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Help on the Way/Slipknot/Franklin's Tower - Billy Strings (Grateful Dead) NOT ON PLAYLIST

This is one of my favorite song sequences from the Dead, and BIlly's quartet nails it. Have seen Billy about 6 times, he is such an incredible talent.

You're welcome to those only listening to Spotify, since it's about 15 minutes.

I forgot to mention, I flirted with a number of themes for my list, and this song would have appeared in two of them.
1. All covers of Grateful Dead songs.
2. All bluegrass covers of non-bluegrass songs
I thought about going this route and I also gave serious consideration to a full list of covers by the Grateful Dead but thought I might get thrown out of the thread
 
New-to-me covers from #30 that I very much liked:

Ballad of a Thin Man – Stephen Malkmus (Robert Zimmerman)
Sunday Bloody Sunday -- Pillar (U2)
Folsom Prison Blues (Jimmy Dean Show version) - Roy Clark (Johnny Cash)
Hard Luck Woman - Garth Brooks (Kiss)
Don't You (Forget About Me) - Billy Idol (Simple Minds)
The Promise - Sturgill Simpson (When in Rome)
Baby, Now That I've Found You - Alison Krauss (The Foundations) -- I do enjoy the original in a "product of its time" kind of way, but agree with Eephus that Krauss' cover is better.
Hello It's Me - Susanna Hoffs, Matthew Sweet (Todd Rundgren) -- This is one of the best Todd covers I have ever heard -- hopefully we will be getting more of this quality in the countdown. I took the original in the US countdown, as it's my #1 Todd song. Some of my friends love the Hoffs/Sweet covers albums and I've always been meaning to check them out. I need to get on that.
The Promise - New Found Glory (When In Rome)
Fade to Black - Disturbed (Metallica)
Eight Miles High – Leo Kottke (The Byrds)
Wind - Bermuda Triangle (Circus Maximus) -- This was gorgeous. Need to check out the original.
Help on the Way/Slipknot/Franklin's Tower - Billy Strings (Grateful Dead)
I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down - Paul Young (Ann Peebles) -- I knew of this one's existence but never actually heard it. Surprisingly funky. I presume that's Pino Palladino on bass? He played on several of Young's albums.
Live to Tell - Bill Frisell (Madonna) -- Does for this song what Miles did for Time After Time.

As for this one:

Common People - William Shatner (Pulp)

Another I'd heard of but never actually heard. I wouldn't call it "very much liked" but it was much better than I was expecting. It's like dadaist Britpop. I'm envisioning this being performed by Shatner's "Sh*t My Dad Says" character.
 
Wind - Bermuda Triangle (Circus Maximus) -- This was gorgeous. Need to check out the original.
Update: The original is awesome.
I'm so glad you liked it. I had to consult the vinyl to find out who wrote it so I could find out who they were covering. We're having internet problems at the moment so we're at a five baud rate. Otherwise, I would link a couple of other songs for you. The eponymous album is on Spotify.
 
Hard Luck Woman - Garth Brooks (Kiss)
I was always surprised this wasn't a much bigger song for KISS - great vocals by Peter.
Agreed - the original is all about Peter's raspy voice. The song did chart pretty well (hit #15 on the Billboard chart in 1976), about three months after "Beth" peaked at #7. Clearly the band was trying to run it back again with Peter's vocals and the soft sound of "Beth".

Interesting tidbits that I learned when researching HLW on Wiki:
It was originally written by Paul Stanley as a possible track for Rod Stewart, but after the success of the soft rock ballad "Beth", Kiss decided to keep it for themselves as a follow-up. Stanley has stated his admiration and love of Stewart's music numerous times, and that "Hard Luck Woman" was inspired by Rod Stewart, in particular the songs "Maggie May" and "You Wear It Well". While Stewart's music served as a partial inspiration for the song, the nautical themed song "Brandy" by American pop-rock band Looking Glass served as Stanley's main inspiration.
As for the cover, I'm not a huge country guy and thus pretty neutral about Garth, but he does a very faithful job on HLW. Always thought it was interesting that Garth was a huge Kiss fan growing up, as I wouldn't have expected it given his genre. But then again, for the most part, back in the '70s many folks were either into disco or enlisted in the Kiss Army.
 
But then again, for the most part, back in the '70s many folks were either into disco or enlisted in the Kiss Army.
Though their fanbase trends “Metal”, at their heart KISS is really a power pop band with childish lyrics.
For sure - even as kids it was always about the image rather than the music. Looking back, a lot of their music is dreck, but we all wanted to be them.
 
But then again, for the most part, back in the '70s many folks were either into disco or enlisted in the Kiss Army.
Though their fanbase trends “Metal”, at their heart KISS is really a power pop band with childish lyrics.
For sure - even as kids it was always about the image rather than the music. Looking back, a lot of their music is dreck, but we all wanted to be them.
Or at least own their lunchbox.
 
"Hard Luck Woman" was meant to be reinterpreted as a country song.
Nice blend when Garth debuted it on The Tonight Show back in 1994, with Kiss backing him up. Also some of Gene's best bass work.

Nice - I love the "before you go let me kiss you, and wipe the tears from your eyes" part of the original and Garth delivers here.
 
"Hard Luck Woman" was meant to be reinterpreted as a country song.
Nice blend when Garth debuted it on The Tonight Show back in 1994, with Kiss backing him up. Also some of Gene's best bass work.

Nice - I love the "before you go let me kiss you, and wipe the tears from your eyes" part of the original and Garth delivers here.
I've realized that I've probably overlooked Garth all these years - I think I need to delve into his material more. He seems like a hell of a performer.
 
"Hard Luck Woman" was meant to be reinterpreted as a country song.
Nice blend when Garth debuted it on The Tonight Show back in 1994, with Kiss backing him up. Also some of Gene's best bass work.

Nice - I love the "before you go let me kiss you, and wipe the tears from your eyes" part of the original and Garth delivers here.
I've realized that I've probably overlooked Garth all these years - I think I need to delve into his material more.
His catalogue is removed from Spotify (and I think all streaming services) so it's a bit more difficult now.
 
"Hard Luck Woman" was meant to be reinterpreted as a country song.
Nice blend when Garth debuted it on The Tonight Show back in 1994, with Kiss backing him up. Also some of Gene's best bass work.

Nice - I love the "before you go let me kiss you, and wipe the tears from your eyes" part of the original and Garth delivers here.
I've realized that I've probably overlooked Garth all these years - I think I need to delve into his material more.
His catalogue is removed from Spotify (and I think all streaming services) so it's a bit more difficult now.
Just looked on iTunes and yeah, only one live album. I wasn't aware of any issues he had with streaming services. Guess I'll just have to go to YouTube.
 
Grateful Dead's version of "The Monkey and the Engine" is a good folky sounding cover.

William Shatner's cover of "Common People" is fun. A tip of the hat to Joe Jackson who is also featured in the tune.

Jerry Lee's in the house with a "Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On." My dad was a Jerry Lee fan. He loved Chuck Berry too, and even though Jerry was piano and Chuck was guitar, they reminded me of each other.

I can hardly tell that is Garth singing on "Hard Luck Woman." It sounds great. I've always thought this song sounded like a tune Rod would cover.

Eric Clapton does a good job on JJ Cale's "Cocaine." I like both versions. EC's version reminds me of FM radio in the 70s. Slowhand is a good album.

Stevie Ray's instrumental cover of "Little Wing" is great. It actually makes me want to listen to Jimi's version so I can hear his vocals that I love in the song.

Jacob Moon's acoustic cover of "Subdivisions" is very good. Love the guitar, and the bare bones of the version makes the lyrics stand out.
 
Does it violate the Thumper rule if I say I was feeling the 31s more than the 30s? Is there an artful way to put that without judging one batch to be poorer than the other? Or are generalized comments not subject to the

🐰

On that note, I should say what is my favorite record re-issue label.

Why,

🦏

of course.

Go to Rhino Records.
 
Paul Young's version of "I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down" is a nice fresh take on the tune. It is very different than Ann Peebles original Memphis soul version, which I love.

Alison's cover of "Baby, Now That I've Found You" is great. I remember the first time I ever saw her live. We were about 5 minutes late, and when we were walking up to where we were gonna plant ourselves, it was just Alison singing and playing her fiddle, and her voice floated in the air like it was part of it. It was so clear, crisp, and angelic.

Ben Harper makes me hot just like an oven.

I like this "Fade to Black" live cover by Disturbed.

The "Ring of Fire" cover by Social Distortion is :headbang:
 
Does it violate the Thumper rule if I say I was feeling the 31s more than the 30s? Is there an artful way to put that without judging one batch to be poorer than the other? Or are generalized comments not subject to the

🐰

On that note, I should say what is my favorite record re-issue label.

Why,

🦏

of course.

Go to Rhino Records.
I also liked the 31's better.
 
Does it violate the Thumper rule if I say I was feeling the 31s more than the 30s? Is there an artful way to put that without judging one batch to be poorer than the other? Or are generalized comments not subject to the

🐰

On that note, I should say what is my favorite record re-issue label.

Why,

🦏

of course.

Go to Rhino Records.
I've noted in past MAD exercises that the #31s tend to be pretty strong because many people want to lead off with something that grabs your attention.
 
Does it violate the Thumper rule if I say I was feeling the 31s more than the 30s? Is there an artful way to put that without judging one batch to be poorer than the other? Or are generalized comments not subject to the

🐰

On that note, I should say what is my favorite record re-issue label.

Why,

🦏

of course.

Go to Rhino Records.
I've noted in past MAD exercises that the #31s tend to be pretty strong because many people want to lead off with something that grabs your attention.
And probably want to own a song before someone else grabs it first.
 
Covers I know and like
Whole Lotta Shakin Going On
Hard Luck Woman
Cocaine ( didn't know this was a cover)
Little Wing
Ring of Fire

Liked covers of songs I like
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Fade to Black
Subdivisions
Live to Tell( even though it's an instrumental and super long I really dig this!)
Folsom Prison

New to me likes
Common People( as mentioned,love this,it's so fun!)
The Bottle( The Jam were hit or miss for me but this is excellent!)
You never even Call Me...
I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down
 
- "The Ballad of Billy Lee" by Rick Rizzo is a nice acoustic cover with an intimate feel. I listened to the fuzzy guitar sounding original, and I like it too.
- I just knew that "Non dirle che non è così" had to be Don's with that hard to write foreign title. It's a pretty take on the Dylan tune.
- "Wind" by Bermuda Triangle is pretty too. It sounds different than the original, which I also like.
- The "Live to Tell" instrumental cover is relaxing.
- "Fantasy" is a movin' and groovin' cover of the EW&F song. I like it!
- The "Folsom Prison Blues" cover by Roy makes me miss Hee Haw.
- Bananarama's cover of ABBA's "Waterloo" is a lot of fun.
- This "Africa" choir cover is cool. I bet Toto never figured a choir would be covering their tune.
- I like Pillars cover of "Sunday Bloody Sunday." It seems like a fun song to cover, especially for the drummer.
- "Hope" is a fun thrashing cover by Sublime.
- I picture Billy Idol snarling while singing "Don't You Forget About Me."

That's a wrap. 🎬
 
Just looked on iTunes and yeah, only one live album. I wasn't aware of any issues he had with streaming services. Guess I'll just have to go to YouTube.
I believe I read, its as simple as he doesn't believe in that medium and wants people to buy his physical albums (CDs, Vinyl) - but I don't follow him or even listen to him so that may be off,
 
#30 Hope - Sublime (Descendents)

Original:
Spotify; Youtube

This one comes about from other people. Well, one in particular that I worked with forever ago, who was big into punk (among other genres). So I don't feel qualified to talk much about the importance of Descendents' music on the scene. Similarly, I have to wonder how much of Sublime I'd know of beyond their self-titled album if it wasn't for other people sharing music. Then again, that's what countdowns like this are all about, right?

In that classic punk style, "Hope" is a fast-paced, hard-hitting song that might be finished before you're done reading this write-up. A simple enough story: guy likes girl, girl's involved with someone else, guy waits for it to end confident that it'll be his "turn" next. Even if it "takes years for [her] to find out. Anyway, yeah, really enjoy both versions. This one might be a bit of an outlier, considering my next few feel pretty chalky.
 
So now you wait for a spark/you know it'll turn you on
He's gonna make you feel/the way you wanna feel
When he comes home you'll be in his arms and I'll be gone
But I know my day will come/I know some day I'll be the only one


Warning to eleventh graders and recent collegiates. DO NOT MAKE THAT MIX TAPE FOR HER WITH THIS SONG ON IT. THAT IS ONLY TO BE DONE BY PROFESSIONALS. BACK AWAY FROM THE CASSETTE DUBBING STATION AND PUT IT DOWN. NOW. YOU'RE TOO INEXPERIENCED.
 
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Just looked on iTunes and yeah, only one live album. I wasn't aware of any issues he had with streaming services. Guess I'll just have to go to YouTube.
Garth is on Amazon streaming. Maybe one day Spotify can lure him. They have tried. He doesn't care for how Apple does their streaming business.
 
Paul Young's version of "I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down" is a nice fresh take on the tune. It is very different than Ann Peebles original Memphis soul version, which I love.

I picked the song from memory, though I've probably heard it a few times over the past few years on the radio. Pip's comment about bassist Pino Palladino reminded me of how much the bass line adds to Young's cover.

Speak of, time to drop Peebles' original (Spotify)(YouTube)
 
"Hope" is a great, perverse, funny, seriously demented pop/punk guy song. There's a healthy dose of bravado and misogyny going on in it. It even struck misogynist me as misogynist. The Descendents could certainly be that way. Read the lyrics to "Catalina" if you doubt that Milo and company could be a little hostile towards the fairer sex.

Still a great song. I'll apologize for Milo. He was in the heat of the moment. No, not like Asia. Like Milo.
 
Favorite Covers of the #30s where I knew the original


titusbramble:

Common People - William Shatner (Pulp)

I ranked the original at #3 (I think) in the British Isles countdown. A club I frequented in the early aughts played it often near the end of the night when things were at their sweatiest and most euphoric. I remember vividly the first time the DJ played the Shatner version instead, which must of have just been released that week - the confusion was palpable. But once Joe Jackson's part kicked in, everyone was bought in and let loose. As much as I love the Pulp version, there's times I find myself wanting to hear Bill's take instead.


Ilov80s:

The Promise - Sturgill Simpson (When in Rome)

I love what Sturgill did with this. Pretty sure I wrote in my 1988 countdown that The Promise is my favorite one-hit wonder of the 80s. Also that the album had the biggest gap between its best song and the rest of the record. Maybe the most disappointed I've ever been in a CD purchase.

Mt. Man:

Hope - Sublime (The Descendents)

Captures the fun of the original, but it's Sublime so I guess that should be expected. My big dumb-but-loveable shaggy dog is named Milo, and whenever I pull out the record that Hope is on, my son feels the need to comment that our Milo definitely isn't going to college...


DrIanMalcolm:

Ring of Fire - Social Distortion (Anita Carter)

Classic cover of a classic cover.


Favorite Cover of the #30s that I Didn't Know Was A Cover

Scoresman:

Cocaine - Eric Clapton (J.J. Cale)

When I was 14 and just started working at the pizza shop, this was on the jukebox. My coworker Kevin played it so much that the owner made the jukebox guy remove it a few weeks later. A few years later, this old guy Fil (not Phil) at the pool hall played us a parody version on his guitar he called Rogaine - "If your hairs getting thin, you better rub it in, Rogaine." Never knew this wasn't a Clapton original.


Favorite Covers of the #30s Where I Didn't Know the Song at All

Dr. Octopus:

Ballad of a Thin Man – Stephen Malkmus (Robert Zimmerman)


Eephus:

Baby, Now That I've Found You - Alison Krauss (The Foundations)


zamboni:

Hard Luck Woman - Garth Brooks (Kiss)
 
Why are you a misogynist?

Oh, that was confusing. Past tense. Way, way back when I was sixteen or seventeen, I didn't know what a woman was or how to treat somebody—anybody—as a real person. I was also a misandrist, probably.

But really, if I look back at my life and am honest, I'd have to say there's been quite a bit of, um, growth in that respect. For someone who was quite aware of race issues in a small town, I was quite obtuse about women and modern American culture. But not as much now. I was saying "misogynist me" as a sort of critical way of looking at one's self way back when.

Milo's lyrics have always teetered towards a more patriarchal impulse when it comes to women. "Hope" is a reflection of that. Nothing more, nothing less. Just being a little politically correct today. "BIkeage" skirts the misogynist line a touch (it's not really—Milo is just frustrated at his peer's addiction). A song like "Jean Is Dead" is not misogynist in the least—Milo just misses his friend. But "Hope" is a different beast, and you have to forgive the male impulse on that one.
 
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Paul Young's version of "I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down" is a nice fresh take on the tune. It is very different than Ann Peebles original Memphis soul version, which I love.

I picked the song from memory, though I've probably heard it a few times over the past few years on the radio. Pip's comment about bassist Pino Palladino reminded me of how much the bass line adds to Young's cover.

Speak of, time to drop Peebles' original (Spotify)(YouTube)
I first became enamored of Pino's playing when I heard Come Back And Stay.
 
"Hope" is a great, perverse, funny, seriously demented pop/punk guy song. There's a healthy dose of bravado and misogyny going on in it. It even struck misogynist me as misogynist. The Descendents could certainly be that way. Read the lyrics to "Catalina" if you doubt that Milo and company could be a little hostile towards the fairer sex.

Still a great song. I'll apologize for Milo. He was in the heat of the moment. No, not like Asia. Like Milo.
The song definitely has some incel energy to it. But obsessive unrequited love has been a major subject of art for centuries, so it's really part of that tradition.
 
Pretty sure I wrote in my 1988 countdown that The Promise is my favorite one-hit wonder of the 80s. Also that the album had the biggest gap between its best song and the rest of the record. Maybe the most disappointed I've ever been in a CD purchase.
Wiki tells me that there are now two competing versions of the band, which is pretty funny if apparently they have only one good song.
 
Paul Young's version of "I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down" is a nice fresh take on the tune. It is very different than Ann Peebles original Memphis soul version, which I love.

I picked the song from memory, though I've probably heard it a few times over the past few years on the radio. Pip's comment about bassist Pino Palladino reminded me of how much the bass line adds to Young's cover.

Speak of, time to drop Peebles' original (Spotify)(YouTube)
I first became enamored of Pino's playing when I heard Come Back And Stay.
Ditto. That really made me take notice.

I saw him play with Jeff Beck, Tony Hymas and Terry Bozzio in 1995, opening for Santana. It was a dazzling evening all around.
 
saw him play with Jeff Beck, Tony Hymas and Terry Bozzio in 1995, opening for Santana.
Garden State Arts Center?

I saw the tour also - the best part was Carlos saying something like he invites Beck to come out and jam with him before each show, but Beck keeps ducking him (he did not come out that night either). I actually found Beck to be a little dull live to be honest despite being a fan generally.
 
saw him play with Jeff Beck, Tony Hymas and Terry Bozzio in 1995, opening for Santana.
Garden State Arts Center?

I saw the tour also - the best part was Carlos saying something like he invites Beck to come out and jam with him before each show, but Beck keeps ducking him (he did not come out that night either). I actually found Beck to be a little dull live to be honest despite being a fan generally.
Mann Music Center in Philly. Beck ducked him that night too.
 
Time for the #30s. This round I had more trouble finding fully familiar songs. Though the counterpoint to that was hearing a lot of new performances and/or songs that I enjoyed and may revisit. Perhaps even sooner than I think, given the nature of these countdowns. After all, the “knew from this countdown” subsection is yet to be unearthed.

Recognized by title alone: 19
Sounded familiar: 4
Didn’t Know: 11

Selected Favorites:
Whole Lotta Shakin’ Going On - Jerry Lee Lewis
You Are My Sunshine - Elizabeth Mitchell
Little Wing - Stevie Ray Vaughn
Ring of Fire - Social Distortion

Hadn’t heard before, but liked
Fantasy - Leonid and Friends
Hard Luck Woman - Garth Brooks
Baby Now That I’ve Found You - Allison Krauss
Eight Miles High - Leo Kottke
 

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