[lbo-talk] after SY retrocity...

[Alan Rudy]

So, here's the question:  Why are there no Rock and Roll standards like
there are in Jazz, Blues and Folk?
Where did the idea that such things were "covers" - and therefore lesser -
rather than "standards" - and therefore nods to greatness?
Me, personally, I LOVE a good cover - Mark Lanegan's version of The Leaving
Trains' "Creeping Coastline of Lights" comes to mind - but hate most cover
bands (and most cover records, even Giant Sand's Cover Magazine [and they
are my favorite band]).
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