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Tuesday, September 19, 2006

Music Can You Help Me Find My Brains?

Posted by DAVID SCHMADER on September 19 at 12:03 PM

Attention music know-abouters:

I am desperately—well, not so desperately, as it’s taken 23 years so far—looking for a copy or MP3 or whatever of the Brains’ original rendition of “Money Changes Everything,” the new-wave classic covered so winningly by Cyndi Lauper on She’s So Unusual.

I’ve done Google searches, and Limewire searches, and even asked The Stranger’s in-house music scholar Mike Nipper, who previously hooked me up with the Nerves’ original rendition of “Hangin’ on the Telephone,” the new-wave classic covered so winningly by Blondie on Parallel Lines. But no luck this time.

If any of you Slog readers have any leads—worthy websites, e-jukeboxes, etc—do let me know…

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How about on 45?
http://cgi.ebay.com/The-Brains-Money-Changes-Everything-RARE-original_W0QQitemZ150033161472QQihZ005QQcategoryZ306QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Posted by mer? | September 19, 2006 12:39 PM

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Hurrah! Guess it's time to sign up for an eBay account, finally...(And then force Nipper to burn the 45 onto a CD, should I be lucky enough to get it...)

Posted by David Schmader | September 19, 2006 12:49 PM

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Good luck!

Posted by mer! | September 19, 2006 12:52 PM

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Speaking of Cyndi Lauper covers, my iTunes share currently contains a song called "Les Filles Nous on Veut du Fun" by Helena Lemkovitch. I mean, really, people.

Posted by Nick | September 19, 2006 12:55 PM

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It was featured last year at Lost Bands of the New Wave Era: http://lostbands.blogspot.com/2005/03/brains.html

The download's gone now, but I'll bet if you emailed the blogger at lostbands at gmail.com and offered him a few bucks via Paypal he'd send it to you.

Posted by Fnarf | September 19, 2006 1:04 PM

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Damn, Nick, that is hilarious. And speaking of tracking down originals of new-wave classics, anyone know anything about Robert Hazard's original "Girls Just Want to Have Fun"? ("...with me," the masculine original is reported to go...)

Posted by David Schmader | September 19, 2006 1:06 PM

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There's a clip on this page:
http://www.phillyrockers.com/robert_hazard_and_the_heroes/sounds.htm

Posted by Fnarf | September 19, 2006 4:23 PM

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what's your email address?

Posted by chris | September 19, 2006 4:39 PM

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schmader@thestranger.com !!

Posted by David Schmader | September 19, 2006 4:44 PM

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As far as The Brains cut goes, David...I've got it on CD...

Here's what I've got it on...

CMJ 1980

pg

Posted by pgreyy | September 19, 2006 5:03 PM

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