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  • Tegan & Sara/Augusten Burroughs

    Tuesday, Aug 5, 2008 9:59PM / Standard Entry / Members only
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    Hey, I didn't know that Tegan and Sara did a cover of "When You Were Mine," originally sung by Prince and then covered by Cyndi Lauper. This is one of my all-time favorite songs from the 80's (Lauper's version). The rest of my room is a total mess, but this little corner has my old "She's So Unusual" up. I think Tegan and Sara must have been like five when it came out.




    Here's their acoustic version (hey, it was posted on my b'day, cool)

    Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bv9G_biP7W



    Tegan and Sara are going to be in NY performing along with a reading by Augusten Burroughs (Running w/Scissors, a great book/movie about people who are insane) on Sept 4 at HousingWorks Bookstore in Soho.

    Here's Prince singing it live at the Ritz in 1981 (also on my b'day, coincidentally).



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  • butter
    butter
    posted on Thursday, Aug 7, 2008 6:26AM [Report]
    It's always cool when you hear different artists rocking out the same tune in their own style.  I still like Cyndi Lauper's version the best but Tegan & Sara bring a great vibe to their version as well.  Prince is such an awesome song writer!
  • Jaine
    Jaine
    posted on Wednesday, Aug 6, 2008 6:02PM [Report]
    Cyndi Lauper is so cool and to be honest while the other too versions are good I still prefer Cyndi's (the lead in for the Prince version is too line)
  • Jaine
    Jaine
    posted on Wednesday, Aug 6, 2008 5:52PM [Report]
    okay I'm home so can watch the clips, your wall is really cool
  • JoanneSanderson
    JoanneSanderson
    posted on Wednesday, Aug 6, 2008 5:11PM [Report]
    I like Tegan and Sara's version of it. I never heard Prince's version before, but I have Lauper's. She was a great character, I think I over played the 'Girls Just wanna have Fun' MV when I was younger, and of course she was in Wrestling as a guest at the time I watched it, so it really boosted her profile for me. Class musician.
  • PPPIRJ
    PPPIRJ
    posted on Wednesday, Aug 6, 2008 12:27PM [Report]
    Interesting!
  • iggypuffygirl
    iggypuffygirl
    posted on Wednesday, Aug 6, 2008 11:12AM [Report]
    Great cover by T&S!  I love how they have such a distinctive style!  thanks for sharing it!
  • Jaine
    Jaine
    posted on Wednesday, Aug 6, 2008 8:25AM [Report]
    crap I'm at work and for some reason youtube is blocked - I find this odd coz Pandora TV (the Korean equivalent) is not blocked.
  • mariejost
    Official artist Marie Jost
    posted on Wednesday, Aug 6, 2008 7:50AM [Report]
    Oooh, thanks for the blast from the past.  I was still listening to mainstream music in the early 80s, when I started graduate school and was a fan of both Prince and Cyndi Lauper.  Charlie Wan posted Cocteau Twins on his blog today.  Such a trip down memory lane.  I'll have to post my own nostalgic video from the late 80s in a few minutes.
  • luna16
    luna16
    posted on Wednesday, Aug 6, 2008 7:24AM [Report]
    prince, dolly parton and bob dylan have one thing in common:  they're GREAT song writers....but i prefer it if someone else sings their songs.
  • peachey
    peachey
    posted on Wednesday, Aug 6, 2008 4:30AM [Report]
    What little I remember of CL is that she was competing with the prettier, vixenish Madonna. CL looked and acted...disturbed. haha. I wonder if I had any of CL's music on vinyl ....don't think so. I had a small vinyl LP collection. Think mom tossed them after I moved out. Grr.
  • jijigugu
    jijigugu
    posted on Wednesday, Aug 6, 2008 3:17AM [Report]
    funky..:)

    btw,  r u doing a series of your self-portraits?, :D
  • Juhana
    Juhana
    posted on Wednesday, Aug 6, 2008 1:08AM [Report]
    you're so lucky you got to keep some of the old stuff.
    sigh.. i miss my childhood when i think of the 80's.
  • Juhana
    Juhana
    posted on Wednesday, Aug 6, 2008 1:07AM [Report]
    oh just hearing that song again brings memories from the 80's! I love Prince & Cyndi Lauper.
  • janechu
    janechu
    posted on Tuesday, Aug 5, 2008 11:45PM [Report]
    oh nice... =)
  • peachey
    peachey
    posted on Tuesday, Aug 5, 2008 10:57PM [Report]
    CL was a little strange to me in her early days. I guess it worked for her. Prince has also been around for a while - liked some of his stuff.
  • AsianChick100
    AsianChick100
    posted on Tuesday, Aug 5, 2008 10:34PM [Report]
    don't know the song. =/

    nice wall colour....

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