http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtKd_LDczUQI remember as kid being drawn to this song. It seemed to have a tone of sincerity that other pop songs didn't. I always liked this Rickie Lee Jones cover http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSgO-gFnpSk&feature=related . I found a Billy Bragg cover, but it turns out to be more of poem, with The Left Banke song played in the background on the acoustic guitar. Here it is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuYHBDrbmrA&feature=related .
Bragg's Walk Away, Renee (Version) is genius - Johnny Marr on guitar!
ReplyDeleteSid & Susie (Matthew Sweet / Susannah Hoffs) also covered a Left Banke song - She May Call You Up Tonight? - on Under the Covers, Vol. 1.
The group was notable for using classical/baroque styles in pop music; and the songwriter was just a teeenager so the sincerity is directly from that experience and angsty age.
Dan