Surrender the Werewolves

[mikailborg]

I wasn't a fan of Kid Rock before, but he's dead to me now. How can a digital mashup of "Werewolves of London" with "Sweet Home Alabama" be a 'new song' even with new lyrics? It's not even a re-recording of the music, he just loaded them both into GarageBand and went with it. Total junk.

On a brighter note, when I switched radio stations, they were playing "Surrender" by Cheap Trick. To my amusement, I found myself muttering the "Guitar Hero 2" chords under my breath during the song: "Red, (beat, beat), orange, (beat, beat), green..." I do it for Dance Dance Revolution cuts too. Anyone else do this?

Comments

Kid Rock did that??

[geckoman.livejournal.com]

I ran across that song a week or so ago. I thought it was interesting enough, but after about the third time around without any original input, I turned it off and promptly forgot about it. That is until you brought it back up. Kid Rock? Really...

[nviiibrown.livejournal.com]

I wanna know who did the riff first, Werewolves or Alabama?

[mikailborg.livejournal.com]

"Werewolves" was recorded in 1977, and "Alabama" in 1974. For my money, while the two have similar chord progressions (enough to make a mashup easier) they are quite distinct.

[nviiibrown.livejournal.com]

During my performances of RHS, we played Werewolves of London and any other song that had some monster in the title during intermission. Everyone backstage would swear Sweet Home Alabama was playing.

[stephaniesmom.livejournal.com]

Awww, I actually think the two songs blend very well together.