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The best jokes are often the ones where you don't realize it's a joke
until it's too late. When I noticed Betcha Bottom Dollar on
the iTunes Store, my first reaction was that it was a reissue of some
moldy oldie from my father's time, what with covers of
Sisters
(which I associate with White Christmas, although I wouldn't
be surprised to discover it's much older) and
Boogie
Woogie Bugle Boy and the like. They certainly sound
authentic, although perhaps the lack of the lack of fidelity should
have warned me. But then I saw a track called
Heart
of Glass, and I realized I'd been had. Unless I'm supposed
to believe a top ten hit for
Blondie
actually predates them by a few decades, it seems I'm listening to an
incredible simulation of a bygone era, not the real thing. Not that
I'm complaining; both the bygone era's material and some of the more
recent tracks do very well in the Sisters' hands. Although I have to
say that they don't really improve on
Kate
Bush or
Gloria
Gaynor. Those covers are throwbacks I'd gladly, ummm, throw back.
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