Reader: Adele's version doesn't have thick, lush harmonies that the Foot.'s has

While were not going to say that everybody necessarily holds such a high opinion of one another in this town -- because we all know that's just not true -- the music scene in this town tends to be pretty collegial. So when we wrote about that new Adele cover...

By Dave Herrera

October 14, 2011

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While were not going to say that everybody necessarily holds such a high opinion of one another in this town -- because we all know that's just not true -- the music scene in this town tends to be pretty collegial. So when we wrote about that new Adele cover from the Foot. yesterday and noted how it would've been far more gratifying if the outfit would've twisted it up a bit to make the song their own, Nick Hammerberg from Petals of Spain, who posted our comment of the day, took a bit of umbrage with that assessment:

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