Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Dinosaur Jr. covers JLH on Uncovered

Playboy has started a new series called Uncovered, and the first band featured is Dinosaur Jr. doing an acoustic cover of Just Like Heaven. There's also an interview where they mention how much they've always loved The Cure.
Posted by Craig at 5:35 PM

16 comments:

  1. ChristianZJuly 14, 2009 at 7:15 PM

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  2. ChristianZJuly 14, 2009 at 7:18 PM

    Back in probably early 1989 I heard Dinosaur Jr.'s version of JLH played on KROQ. But the DJ didn't say who it was by or anything about it. It caught my attention so much that I figured they would play it a lot. I tried to figure out where the track came from but had no good answers. This was back when The Cure didn't like anyone covering their songs and it certainly didn't sound like Robert singing so I had it in my head that it might've been The Cure but possibly someone like Porl singing.

    Oddly enough they never played it again so a couple months later I called KROQ up late one night and asked them to play that new version of Just Like Heaven. The person who answered was nice but had no idea what I was talking about. I tried to explain it the best I could and swore up and down that I really had heard them play this odd version of JLH. They said they would try to track it down and apparently they did and started playing it, and started playing it all the time. The first time they played it they said it was by my request and mentioned that it was a cover by a new band called Dinosaur Jr. Then Dinosaur Jr. got really big. I like to think I had a hand in that.

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  3. KateJuly 14, 2009 at 7:24 PM

    Excellent!

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  4. altr2eliseJuly 14, 2009 at 7:41 PM

    How come no-one owned up to being the person that found the story in Playboy? Do they NOT what to be known as the one person that DOES actually buy Playboy to read the articles?

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  5. ChristianZJuly 14, 2009 at 7:43 PM

    Maybe Hugh Hefner found the story and e-mailed it into Craig.

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  6. CraigJuly 14, 2009 at 7:44 PM

    Elise: Well, it was Heron who sent in the the Curespotting below, which led me to investigate the story, so I guess I'm to blame. : ) But I certainly didn't buy a copy! I just looked online. : )

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  7. KateJuly 14, 2009 at 7:53 PM

    Heehee. I actually have a subscription, and have submitted a number of Curespottings from Playboy over the years.

    Admittedly, the content has become less interesting lately, and I intend on letting the subscription run out.

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  8. andythecurefanJuly 14, 2009 at 9:38 PM

    @Kate,
    Just do Penthouse or Hustler. Or we can arrange some sort of webcam chat...jk.

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  9. perfect.murderJuly 15, 2009 at 12:55 AM

    So Kate Does make full sentences then!? ;)

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  10. notherbobJuly 15, 2009 at 2:22 AM

    *waves to Perfect Murder* Haha I spotted that too!! Very mysterious is our Kate...

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  11. perfect.murderJuly 15, 2009 at 3:35 AM

    Yeah she's also totally let her hair down on the Just like Heaven thread with 2 posts!! 2 posts!!*waves at Kate*

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  12. KateJuly 15, 2009 at 7:19 AM

    *wink* at andy, p.m and notherbob!

    :)

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  13. christl d.July 15, 2009 at 1:59 PM

    why kate, im surprised!! :)

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  14. KateJuly 15, 2009 at 2:05 PM

    *giggle* at dj!

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  15. AnonymousJuly 15, 2009 at 3:36 PM

    Bummed they didn't play it at Troubadour last month. EXCELLENT show!

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  16. versionkeJuly 22, 2009 at 2:01 PM

    I've still got my 3" CD of JLH by Dinosaur Jr. The video was great as well -- puppets!

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