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The middle-aged dummies are forming a band called "Blanket"! It's a cover band. (8 Viewers)
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krista4
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As everyone predicted, When in Rome’s “The Promise” is the first song with a Battle of the Bands. 
It’s up to you to determine “Who Wore It Best???”!
Bob Dylan has four songs selected already in two rounds. Johnny Cash, Abba, Grateful Dead and, in a minor surprise, Lee Dorsey follow with two each.
Disturbed and Bananarama currently leads the coverers, each with two selections for two different songs.
It’s up to you to determine “Who Wore It Best???”!Bob Dylan has four songs selected already in two rounds. Johnny Cash, Abba, Grateful Dead and, in a minor surprise, Lee Dorsey follow with two each.
Disturbed and Bananarama currently leads the coverers, each with two selections for two different songs.
Doug B
Footballguy
@simey , this is the same Elizabeth Mitchell that used to team up with Lisa Loeb on children's songs about 20 years ago?
zamboni
Footballguy
Nice - these guys are my jam. I was thinking of going with them, but mainly for Chicago. Problem is they nail Chicago note for note that I can't even call it a cover.
Also very nice - I never knew anyone covered this. The original is incredible.
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
Frankly, I like the Simpson version better but since that one was in a previous countdown I thought I'd give another version - a radically different one.As everyone predicted, When in Rome’s “The Promise” is the first song with a Battle of the Bands.
krista4
Footballguy
I like these dispatches.
krista4
Footballguy
Post of the thread so far.
Raging weasel
Footballguy
Obviously I just started listening to the playlist but this Shatner cover is the bomb!
krista4
Footballguy
Well, you know your selection tomorrow will start with A through Wh, so there's a spoiler for you.
krista4
Footballguy
Frankly, I like the Simpson version better but since that one was in a previous countdown I thought I'd give another version - a radically different one.As everyone predicted, When in Rome’s “The Promise” is the first song with a Battle of the Bands.
Looking forward to listening! "The Promise" is a top guilty-pleasure song for me.
Galileo
Footballguy
I had the Home Free acapella version of this on my last 5 list. Pretty stark difference between those two covers. I enjoy this one as well and I hadn't heard it before now. The song, however was originally recorded by Anita Carter before Johnny made it popular. It was actually written by June Carter Cash, Johnny's wife and sister of Anita. Anita's version
zamboni
Footballguy
Had to watch that again - good lord does that kid totally nail Philip Bailey's range and sound.
Uruk-Hai
Footballguy
Big Maybelle's original was a bawdy jump blues of the kind that made rock & roll covers inevitable. It's so filthy no amount of lyrical coding could hide what Maybelle was singing about. The flip side was the even dirtier "One Monkey Don't Stop No Show". This is raw, roadhouse music about the kind of thing that had millions clutching their pearls (& turned millions more into parents). It blew my mind when I found out that Quincy Jones - the cleanest (in several ways) superstar producer in rock history - was on the boards for Maybelle's record.
Jerry Lee Lewis seemed to take the filth of this record as a challenge. He sped it up, messed around with the lyrics, and cut something that every punk that's come since has had to reckon with. It's also made those same punks curl up in the fetal position, because they can't do this for the first time. If Jerry Lee had died right after cutting this record, he'd still be called The Killer.
Chaos34
Footballguy
Welp, 200 yards into the desert and the skies opened up. Love the smell of rain in the desert, but I turned around. I'm wet.
I have two I hope you watch on Youtube. This is one. This choir has won several competitions and sold out shows in LA for years. They do something neato making thunder and rain with their hands and feet. I can't remember who among us said he sang in a choir, but this had to be a ton of fun, and well, there it is. Africa/Old Ladies/Toto.
I have two I hope you watch on Youtube. This is one. This choir has won several competitions and sold out shows in LA for years. They do something neato making thunder and rain with their hands and feet. I can't remember who among us said he sang in a choir, but this had to be a ton of fun, and well, there it is. Africa/Old Ladies/Toto.
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
OH running tally.
OH cover songs I have heard of: 0
OH original songs I have heard of: 0
OH cover artists I have heard of: 2 -- I have never heard a note of Rick Rizzo's solo work, but I know he is (was?) the frontman of Eleventh Dream Day
OH original artists I have heard of: 1 -- only because he took a different KHT song in the US countdown
OH cover songs I have heard of: 0
OH original songs I have heard of: 0
OH cover artists I have heard of: 2 -- I have never heard a note of Rick Rizzo's solo work, but I know he is (was?) the frontman of Eleventh Dream Day
OH original artists I have heard of: 1 -- only because he took a different KHT song in the US countdown
Galileo
Footballguy
Well, I would be shocked if anyone else put this one onto their lists. The Grateful Dead started playing this one back in their pre Grateful Dead days as Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions. I love the simple acoustic style, and I love a fun story telling song. I remember after first hearing this, I listened to it over and over to learn the lyrics so I could sing along...no internet to look it up back in the day.
rockaction
Footballguy
Thank you. Realized I might be babbling with no purpose, so thanks for the affirmation.
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
Covers from #30 that I know and like:
Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On - Jerry Lee Lewis (Big Maybelle)
Fantasy - Leonid And Friends (Earth, Wind & Fire) -- I am quite familiar with L&F thanks to my Chicago countdown
Don't You (Forget About Me) - Billy Idol (Simple Minds) -- This song was actually written for Idol, but he rejected it, so it was offered to Simple Minds. You can tell if you listen to the original closely -- Jim Kerr uses vocal inflections very similar to the kind Idol deployed regularly. Obviously Billy realized his mistake and took a shot at the song himself.
Cocaine - Eric Clapton (J.J. Cale) -- The second-best Clapton performance of a Cale song. I saw Clapton perform this live with Steve Winwood at MSG in 2006 (same show where I saw Well All Right). It closed the regular set.
Little Wing - Steve Ray Vaughan (Jimi Hendrix) -- This song was ALSO performed at said Clapton/Winwood MSG show, in the arrangement used on the Layla album.
Ring of Fire - Social Distortion (Johnny Cash/Anita Carter)
Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On - Jerry Lee Lewis (Big Maybelle)
Fantasy - Leonid And Friends (Earth, Wind & Fire) -- I am quite familiar with L&F thanks to my Chicago countdown
Don't You (Forget About Me) - Billy Idol (Simple Minds) -- This song was actually written for Idol, but he rejected it, so it was offered to Simple Minds. You can tell if you listen to the original closely -- Jim Kerr uses vocal inflections very similar to the kind Idol deployed regularly. Obviously Billy realized his mistake and took a shot at the song himself.
Cocaine - Eric Clapton (J.J. Cale) -- The second-best Clapton performance of a Cale song. I saw Clapton perform this live with Steve Winwood at MSG in 2006 (same show where I saw Well All Right). It closed the regular set.
Little Wing - Steve Ray Vaughan (Jimi Hendrix) -- This song was ALSO performed at said Clapton/Winwood MSG show, in the arrangement used on the Layla album.
Ring of Fire - Social Distortion (Johnny Cash/Anita Carter)
rockaction
Footballguy
Eight Miles High - Leo Kottke (The Byrds)
Leo Kottke is a guitar player known for his fingerpicking style of guitar. I was made aware of him through a different forum because somebody had recommended this cover as worthy of a listen. I listened and agreed and thought the source material and interpretation were so strong as to deserve mention here. That’s about it. Love his baritone and love the soaring guitar that goes along with this. The original happens to be one of my favorite songs ever, and the cover is a cool thing to hear.
Leo Kottke is a guitar player known for his fingerpicking style of guitar. I was made aware of him through a different forum because somebody had recommended this cover as worthy of a listen. I listened and agreed and thought the source material and interpretation were so strong as to deserve mention here. That’s about it. Love his baritone and love the soaring guitar that goes along with this. The original happens to be one of my favorite songs ever, and the cover is a cool thing to hear.
Hawks64
Footballguy
And I'm back lol. Our 18-year-old was in an accident as we were getting ready to board the plane, so dealing with all of that today and tomorrow. Everyone is ok, but the car isn't driveable.
Chaos34
Footballguy
Hi! Interested outsider poking in. Could I get a cliff notes on how y'all are doing this? Just establishing a basis as I try to follow along. We'll see how long work allows
We make lists of 31 covers. We rank them sort of and send them to krista. She posts them based on our rankings. So what you see today is all our #30s. Then we talk about soap operas and I try to stop that with dad jokes.
MAC_32
Footballguy
Cool- so, not meaningfully different than what we've done in the past and it's strictly just covers. Just making sure there weren't any other nuances to account for. Here's hoping I can start spinning FridayHi! Interested outsider poking in. Could I get a cliff notes on how y'all are doing this? Just establishing a basis as I try to follow along. We'll see how long work allows
We make lists of 31 covers. We rank them sort of and send them to krista. She posts them based on our rankings. So what you see today is all our #30s. Then we talk about soap operas and I try to stop that with dad jokes.
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
Pip’s Invitation:
The Bottle - Paul Weller (Gil Scott-Heron cover)
In all phases of his career, Paul Weller has covered numerous rock and soul artists that he reveres. The Jam began as a cover band and recorded covers throughout their career, and Weller has continued to perform covers to this day. He even became what I believe is the second artist to release a Neil Young cover with a flute solo in it. In 2004 he put out an all-covers album called Studio 150, mostly consisting of songs that were written in the '70s or earlier. Its best track is his take on Gil Scott-Heron's The Bottle. Scott-Heron's version is jazzy and funky (and was one of his biggest hits), and Weller's is more aggressive and rocking, with speedy rhythms and wah-wah guitars, but it doesn't lose the groove that makes the original so special. And it's got some of the most raging flute playing you'll ever hear. Take that, Jethro Tull!
The song is about how alcohol abuse ravages underprivileged people in the inner cities, and we know now that it was a highly personal subject for Weller, who a few years ago announced he was an alcoholic and quit drinking.
Original:
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The Bottle - Paul Weller (Gil Scott-Heron cover)
In all phases of his career, Paul Weller has covered numerous rock and soul artists that he reveres. The Jam began as a cover band and recorded covers throughout their career, and Weller has continued to perform covers to this day. He even became what I believe is the second artist to release a Neil Young cover with a flute solo in it. In 2004 he put out an all-covers album called Studio 150, mostly consisting of songs that were written in the '70s or earlier. Its best track is his take on Gil Scott-Heron's The Bottle. Scott-Heron's version is jazzy and funky (and was one of his biggest hits), and Weller's is more aggressive and rocking, with speedy rhythms and wah-wah guitars, but it doesn't lose the groove that makes the original so special. And it's got some of the most raging flute playing you'll ever hear. Take that, Jethro Tull!
The song is about how alcohol abuse ravages underprivileged people in the inner cities, and we know now that it was a highly personal subject for Weller, who a few years ago announced he was an alcoholic and quit drinking.
Original:
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Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
The band also nails that fat horn sound. Very good.
Uruk-Hai
Footballguy
Really? I'm not doubting you. Just that it seems I heard "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised", "Whitey On The Moon", and "Angel Dust" way more. "The Bottle" is awesome, though.
krista4
Footballguy
Thanks! I'm not researching what anyone else puts as the original artist, so I really appreciate any corrections. I'll update this one in the post and for tallying purposes.
Eephus
Footballguy
30.ee - Alison Krauss - "Baby, Now That I Found You" (cover of The Foundations)
The original: "Baby..." was the debut single by The Foundations, a short-lived R&B group from England. They were a two hit wonder on these shores with this song reaching #11 in 1967 and "Build Me Up Buttercup" peaking at #3 the following year.
The cover: Krauss recorded the song in the mid-90s for a greatest hits compilation. She was crossing over from Bluegrass to a more Pop sound at the time and this song doesn't feature her longtime backing band Union Station. The cover straddles the line between Bluegrass and Sadgirl Acoustic--I wasn't joking before when I said I could have done 31 Sadgirl Acoustic numbers but alas, this is about as close as I'm going to get in the countdown.
Is the cover better than the original?: I'm going to say yes on this one. "Baby..." has a great Pop melody that will stay in your head all day if you let it but at it's core, it's a very sad song. The singer built his/her world around the subject of his/her affections and can't let go of them even though the subject doesn't need him/her anymore. Krauss' reading captures this heartbreak in her beautifully pure voice and a mournful fiddle solo. The original doesn't fit the lyrics at all and has a rather stiff and bass-less rhythm section. If you want a song by The Foundations, I'll take "Buttercup" every day of the week.
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The original: "Baby..." was the debut single by The Foundations, a short-lived R&B group from England. They were a two hit wonder on these shores with this song reaching #11 in 1967 and "Build Me Up Buttercup" peaking at #3 the following year.
The cover: Krauss recorded the song in the mid-90s for a greatest hits compilation. She was crossing over from Bluegrass to a more Pop sound at the time and this song doesn't feature her longtime backing band Union Station. The cover straddles the line between Bluegrass and Sadgirl Acoustic--I wasn't joking before when I said I could have done 31 Sadgirl Acoustic numbers but alas, this is about as close as I'm going to get in the countdown.
Is the cover better than the original?: I'm going to say yes on this one. "Baby..." has a great Pop melody that will stay in your head all day if you let it but at it's core, it's a very sad song. The singer built his/her world around the subject of his/her affections and can't let go of them even though the subject doesn't need him/her anymore. Krauss' reading captures this heartbreak in her beautifully pure voice and a mournful fiddle solo. The original doesn't fit the lyrics at all and has a rather stiff and bass-less rhythm section. If you want a song by The Foundations, I'll take "Buttercup" every day of the week.
Baby, Now That I've Found You
Alison Krauss · Now That I've Found You: A Collection · Song · 1995
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Baby Now That I've Found You - Mono
The Foundations · Baby Now That I've Found You · Song · 1967
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John Maddens Lunchbox
Socialism for Dummies
2 Points - Don’t You Forget About Me - Billy Idol (Simple Minds)
Original
Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me)
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Simple Minds were keen to break the US market and had been building an audience slowly. Not for nothing were they known as U3. Keith Forsey presented this song to them after being rejected by numerous others. Simple Minds turned it down as well. They wanted to record their own material and hated the song. Lead singer Jim Kerrs wife at the time, Chrissie Hynde and the bands manager were relentless. Everyone could hear hit, except the artists asked to perform it. Finally Kerr relented thinking it would just be an album track on a movie soundtrack. It is one of the defining tracks of the 80s. I have seen Simple Minds live three times and Kerr just phones this in and asks the audience to sing most of it. Poser.
Cover
Billy Idol - Don't You Forget About Me
I love to hear peoples opinion of Billy and his version of this song. ~Thanks for so many views. I think this is the most popular video I have made. I guess ...
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This song was actually written for Billy Idol by Keith Forsey. Idol was working with Forsey at the time, but did not hide his displeasure at the song. In fact he hated it, just like Simple Minds. Idol agreed to record a version subsequently. His version isnt as good as the Glaswegians, but he did it as a favor for Forsey. Interestingly Bryan Ferry turned it down as well, as did the Fixx
John Maddens Lunchbox
Socialism for Dummies
2 Points - Waterloo - Bananarama (Abba)
The Original
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This is the song that launched Abba. They had a chart hit it 1973 in Sweden with Ring Ring, which was rereleased internationally after Waterloo. After finishing third in Eurovision in 1973 with Ring Ring, they chose Waterloo to enter the following year. It not only won Eurovision for Sweden but was voted the greatest song in Eurovision history. Featuring four gorgeous human beings, Abba were a breath of fresh air. Happy, pop music. This song was a global smash reaching #6 in the US, a hard market for them to consolidate their international success.
The Cover
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Siobhan Fahey left Bananarama in 1988, married Dave Stewart of the Eurythmics and formed Shakespears Sister which had a huge hit with Stay. She has only reformed officially with the other two on two occasions. A 2017-2018 world tour and 1998 for this cover to celebrate Eurovision for the “A song for Eurotrash” Celebration. This cover offers nothing, is half hearted and performative only.
The Original
Abba - Waterloo (Official Music Video)
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This is the song that launched Abba. They had a chart hit it 1973 in Sweden with Ring Ring, which was rereleased internationally after Waterloo. After finishing third in Eurovision in 1973 with Ring Ring, they chose Waterloo to enter the following year. It not only won Eurovision for Sweden but was voted the greatest song in Eurovision history. Featuring four gorgeous human beings, Abba were a breath of fresh air. Happy, pop music. This song was a global smash reaching #6 in the US, a hard market for them to consolidate their international success.
The Cover
Bananarama - Waterloo (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)
Bananarama - Waterloo (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)Bananarama reunited for a song for Eurotrash in 1998.
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Siobhan Fahey left Bananarama in 1988, married Dave Stewart of the Eurythmics and formed Shakespears Sister which had a huge hit with Stay. She has only reformed officially with the other two on two occasions. A 2017-2018 world tour and 1998 for this cover to celebrate Eurovision for the “A song for Eurotrash” Celebration. This cover offers nothing, is half hearted and performative only.
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
You're right, Angel Dust was actually his highest-charting song. I'll edit.
Uruk-Hai
Footballguy
I'm on the Krauss Train on this one, too. It's a gorgeous performance.30.ee - Alison Krauss - "Baby, Now That I Found You" (cover of The Foundations)
The original: "Baby..." was the debut single by The Foundations, a short-lived R&B group from England. They were a two hit wonder on these shores with this song reaching #11 in 1967 and "Build Me Up Buttercup" peaking at #3 the following year.
The cover: Krauss recorded the song in the mid-90s for a greatest hits compilation. She was crossing over from Bluegrass to a more Pop sound at the time and this song doesn't feature her longtime backing band Union Station. The cover straddles the line between Bluegrass and Sadgirl Acoustic--I wasn't joking before when I said I could have done 31 Sadgirl Acoustic numbers but alas, this is about as close as I'm going to get in the countdown.
Is the cover better than the original?: I'm going to say yes on this one. "Baby..." has a great Pop melody that will stay in your head all day if you let it but at it's core, it's a very sad song. The singer built his/her world around the subject of his/her affections and can't let go of them even though the subject doesn't need him/her anymore. Krauss' reading captures this heartbreak in her beautifully pure voice and a mournful fiddle solo. The original doesn't fit the lyrics at all and has a rather stiff and bass-less rhythm section. If you want a song by The Foundations, I'll take "Buttercup" every day of the week.
Baby, Now That I've Found You
Alison Krauss · Now That I've Found You: A Collection · Song · 1995
Baby Now That I've Found You - Mono
The Foundations · Baby Now That I've Found You · Song · 1967
The Foundations' version is good BBQ music.
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
I was always surprised this wasn't a much bigger song for KISS - great vocals by Peter.
Uruk-Hai
Footballguy
I wasn't going there, Pip. I just didn't remembering hearing it as much back in the day. The first two I mentioned are played MUCH more nowadays than his others, so that could be coloring my memory.
krista4
Footballguy
@John Maddens Lunchbox Regarding your post last night, this is where you gave it away re Abba, unless someone would have somehow thought you were doing all Lipps Inc songs.
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
I'm a journalist, so if I get something wrong, I'm gonna fix it.
Being firmly in the middle of Gen X, and from the suburbs, I never heard anything from Scott-Heron on the radio when I was growing up. I didn't hear his music until a high school friend played it for me -- his dad had some of Scott-Heron's albums. And then not really again until YouTube and Spotify came along.
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
oh my, Shatner.
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
30.
Song: Ballad of a Thin Man
Artist: Stephen Malkmus and The Million Dollar Bashers
Original Artist: Bob Dylan
Original song facts:
"Ballad of a Thin Man" is a song written and recorded by Bob Dylan, and released in 1965 on his sixth album, Highway 61 Revisited. Dylan's song revolves around the mishaps of a Mr. Jones, who keeps blundering into strange situations, and the more questions he asks, the less the world makes sense to him. Critic Andy Gill called the song "one of Dylan's most unrelenting inquisitions, a furious, sneering, dressing-down of a hapless bourgeois intruder into the hipster world of freaks and weirdoes which Dylan now inhabited.
Interesting facts about the cover:
The Million Dollar Bashers is a post-Pavement incarnation for Malkmus and features a half-male, half female outfit that includes Janet Weiss, formerly of Sleater-Kinney on drums.
Song: Ballad of a Thin Man
Artist: Stephen Malkmus and The Million Dollar Bashers
Original Artist: Bob Dylan
Original song facts:
"Ballad of a Thin Man" is a song written and recorded by Bob Dylan, and released in 1965 on his sixth album, Highway 61 Revisited. Dylan's song revolves around the mishaps of a Mr. Jones, who keeps blundering into strange situations, and the more questions he asks, the less the world makes sense to him. Critic Andy Gill called the song "one of Dylan's most unrelenting inquisitions, a furious, sneering, dressing-down of a hapless bourgeois intruder into the hipster world of freaks and weirdoes which Dylan now inhabited.
Interesting facts about the cover:
The Million Dollar Bashers is a post-Pavement incarnation for Malkmus and features a half-male, half female outfit that includes Janet Weiss, formerly of Sleater-Kinney on drums.
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
Million Dollar Bash is the name of another Dylan song. Did they do all Dylan covers?
John Maddens Lunchbox
Socialism for Dummies
You are smarter than me and I still cant figure out how my post said I was doing all Abba covers lol.
@John Maddens Lunchbox Regarding your post last night, this is where you gave it away re Abba, unless someone would have somehow thought you were doing all Lipps Inc songs.
Its all good, but if I did it was unintentional. I dont know how
Points to Lipps Inc or Abba
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
I'm not sure that they recorded beyond this song - it was for the "I'm Not There" soundtrack.
Doug B
Footballguy
I have an original-artist-identification error on my list, as well. I can send it to you via PMs, or just call it out when you post that pick.
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
"The Bottle" rocks!!!
John Maddens Lunchbox
Socialism for Dummies
Yeah its amazing. I think we may or may not see it again
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
I think she mentioned that two people submitted lists with one artist being covered, and you replied something along the lines of "who is the other lunatic?" - with the implication being you were one of them.
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
It helped that he wasn't asked to do the heavy lifting.
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
The first Todd Rundgren cover is not from Binky?
I'm shocked.
And shuked.
I'm shocked.
And shuked.
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
Always go for 2 (unless you're tied) selections:
Eight Miles High - Leo Kottke
Bad Romance - Halestorm
Little Wing - Stevie Ray Vaughan
I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down - Paul Young
Ring Of
- Social Distortion
Africa - Angel City Chorale
Live To Tell - Bill Frisell
Eight Miles High - Leo Kottke
Bad Romance - Halestorm
Little Wing - Stevie Ray Vaughan
I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down - Paul Young
Ring Of
- Social DistortionAfrica - Angel City Chorale
Live To Tell - Bill Frisell
Zegras11
Footballguy
I know she has done a lot of covers, and I if I had time, I was going to see if there were 31 I could have sent in.
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