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[Pip's Invitation]

Linda Ronstadt's cover of "Willin'" is my favorite version of the song. I love this Live in Hollywood version, but the studio recording on Heart Like A Wheel is great too. As most of you know, it is a Little Feat song written by Lowell George (who was Linda's friend). Little Feat weren't the first to record and release their song, Johnny Darrell was.

and, I've been from Tuscon to Tucumcari
Tehachapi to Tonapah
driven every kind of rig that's ever been made
driven the back roads so I wouldn't get weighed

and if you give me...WEEDWHITES and WINE
and you show me a sign
I'll be willin'...to be movin'

The Byrds recorded the song and performed it live in 1970, also before Little Feat's version came out, but they did not include it on their half studio/half live Untitled album. A live version was released on the Byrds' box set in 1990. The studio version was released as a bonus track on the deluxe version of Untitled in 2000. It was sung by drummer Gene Parsons, who released his own version on a 1973 solo album.

 

[simey]

Linda Ronstadt's cover of "Willin'" is my favorite version of the song. I love this Live in Hollywood version, but the studio recording on Heart Like A Wheel is great too. As most of you know, it is a Little Feat song written by Lowell George (who was Linda's friend). Little Feat weren't the first to record and release their song, Johnny Darrell was.

and, I've been from Tuscon to Tucumcari
Tehachapi to Tonapah
driven every kind of rig that's ever been made
driven the back roads so I wouldn't get weighed

and if you give me...WEEDWHITES and WINE
and you show me a sign
I'll be willin'...to be movin'

The Byrds recorded the song and performed it live in 1970, also before Little Feat's version came out, but they did not include it on their half studio/half live Untitled album. A live version was released on the Byrds' box set in 1990. The studio version was released as a bonus track on the deluxe version of Untitled in 2000. It was sung by drummer Gene Parsons, who released his own version on a 1973 solo album.

Yeah, a lot of people have covered it. Linda owns it.

 

[simey]

This is basically MOR pop (Scaggs' original is, too), but there is a warmth in Rita's singing that slays me (doesn't hurt that she is absolutely stunning). It's her high point as an artist, but she's always gonna be the Delta Lady.

I like Boz's original version, but Rita's version is my favorite, too.

 

[Eephus]

Yeah, a lot of people have covered it. Linda owns it.

Lowell George makes a more believable truck driver

 

[higgins]

As for "Der Kommissar," I felt like that fire got stolen out from under me by that rapscallion higgins (it was higgins, right?).

I was indeed the rapscallion.

 

[simey]

Yeah, a lot of people have covered it. Linda owns it.

Lowell George makes a more believable truck driver

Didn't you know Linda is a mother trucker?

 

[Scoresman]

Africa is going to give AATW a run for its money for most covered song, isn’t it.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Africa is going to give AATW a run for its money for most covered song, isn’t it.

We'll see where the rivers take it.

 

[Eephus]

29.ee - Frank Black - "Hang On to Your Ego" (The Beach Boys cover)

The original: Brian Wilson wrote the original about LSD but the title and lyrics were altered to the more inspirational "I Know There's an Answer" for its initial release on side two of Pet Sounds. A demo version with the original lyrics appeared on the CD reissue of the album in 1990. Both Beach Boys versions share a beautiful and unique arrangement with Wilson, Mike Love and Al Jardine sharing lead vocals and a bass harmonica solo that sounds like a kazoo.

The cover: Frank Black covered the song in 1993 on his debut solo album after breaking up The Pixies. His version rocks much harder than the original with a sound that's reminiscent of his old band along with some Krautrock influences. Underlying it all is a cool little Eurodisco synthesizer riff courtesy of Eric Drew Feldman who arranged and produced the record and is a longtime resident of my neighborhood.

Is the cover better than the original?: As much as I love the first Frank Black album, we're talking about Pet ####in' Sounds here. Things might be a little closer if "Hang On to Your Ego" was a track off a different Beach Boys album but the original takes the honors pretty handily.

Hang On to Your Ego

Frank Black · Song · 1993

open.spotify.com

Hang On To Your Ego - Mono

The Beach Boys · Song · 1966

open.spotify.com

 

[Charlie Steiner]

My wife's last boyfriend (with whom she had been living with for a few years before breaking up with him; big mistake on her part, IMHO) was a big Danny Gatton fan and one of the last things he got back from her after their break-up was the Danny Gatton autographed guitar that he had won in a radio contest. Don't know why she had it, but she did.

I don't bring up this past relationship with my wife, but when she's talked about it, I don't understand what went wrong; He was stable, didn't have any vices, made decent money, and his family (including one who goes to our church) all loved her, and she seemed pretty involved in his circle of friends and family. She didn't end it because of me; she had broken up with him before we ever met. I met him once early on. He seemed nice enough and wasn't ugly. Go figure.

Why do you think it was a big mistake that she broke up with him? I'd be too curious not to ask her why she ended things with him, but I'd wait for her to bring him up, and then I'd ask. That way she opened the door to the conversation regarding him.

Self-deprecation is my go-to move; I was being tongue-in-cheek. TBH, though, my 'flaws' don't make me the easiest guy to maintain a relationship with and when we started dating, my financial status was very unstable to put it nicely, and my prospects weren't great. On paper, this guy seemed a much better 'catch' than me. If he had a 'flaw', it was that he wasn't church-going enough for her liking, since that's where we met.

In another twist of fate regarding her ex-BF: I was working at a golf course when I met my wife, and not long before I met her, a guy that was added to my group to make a foursome shanked a tee shot that drilled me in the arm. It didn't cause any damage other than leaving a bruise. Now we fast-forward a few months to when my wife and I are dating. Turns out he had been one of her roommates and friend of her ex. We crossed paths because he was a plumber by trade and she called him to fix some plumbing problem in the townhouse she was living in at the time. It took us a minute to recognize each other, but then we both had a good laugh about it.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

My wife's last boyfriend (with whom she had been living with for a few years before breaking up with him; big mistake on her part, IMHO) was a big Danny Gatton fan and one of the last things he got back from her after their break-up was the Danny Gatton autographed guitar that he had won in a radio contest. Don't know why she had it, but she did.

I don't bring up this past relationship with my wife, but when she's talked about it, I don't understand what went wrong; He was stable, didn't have any vices, made decent money, and his family (including one who goes to our church) all loved her, and she seemed pretty involved in his circle of friends and family. She didn't end it because of me; she had broken up with him before we ever met. I met him once early on. He seemed nice enough and wasn't ugly. Go figure.

Why do you think it was a big mistake that she broke up with him? I'd be too curious not to ask her why she ended things with him, but I'd wait for her to bring him up, and then I'd ask. That way she opened the door to the conversation regarding him.

Self-deprecation is my go-to move; I was being tongue-in-cheek. TBH, though, my 'flaws' don't make me the easiest guy to maintain a relationship with and when we started dating, my financial status was very unstable to put it nicely, and my prospects weren't great. On paper, this guy seemed a much better 'catch' than me. If he had a 'flaw', it was that he wasn't church-going enough for her liking, since that's where we met.

In another twist of fate regarding her ex-BF: I was working at a golf course when I met my wife, and not long before I met her, a guy that was added to my group to make a foursome shanked a tee shot that drilled me in the arm. It didn't cause any damage other than leaving a bruise. Now we fast-forward a few months to when my wife and I are dating. Turns out he had been one of her roommates and friend of her ex. We crossed paths because he was a plumber by trade and she called him to fix some plumbing problem in the townhouse she was living in at the time. It took us a minute to recognize each other, but then we both had a good laugh about it.

If make her laugh, that's like 90% of everything.

 

[Charlie Steiner]

My wife's last boyfriend (with whom she had been living with for a few years before breaking up with him; big mistake on her part, IMHO) was a big Danny Gatton fan and one of the last things he got back from her after their break-up was the Danny Gatton autographed guitar that he had won in a radio contest. Don't know why she had it, but she did.

I don't bring up this past relationship with my wife, but when she's talked about it, I don't understand what went wrong; He was stable, didn't have any vices, made decent money, and his family (including one who goes to our church) all loved her, and she seemed pretty involved in his circle of friends and family. She didn't end it because of me; she had broken up with him before we ever met. I met him once early on. He seemed nice enough and wasn't ugly. Go figure.

Why do you think it was a big mistake that she broke up with him? I'd be too curious not to ask her why she ended things with him, but I'd wait for her to bring him up, and then I'd ask. That way she opened the door to the conversation regarding him.

Self-deprecation is my go-to move; I was being tongue-in-cheek. TBH, though, my 'flaws' don't make me the easiest guy to maintain a relationship with and when we started dating, my financial status was very unstable to put it nicely, and my prospects weren't great. On paper, this guy seemed a much better 'catch' than me. If he had a 'flaw', it was that he wasn't church-going enough for her liking, since that's where we met.

In another twist of fate regarding her ex-BF: I was working at a golf course when I met my wife, and not long before I met her, a guy that was added to my group to make a foursome shanked a tee shot that drilled me in the arm. It didn't cause any damage other than leaving a bruise. Now we fast-forward a few months to when my wife and I are dating. Turns out he had been one of her roommates and friend of her ex. We crossed paths because he was a plumber by trade and she called him to fix some plumbing problem in the townhouse she was living in at the time. It took us a minute to recognize each other, but then we both had a good laugh about it.

If make her laugh, that's like 90% of everything.

She laughs at about 20% of my jokes but does seem to like my overall goofiness. You may be on to something.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

New-to-me covers from #29 that I really liked:

Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright – Elvis Presley (Robert Zimmerman)
Be My Baby - Glasvegas (The Ronettes)
Simpsons Theme - Danny Gatton (Danny Elfman)
Let Down - Pedro the Lion (Radiohead)
Kashmir - Dave Matthews, Tim Reynolds (Led Zeppelin) -- bonus points for being instrumental
Cross Eyed Mary – Iron Maiden (Jethro Tull) -- I always thought this song was kind of badass, and Bruce and co. make it especially so
Cool It Now - Robbers On High Street (New Edition) -- A revelation. This is what I am talking about when I say my favorite covers are those that reinvent the song without losing what made it good in the first place.
Simpsons Theme - Green Day (Danny Elfman)
Corona - Calexico (Minutemen)
Under The Milky Way - Tearwave (The Church)

As for this:

We Destroy the Family - Harvey Milk (Fear)

This is exactly what I expect from OH.

 

[John Maddens Lunchbox]

Sneak peaking my #4 point contributions
The Abba cover is another atrocity. Apologies for that.
It doesnt really pick up until #21 and gets real good in the top 10
An 80s disco queen did an album of abba covers in the 90s to almost no fanfare. Deservedly so

The other one is a cover at the height of one craze from a song released at the height of another craze.
The covering band is relatively well known, while the original artists had guitarists as varied as Jimi Hendrix, yes that one and Joe “They fuk you at the drive thru” Pesci post band fame in the mid to late 60s. Seriously. Joe Pesci?

 

[rockaction]

I didn't have any covers in my Jam top 31, but I did rank their 22 covers separately and had David Watts at the top.

Yeah, I remembered listening to "Sweet Soul Music," but I don't remember "David Watts." It must have been in my subconscious. I knew you were running a simultaneous countdown; I must not have looked for it that day. (That's why I couldn't participate in that one. Too much going on.)

Chart position in the '80s doesn't reflect the profile of a song as well as it did in other decades because there were plenty of songs that got regular play on MTV, but that wasn't reflected in chart status, only sales and radio airplay counted toward that. Both versions of Der Kommissar were better known by the MTV demographic -- suburban tweens, teens and young adults -- than the Billboard chart data would suggest. I do remember hearing the After the Fire version on FM radio occasionally.

Sounds about right. I think even our minuscule two-year age gap and probably our population density gap growing up are responsible for tracks you might be more familiar with than I am. I didn't get MTV until late—'85 to be exact—so I missed out on some of its glory years.

IMHO Lauper seems to have had a grasp on how to do this song better than the original artist. Other Opinions are available on this page.

Ace way to put that. I laughed and read it to the company I was with after reading said company my little opinion. And weirdly, Lauper's version is not that much slower, comparatively speaking. I remembered it that way, but sometimes memory is faulty. Lauper's timing is pretty faithful to the speed of the original. Eephus's bar chord comment is more what I was looking for.

Story Time

I do enjoy your wry look at the person you were many moons ago. I'd like to think I have that same distance from my former self, but I'm way too nice to who I was. Yours is an acerbic talent. I just hope you don't look back too harshly on who you were. Whatever the journey, you turned out all right in my book.

I didn’t submit a last 5 out but if I did, this would have been on it

Join the clizzub, Bizzub. The guy must have written a good one to get so many to favorably comment on it forty or so years later.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Sounds about right. I think even our minuscule two-year age gap and probably our population density gap growing up are responsible for tracks you might be more familiar with than I am. I didn't get MTV until late—'85 to be exact—so I missed out on some of its glory years.

We got MTV in 1982, when I was 11. Three years is a long time in adolescence -- and a lot of stuff was played regularly on MTV but not on the radio (except college stations).

 

[Uruk-Hai]

I do enjoy your wry look at the person you were many moons ago. I'd like to think I have that same distance from my former self, but I'm way too nice to who I was. Yours is an acerbic talent. I just hope you don't look back too harshly on who you were. Whatever the journey, you turned out all right in my book.

Appreciate you, but I was an idiot then and own that. I'm still an idiot and am owning that, too.

Life beats the ego out of you, man. But I'm still an arrogant ******* when I feel like wasting the energy to be one.

 

[rockaction]

Three years is a long time in adolescence -- and a lot of stuff was played regularly on MTV but not on the radio (except college stations).

Yep. It is a long time in adolescence. And, yep, a lot of stuff was played on MTV that was not played on the radio. And for me, vice-versa. Our pop radio stations hadn't been MTV-ified yet and still played urban hits, something I've ascertained that MTV really didn't do. (I say this because I heard acts like the Spinners and others regularly when I was growing up, whereas the first black crossover artist on MTV was Michael Jackson by most accounts of the time period.) So we didn't get as much of the later new wave as other locales got (MTV still playing predominantly white music in that genre).

 

[Eephus]

Life beats the ego out of you, man

Hang on to your ego

 

[Uruk-Hai]

Life beats the ego out of you, man

Hang on to your ego

It's getting slippery, amigo

 

[Dr. Octopus]

29.



Song: Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right

Artist: Elvis Presley

Original Artist: Bob Dylan



Original song facts:

"Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" is a song written by Bob Dylan in 1962 and released the following year on his second album, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, and as the b-side of the single "Blowin' in the Wind". The melody is based on the public domain traditional song "Who's Gonna Buy Your Chickens When I'm Gone", which was taught to Dylan by folksinger Paul Clayton.



Interesting facts about the cover:

The Elvis version was recorded in 1971 during a break in his recording of a Christmas album and features his core band including legendary guitarist James Burton.

 

[rockaction]

Appreciate you, but I was an idiot then and own that. I'm still an idiot and am owning that, too.

Life beats the ego out of you, man. But I'm still an arrogant ******* when I feel like wasting the energy to be one.

Any person who can get me to sympathize with the Ravens because of his or her overall way of being must be doing something right. I used to hate that team with the strength of thousands. Now, you and The_Man have turned your passion for them into something tangible that outsiders can feel, and you've both made them a sympathetic outfit. I'm somewhat sorry they won't be representing the AFC next week even though I happen to love Mahomes and company. So, yeah, you're not so much an ******* that rubs people the wrong way as gets people to pull for them.

Hang on to your ego

Perfect segue to this. I just listened to both original and cover five minutes ago. I enjoyed Frank Black's version. I'm one of the ninnies that actually likes the re-wording of "I Know There's An Answer" because it sounds more spiritual and yearning than "Hang On To Your Ego" does to me. Ego sounds like a Freudian term, dated in its usage and implementation into therapeutic methods—therapy being something that did not serve Brian Wilson very well at one point.

 

[Eephus]

Three years is a long time in adolescence -- and a lot of stuff was played regularly on MTV but not on the radio (except college stations).

Yep. It is a long time in adolescence. And, yep, a lot of stuff was played on MTV that was not played on the radio. And for me, vice-versa. Our pop radio stations hadn't been MTV-ified yet and still played urban hits, something I've ascertained that MTV really didn't do. (I say this because I heard acts like the Spinners and others regularly when I was growing up, whereas the first black crossover artist on MTV was Michael Jackson by most accounts of the time period.) So we didn't get as much of the later new wave as other locales got (MTV still playing predominantly white music in that genre).

I don't think we got MTV until ditkaburgers came along in 1992. I'm sure we didn't have cable in 1989 because I was adjusting the TV antenna for the World Series game when the big earthquake happened.

The future Mrs. Eephus and I used to babysit my boss' kids in the early 80s in part because we could watch MTV after we sent them off to bed. My boss was a hot mess; she paid us off with speed one time because she spent all her cash at the bar. Good times.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Three years is a long time in adolescence -- and a lot of stuff was played regularly on MTV but not on the radio (except college stations).

Yep. It is a long time in adolescence. And, yep, a lot of stuff was played on MTV that was not played on the radio. And for me, vice-versa. Our pop radio stations hadn't been MTV-ified yet and still played urban hits, something I've ascertained that MTV really didn't do. (I say this because I heard acts like the Spinners and others regularly when I was growing up, whereas the first black crossover artist on MTV was Michael Jackson by most accounts of the time period.) So we didn't get as much of the later new wave as other locales got (MTV still playing predominantly white music in that genre).

The first black crossover artist on MTV was indeed Michael Jackson. Prince followed soon after. Much was made at the time that MTV was pretty much all white at its beginning.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

Three years is a long time in adolescence -- and a lot of stuff was played regularly on MTV but not on the radio (except college stations).

Yep. It is a long time in adolescence. And, yep, a lot of stuff was played on MTV that was not played on the radio. And for me, vice-versa. Our pop radio stations hadn't been MTV-ified yet and still played urban hits, something I've ascertained that MTV really didn't do. (I say this because I heard acts like the Spinners and others regularly when I was growing up, whereas the first black crossover artist on MTV was Michael Jackson by most accounts of the time period.) So we didn't get as much of the later new wave as other locales got (MTV still playing predominantly white music in that genre).

The first black crossover artist on MTV was indeed Michael Jackson. Prince followed soon after. Much was made at the time that MTV was pretty much all white at its beginning.

David Bowie pressed them on it during an on air interview.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

Playlist

I don’t think my song made the playlist. It is on Spotify:

Don't Think Twice, It's All Right - Jam Edit

Elvis Presley · Elvis Sings · Song · 2014

open.spotify.com

 

[Pip's Invitation]

My boss was a hot mess; she paid us off with speed one time because she spent all her cash at the bar. Good times.

A guy I used to work with told me that at a former job, his boss sent everybody home early one day because her drug dealer showed up demanding back payment. Hopefully that never happened to you.

 

[rockaction]

Pedro the Lion doing "Let Down" is special, though I'm missing Thom's falsetto here. But David Bazan's voice is wonderfully suited to the song regardless. I also miss the synth chimes from the original, but this is a grittier, very cool version. And it led me to hear a song by a band called Mates of State, and that was also very cool. Oh, they were signed to Polyvinyl and put out records on Barsuk. Those are two indie heavyweights from the aughts and later.

Stream-of-consciousness posting going on here. Sorry about that.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

My boss was a hot mess; she paid us off with speed one time because she spent all her cash at the bar. Good times.

A former coworker of mine said he bought his way into Woodstock with 10,000 hits of speed. "Ten minutes later, the fences went down". Knowing that dude, I believe it.

 

[Mt. Man]

#29 Torn - Natalie Imbruglia (Lis Sorenson)
Original: Spotify ; Youtube

I'll be honest by noting that I didn't know this was a cover until I was doing research for this countdown. So it's possible this is(/was) the case for others too. Or that this will appear higher in lists (like I expect for my #28. But I get ahead of myself). Or both! Anyway, this was first recorded in Danish by Lis Sorsenson, though the Ednaswap (English) version is likely slightly better known, considering the song was written by two of its members. There was a time in the late 90s to early 2000s this song was hard to escape, and there was a time that I was rather sick of it. Time healed that wound somewhat, though. I mean, it's necessarily a song I'll seek out, but one that I still respect and enjoy. You know, in case reaching #29 didn't clue you in on that.

 

[John Maddens Lunchbox]

#29 Torn - Natalie Imbruglia (Lis Sorenson)
Original: Spotify ; Youtube

I'll be honest by noting that I didn't know this was a cover until I was doing research for this countdown. So it's possible this is(/was) the case for others too. Or that this will appear higher in lists (like I expect for my #28. But I get ahead of myself). Or both! Anyway, this was first recorded in Danish by Lis Sorsenson, though the Ednaswap (English) version is likely slightly better known, considering the song was written by two of its members. There was a time in the late 90s to early 2000s this song was hard to escape, and there was a time that I was rather sick of it. Time healed that wound somewhat, though. I mean, it's necessarily a song I'll seek out, but one that I still respect and enjoy. You know, in case reaching #29 didn't clue you in on that.

This is the second full match of song and artist that may or may not appear on someone elses list down the line.
We may or may not get further information on the songwriters and coverer.

 

[John Maddens Lunchbox]

titusbramble:

Hanging On The Telephone - Blondie (The Nerves)
Song: first vote
Cover artist: first vote
Original artist: first vote

Have to give a shout out to this and titusbrambles list to date.
Superb. Was almost tempted to call Heart of Glass a cover after listening to the original reggaefied version called “Once I had a love”, but this is a fine choice.

 

[Eephus]

titusbramble:

Hanging On The Telephone - Blondie (The Nerves)
Song: first vote
Cover artist: first vote
Original artist: first vote

Have to give a shout out to this and titusbrambles list to date.
Superb. Was almost tempted to call Heart of Glass a cover after listening to the original reggaefied version called “Once I had a love”, but this is a fine choice.

Another Jack Lee song

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

Pedro the Lion doing "Let Down" is special, though I'm missing Thom's falsetto here. But David Bazan's voice is wonderfully suited to the song regardless. I also miss the synth chimes from the original, but this is a grittier, very cool version. And it led me to hear a song by a band called Mates of State, and that was also very cool. Oh, they were signed to Polyvinyl and put out records on Barsuk. Those are two indie heavyweights from the aughts and later.

Stream-of-consciousness posting going on here. Sorry about that.

The original is one of my favorite songs ever and cannot be topped, but Bazan does this justice for the reasons you mentioned.

And I'm also big Mates of State fan---curious which song?

 

[rockaction]

And I'm also big Mates of State fan---curious which song?

Lost it in the queue. Spotify doesn't show your songs played if you haven't picked them, I don't think. At least I can't find it. I liked the song well enough, though. It's happened to me before. I almost lost Jay Electronica in the queue one year. I loved the track, checked it (I was driving), changed away from the queue after it was done, and it was gone after that. Thankfully it was recommended to me later.

As far as Jack Lee goes, that is an excellent power pop song, IMO. It may or may not show up later in the countdown. RIP.

 

[rockaction]

By the way, I've never heard the original "Rave On." I always thought it was a Buddy Holly original.

So much for that. What a great song, though, and sometimes these exercises (love letters, if you will)—and their success or failure in the eye of the submitter—comes from prior knowledge of things like that. For sure it'd be in my Top 31 covers if I had known.

Now that the songs are in, it probably isn't against the rules to say that Buddy has a few dedicated cover albums (covers of his songs) on Spotify that I was unaware of. Some of these songs are also excellent. I'm playing one particular one right now.

 

[Chaos34]

I'm falling behind but it's a good thing. Busy with a *`fun family project. On my way to Vegas to help in person after posting this. I've been just fascinated with great guitarists for decades. Not the ones every rock and roller goes on about but the ones who are simply incredible and don't get mainstream props. So this has been cool for me.

Roy Clark talk and vids make me happy.

Bill Frisell pick made me happy. I've loved him since he took McLaughlin's ques and did jazz fusion in the 80s.
Nobody Plays Guitar like Bill Frisell

Leo Kottke pick made me happy. In dedicated guitar forums where musicians are chatting like us here, Leo is beloved.
The Greatest Guitar Player You’ve Probably Never Heard Of

Laur Joemets praise made me happy. From Estonian traditional music to Nashville's hottest guitar player. I wonder what Sound and Fury would have been if he stuck with Sturgill. It would have been something else.

Danny Gatton pick made me happy. He's like Kottke where musicians discuss musicians.
Also has a recent documentary - The Humbler.
I need to check that out.

*my 71 yr old uber tech-challenged brother is going to be a Youtube millionaire. Seriously. He's been mostly broke his whole life. Strangest, funnest thing ever. I'm going to upgrade his gear.

 

[rockaction]

*my 71 yr old uber tech-challenged brother is going to be a Youtube millionaire. Seriously. He's been mostly broke his whole life. Strangest, funnest thing ever. I'm going to upgrade his gear.

When you have time, I'd love to hear the story.

Leo Kottke pick made me happy. In dedicated guitar forums where musicians are chatting like us here, Leo is beloved.

Awesome. Glad you enjoyed it.

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

Laur Joemets praise made me happy. From Estonian traditional music to Nashville's hottest guitar player. I wonder what Sound and Fury would have been if he stuck with Sturgill. It would have been something else.

Hell yes....

 

[Tau837]

Listened to the #30 round. Excluding my own song:

I already knew I liked these songs:

• Cocaine - Eric Clapton (J.J. Cale) - IMO there is a better live version of this song... stay tuned
• Little Wing - Steve Ray Vaughan (Jimi Hendrix)

These are my favorites that are new to me:

• You Never Even Call Me By My Name - LeAnn Rimes (David Allan Coe)
• Sexual Healing - Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals (Marvin Gaye)

 

[shuke]

WOW:
Hawks64: Kashmir - Dave Matthews, Tim Reynolds (Led Zeppelin)
landrys hat: Act Nice and Gentle - The Black Keys (The Kinks)
Chaos34: Under The Milky Way - Tearwave (The Church)

Today's other favorites:
Just Win Baby: Don't Look Back In Anger - Maroon 5 (Oasis cover)
simsarge: Cindy Incidentally - Del Amitri (Faces)
Eephus: Hang On to Your Ego - Frank Black (The Beach Boys)
Scoresman: Have a Cigar - Foo Fighters (Pink Floyd)
scorchy: Cool It Now - Robbers On High Street (New Edition)
Mrs. Rannous: Simpsons Theme - Green Day (Danny Elfman)
Val Rannous: Walk This Way - Run-D.M.C. ft. Aerosmith (Aerosmith)
DrIanMalcolm: Take Me to the River - Talking Heads (Al Green)
higgins: Africa - Mike Masse and Jeff Hall (Toto)

Not familiar with the original but really liked these:
titusbramble: Hanging On The Telephone - Blondie (The Nerves)

Today's Wait, this is a cover? selections:
Uruk-Hai: We're All Alone - Rita Coolidge (Boz Scaggs)
New Binky the Doormat: Get Together - The Youngbloods (Chet Powers) - MIND BLOWN

 

[shuke]

shuke: Corona - Calexico (Minutemen)

I know everyone recognizes this as the Jackass song, but it's really more than just that. And I love this cover with the horns.

 

[rockaction]

I know everyone recognizes this as the Jackass song, but it's really more than just that. And I love this cover with the horns.

I was going to comment on this, GB, but I was stream-of-consciousnessing and needed to step away from the keyboard. Loved the cover. I like the Minutemen a bunch, and this has been my favorite song of theirs for a while even though it's their "hit" and their most recognizable song because of Jackass. The Minutemen were a tricky band at times to listen to; this is pure pop bliss.

The cover was a faithful rendition with what one person describe as "Tejano-style" horns. I looked up Tejano and I'm not sure about that, but the horns make it sound even more authentic.

 

[Tau837]

Listened to the #29 round. Excluding my own song:

I already knew I liked these covers:

• Get Together - The Youngbloods (Chet Powers)
• Der Kommissar - After the Fire (Falco)
• Have A Cigar - Foo Fighters (Pink Floyd)
• Walk This Way - Run-D.M.C. ft. Aerosmith (Aerosmith)
• Take Me to the River - Talking Heads (Al Green)

These are my favorites that are new to me:

• Rebel Yell - Adrenaline Mob (Billy Idol)
• Kashmir - Dave Matthews, Tim Reynolds (Led Zeppelin)

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

The cover was a faithful rendition with what one person describe as "Tejano-style" horns. I looked up Tejano and I'm not sure about that, but the horns make it sound even more authentic.

That is definitely Tejano-style. If it sort of gives off mariachi vibes, you are probably there. This one from ELO does the same. Across the Border I like the mariachi-style horn sound.

Had no idea it is associated with Jackass. I don't watch that stuff at all.

 

[zamboni]

Had no idea it is associated with Jackass.

That sounds so much different if you envision a comma after "with".

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Had no idea it is associated with Jackass.

That sounds so much different if you envision a comma after "with".

I grok Oxford commas, so I know how they work. And the laguage filter didn't filter that. Odd.

 

[Oliver Humanzee]

shuke: Corona - Calexico (Minutemen)

I know everyone recognizes this as the Jackass song, but it's really more than just that. And I love this cover with the horns.

Great cover, great song.

MInutemen were one of the greatest bands ever. There was A LOT of debate among the punk rock cognoscenti regarding Mike Watt licensing this song to the hated corporate ****pile that was MTV. Then Mike Watt got on the internet long enough to say that D. Boon's dad was sick, and could use the money for the hospital bills. That shut most of the "sell out!" crowd the **** up. Excepting stints in The Stooges or whatever "mersh" band he's paying his bills with, Watt from Pedro still tours in The Van.

This song's lyrics were written by Joe Carducci, a co-owner of SST records at the time the record was made. Joe Carducci has, in his advanced age, transformed himself into an irascible, right-wing, MAGA crank who routinely pollutes many aging punks' Xitter feeds with poorly-spelled reactionary missives from somewhere in Montana. Before his mind went fully round the bend, he wrote Rock and The Pop Narcotic, one of the best (though most awfully-edited) books of rock criticism I've ever read, and the ONLY book I've ever read that attempted to define rock music as a viable aesthetic independent of the folk/pop/blues idioms whence it came. Highly recommended, along with this insanely detailed obit/biography of Spot, the legendary producer of Double Nickles on the Dime.

 

[zamboni]

Had no idea it is associated with Jackass.

That sounds so much different if you envision a comma after "with".

I grok Oxford commas, so I know how they work. And the laguage filter didn't filter that. Odd.

The filter is a bit more liberal these days - progress.

 

[Oliver Humanzee]

Regarding my other picks:


“The Ballad of Bill Lee” -- Rick Rizzo (Karl Hendricks Trio)

I've loved Karl Hendricks since 1993 when I saw The Karl Hendricks Trio play the second stage at Lollapalooza. They were loud and dressed like regular people and sang songs about baseball cards and being sad. In 2013 I traveled from Memphis to Chicago to watch him and a new trio play a short set in a pizza parlor where he played "The Ballad of Bill Lee" and "Ducky" and I got to tell him that I first saw him play "Ducky" 20 years ago and that my dumb band used to cover his song "Some Girls Like Cigarettes" and that he once sold me a CD of "Life of Crime" by the Laughing Hyenas at the record store he worked at in Pittsburgh and that I once traveled from Columbus, Oh to Bethany College in West Virginia with a car full of skater idiots to see him play a dispiriting, poorly-attended show outside of which a truck full of hillbillies attacked us. He said thanks and that I make him feel really old. He was dead of cancer a few years later and some of his friends and fans made this tribute album.

This version of "The Ballad of Bill Lee" is Eleventh Dream Day's head weirdo Rick Rizzo paying tribute to weirdo Karl Hendricks paying tribute to baseball-playing weirdo Bill Lee. It's an ouroboros of weirdos and I love them all.



“We Destroy the Family” -- Harvey Milk (Fear)


In the 90's/00's stoner-art-metal resurgence that saw the ascendance of bands like Sleep, OM, Earth, Sunn0))) and Neurosis, Atlanta's Harvey Milk were undoubtedly the weirdest. I once saw them play at the Empty Bottle in Chicago where they played both a hyper-kinetic ZZ Top cover and "I've Been Workin' On the Railroad" with an anvil and sledgehammer. Their songs were either the slowest, longest imaginable sludgefests, or speedy, pissy riff-wizardry like this most excellently offensive Fear jam. From their incredible final record (featuring Thrones/Melvins bassist Joe Preston) Life . . . The Best Game In Town.