the radio or something! Or maybe the mall has its own playlist, I don't know. Probably some trainee testing the speakers ;) Title: Re: I kid you not Post by: Jason Penick on June 24, 2006, 05:44:12 PM I ran the title through All Music Guide to see who did the cover, but there was only one result for "Island Girl" by Jardine-- The Beach Boys Still Cruisin'.
This is bugging me for some reason... I wanna get to the bottom of why someone would choose to cover "Island Girl" out of all Beach Boys songs in existence! :thud Title: Re: I kid you not Post by: Aegir on June 24, 2006, 06:01:19 PM I found this, couldn't find any soundclips, though: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Johnson_Big_Band_%28album%29 ?
Title: Re: I kid you not Post by: SloopJohnB on June 25, 2006, 03:37:59 AM Hmm, I don't think this is what you heard... :(
http://www.donjohnsonbigband.com/en/lyrics/islandgirl/ However, I think I've just found some interesting stuff: http://rarb.org/reviews/20.html# http://www.brainymusic.com/albums/us/shock_value.html ;D But still nothing on WHY they chose to cover "Island Girl". They appear to have covered some other BB songs though (Good Vibrations...) |