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From: ask@lasspvax.UUCP (Andreas S. Kronfeld)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Re: Yardbirds
Message-ID: <150@lasspvax.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 14-Dec-84 02:19:08 EST
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Posted: Fri Dec 14 02:19:08 1984
Date-Received: Sat, 15-Dec-84 00:35:45 EST
Reply-To: ask@lasspvax.UUCP (Andreas S. Kronfeld)
Organization: Theory Center (Cornell University)
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>> > On the other hand, one of the absolute WORST covers in history is
>> > the Yardbirds's so-called version of "Mannish Boy", which they retitled
>> > "I'm a Man"
>> > 
>> 
>> The Yardbirds "broke up" almost 20 years ago.  I happen to like their
>> version of "I'm a Man".   It is up-beat and you can dance to it (-:.
>> But seriously,  I think that the Yardbirds were one of the most important
>> groups to come out of England during the '60s because of the content of
>> their work and the members of their band who went on to bigger and perhaps
>> better things, specifically Eric Clapton. <... Rest Deleted...>
>
>I LOVE the Yardbirds. That does not change the fact that their desecration
>of "Mannish Boy" is an affront in the face of the Universe
>
>
>Marcel Simon		{ihnp4!allegra}!mhuxr!mfs

Indeed.  "I'm a Man" doesn't seem so bad until you hear Muddy Waters do
"Mannish Boy."  Anyone who wants a nice retrospective of the Yardbirds
with informative liner notes should pick up the greatist hits album on Epic
a few years back.  Incidentally, they have regrouped as Box of Frogs, made
an album and toured; of course this is without the electrocuted Keith Relf.
Jimmy Page has expressed interest in collaborating if another BoF album
comes to pass.
-- 
``Bustin' makes me feel good!''

Andreas Kronfeld			arpa:	ask@lnsvax
Newman Lab. of Nuclear Studies		usenet:	cornell!lnsvax!ask
Cornell University