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Cover Friday: “Get It On (Bang a Gong)”

The Power Station
The Power Station

“Get It On (Bang a Gong)”
by The Power Station (originally by T. Rex)
from the album The Power Station
1985
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I love this cover.  The T. Rex original is a classic but this is the version I keep returning to.  The combo of that crazy hi-hat, the crunchy guitar and that slap bass is intoxicating.  On top of it all you’ve got Robert Palmer working his slick, sexy cool swagger through those lyrics.  What the fuck do they even mean?

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