Apr 30 2005
1GB of the “House of the Rising Sun”
Can you imagine two MP3 CDs containing 1GB—yes, one gigabyte—of covers of House of the Rising Sun. Now, I know you’re saying “Matt! Where could you even find all of these covers?!?”
To which I must state the obvious: The Internet, of course!
This link made the rounds some time ago. The links on those pages would fill two MP3 CDs for easy listening. This is, I think, a bit much.
PS. Yes, I know it’s a Dylan song, but I think of the Animals when I hear it, not Dylan. Too bad for him, I guess.
Update 20050513: Smackdown!
John K. of Canada (well, his email address is, anyway) sends the smackdown by way of my new, high-power comments feature (erhm, email):
Matt
Dylan wrote lots of great songs, but not this one. First LP I bought was the Animals.
Well. I had done some poking around, and thought the Animals had covered it. Absolutely my bad. Clearly, you cannot trust everything you find on the Internet. And, that explains why I thought it was an Animals tune…