Cover Charge is simple: A covers B, B covers C, C covers D and so on, until I loop back to where I started, Ouroboros-style.
Last time: New Order to Sparks
Funny one today. From the 2019 expanded re-release of Sparks' superbly titled album Gratuitous Sax and Senseless Violins comes this curio, Holiday. Vocals are by actress-musician Christi Haydon, who had caught Russell Mael's eye whilst working on a department store make-up counter. To that point, Christi's biggest brush with fame had been playing a semi-regular but uncredited ensign extra in Star Trek: The Next Generation. But she ended up recording an EP with Sparks, and touring with them too. This is a track from that EP, in which she and the brothers Mael have a stab at the brothers Gibb.
Here's the Bee Gees original from their first flush, pre-disco 60s style. Robin takes the lead on this. It sounds more sombre than the Sparks cover... until you get to the "de de de-de" middle eight.
Next time: the brothers demand attention...
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