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Peeps wrote:rod stewarts version of downtown train blows waits version to smithereens

Shot the goddamn fuck up

My orthodontist as a kid exclusively played just Rod Stewart every single day. Every time I went in there.... Rod Stewart.

He also only employed large breasted women who work really low cut nurse shirts, and sometimes your head would touch them. So I gave the Rod Stewart thing a pass.

Peeps wrote:rod stewarts version of downtown train blows waits version to smithereens

I prefer the other four versions of the theme song of The Wire to the Tom Waits version. I couldn't take the Tom Waits version after about the first two episodes of whatever season it's in (2?).

Peeps wrote:rod stewarts version of downtown train blows waits version to smithereens

This is the dumbest thing anyone has ever posted in the history of RM.

durdencommatyler wrote:

Peeps wrote:rod stewarts version of downtown train blows waits version to smithereens

This is the dumbest thing anyone has ever posted in the history of RM.

Concur

i'm going to compare them right now and give the definitive opinion

bodysnatcher wrote:i'm going to compare them right now and give the definitive opinion

Our friendship lies in your hands

Ok guys, here's what I have to say on the matter:

Rod Stewart's version is friendlier and easier to listen to, but cheesy. It's the perfect song to listen to while you're shopping for some new stemware at JCPenney.

The Tom Waits version sounds he channeled an 88-year-old Bruce Springsteen.

Ultimately, the points go to Waits for writing the song. But it feels like the song was written for Rod Stewart to sing. Neither are ones that I would want to listen to.

Youre more dead to me than your dead mother

it's just not my favorite Tom Waits song. i'm jamming to "16 shells from a 30.6" now if that makes up for it?

I could never stay mad at you

Peeps wrote:rod stewarts version of downtown train blows waits version to smithereens

Jesus man drink some coffee

peeps totally nailed the 'unpopular' idea of this thread

bodysnatcher wrote:peeps totally nailed the 'unpopular' idea of this thread

And for that, he wins the day. But for that and nothing else.

The best thing about Stewart's cover I ever read was that the only connection he seemed to have with the downtown train girls is that they use the same hair care products. His version is pretty music, but is also a powerful song stripped of all its heart and soul.

At least we have Tom Waits, McP. We'll always have that.

i don't care for elliott smith

I'll pretend that I didn't hear that, lenny.