the sloppy copy

I look at the video and can’t help but wonder if Kevin Hearn is actually playing the bass in the first few scenes of the band. Like, is he even touching it? I don’t know. This is why I’m not a musician.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ggJS0p-QQc

“The Old Apartment” / Barenaked Ladies (1996)

Pronounced CO-burn, fwiw.

“Lovers in a Dangerous Time” / Bruce Cockburn (1982)

Also fwiw: the Barenaked Ladies (also see a subsequent entry, I’m sure) do an absolutely lovely cover of this song (the strings! the piano! Ed Robertson’s voice!). I almost can’t decide which I like better. Guess it depends how 80s I’m feeling that day.

So hard to choose just one from this guy.

“Ohio” / Neil Young (1971)

For the record, my brother does a really good impression of him. I’ll try to upload audio sometime.

So hard to pick a favorite. Oh wait, didn’t he only sing two songs?

“If You Could Read My Mind” / Gordon Lightfoot (1970)

Also, all apologies, as Skeletor appears to be featured in this video instead of Mr. Lightfoot.

Cupcakes are, without any inkling of doubt, infinitely better than eating a slice from a larger cake.
Go ahead, argue with me. I’ve got my retort warmed up and ready to go:

The whole is always better (or, in this case delicious) than the sum of its parts.
Here’s a (non-food) example for ya: Would you rather be a Little Person? Or someone whose legs were chopped off mid-thigh?

See? Better to have it all in a smaller package than be missing out on something potentially great, like extra frosting. Or the ability to run.

Ontario, eh? I had no idea!
Also, imagine if they’d stayed the Rainbow Butt Monkeys (!) …

“One Thing” / Finger Eleven (2003)

Wait, they’re Canadian? Why, yes. Yes they are.

“Magic Carpet Ride” / Steppenwolf (1968)

To quote the previous SOTD: “The Guess Who sucked, the Jets were lousy, anyway…”
And yet, this song makes me laugh, for inside-joke related reasons:

“No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature” / The Guess Who (1970)