{"id":21251,"date":"2020-09-19T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-19T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=21251"},"modified":"2020-09-18T20:46:07","modified_gmt":"2020-09-19T03:46:07","slug":"cover-me-the-chipettes-pink-cadillac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2020\/09\/19\/cover-me-the-chipettes-pink-cadillac\/","title":{"rendered":"Cover Me, The Chipettes: Pink Cadillac"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Where do we start&#8211;with the fact that a children&#8217;s novelty record includes one of Bruce&#8217;s most sexual songs?<\/p>\n<p>Or maybe the instantly dated Natalie Cole arrangement they used rather than Bruce&#8217;s original? (Although to be fair, Cole had more success with it, and at least the Chipettes&#8217; version didn&#8217;t have that cheesy video.)<\/p>\n<p>Take your pick. None of that factors into why I&#8217;m featuring The Chipettes&#8217; 1988 cover of &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2019\/08\/21\/roll-of-the-dice-pink-cadillac\/\">Pink Cadillac<\/a>&#8221; here on the Shuffle.<\/p>\n<p>No, I&#8217;m sharing it simply because apparently Bruce was okay with this:<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"758\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xctcH_Dogfg?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>&#8230;but yet <a href=\"http:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2018\/11\/26\/cover-me-bette-midler-pink-cadillac\/\">Bette Midler&#8217;s cover of the same song<\/a> was apparently just too &#8220;in your face.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Go figure.<\/p>\n<p>I guess even Bruce can make a mystifying judgment call once in in a while.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our rule for covers here on the Shuffle: Do it different or do it better. 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