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A really simple trio of songs this week, or rather, the same song, but three very different versions, because I’m feeling playful.

3. She Don’t Use Jelly – The Flaming Lips

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This is the original version of this song, but I think it may have been the second one I heard. It isn’t my favourite, coming from a period of the band’s history that was more experimental than accessible, but I have grown to like it a lot.

2. She Don’t Use Jelly – Ben Folds Five

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… And this is the one I heard for the first time most recently. It’s a lovely, sweeping, swooping version, and considering Ben Folds Five are the most straightforward of the three bands here, it’s the most peculiar and different of the versions. It’s the one that shows just how far an interpretation of a song can go from the original, as well, which is ace.

1. She Don’t Use Jelly – Drugstore

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My favourite take on this song, and actually the first time I heard it was performed by this band. It may even have been live. I’ve seen them a few times, and I do wonder what ever became of them. The lead singer, Isobel, was always so talented but I guess always seemed like she might put too much strain on a really long career. She did like the red wine, that’s something that I remember very clearly from the various times I saw them at The Joiners.

A bit of a treat, this, a collaboration between Thom Yorke and Drugstore.

I didn’t know anything about this before going over to YouTube a bit ago and looking for some Drugstore, but it is most delicious. God, I love Drugstore. I somehow doubt this will be the last time they make it onto a Thursday post.