strangerinthehouse has delivered a terrific 2CD set of covers, some that were familiar to me others that I had no idea existed. I especially enjoyed the foreign language covers.
Thanks, stranger!
Disc 1:
1. "I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got" - Bettye LaVette (originally by Sinead O'Connor)
2. "12XU" - Minor Threat (Wire)
3. "Act Nice And Gentle" - The Black Keys (The Kinks)
4. "Monkey Man" - The Specials (Toots and the Maytals)
5. "Your Southern Can Is Mine" by The White Stripes (Blind Willie McTell)
6. "Redemption Song" - Johnny Cash & Joe Strummer (Bob Marley)
7. "Jackie Wilson Said" - Dexy's Midnight Runners (Van Morrison)
8. "Barbara Ann" - The Who (The Beach Boys)
9. "Me and Bobby McGee" - Angela Kalule (Kris Kristofferson)
10. "Jockey Full Of Bourbon" - Los Lobos (Tom Waits)
11. "(Nothing But) Flowers" - Caetano Veloso (Talking Heads)
12. "Marie Douceur-Marie Colrere" [Paint It Black] by Marie Laforet (The Rolling Stones)
13. "Pirate Jenny" - Nina Simone (Lotte Lenya and The Threepenny Opera)
14. "Many Rivers To Cross" - The Walkmen (Jimmy Cliff)
15. "Viva Las Vegas" - Dead Kennedys (Elvis Presley)
16. "Cadillac" - The Kinks (Bo Diddley)
17. "No More Kings" - Pavement (School House Rock)
18. "Sunday Morning Coming Down" - Me First and the Gimme Gimmes (Kris Kristofferson)
19. "I Don't Want To Grow Up" - Ramones (Tom Waits)
20. "Mack The Knife" - Ella Fitzgerald (Cast of The Threepenny Opera)
21. "Inside and Out" - Feist (The Bee Gees)
22. "Good Morning Heartache" - Old Dirty Bastard and Lil Mo (Billie Holiday)
Disc 2:
1. "You Keep Me Hanging On" - Madness (The Supremes)
2. "Spoonful" - Etta James & Harvery Fuqua (Howlin' Wolf)
3. "Man Of Constant Sorrow" - Bob Dylan (Traditional)
4. "Death Letter" - The White Stripes (Son House)
5. "I Put A Spell On You" - Nina Simone (Screamin' Jay Hawkins)
6. "Somewhere" - Tom Waits (Cast of West Side Story)
7. "Save The Last Dance For Me" - The Walkmen (The Drifters by way of Harry Nilsson)
8. "Trapped (live)" - Bruce Springsteen (Jimmy Cliff)
9. "Bang A Gong (Get It On)" - Blondie (T. Rex)
10. "Letters" - Laura Cantrell (Lucinda Williams)
11. "It's A Hectic World" - Pavement (Descendents)
12. "Soul Kitchen" - X (The Doors)
13. "Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometimes" - Beck (Korgis)
14. "Poor Jenny" - Rockpile (The Everly Brothers)
15. "Bird On A Wire [Live]" - Johnny Cash (Leonard Cohen)
16. "Oh, Take Me Back" - M. Ward (The Carter Family)
17. "Seashell Tale" - Bright Eyes (M. Ward)
18. "La College" [Bye Bye Johnny]- Monty (Chuck Berry)
19. "Stop Your Sobbing" - The Pretenders (The Kinks)
senior_service - your CD was delayed due to technical difficulties, but I expect it to be in the mail today or tomorrow!
CD Circle III: Return Of The Circle
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ReadyToHearTheWorst's excellent covers compilation cds:
1) Frijid Pink: House of the Rising Sun [Trad]
2) Bonnie Raitt: When the Spell is Broken [Richard Thompson]
3) Cassandra Wilson: The Wind Cries Mary [Jimi Hendrix]
4) Richard Thompson: Rockin' in Rhythm [Duke Ellington]
5) Wilson Pickett: Hey Jude [Beatles]
6) Christine Collister: How Will I Ever Be Simple Again [Richard Thompson]
7) Mink Deville: Cadillac Walk [Moon Martin]
8.) The Stranglers: Walk On By [Bacharach/David]
9) Nouvele Vague: Love Will Tear Us Apart [Joy Division]
10) Dinosaur Jr: I Misunderstood [Richard Thompson]
11) Steve Earle: I'm Looking Through You [Beatles]
12) Stevie Ray Vaughan: Little Wing [Jimi Hendrix]
13) Third World: Now That We've Found Love [O'Jays]
14) Ramsey Lewis Trio: Wade In The Water [Trad]
15) The Bunch ft. Sandy Denny: Learning The Game [Buddy Holly]
16) Screamin' Jay Hawkins: Heartattack and Vine [Tom Waits]
17) Graham Parker: I Want You Back [Jackson 5]
18. Kate Bush: The Man I Love [Gershwin]
19) Vanilla Fudge: You Keep Me Hangin' On [Supremes]
1) Me First and the Gimme Gimmes: Aint No Sunshine [Bill Withers]
2) REM: Wall of Death [Richard Thompson]
3) Al Green: How Can You Mend A Broken Heart [Bee Gees]
4) Steve Earle: When Will We Be Married [Trad]
5) Billy Stewart: Summertime [Gershwin]
6) Shawn Colvin: (Looking For) The Heart Of Saturday Night [Tom Waits]
7) Richard Hawley: Some Candy Talking [Jesus & Mary Chain]
8.) Led Zeppelin: Travelling Riverside Blues [Robert Johnson]
9) Fugees: Killing Me Softly [Roberta Flack]
10) Richard Thompson: Season of the Witch [Donovan]
11) The Ramones: I Don't Wanna Grow Up [Tom Waits]
12) Mavis Staples: Keep On Pushing [Curtis Mayfield]
13) Arctic Monkeys: Love Machine [Girls Aloud]
14) Otis Redding: Shake [Sam Cooke]
15) The Five Blind Boys of Alabama: Dimming of the Day [Richard Thompson]
16) Madeleine Peyroux: Dance Me To The End Of Love [Tom Waits]
17) Creedence Clearwater Revival: I Heard it Thru the Grapevine [Marvin Gaye]
18.) Peter Sellers: Hard Day's Night [Beatles]
Lots of interesting things there. The Fugees track goes silent after about half a minute, but I believe I'm already familiar with that recording from the radio, so it's ok, no need to resend
. You included what I thought were a few of walk-through type covers that I sorta questioned the point of their existence, they just didn't seem to get up to much imo -- Earle-I'm Walking Through You, Screaming Jay Hawkin's Heart Attack & Vine (doesn't come close to producing the same quality of raconteurishness the song requires), Me First and the Gimme Gimmes - Aint No Sunshine (although good to see a Bill Withers tune, have even included one in my my mix cds for WSS), though they were in the small minority.
I enjoyed all of the Richard Thompson related ones. Earle's other cover more than made up for the first. The Waits song on disc 2 I'd been unfamiliar with (as I also was with Madeleine Peyroux) and is one of my faves here, hearing the original eventually will be something to look out for. Good also to hear Shawn Colvin make a Waits tune her own with nice changes of vocal inflection, Graham Parker take great joy in I Want You Back, The Arctic Monkeys, Otis Redding, Al Green, Kate Bush, Mink Deville(!) ... I'm a fan of lots of these musicians. Besides about Thomson's work, I had some existing curiousity about some of the other artists relit -- REM, Dinosaur Jnr, Richard Hawley (thanks to WSS, and I think I read somewhere he had some involvement with, or even played in, Pulp - will check on that), and the rest were mostly good.
Thanks RTHTW!
1) Frijid Pink: House of the Rising Sun [Trad]
2) Bonnie Raitt: When the Spell is Broken [Richard Thompson]
3) Cassandra Wilson: The Wind Cries Mary [Jimi Hendrix]
4) Richard Thompson: Rockin' in Rhythm [Duke Ellington]
5) Wilson Pickett: Hey Jude [Beatles]
6) Christine Collister: How Will I Ever Be Simple Again [Richard Thompson]
7) Mink Deville: Cadillac Walk [Moon Martin]
8.) The Stranglers: Walk On By [Bacharach/David]
9) Nouvele Vague: Love Will Tear Us Apart [Joy Division]
10) Dinosaur Jr: I Misunderstood [Richard Thompson]
11) Steve Earle: I'm Looking Through You [Beatles]
12) Stevie Ray Vaughan: Little Wing [Jimi Hendrix]
13) Third World: Now That We've Found Love [O'Jays]
14) Ramsey Lewis Trio: Wade In The Water [Trad]
15) The Bunch ft. Sandy Denny: Learning The Game [Buddy Holly]
16) Screamin' Jay Hawkins: Heartattack and Vine [Tom Waits]
17) Graham Parker: I Want You Back [Jackson 5]
18. Kate Bush: The Man I Love [Gershwin]
19) Vanilla Fudge: You Keep Me Hangin' On [Supremes]
1) Me First and the Gimme Gimmes: Aint No Sunshine [Bill Withers]
2) REM: Wall of Death [Richard Thompson]
3) Al Green: How Can You Mend A Broken Heart [Bee Gees]
4) Steve Earle: When Will We Be Married [Trad]
5) Billy Stewart: Summertime [Gershwin]
6) Shawn Colvin: (Looking For) The Heart Of Saturday Night [Tom Waits]
7) Richard Hawley: Some Candy Talking [Jesus & Mary Chain]
8.) Led Zeppelin: Travelling Riverside Blues [Robert Johnson]
9) Fugees: Killing Me Softly [Roberta Flack]
10) Richard Thompson: Season of the Witch [Donovan]
11) The Ramones: I Don't Wanna Grow Up [Tom Waits]
12) Mavis Staples: Keep On Pushing [Curtis Mayfield]
13) Arctic Monkeys: Love Machine [Girls Aloud]
14) Otis Redding: Shake [Sam Cooke]
15) The Five Blind Boys of Alabama: Dimming of the Day [Richard Thompson]
16) Madeleine Peyroux: Dance Me To The End Of Love [Tom Waits]
17) Creedence Clearwater Revival: I Heard it Thru the Grapevine [Marvin Gaye]
18.) Peter Sellers: Hard Day's Night [Beatles]
Lots of interesting things there. The Fugees track goes silent after about half a minute, but I believe I'm already familiar with that recording from the radio, so it's ok, no need to resend
. You included what I thought were a few of walk-through type covers that I sorta questioned the point of their existence, they just didn't seem to get up to much imo -- Earle-I'm Walking Through You, Screaming Jay Hawkin's Heart Attack & Vine (doesn't come close to producing the same quality of raconteurishness the song requires), Me First and the Gimme Gimmes - Aint No Sunshine (although good to see a Bill Withers tune, have even included one in my my mix cds for WSS), though they were in the small minority. I enjoyed all of the Richard Thompson related ones. Earle's other cover more than made up for the first. The Waits song on disc 2 I'd been unfamiliar with (as I also was with Madeleine Peyroux) and is one of my faves here, hearing the original eventually will be something to look out for. Good also to hear Shawn Colvin make a Waits tune her own with nice changes of vocal inflection, Graham Parker take great joy in I Want You Back, The Arctic Monkeys, Otis Redding, Al Green, Kate Bush, Mink Deville(!) ... I'm a fan of lots of these musicians. Besides about Thomson's work, I had some existing curiousity about some of the other artists relit -- REM, Dinosaur Jnr, Richard Hawley (thanks to WSS, and I think I read somewhere he had some involvement with, or even played in, Pulp - will check on that), and the rest were mostly good.
Thanks RTHTW!
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Ah, Cohen is one of the very few songwriters who could write a song that could be mistakenly credited to Waits.
If there's another cd circle round I may pass along copies of some of the mixes I've received from people so far, they've all been great to receive. They'll probably become highly sought after items among the secret board elite and non-elite alike once word gets out they're starting to get passed around...
If there's another cd circle round I may pass along copies of some of the mixes I've received from people so far, they've all been great to receive. They'll probably become highly sought after items among the secret board elite and non-elite alike once word gets out they're starting to get passed around...
Got my CD from Mike Boom. Some nice listening. I was not familar with most of these originals, let alone their covers.
Song To The Siren - This Mortal Coil
Pleasant Valley Sunday - The Wedding Present
I'll Keep It with Mine - Bettie Serveert
Ballad of El Goodo - Matthew Sweet
Needles & Pins - The Ramones
Subterranean Homesick Blues - Harry Nilsson
Help Me Make It Through The Night - Bryan Ferry
Heartbeat - The Knack
Ruby Tuesday - Melanie
Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey - Kristen Hersh
Hyperballad - The Twilight Singers
She's Leaving Home - Bryan Ferry
You Just Haven't Earned It Yet Baby - Kirsty MacColl
Sisters Of Mercy - Beth Orton
Everyday Is Like Sunday - The Pretenders
Helpless - Buffy Sainte-Marie
Goin' Back - Nils Lofgren
Just Like Tom Thumb Blues - Nina Simone
Rebel Rebel - Rickie Lee Jones
Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me - Grant Lee Phillips
In My Life - Roddy Frame
I'll have to look into more Bryan Ferry (Heard lots of good stuff about him, but have never heard his songs) When my father died I got his album collection. It was mostly classical, but also filled with Joan Baez, Linda Ronstadt, and Leftover Wine by Melanie.
Song To The Siren - This Mortal Coil
Pleasant Valley Sunday - The Wedding Present
I'll Keep It with Mine - Bettie Serveert
Ballad of El Goodo - Matthew Sweet
Needles & Pins - The Ramones
Subterranean Homesick Blues - Harry Nilsson
Help Me Make It Through The Night - Bryan Ferry
Heartbeat - The Knack
Ruby Tuesday - Melanie
Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey - Kristen Hersh
Hyperballad - The Twilight Singers
She's Leaving Home - Bryan Ferry
You Just Haven't Earned It Yet Baby - Kirsty MacColl
Sisters Of Mercy - Beth Orton
Everyday Is Like Sunday - The Pretenders
Helpless - Buffy Sainte-Marie
Goin' Back - Nils Lofgren
Just Like Tom Thumb Blues - Nina Simone
Rebel Rebel - Rickie Lee Jones
Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me - Grant Lee Phillips
In My Life - Roddy Frame
I'll have to look into more Bryan Ferry (Heard lots of good stuff about him, but have never heard his songs) When my father died I got his album collection. It was mostly classical, but also filled with Joan Baez, Linda Ronstadt, and Leftover Wine by Melanie.
It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think that you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt
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Ferry has been in the news the last couple of days over here.
Singer Bryan Ferry has apologised "unreservedly" for his comments about the Nazis.
The star reportedly described the regime as "just amazing" during an interview.
A statement released on Ferry's behalf said he was "deeply upset" by the publicity concerning himself and Nazi Germany.
It continued: "I apologise unreservedly for any offence caused by my comments on Nazi iconography, which were solely made from an art history perspective.
"I, like every right-minded individual, find the Nazi regime, and all it stood for, evil and abhorrent."
The Roxy Music singer reportedly revealed he calls his West London studio his Fuhrerbunker, a title associated with Hitler's headquarters.
He reportedly said: "The Nazis knew how to put themselves in the limelight and present themselves.
"Leni Riefenstahl's movies and Albert Speer's buildings and the mass parades and the flags - just amazing. Really beautiful."
The comments were said to have been made to German newspaper Welt am Sonntag.
Calls were made for Marks and Spencer, for whom he models clothes and which historically has Jewish links, to re-think their contract with him
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/pressass/20070 ... 8abb3.html
He's also pro fox hunting.
Singer Bryan Ferry has apologised "unreservedly" for his comments about the Nazis.
The star reportedly described the regime as "just amazing" during an interview.
A statement released on Ferry's behalf said he was "deeply upset" by the publicity concerning himself and Nazi Germany.
It continued: "I apologise unreservedly for any offence caused by my comments on Nazi iconography, which were solely made from an art history perspective.
"I, like every right-minded individual, find the Nazi regime, and all it stood for, evil and abhorrent."
The Roxy Music singer reportedly revealed he calls his West London studio his Fuhrerbunker, a title associated with Hitler's headquarters.
He reportedly said: "The Nazis knew how to put themselves in the limelight and present themselves.
"Leni Riefenstahl's movies and Albert Speer's buildings and the mass parades and the flags - just amazing. Really beautiful."
The comments were said to have been made to German newspaper Welt am Sonntag.
Calls were made for Marks and Spencer, for whom he models clothes and which historically has Jewish links, to re-think their contract with him
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/pressass/20070 ... 8abb3.html
He's also pro fox hunting.
Everyone just needs to fuckin’ relax. Smoke more weed, the world is ending.
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A few days back i received this excellent collection form Pophead2k complete with a highly informative and helpful 2 pages of notes:
Senses Working Overtime - Mandy Moore
You May be Right - Subteens
This is where I belong - Ron Sexsmith
Sexual Healing - Soul Asylum
And Your Bird Can Sing - Susanna Hoffs and Matthew Sweet
Cruella DeVille - The Replacements
Show me the Way - Dinosaur Jr
Freddie's Dead - Fishbone
America - David Bowie
Big Sky - Flop
Hang on to your Ego - Frank Black
Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes - Freedy Johnston
Ring of Fire - Social Distortion
Gimme Some Truth - Sam Phillips
Rebel Rebel - Rikki Lee Jones
Toys in the Attic - REM
I wish I was in New Orleans - Pophead2k
Frank Mills - The Lemonheads
I didn't own any of these and I really like the lot. However, I especially like the tracks by Sam Phillips, Frank Black, Bowie and Freedy Johnston.
The best of all though was Pophead's own recording of the Tom Waits Classic. I've played it several times and really like it. You are indeed a talented man Pop!!
Thanks Pal.
Ps. I am sure I must be the only one left who hasn't made his CD
I will have to get this done for Mike Boom this week
Senses Working Overtime - Mandy Moore
You May be Right - Subteens
This is where I belong - Ron Sexsmith
Sexual Healing - Soul Asylum
And Your Bird Can Sing - Susanna Hoffs and Matthew Sweet
Cruella DeVille - The Replacements
Show me the Way - Dinosaur Jr
Freddie's Dead - Fishbone
America - David Bowie
Big Sky - Flop
Hang on to your Ego - Frank Black
Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes - Freedy Johnston
Ring of Fire - Social Distortion
Gimme Some Truth - Sam Phillips
Rebel Rebel - Rikki Lee Jones
Toys in the Attic - REM
I wish I was in New Orleans - Pophead2k
Frank Mills - The Lemonheads
I didn't own any of these and I really like the lot. However, I especially like the tracks by Sam Phillips, Frank Black, Bowie and Freedy Johnston.
The best of all though was Pophead's own recording of the Tom Waits Classic. I've played it several times and really like it. You are indeed a talented man Pop!!
Thanks Pal.
Ps. I am sure I must be the only one left who hasn't made his CD
I will have to get this done for Mike Boom this week
corruptio optimi pessima
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Marvellous selections from StragerInTheHouse, forwarded some weeks ago and reviewed at last by a slow witted correspondent.
the covers
Petra Haden - Armenia City in the Sky - the 'orrible 'ooh
Nouvelle Vague - Love Will Tear us Apart - Joy Division
Morrisey - That's Entertainment - The Jam
Waco Brothers - Baba O'Riley - the 'orrible 'ooh
Paul Weller - All Along the Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix
Blind Boys of Alabama - Way Down in the Hole - Tom Waits
Joe Strummer - Junco Partner - The Clash
The Muffs - No Actiion - Our Boy
The Muffs - Rock & Roll Girl - The Beat
The Jam - Batman Theme - a dodgy TV show, via the 'orrible 'ooh
Any Trouble - Name of the Game - Abba
Grant Lee Phillips - Age of Consent - New Order
Patty Griffin - Stolen Car - Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen - I Want You - Bob
Johnny Cash & Joe Strummer - Redemption Song - Robert
The Clash - Pressure Drop - Toots & the Maytals
Social Distortion - Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash
Guadalcanal Diary - And Your Bird Can Sing - Los Beattles
Jenny Lewis - Handle With Care - Travelling Wilburys
Gnarls Barkley - Gone Daddy Gone - Violent Femmes
X - Breathless - Jerry Lee 'The Killer' Lewis
Cowboy Junkies - Sweet Jane - Velvet Undergound
more covers
Patti Smith - Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
Cowboy Junkies - One - U2
Emmylou Harris - Sweet Old World - Lucinda Williams
Grant Lee Phillips - Killing Moon - Echo & the Bunnymen
Grant Lee Phillips - So. Central Rain - REM
Patti Smith - Changing of the Guard - Bob
Feist - Inside & Out - HeeBee GeeBees
Flaming Lips - AnyWay, Anyhow, Anywhere - the 'orrible ''ooh
Paul Weller - Early Morning Rain - Gordon Lightfoot
Billy Bragg & Wilco - California Stars - Woody Guthrie, sort of
Johnny Clarke - Satta Massagna - The Abyssinians
The Clash - Look Here - Mose Allison
Chris Difford - Take Me I'm Yours - Squeeze
Gordon Lightfoot - Me & Bobby McGee - Kris Kristofferson
Patti Smith - Everybody Wants to Rule the World - Tears For Fears
Talking Heads - Take me to the River - (Reverend) Al Green
Patti Smith - My Generation - the 'orrible 'ooh
And a bonus disk ...
cover me
Devo - Satisfaction - Rolling Sones
Patti Smith - The Boy in the Bubble - Paul Smon
Dave Edmunds - Girls Talk - Our Boy
Richard Thompson - Legal Matter - the 'orrible 'ooh
The Beat - Tears of a Clown - Smokey
Los Lobos ft. our boy - Matter of Time - errm, Los Lobos
Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower - Bob
Johny Cash - Hurt - NIN
Pretenders - Stop Your Sobbing - The Kinks
Siouxie & the Banshees - Dear Prudence - Los Beattles
The Ramones - California Sun - The Rivieras
The Jam - In the Midnight Hour - The Wicked Pickett
Roxy Music - 8 Miles High - The Byrds
The Byrds - Mr Tamborine Man - Bob
Eddie Vedder - You've Got to Hide Your Love Away - Los Beattles
Joe Cocker - With a Little Help From My Friends - Los Beattles
So much good stuff! Songs I'd never heard, artists I've only heard of.
Low points:
- Even Patti Smith cannot convince me that Everybody Wants to Rule the World is a good song (cracking pop record, yes, but song? - no!);
- Johnny Cash singing 'Pirates yes they rob I' just seems ridiculous;
- Joe Cocker - still fades out cruelly.
High Points:
Too many! But noble mentions for:
- Johnny Clarke (Reggae crooner extraordinaire);
- Feist (expose Bee Gees to 'good song' jibe);
- that Mojo 'ooh CD.
- subtle links between some tracks;
- EmmyLou might just have improved on Lucinda's original.
Thank'ee kindly, sir.
the covers
Petra Haden - Armenia City in the Sky - the 'orrible 'ooh
Nouvelle Vague - Love Will Tear us Apart - Joy Division
Morrisey - That's Entertainment - The Jam
Waco Brothers - Baba O'Riley - the 'orrible 'ooh
Paul Weller - All Along the Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix
Blind Boys of Alabama - Way Down in the Hole - Tom Waits
Joe Strummer - Junco Partner - The Clash
The Muffs - No Actiion - Our Boy
The Muffs - Rock & Roll Girl - The Beat
The Jam - Batman Theme - a dodgy TV show, via the 'orrible 'ooh
Any Trouble - Name of the Game - Abba
Grant Lee Phillips - Age of Consent - New Order
Patty Griffin - Stolen Car - Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen - I Want You - Bob
Johnny Cash & Joe Strummer - Redemption Song - Robert
The Clash - Pressure Drop - Toots & the Maytals
Social Distortion - Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash
Guadalcanal Diary - And Your Bird Can Sing - Los Beattles
Jenny Lewis - Handle With Care - Travelling Wilburys
Gnarls Barkley - Gone Daddy Gone - Violent Femmes
X - Breathless - Jerry Lee 'The Killer' Lewis
Cowboy Junkies - Sweet Jane - Velvet Undergound
more covers
Patti Smith - Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
Cowboy Junkies - One - U2
Emmylou Harris - Sweet Old World - Lucinda Williams
Grant Lee Phillips - Killing Moon - Echo & the Bunnymen
Grant Lee Phillips - So. Central Rain - REM
Patti Smith - Changing of the Guard - Bob
Feist - Inside & Out - HeeBee GeeBees
Flaming Lips - AnyWay, Anyhow, Anywhere - the 'orrible ''ooh
Paul Weller - Early Morning Rain - Gordon Lightfoot
Billy Bragg & Wilco - California Stars - Woody Guthrie, sort of
Johnny Clarke - Satta Massagna - The Abyssinians
The Clash - Look Here - Mose Allison
Chris Difford - Take Me I'm Yours - Squeeze
Gordon Lightfoot - Me & Bobby McGee - Kris Kristofferson
Patti Smith - Everybody Wants to Rule the World - Tears For Fears
Talking Heads - Take me to the River - (Reverend) Al Green
Patti Smith - My Generation - the 'orrible 'ooh
And a bonus disk ...
cover me
Devo - Satisfaction - Rolling Sones
Patti Smith - The Boy in the Bubble - Paul Smon
Dave Edmunds - Girls Talk - Our Boy
Richard Thompson - Legal Matter - the 'orrible 'ooh
The Beat - Tears of a Clown - Smokey
Los Lobos ft. our boy - Matter of Time - errm, Los Lobos
Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower - Bob
Johny Cash - Hurt - NIN
Pretenders - Stop Your Sobbing - The Kinks
Siouxie & the Banshees - Dear Prudence - Los Beattles
The Ramones - California Sun - The Rivieras
The Jam - In the Midnight Hour - The Wicked Pickett
Roxy Music - 8 Miles High - The Byrds
The Byrds - Mr Tamborine Man - Bob
Eddie Vedder - You've Got to Hide Your Love Away - Los Beattles
Joe Cocker - With a Little Help From My Friends - Los Beattles
So much good stuff! Songs I'd never heard, artists I've only heard of.
Low points:
- Even Patti Smith cannot convince me that Everybody Wants to Rule the World is a good song (cracking pop record, yes, but song? - no!);
- Johnny Cash singing 'Pirates yes they rob I' just seems ridiculous;
- Joe Cocker - still fades out cruelly.
High Points:
Too many! But noble mentions for:
- Johnny Clarke (Reggae crooner extraordinaire);
- Feist (expose Bee Gees to 'good song' jibe);
- that Mojo 'ooh CD.
- subtle links between some tracks;
- EmmyLou might just have improved on Lucinda's original.
Thank'ee kindly, sir.
"I'm the Rock and Roll Scrabble champion"
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senior_service
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It's been over three weeks since I received two superb discs from Blue Chair. The diversity of the artists involved - both the original artists and the cover artists - made for a tasty listening treat. While I own a number of the original songs, I don't believe I'd ever heard any of the covers.
There is a liberal sprinking of Dylan covers which made my day. Also, covers of songs by some of my favorite artists (The Clash, Neil Young, The Kinks, The Beatles, Elliott Smith, etc) along with artists that I have heard embarrassingly little of (The Band, Gillian Welch, Gram Parsons).
On to the playlists:
Blue’s Covers – Disc 1
1. You Still Believe in Me – M. Ward (The Beach Boys)
2. God Only Knows – Petra Haden (The Beach Boys)
3. Starstruck – Steve Forbert (The Kinks)
4. Bad Time – The Jayhawks (Grand Funk Railroad)
5. I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry – Al Green (Hank Williams)
6. Revelator – Glen Phillips (Gillian Welch)
7. I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight – Norah Jones (Bob)
8. Girl – Rhett Miller (The Beatles)
9. It Makes No Difference – My Morning Jacket (The Band)
10. Loving You (Is Sweeter Thank Ever) – The Band (The Four Tops)
11. Walk Away Renee – The Four Tops (The Left Banke)
12. My Sweet Lord – Billy Preston (George Harrison)
13. Run To Me – Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs (The Bee Gees)
14. Corona – Calexico (The Minutemen…..the pride of San Pedro!)
15. Been Caught Stealing – Jacksoul (Jane’s Addiction)
16. Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window – Jimi Hendrix Experience (Bob)
17. Percy’s Song -Fairport Convention (Bob)
18. Thirteen – Elliott Smith (Big Star)
19. Straight to Hell (The Clash)
Favs.....
Steve Forbert's take on Starstruck (off of my favorite Kinks album).....hadn't listened to Steve Forbert since Jackrabbit Slim
Revelator ...don't know who Glen Phillips is, but he does an excellent version
Corona by Calexico is a lot of fun
Enjoyed My Morning Jacket doing It Makes No Difference
Josh Rouse's Straight to Hell is quiet and haunting
Blue’s Covers – Disc 2
1. Pocahontas – Johnny Cash (Neil Young)
2. Tonight I’ll Be Staying Here With You – Ann Peebles (Bob)
3. What Have You Done For Me Lately – Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings (Janet Jackson)
4. Ooh Las Vegas – Cowboy Junkies (Gram Parsons)
5. Gimme Some Truth – Sam Phillips (John Lennon)
6. Paranoid Android – Brad Mehldau (Radiohead)
7. Tennessee Stud – The Little Willies (Eddy Arnold)
8. Mystery Train – Jeff Beck & Chrissy Hynde (Junior Parker)
9. This Little Light – Mavis Staples (Traditional)
10. Sea of Love – Tom Waits (Phil Phillips)
11. How Am I Different – Bettye LaVette (Aimee Mann)
12. Do Right Woman – Flying Burrito Brothers (Aretha Franklin)
13. Waiting For The Man – David Bowie (The Velvet Underground)
14. Sweet Dreams – Roy Buchanon (Don Gibson)
15. Voices – Jon Brion (Cheap Trick)
16. Death Is Not The End – Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds (Bob)
Disc 2 may be even better than disc 1......loved Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You (one of my favorite Bob songs) What Have You Done For Me Lately? was a revelation. I don't know Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings, but they are FUNKY! Ooh Las Vegas by Cowboy Junkies was terrific. I love the Cowboy Junkies, but sometimes they need to kick it up a notch.....they do it on this song. Sam Phillips breathes fresh life into Gimme Some Truth......I felt like I'd been kicked in the gut when I heard her sing this one. I got a kick out of Voices and I like just about anything that Mavis Staples sings.
Big thanks to Blue for two fantastic discs. Cheers!
There is a liberal sprinking of Dylan covers which made my day. Also, covers of songs by some of my favorite artists (The Clash, Neil Young, The Kinks, The Beatles, Elliott Smith, etc) along with artists that I have heard embarrassingly little of (The Band, Gillian Welch, Gram Parsons).
On to the playlists:
Blue’s Covers – Disc 1
1. You Still Believe in Me – M. Ward (The Beach Boys)
2. God Only Knows – Petra Haden (The Beach Boys)
3. Starstruck – Steve Forbert (The Kinks)
4. Bad Time – The Jayhawks (Grand Funk Railroad)
5. I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry – Al Green (Hank Williams)
6. Revelator – Glen Phillips (Gillian Welch)
7. I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight – Norah Jones (Bob)
8. Girl – Rhett Miller (The Beatles)
9. It Makes No Difference – My Morning Jacket (The Band)
10. Loving You (Is Sweeter Thank Ever) – The Band (The Four Tops)
11. Walk Away Renee – The Four Tops (The Left Banke)
12. My Sweet Lord – Billy Preston (George Harrison)
13. Run To Me – Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs (The Bee Gees)
14. Corona – Calexico (The Minutemen…..the pride of San Pedro!)
15. Been Caught Stealing – Jacksoul (Jane’s Addiction)
16. Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window – Jimi Hendrix Experience (Bob)
17. Percy’s Song -Fairport Convention (Bob)
18. Thirteen – Elliott Smith (Big Star)
19. Straight to Hell (The Clash)
Favs.....
Steve Forbert's take on Starstruck (off of my favorite Kinks album).....hadn't listened to Steve Forbert since Jackrabbit Slim
Revelator ...don't know who Glen Phillips is, but he does an excellent version
Corona by Calexico is a lot of fun
Enjoyed My Morning Jacket doing It Makes No Difference
Josh Rouse's Straight to Hell is quiet and haunting
Blue’s Covers – Disc 2
1. Pocahontas – Johnny Cash (Neil Young)
2. Tonight I’ll Be Staying Here With You – Ann Peebles (Bob)
3. What Have You Done For Me Lately – Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings (Janet Jackson)
4. Ooh Las Vegas – Cowboy Junkies (Gram Parsons)
5. Gimme Some Truth – Sam Phillips (John Lennon)
6. Paranoid Android – Brad Mehldau (Radiohead)
7. Tennessee Stud – The Little Willies (Eddy Arnold)
8. Mystery Train – Jeff Beck & Chrissy Hynde (Junior Parker)
9. This Little Light – Mavis Staples (Traditional)
10. Sea of Love – Tom Waits (Phil Phillips)
11. How Am I Different – Bettye LaVette (Aimee Mann)
12. Do Right Woman – Flying Burrito Brothers (Aretha Franklin)
13. Waiting For The Man – David Bowie (The Velvet Underground)
14. Sweet Dreams – Roy Buchanon (Don Gibson)
15. Voices – Jon Brion (Cheap Trick)
16. Death Is Not The End – Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds (Bob)
Disc 2 may be even better than disc 1......loved Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You (one of my favorite Bob songs) What Have You Done For Me Lately? was a revelation. I don't know Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings, but they are FUNKY! Ooh Las Vegas by Cowboy Junkies was terrific. I love the Cowboy Junkies, but sometimes they need to kick it up a notch.....they do it on this song. Sam Phillips breathes fresh life into Gimme Some Truth......I felt like I'd been kicked in the gut when I heard her sing this one. I got a kick out of Voices and I like just about anything that Mavis Staples sings.
Big thanks to Blue for two fantastic discs. Cheers!
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Shit - just now realized I had never posted the info on the great 2CD set that bambooneedle sent me. I especially enjoyed the Zevon tracks - that Leonard Cohen cover in particular is a really crunchy killer. The Van Morrison cover (from the same gig - wow!) is really lovely as well. I have no Zevon in my collection but this has certainly made me want to go out and start investigating his stuff. The only one of these versions I'd heard previously was Shatner's "Common People," but you can't really get enough of that (if you're in the mood). Oops, scratch that - someone had played me the Franz Ferdinand Gwen Stefani cover before but it's terrific. I've never been an Oasis fan, but I could listen to Cat Power sing the Yellow Pages and the "Wonderwall" she does (a UK radio session I assume?) is beautifully weary.
All in all a very nice compilation with lots of surprises. Guns 'N Roses ain't really my bag, but they are fairly harmless and at least they raised a smile. Thanks very much bambooneedle!
01 I'm Only Sleeping, live Feb 29, '00 Portland OR - Elliott Smith (The Beatles)
02 First We Take Manhattan, live Bearsville Theatre Woodstock NY Dec 11, '91 - Warren Zevon (Leonard Cohen)
03 If I Should Fall Behind - Grant McLennan (Bruce Springsteen)
04 Cat's in the Cradle - Johnny Cash (Harry Chapin)
05 The Part You Throw Away - Ute Lemper (Tom Waits)
06 You Don't Miss Your Water - The Triffids (William Bell)
07 Going Underground - Buffalo Tom (The Jam)
08 Use Me - Mick Jagger feat. Lenny Kravitz (Bill Withers)
09 Island Home - Christine Anu (Neil Murray)
10 I've Been Loving You Too Long - Diesel (Otis Redding)
11 (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - Otis Redding (The Rolling Stones)
12 Jackson - Joaquin Phoenix & Reese Witherspoon (Johnny Cash & Carlene Carter)
13 Common People - William Shatner (Pulp)
14 A Hard Day's Night, live unrehearsed - Hoodoo Gurus (The Beatles)
15 Poor, Poor Pitiful Me - Deborah Conway (Warren Zevon)
16 So Long, Marianne - John Cale & Suzanne Vega (Leonard Cohen)
17 Orphan Girl, live on KBCO radio - Emmylou Harris (Gillian Welch)
18 Highway Patrolman - Johnny Cash (Bruce Springsteen)
19 My Ride's Here, live Sep '03 - Bruce Springsteen (Warren Zevon)
20 Into The Mystic, live Bearsville Theater Woodstock NY Dec 11, '91 - Warren Zevon (Van Morrison)
01 What You Waiting For - Franz Ferdinand (Gwen Stefani)
02 Shaking All Over - Generation X (Johnny Kidd and the Pirates)
03 Nice Boys - Guns N' Roses (Rose Tattoo)
04 Don't Change - Grinspoon (INXS)
05 Positively 4th Street, live Santa Monica '91 - Lucinda Williams (Bob Dylan)
06 Wonderwall, live '00 - Cat Power (Oasis)
07 Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometimes - Beck (The Korgis)
08 For No-One - Elliott Smith, live Nov 14 '97, Portland (The Beatles)
09 My Way - Elvis Presley (Paul Anka, Sinatra, others)
10 Hurt - David Bowie feat. Nine Inch Nails, St Louis Oct 11, '95 (Nine Inch Nails)
11 Listen To What The Man Said, live Paris FRA Sep 26, '04- Ron Sexsmith (Wings)
12 Whiskey In The Jar, live on Peel, '70's - Thin Lizzy (Traditional)
13 Purple Avenue - Ute Lemper (Tom Waits)
14 Revolution - Grandaddy (The Beatles, others)
15 Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me a Little While) - The Doobie Brothers (Kim Weston, wr. Holland Dozier Holland)
16 Mannish Boy - Jimi Hendrix (Muddy Waters)
17 Chelsea Girls, live Oct 14, '99 Portland OR - Elliott Smith (Nico)
18 A Change Is Gonna Come - Terence Trent D'Arby with The MGs (Sam Cooke, others)
19 When the Saints Go Marching In, '79 - Tom Waits (Traditional, Louis Armstrong, others)
All in all a very nice compilation with lots of surprises. Guns 'N Roses ain't really my bag, but they are fairly harmless and at least they raised a smile. Thanks very much bambooneedle!
01 I'm Only Sleeping, live Feb 29, '00 Portland OR - Elliott Smith (The Beatles)
02 First We Take Manhattan, live Bearsville Theatre Woodstock NY Dec 11, '91 - Warren Zevon (Leonard Cohen)
03 If I Should Fall Behind - Grant McLennan (Bruce Springsteen)
04 Cat's in the Cradle - Johnny Cash (Harry Chapin)
05 The Part You Throw Away - Ute Lemper (Tom Waits)
06 You Don't Miss Your Water - The Triffids (William Bell)
07 Going Underground - Buffalo Tom (The Jam)
08 Use Me - Mick Jagger feat. Lenny Kravitz (Bill Withers)
09 Island Home - Christine Anu (Neil Murray)
10 I've Been Loving You Too Long - Diesel (Otis Redding)
11 (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - Otis Redding (The Rolling Stones)
12 Jackson - Joaquin Phoenix & Reese Witherspoon (Johnny Cash & Carlene Carter)
13 Common People - William Shatner (Pulp)
14 A Hard Day's Night, live unrehearsed - Hoodoo Gurus (The Beatles)
15 Poor, Poor Pitiful Me - Deborah Conway (Warren Zevon)
16 So Long, Marianne - John Cale & Suzanne Vega (Leonard Cohen)
17 Orphan Girl, live on KBCO radio - Emmylou Harris (Gillian Welch)
18 Highway Patrolman - Johnny Cash (Bruce Springsteen)
19 My Ride's Here, live Sep '03 - Bruce Springsteen (Warren Zevon)
20 Into The Mystic, live Bearsville Theater Woodstock NY Dec 11, '91 - Warren Zevon (Van Morrison)
01 What You Waiting For - Franz Ferdinand (Gwen Stefani)
02 Shaking All Over - Generation X (Johnny Kidd and the Pirates)
03 Nice Boys - Guns N' Roses (Rose Tattoo)
04 Don't Change - Grinspoon (INXS)
05 Positively 4th Street, live Santa Monica '91 - Lucinda Williams (Bob Dylan)
06 Wonderwall, live '00 - Cat Power (Oasis)
07 Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometimes - Beck (The Korgis)
08 For No-One - Elliott Smith, live Nov 14 '97, Portland (The Beatles)
09 My Way - Elvis Presley (Paul Anka, Sinatra, others)
10 Hurt - David Bowie feat. Nine Inch Nails, St Louis Oct 11, '95 (Nine Inch Nails)
11 Listen To What The Man Said, live Paris FRA Sep 26, '04- Ron Sexsmith (Wings)
12 Whiskey In The Jar, live on Peel, '70's - Thin Lizzy (Traditional)
13 Purple Avenue - Ute Lemper (Tom Waits)
14 Revolution - Grandaddy (The Beatles, others)
15 Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me a Little While) - The Doobie Brothers (Kim Weston, wr. Holland Dozier Holland)
16 Mannish Boy - Jimi Hendrix (Muddy Waters)
17 Chelsea Girls, live Oct 14, '99 Portland OR - Elliott Smith (Nico)
18 A Change Is Gonna Come - Terence Trent D'Arby with The MGs (Sam Cooke, others)
19 When the Saints Go Marching In, '79 - Tom Waits (Traditional, Louis Armstrong, others)
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Brad Mehldau doing Paranoid Android must be worth hearing!
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Who Shot Sam?
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I heard him play that live in Troy, New York a few years ago. Incredible pianist and he has a real ear for new material. Nice guy as well. He was playing in my buddy Josh Redman's quartet at the time and could not have been more soft-spoken and engaging in person.Otis Westinghouse wrote:Brad Meldau doing Paranoid Android must be worth hearing!
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Couldn't find the complete piece, other than on a 'US only' sitre, but got the sample here:
http://www.amazon.com/Largo-Brad-Mehlda ... 447&sr=8-6
Sounds good. His piece on the recent Joni tribute LP sounded fantastic.
http://www.amazon.com/Largo-Brad-Mehlda ... 447&sr=8-6
Sounds good. His piece on the recent Joni tribute LP sounded fantastic.
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Oops, that should have read June Carter Cash, not sure what I was thinking. Johnny Cash was once so greatly dismayed by attending a Carlene Carter show (CC didn't know he and June had turned up) where she told the crowd that she was putting the cunt in Country MusicWho Shot Sam? wrote: 12 Jackson - Joaquin Phoenix & Reese Witherspoon (Johnny Cash & Carlene Carter)
, that he didn't speak to her for a very long time...The site I downloaded it from didn't say specifically where it was recorded or if at a radio station (I would have noted it, i'm sure), only the year.I could listen to Cat Power sing the Yellow Pages and the "Wonderwall" she does (a UK radio session I assume?) is beautifully weary.
Glad you hadn't heard most of them WSS?, I'd suspected that you might had at least heard the ones by Johnny Cash. That gig by Warren Zevon is still here, btw: http://www.archive.org/details/wz1991-1 ... eok.flac16 There are several others on that site and Elliott Smith ones as well - the source of his covers included on the discs.
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John Peel 2000 session. A clip to be found here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/johnpeel/fe ... 000s/2000/
Sounds good.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/johnpeel/fe ... 000s/2000/
Sounds good.
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