Songs Leonard Should NOT Cover

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Songs Leonard Should NOT Cover

Post by Steven »

Springsteen's "Born To Run" should be among songs best not
covered by him. :)
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Post by Aslak »

Christ! What a stupid thread. There are THOUSANDS of songs Leonard could never cover. The same goes for all artists.
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Post by Young dr. Freud »

Disco Inferno.


YdF


P.S. I, for one, like "stupid" threads. If it weren't for "stupid threads" this forum would have about three pages total....instead of the scintillating billions it does contain.
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Young dr. Freud wrote: P.S. I, for one, like "stupid" threads. If it weren't for "stupid threads" this forum would have about three pages total....instead of the scintillating billions it does contain.
Oh, is that so? The fact that your name here on the forum includes "dr. Freud" doesn't exactly give you credibility with me; and hopefully not with the other intelligent people on this Forum either, as I consider people who make stupid choices (and especially people who like Freud, who btw. is nothing but a f***ing pervert, to be complete morons). But that's just me, Karl Aslak Fredrik Sverkersson, a 20 year old Swedish student. Bite me!
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Post by Pete »

Cliff Richard's 'Summer Holiday'

'We're all going on a summer holiday
no more working for a week or two
fun and laughter on our summer holiday
no more worries for me and you
for a week or two'

That's the song I think Leonard shouldn't cover :) 8)

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Post by Aslak »

Pete wrote:'We're all going on a summer holiday
no more working for a week or two
fun and laughter on our summer holiday
no more worries for me and you
for a week or two'
Is that really Cliff Richard? I remember that that song was in the English book my class used in fifth grade. I've always thought it was a song for children.
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Post by Pete »

sorry to spoil the illusion..yes, it was (and is) Cliff Richard. :lol:
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Pete wrote:sorry to spoil the illusion..yes, it was (and is) Clif Richard.
Grand so, I believe you. God I always hated that song when I was younger. Finally I have someone to blame for all my years of pain and abhorrence: may he die a painful death!!
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Post by Young dr. Freud »

Someone is very hostile today.


YdF

P.S. Intelligence is not something I normally associate with 20-year-old Swedish students. You could be the exception, I suppose...but then, there are your posts to consider.
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Post by LaurieAK »

He should not cover:

Walking On Sunshine (by Katrina & The Waves)
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Post by Aslak »

Young dr. Freud wrote:Someone is very hostile today.
It's probably because I'm drunk (and inspired by the picture of Stridberg that I have as an avatar; I love Strindberg).
Young dr. Freud wrote:]P.S. Intelligence is not something I normally associate with 20-year-old Swedish students. You could be the exception, I suppose...
Indeed I am the exception, my good sir. You however confessed to liking stupid threads. So if anyone here is going to accuse someone of being stupid I don't think you're the person to do do it. My posts weren't stupid in the least. Aggressive perhaps, but not stupid. I speak better English than 95% of all Americans I've met; so unless you are British, Young dr. Freud, don't you dare to accuse me of being stupid.
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Post by Young dr. Freud »

KAFS,

Your grasp of the English language is not as great as you imagine. The subtlety of certain expressions are beyond you. But that is to be expected in a 20-year-old Swedish student.

About those 95 per cent of Americans you have met...that would be how many actually? Oh, don't tell me. Let me guess....thousands and thousands and thousands.

Thanks for letting the British off the hook though. Jolly decent of you.

YdF

P.S. A word to the "wise"--Bragging about being drunk is so done to death by 20-year-old students. Nobody believes it. Everyone one knows you're really quaffing down milk and eating cookies.
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Post by Aslak »

Young dr Freud, that's not really an answer to what I wrote.
First of all there was quite an error in your first sentence. Now, I'm not the type to correct other people (well, at least not people I don't believe to speak English) but it shouldn't be: "Your grasp of the English language is not as great as you image." but: "Your grasp of the English language is not as great as you imagine".

I've played quite a lot of games online, especially "Medieval Total War" and I have met at least 40 Americans that way and their English was worse than mine; one of my American teammates, whom I really liked, (and we were undefeated together mind you) abandoned me and our team simply because I thought homosexual guys should be allowed to get married (and really, what harm is there in that; it's not like they can have children anyway) I've also met 5 Americans live. 1 here in Uppsala and 4 when I was in Krakow (Poland). And their English sucked. Of course, they may all have lied about being American, but somehow I doubt it.
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Post by Nan »

Leonard shouldn't cover "My Heart Will Go On". I hate that song.

"I've also met 5 Americans live." :lol: :lol: :lol:

Young dr. Freud is right. You don't grasp the subtleties of the English language. If you did you would realize that the pseudonym Young dr. Freud hasn't got anything to do with Freud. It's a joke. Ever heard of Young Frankenstein?

And unlike Young dr. Freud, I believe you are drunk. Because Young dr. Freud did not spell "imagine" incorrectly. Where are you getting "image"?
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Nan wrote:Ever heard of Young Frankenstein?
Yes, I have it on DVD. It's always been my father's favourite movie. What's your point?
Nan wrote:"I've also met 5 Americans live." :lol: :lol: :lol:
If you laugh at the fact that most American's are fucking idiots then by all means go on, begorra! And if you think it's something to be proud over, you must be quite disturbed (or a true American!).
Nan wrote:And unlike Young dr. Freud, I believe you are drunk. Because Young dr. Freud did not spell "imagine" incorrectly. Where are you getting "image"?
That's because he (Young dr. Freud) has changed it. Due to the fact that I*m quite drunk (I have had seven 5,5 beers plus the fact that I haven't eaten since yesterday).

I've changed my spelling like at least ten times, so he has had quite a lot of time to write his crap, the pretty bastard..
Nan wrote:And unlike Young dr. Freud, I believe you are drunk. Because Young dr. Freud did not spell "imagine" incorrectly. Where are you getting "image"?
See above! But I am drunk, and proud of it. I am YOUNG!, and Ireland expects everyman to do hís duty!
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