tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764328218611568829.post1958020553880812792..comments2024-03-13T19:49:05.520-07:00Comments on The Adventures of Shylock Holmes: Head to HeadShylock Holmeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00446165270035271752noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764328218611568829.post-26786163095406838062013-06-07T15:56:26.177-07:002013-06-07T15:56:26.177-07:001. The U2 song is a classic, but it's hard to ...1. The U2 song is a classic, but it's hard to beat Elmo and the Goo Goo Dolls as a powerhouse combination.<br /><br />2. The Five For Fighting song is one of my favourite piano pop songs of all time - the REM track is pretty good (the 'I can see right through you' joke is a goody), but it's not in the same league. Lazlo Bane in the extended two.<br /><br />3. Gotye wins narrrowly in the first round (the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fight_of_the_Century" rel="nofollow"> fight of the century</a> ) - it's one of the few cases where a remake (thematic here, rather than a straight cover) improves on the original. Elliott Smith destroys Gotye in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Ali_vs._Joe_Frazier_II" rel="nofollow">Ali vs. Frazier II</a> - the Smith song is great, while the the Gotye song song stinks like a creepy one bedroom apartment.<br /><br />And in the bonus round, the first in the first and the first in the second.Shylock Holmeshttp://shylockholmes.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com