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Inara George — Fools in Love
Album: Grey's Anatomy
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Released: 2005
Length: 4:39
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Lowell George's daughter. I saw her perform several years ago and found it a good and memorable show. This song is among the weaker, though, of the cd I bought at that show.
Posted 14 years ago by majdim7th    [ Reply ]
I absolutely agree!

 unclelonghair wrote:
Ugh what a way to start a day.  They say that if you swallow a live frog first thing in the morning, the rest of your day can't get any worse.  Same theory here I guess.
 


Posted 14 years ago by Rozsa    [ Reply ]
Ugh what a way to start a day.  They say that if you swallow a live frog first thing in the morning, the rest of your day can't get any worse.  Same theory here I guess.
Posted 14 years ago by unclelonghair    [ Reply ]
1 {#Arrowl} 3...with an anvil!
Posted 14 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
 PeeBee wrote:
Give me JJ! {#Puke}You completely miss the point covering it this way...

 
I agree. Doesn't do it for me at all...

Posted 14 years ago by acatamongus    [ Reply ]
Could she sing it any slower?
Posted 14 years ago by Anax    [ Reply ]
We all do and or say foolish things at times. Three of these songs in a row, must be slightly serious... Hope it works out Mr. Radio-Paradise-Man!
Posted 14 years ago by evermovingtarget    [ Reply ]
Joe Jackson was brilliant.
Posted 14 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
 peter_james_bond wrote:

I agree, I prefer the original but this cover takes the song to a different place where the sun sits lower in the sky and where the shadows this song casts are longer.
 
Oh how lovely - you are a poet indeed sir!  

The original then is a thunderstorm IMO 
Posted 14 years ago by jools    [ Reply ]
Give me JJ! {#Puke}You completely miss the point covering it this way...

Posted 14 years ago by PeeBee    [ Reply ]
 peter_james_bond wrote:

I agree, I prefer the original but this cover takes the song to a different place where the sun sits lower in the sky and where the shadows this song casts are longer.

 
I never heard the original, so I like this cover. Good descritpion, it's pretty much the feeling I had listening to it.

Posted 14 years ago by ambrebalte    [ Reply ]
 crockydile wrote:
This sounds like some kind of perverse office karaoke. Shiver...{#Stop}
 
I am continually impressed with this young man's (no, I don't believe his age for a second—HS kid like Excelsior) willingness to exhibit his musical acuity for all to witness. Well done!

Posted 15 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
 copymonkey wrote:
Joe's original sounds like he's got poison in his mouth as he spits out the lyrics. He's disgusted with the "Fools in Love", especially himself. I'm not gettin' that from this cover—and I kinda think that was the whole point of the song.
What a good description of the original song. This is an interesting and pleasant enough cover but makes no impact. Its totally forgettable.

Posted 15 years ago by ScottishWillie    [ Reply ]
Look Bill,

Fool me once, shame on me.

Fool me again, 

well...

You shouldn't do that.

anyone?

Posted 15 years ago by lysisphere    [ Reply ]
Four people have rated this a 10.

That's... weird.
Posted 15 years ago by sdn    [ Reply ]
 zenhead wrote:
They say the rule about doing covers is not to, unless you can make the song your own. This cover certainly follows that rule. She's made it darker, moodier, really changed the whole emotion behind it. I love Joe's original, but this cover is OK with me.
 
I agree, I prefer the original but this cover takes the song to a different place where the sun sits lower in the sky and where the shadows this song casts are longer.

Posted 15 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
 oldman wrote:
I think I might like this version if I didn't know the Joe Jackson version
as it is it gets a meh
 
Roger that. I know of Bill's affinity for covers of covers of covers, ad nauseum, but sometimes it's best to "just say no," especially when there's absolutely no redeeming quality to said cover.


Posted 15 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
I think I might like this version if I didn't know the Joe Jackson version
as it is it gets a meh
Posted 15 years ago by oldman    [ Reply ]
This has to be a record for the most overwhelmingly negative comments ... whew. Doesn't anyone have anything have anything nice to say?
Not me.
Posted 15 years ago by rtrudeau    [ Reply ]
Exactly!! {#Lol}

 Valley_Boy wrote:

Makes we want to hear Sinéad O'Connor cover this song... Or Lucinda Williams.


 


Posted 15 years ago by crockydile    [ Reply ]

Posted 15 years ago by Mugro    [ Reply ]

Makes we want to hear Sinéad O'Connor cover this song... Or Lucinda Williams.


Posted 15 years ago by Valley_Boy    [ Reply ]
Existentialista wrote:
Horrible! Cutsie little girl voices are intolerable as they are. They're even worse when they ruin great songs. Please don't play it ever again. It's absolute torture.

Oh dear. And oh dear, I have to agree.  And oh dear: doesn't it go on?!


Posted 15 years ago by lawman    [ Reply ]
 copymonkey wrote:
Joe's original sounds like he's got poison in his mouth as he spits out the lyrics. He's disgusted with the "Fools in Love", especially himself. I'm not gettin' that from this cover—and I kinda think that was the whole point of the song.

 
{#Yes}  Exactly.

This cutesy version lacks the raw emotion of the original and does not replace that raw emotion with irony or a different take on the song.

Move along, now. Nothing to see here....

Posted 15 years ago by Mugro    [ Reply ]
This sounds like some kind of perverse office karaoke. Shiver...{#Stop}
Posted 15 years ago by crockydile    [ Reply ]
Inara George - Fools in Love
Elvis Presley - A Fool Such As I
Steely Dan - Only a Fool Would Say That

CHECK YO'SELF FEWL!
Posted 15 years ago by d00kie    [ Reply ]
Horrible! Cutsie little girl voices are intolerable as they are. They're even worse when they ruin great songs. Please don't play it ever again. It's absolute torture.
Posted 15 years ago by Existentialista    [ Reply ]
Joe's original sounds like he's got poison in his mouth as he spits out the lyrics. He's disgusted with the "Fools in Love", especially himself. I'm not gettin' that from this cover—and I kinda think that was the whole point of the song.

Posted 15 years ago by copymonkey    [ Reply ]
fools in triplicate. how 'bout When Fools Rush In, Nobody's Fool, Fool for the City, just hope Mr. T never recorded anything...
Posted 15 years ago by slartibart_O    [ Reply ]
 denmom wrote:
Wow.  So this is what a castrated song sounds like.  Ick.
 
Yup, WACK! off with the weanies.

Posted 15 years ago by leathepea    [ Reply ]
Lackluster.
Posted 15 years ago by aelfheld    [ Reply ]
Wow.  So this is what a castrated song sounds like.  Ick.
Posted 15 years ago by denmom    [ Reply ]
Feh.
Posted 15 years ago by isayhoomhom    [ Reply ]
ack.
Posted 18 years ago by bluematrix    [ Reply ]
mooseisadick wrote:
Nice melodic song. Would make a good lullaby for a baby. Kinda sweet.
Not with those lyrics! You don't want to rob the baby of its illusions.
Posted 18 years ago by Faterson    [ Reply ]
Nice melodic song. Would make a good lullaby for a baby. Kinda sweet.
Posted 18 years ago by mooseisadick    [ Reply ]
Yawn.
Posted 18 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
Yikes. What a lost opportunity. This tune would actually lend itself to a re-interpretation, but this is so mannered and unimaginative as to render it inert.
Posted 18 years ago by dadofsammy    [ Reply ]
Made me stop, and listen to the original.
Posted 18 years ago by stratrjb    [ Reply ]
dmax wrote:
well, it's decent. not anything more.
Agreed
Posted 18 years ago by AphidA    [ Reply ]
pretty. a good showcase for Jackson's interesting melody.
Posted 18 years ago by rah    [ Reply ]
Ok as a ballad, but it has no oomph behind it like Joe's flash energy.
Posted 18 years ago by Shesdifferent    [ Reply ]
I like this. Never saw the show. Not a Joe Jackson fan so i didn't have any preconceptions. I went back and listened to a snippet of JJ's version. it's completely different. I prefer this one. Sweeter and goes with the lyrics much better. Nice to hear that it's Lowell's daughter.
Posted 18 years ago by rasta_tiger    [ Reply ]
While we're on the subject of covers, which we can obviously all agree are always a positive thing, How about Midge Ures rendition of Jethro Tull's Living in the Past?
Posted 18 years ago by dorkmeister    [ Reply ]
Can't hold a candle to the original.
Posted 18 years ago by nelamvr6    [ Reply ]
a perfect 1!!!
Posted 18 years ago by nick_valensi    [ Reply ]
n4ku wrote:
Some artists just shouldn't be covered.
Guess I'll disagree. Check out Different for Girls: Women Artists and Female-Fronted Bands Cover Joe Jackson. Excellent disc with some unique interpretations. This remake, BTW, is nicely done.
Posted 18 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
They say the rule about doing covers is not to, unless you can make the song your own. This cover certainly follows that rule. She's made it darker, moodier, really changed the whole emotion behind it. I love Joe's original, but this cover is OK with me.
Posted 18 years ago by zenhead    [ Reply ]
Would be much better if she could sing.
Posted 18 years ago by radiojunkie    [ Reply ]
Blow up your Tee Vee!
Posted 18 years ago by sans    [ Reply ]
The Joe Jackson original is so much more moving!
Posted 18 years ago by FAY    [ Reply ]
Helchat wrote:
i don't mean *yawn, sleep* in a good way either. Joe's version is the best!! there is no emotion to this.........
Yeah, I'd say that sums it up for me too.
Posted 18 years ago by Dave_Mack    [ Reply ]
Some artists just shouldn't be covered.
Posted 18 years ago by n4ku    [ Reply ]
i don't mean *yawn, sleep* in a good way either. Joe's version is the best!! there is no emotion to this.........
Posted 18 years ago by Helchat    [ Reply ]
The singer's voice sounds a bit like Hope Sandoval to me -- thought this was Mazzy Star at first.
Posted 18 years ago by vvlee    [ Reply ]
I really liked this. She has successfully made the song her own in some way. Not better than the original Joe Jackson version, but more like an interpretation. That's what defines a good cover.
Posted 18 years ago by Eagan    [ Reply ]
I like this! don't watch Grey's Anatomy so never heard it before. and I totally didn't get that it's JJ's song until I thought about it. I agree with the person below who said that a good cover is one where the artist makes the song their own, and George accomplished this.
Posted 18 years ago by mizgeee    [ Reply ]
Wow, Lowell's daughter doing Joe Jackson, and now Bill segued into Joe himself ....nice!
Posted 18 years ago by sharkartist    [ Reply ]
Boring...the original is so much better.
Posted 18 years ago by Johng    [ Reply ]
Nice! The sign of a great song is when it can be covered like this in a different "style" and still sound great!
Posted 18 years ago by dboseman    [ Reply ]
i like it. i like the original, too.
Posted 18 years ago by daveesh    [ Reply ]
Actually, on her album All Rise! Lowell George's daughter.
Posted 18 years ago by Captain_D0D00    [ Reply ]
jdorn1 wrote:
Why not just play JJ's version?
I like Joe's WAY better too...but RP is all about experimental covers.
Posted 18 years ago by Alexandra    [ Reply ]
Why not just play JJ's version?
Posted 18 years ago by jdorn1    [ Reply ]
about as blah as the show itself
Posted 18 years ago by cptbuz    [ Reply ]