Posted by rich appel on September 05, 2008 at 21:18:57:
In Reply to: Re: Re: Tonight's 60s 70s Show (09-05-2008) posted by Mike Riccio on September 05, 2008 at 21:12:21:
Because Fats knew he'd inspired "Lady Madonna" and figured folks'd want to hear how he'd tackle it, while knowing it'd surely update the Fats sound longtime fans were familiar with?
Remember that in that era, it was still common for there to be 2 hit versions of a song in a short time, so maybe they thought Fats would get lucky. The "Fats Is Back" campaign certainly was huge at the time, and the Drake stations played the song anyway.
-r