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Just discovered your column so only seeing this now.

You wrote "Barenaked Ladies doing a cover of NWA’s “Fight The Power.”"

Public Enemy wrote "Fight The Power" for the Do The Right Thing Soundtrack and was released on their Fear Of A Black Planet album in 1990. https://youtu.be/mmo3HFa2vjg

NWA did "Straight Outta Compton" https://youtu.be/TMZi25Pq3T8 and "F*ck The Police" https://youtu.be/qZuxPKUVGiw in 1988.

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Good catch! I had NWA on the brain at that moment, most likely!

Article is updated! Appreciate your vigilance! 🙏🏼

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I'd forgotten about this RHCP song! It's the side of them I like best. While "Under the Bridge" was a huge smash, I always preferred "Breaking the Girl." "Soul to Squeeze" is pretty good too. I have to admit that as devoted as I've been to SNL over the years I never did see The Coneheads! I guess I don't need to now!

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