The middle-aged dummies are forming a band called "Blanket"! It's a cover band. (1 Viewer)

[shuke]

Pip’s Invitation:

Young and Dumb – Fanny (Ike & Tina Turner)

One round after I had Ike and Tina doing a cover, they get covered.

A few of us have discussed Fanny in previous music threads.

I unfortunately realized after the fact that I forgot about them and wish I had included a particular Beatles cover they did.

Same

 

[Pip's Invitation]

I'm behind again, so I just finished the #13s. Here are the new-to-me covers from that playlist that I very much enjoyed:

Buckets of Rain – Neko Case (Robert Zimmerman) -- I think I was aware she covered this but I don't think I actually heard it before. It's every bit the elegant country rock I was expecting.
Gloria – The White Animals (Them) -- This was a whirlwind of awesomeness. I especially liked the random synth squiggles.
Scarlet Begonias - Sublime (Grateful Dead) -- I like it better than the original.
Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door - Warren Zevon (Bob Dylan) -- I think I have heard this before but forgot. Heartbreaking given when he recorded this.
Golden Slumbers, Carry That Weight - Phil Collins (The Beatles) -- Obviously the drums were the best part. George Martin's presence ensured Phil didn't go off the rails.
Am I the Same Girl - Swing Out Sister (Barbara Acklin) -- This was indeed perfectly suited for their sound. I have heard the horn line from the original used in movies/TV shows/commercials more often than I have heard the original itself.
Sweet Release - Songs:Ohia (Boz Scaggs). -- Fantastic. Every second held my interest.
I Still Believe – Tim Cappello (The Call) -- The sound fits the material pretty well.
Long Black Veil - Dave Matthews Band (Lefty Frizzell) -- A good balance of fun and gravitas.
Hey Joe – The Creation (The Leaves) -- Groovy.
The Hurdy Gurdy Man - Butthole Surfers (Donovan) -- Still freakly, but more faithful than what I was expecting from them.
Country Roads - Toots and the Maytals (John Denver) -- A good time.
Public Image - Scrawl (Public Image Ltd.) -- Loved this. It oozed coolness.

As for this one:

Hasta Manana - Debbie Boone - (Abba) -- I ... didn't hate this, unlike the flip side of the single it appears on.

 

[simey]

I haven't heard "Sign of the Gypsy Queen" by April Wine in a long time. It reminds me of high school. It's one of my favorite songs by them. I just listened to Lorence Hud's original, and it's good too.

"Suspicious Minds" is a top 5 favorite song that Elvis did. I just listened to the original, and Elvis is king.

I think 007 would approve of the Melbourne Ska Orchestra's version of the "James Bond Theme." <--- Shaken, not stirred

The Staple Singers bring their groove to "Slippery People." It is my favorite song by the Talking Heads, and I was so excited when Mavis sang this a few years ago in a free downtown concert. She was great, and so is she and her family on this version.

The Bangles harder punch to "Hazy Shade of Winter" sounds great.

Fanny does a scorching cover of "Young and Dumb."

Joey Ramone punked up "What a Wonderful World," and it is very well done.

ELO's version of "Do Ya" is the version I knew growing up. I can't remember what jwb wrote about this song when he did 31 ELO songs, but I'm sure he mentioned Jeff Lynne wrote this song, and he was part of The Move. I wonder if The Move basically turned into ELO. Anyway, the original by The Move is good. Roy Wood is on vocals.

More later...

 

[shuke]

shuke:

Turn on Your Love Light - Grateful Dead (Bobby Bland)

This was one of the first GD songs that really made me fall in love with them. It was on the first CD of theirs I had, Skeletons From The Closet, which was billed as a "best of" album, but if you know the Dead and the track listings, it doesn't make much sense.

The version you're hearing is being sung by Ron McKernan, aka Pigpen, an original member of the band and one that made it a heavily blues-influenced band at its start.

The version I chose for the playlist is probably too long for most of you, because Pigpen would often devolve into rambling and speaking to the crowd, telling the men and women to love each other, etc. Some versions can even get a little long for me. But the song is full of life, energy, and plenty of screaming.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

shuke:

Turn on Your Love Light - Grateful Dead (Bobby Bland)

This was one of the first GD songs that really made me fall in love with them. It was on the first CD of theirs I had, Skeletons From The Closet, which was billed as a "best of" album, but if you know the Dead and the track listings, it doesn't make much sense.

The version you're hearing is being sung by Ron McKernan, aka Pigpen, an original member of the band and one that made it a heavily blues-influenced band at its start.

The version I chose for the playlist is probably too long for most of you, because Pigpen would often devolve into rambling and speaking to the crowd, telling the men and women to love each other, etc. Some versions can even get a little long for me. But the song is full of life, energy, and plenty of screaming.

Bobby Bland is sort of forgotten today, but he was an incredible singer and hitmaker in the late 50s & early 60s. Go look up his discography and you'll probably recognize a dozen songs of his (hits in their own right) that you know from cover versions. Unlike most blues artists, his records (like's shuke's choice here) didn't feature huge lead guitar parts. He used jump blues/swing horns and prominent keyboards. His sound was closer to what Otis Redding would become (or even what James Brown already was at the time) than he was to Muddy and those guys.

 

[zamboni]

Pip’s Invitation:

Young and Dumb – Fanny (Ike & Tina Turner)

One round after I had Ike and Tina doing a cover, they get covered.

A few of us have discussed Fanny in previous music threads.

I unfortunately realized after the fact that I forgot about them and wish I had included a particular Beatles cover they did.

I love that one, and also their Buffalo Springfield cover.

And Cream

 

[simey]

- Helen Money does an instrumental of the Minutemen's "Political Song for Michael Jackson to Sing." My favorite part of the song is from 1:05 to 1:17, especially from 1:11 to 1:17. It is said you should brush your teeth for 2 minutes, and this song is 1:49, so I declare it a morning brush your teeth song. It'll get you pumped for the day. It's not for bed time brushing.
- Mastadon does a ZZ Top cover with "Just Got Paid" and it is .
- David Gray's acoustic cover of "Say Hello, Wave Goodbye" is great.
- There's no stink in Skunk Anasie's version of "Search and Destroy." It rocks.
- Susan Tedeschi sounds great on her cover of "Angel from Montgomery."
- The sound effects on NIN's cover of "Get Down Make Love" are cool.
- "Heart of Mine" cover by Blake Mills is good, and I dig that slide.. I like the female vocal, too.
- My Morning Jacket gets spacey on "Rocket Man." I like how it has an airy distant sound. Like its off in space.
- "So Much Wine" is one of my favorites by The Handsome Family. Phoebe Bridgers does a nice job changing it up and making it her own.
- "Holy Diver" by Liliac rocks the religion like on the original.
- I'm thinking Blood, Sweat, & Tears cover of Laura Nyro's "And When I Die" is a funeral favorite. yeeeha
- I like Blancmange's cover of "The Day Before You Came" better than ABBAs original.
- Rizzle Shizzles sounds great on "Fancy this Feast."
- "Foreplay/Long Time" By Lexington Lab Band musically sounds very close to the original. As Mrs. R mentioned, nobody can match Brad Delp's vocals, but the singer is good as are his backups.
- Neil's live cover of "Blowing in the Wind" is good. I like the distortion of the guitar without it being overbearing and taking over the song, and I like the chorus.
- Grateful Dead get down in their cover of "Turn On Your Love Light" with the man leading the way.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

I really hate to post this but if rockaction isn't around for awhile it is because he got drawn into a debate in the SP with their resident troll/snitch. Of course as usual the troll walks away scott free, still posting away. It involved a NY QB in the news recently. I hope I'm wrong and Rock just stepped away for a bit, but probably not what actually happened.

 

[Raging weasel]

The 20 pointers

A lot of repeats and known songs this round so I got through it extra quick. Since I don't intentionally list songs I've commented on previously my post looks like I didn't like as much as usual.

Known and liked covers

Hazy shade of Winter- love this version
A day in the Life- like this a lot too and it just missed my Cornell 31
Suspicious Minds- my fav Elvis song
Sign of the gypsy Queen
Do Ya- didn't know it was a cover
Hallelujah

Liked covers of known songs

Holy Diver- this was great! Liked it so much listened to an hour+ of their stuff. Definitely would've made my list if I knew about them. Thanks for finding me a new band!
James Bond Theme
Angel from Montgomery - like this better than the last cover!
Foreplay/Longtime- agree with what others have said

New to me likes

Young and Dumb- I'm old and dumb for leaving them off my list. Woof! Woof!
So much Wine
Search and Destroy
Turn on your lovelight- rare that I like a GD song!

 

[New Binky the Doormat]

ELO's version of "Do Ya" is the version I knew growing up. I can't remember what jwb wrote about this song when he did 31 ELO songs, but I'm sure he mentioned Jeff Lynne wrote this song, and he was part of The Move. I wonder if The Move basically turned into ELO. Anyway, the original by The Move is good. Roy Wood is on vocals.

The Move recorded this in '72 and Todd's early Utopia recorded it live in '75 (pretty "Faithful" to the original) and ELO had the hit of it in '77

 

[simey]

ELO's version of "Do Ya" is the version I knew growing up. I can't remember what jwb wrote about this song when he did 31 ELO songs, but I'm sure he mentioned Jeff Lynne wrote this song, and he was part of The Move. I wonder if The Move basically turned into ELO. Anyway, the original by The Move is good. Roy Wood is on vocals.

The Move recorded this in '72 and Todd's early Utopia recorded it live in '75 (pretty "Faithful" to the original) and ELO had the hit of it in '77

Todd's live version sounds good. I like that power pop sound.

 

[simey]

I really hate to post this but if rockaction isn't around for awhile it is because he got drawn into a debate in the SP with their resident troll/snitch. Of course as usual the troll walks away scott free, still posting away. It involved a NY QB in the news recently. I hope I'm wrong and Rock just stepped away for a bit, but probably not what actually happened.

Was it JU again?

 

[New Binky the Doormat]

ELO's version of "Do Ya" is the version I knew growing up. I can't remember what jwb wrote about this song when he did 31 ELO songs, but I'm sure he mentioned Jeff Lynne wrote this song, and he was part of The Move. I wonder if The Move basically turned into ELO. Anyway, the original by The Move is good. Roy Wood is on vocals.

The Move recorded this in '72 and Todd's early Utopia recorded it live in '75 (pretty "Faithful" to the original) and ELO had the hit of it in '77

Todd's live version sounds good. I like that power pop sound.

I'll pile on the Todd train a bit more - he did another cover on that album - really unexpected and I of course like it better than the original - lol

was on my short list for this ...

Something's Coming

 

[zamboni]

I really hate to post this but if rockaction isn't around for awhile it is because he got drawn into a debate in the SP with their resident troll/snitch. Of course as usual the troll walks away scott free, still posting away. It involved a NY QB in the news recently. I hope I'm wrong and Rock just stepped away for a bit, but probably not what actually happened.

Was it JU again?

I purposely stayed out of that thread.

 

[titusbramble]

Next two off my list are both ones that I thought at some point "that's a cover?", and ones I featured on my long list for the UK countdown

 

[krista4]

I really hate to post this but if rockaction isn't around for awhile it is because he got drawn into a debate in the SP with their resident troll/snitch. Of course as usual the troll walks away scott free, still posting away. It involved a NY QB in the news recently. I hope I'm wrong and Rock just stepped away for a bit, but probably not what actually happened.

I just sent him an email to see what's up.

 

[krista4]

I really hate to post this but if rockaction isn't around for awhile it is because he got drawn into a debate in the SP with their resident troll/snitch. Of course as usual the troll walks away scott free, still posting away. It involved a NY QB in the news recently. I hope I'm wrong and Rock just stepped away for a bit, but probably not what actually happened.

Was it JU again?

Same guy who ran off Dr. O?

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

I really hate to post this but if rockaction isn't around for awhile it is because he got drawn into a debate in the SP with their resident troll/snitch. Of course as usual the troll walks away scott free, still posting away. It involved a NY QB in the news recently. I hope I'm wrong and Rock just stepped away for a bit, but probably not what actually happened.

Was it JU again?

Same guy who ran off Dr. O?

That's the one. I have no idea if it applies in this case.

 

[zamboni]

I really hate to post this but if rockaction isn't around for awhile it is because he got drawn into a debate in the SP with their resident troll/snitch. Of course as usual the troll walks away scott free, still posting away. It involved a NY QB in the news recently. I hope I'm wrong and Rock just stepped away for a bit, but probably not what actually happened.

Was it JU again?

Same guy who ran off Dr. O?

That's the one. I have no idea if it applies in this case.

I tried looking in that thread. If Rock posted there, his posts have been deleted.

 

[Eephus]

20.ee - Blake Mills - "Heart of Mine" (Bob Dylan cover)

The original: "Heart of Mine" comes from Shot of Love, the final album in Dylan's born-again phase. It's my favorite album of the three although it has a number of clunkers. This one's a love song which were uncommon during this period. Dylan addresses his heart as a character in a story led on by temptation. It's not a major song in the vast Dylan catalog, he hasn't included it in a live set since 1992. The released version is actually kind of a mess. Dylan later admitted he chose this take because Ringo and Ronnie Wood dropped in and played on it. None of the other studio takes have been released yet but a live recording from 1981 has a bit of Tex Mex to it.

The cover: Blake Mills recorded the cover for the Amnesty International 50th anniversary tribute to Dylan in 2012. It got lost among the host of big name artists performing on the compilation but I immediately bonded with it. Mills treats the song with a lot more care than Dylan did sticking to the general vibe of the original but with an arrangement that reminds me of Ry Cooder. Danielle Haim provides the harmony vocals a couple of years before HAIM got their record deal . The cover goes on for a minute longer than the original thanks to two instrumental breaks. The mandolin is more prominent in the second which gives it a different feel.

Is the cover better than the original?: Oh, hell yeah.

Heart of Mine

Bob Dylan · Song · 1981

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Heart Of Mine

Blake Mills · Song · 2012

open.spotify.com

Running scoreboard: Originals 10 - Covers 10

 

[krista4]

Running scoreboard: Originals 10 - Covers 10

 

[Eephus]

Running scoreboard: Originals 10 - Covers 10

I honestly don't know where this is going to end up but you'd think my top covers would swing the balance.

I usually don't re-listen to the originals until after I've completed the previous playlist. Some picks like the Dylan cover are easy but sometimes I don't know which way I'm going when I begin my writeup. If I allowed too close to call votes like Marco did, it would probably be leading right now.

 

[krista4]

Running scoreboard: Originals 10 - Covers 10

I honestly don't know where this is going to end up but you'd think my top covers would swing the balance.

I usually don't re-listen to the originals until after I've completed the previous playlist. Some picks like the Dylan cover are easy but sometimes I don't know which way I'm going when I begin my writeup. If I allowed too close to call votes like Marco did, it would probably be leading right now.

Yeah, I thought getting to the top covers would swing the pendulum in that direction, but anyway.

 

[John Maddens Lunchbox]

Running scoreboard: Originals 10 - Covers 10

Think i will play along too
12 - The Day Before You Came - Blancmange (Abba)
Original

13 - Hasta Manana - Debbie Boone - (Abba)
Original

14 - Thank Abba for the Music Medley (Take a Chance on Me, Dancing Queen, Mamma Mia, Thank You for the Music - Steps, Tina Cousins, Cleopatra, B*Witched and Billie Piper (Abba)
Cover - Purely cause its a medly and by a variety of artists

15 - Summer Night City - Therion (Abba)
Cover

16 - Eagle - Peter Joback (Abba)
Original

17 - Bang a Boomerang - Black Incvars (Abba)
Cover

18 - Dancing Queen - Puddles Pity Party (Abba)
Original

19 - Super Trouper - Camera Obscura (Abba)
Original

20 - Knowing Me, Knowing You - Danny Wilson (Abba)
Original

21 - Mamma Mia - Punk Rock Factory (Abba)
Cover

22 - The Name of the Game - Nina Persson and Pernilla Andersson (Abba)
Original

23 - Ring Ring - Sator (Abba)
Original

24 - Rock Me - Brendon (Abba)
Original

25 - Does Your Mother Know - Ash (Abba)
Original

26 - Angel Eyes - The Czars (Abba)
Cover

27 - Our Last Summer - The A*Teens (Abba)
Original

28 - When all is Said and Done - Hazell Dean (Abba)
Original

29 - Fernando - Cher and Andy Garcia (Abba)
Original

30 - Waterloo - Bananarama (Abba)
Original

31 - Voulez Vous - Culture Club (Abba)
Original

Abba - 15 Cover - 5

Covers will be better in the top 11, but Abba will still win several.

 

[John Maddens Lunchbox]

These should slant heavily in favor of the cover
12 - Torn - Natalie Imbruglia (Lis Sørensen) - Cover

13 - Ice Machine - Royksopp and Susanne Sundfor (Depeche Mode) - Cover

14 - Bye Bye Baby - Bay City Rollers (The Four Seasons) - Cover

15 - Kiss - Art of Noise feat Tom Jones (Prince) - Original

16 - Mad World - Gary Jules (Tears for Fears) - Cover

17 - Twist and Shout - The Beatles (The Too Notes) - Cover

18 - Pistol Grip Pump - Rage against the Machine (Volume 10) - Cover

19 - Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) - Nancy Sinatra (Cher) - Cover

20 - Let’s Stick Together - Bryan Ferry (Wilbert Harrison) - Cover

21 - Just Like Heaven - Chvrches and Robert Smith (The Cure) - Original

22 - Lies - Muse (Chvrches) - Original

23 - Neon Lights - OMD (Kraftwerk) - Original

24 - I Don’t Want to Talk About it - Rod Stewart (Crazy Horse) - Cover

25 - Horses - Daryl Braithwaite (Rickie Lee Jones) - Cover

26 - Mickey - Toni Basil (Racey) - Original

27 - (They Long to be) Close to You - The Carpenters (Richard Chamberlain) - Cover

28 - The Peppermint Twist - The Sweet (Joey Dee and the Starliters) - Cover

29 - Money Changes Everything - Cyndi Lauper (The Brains) - Cover

30 - Dont You Forget About Me - Billy Idol (Simple Minds) - Original

31 - Funky Town - Pseudo Echo (Lipps Inc) - Original

Closer than I thought it would be
Original - 7 Cover - 13

 

[krista4]

rock is on TO until Sunday, but in fine spirits about it. We'll miss him but see him soon!

 

[krista4]

Tomorrow we have a Deja Vote, and one of the votes is mine!

We would also have a second Deja Vote if I hadn't changed @Ilov80s order for seasonal appropriateness per his request.

Lots of covers we've already seen coming up again tomorrow, but there's a jazz classic that I'm surprised hasn't yet been selected.

 

[krista4]

As I've mentioned, we are planning to move back to Chicago, hopefully in spring-ish of 2025. I've been looking at places to buy for a few months, just to get an idea of what we could do. The plan initially was to get a two-flat and install Wrighteous Ray and her husband on the bottom level while OH and I take the top, but acceptable ones that have enough space/bathrooms, but not a bunch of steps for them, are proving very difficult to find. Also these tend to be very old and will require a lot of maintenance and even some updating before we could move in (installing central air, for instance), so now we're looking at putting them in a nice high-rise with elevator and amenities while OH and I do whatever the hell, as long as it's nearby.

Last night OH found a place for us that is absolutely incredible. Not the type of place we'll find again due to some special features it has. But it's a year prior to our intended move. He suggested that instead of our short trip to AZ Sunday to go to spring training, we change our plans and go to Chicago to look at it.

Well, I'm not an idiot, so I said no, we aren't going to do that, especially since our AZ vrbo is non-refundable.

But I am enough of an idiot to say that if we get back and it's available, maybe I'll fly out there the following week.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

I wonder if The Move basically turned into ELO.

They did. Lynne and Wood were tired of The Move's sound and wanted to do orchestral experiments in a rock context, and formed ELO to do so. The Move still existed for the first year or so of ELO's existence. The first recordings of ELO were actually the last lineup of The Move -- Lynne, Wood, drummer Bev Bevan and bassist Rick Price. Price's parts were replaced by Wood when it came time to do the proper recording of their first album, but Bevan remained throughout ELO's original run. Wood left after the first album because he was dissatisfied with their live shows and with the recording of the second album. He formed a band called Wizzard, which was successful in the UK but not the US.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

I really hate to post this but if rockaction isn't around for awhile it is because he got drawn into a debate in the SP with their resident troll/snitch. Of course as usual the troll walks away scott free, still posting away. It involved a NY QB in the news recently. I hope I'm wrong and Rock just stepped away for a bit, but probably not what actually happened.

There's more than one there. Is this the same one that Doc Oc quit the board over?

 

[Pip's Invitation]

As I've mentioned, we are planning to move back to Chicago, hopefully in spring-ish of 2025. I've been looking at places to buy for a few months, just to get an idea of what we could do. The plan initially was to get a two-flat and install Wrighteous Ray and her husband on the bottom level while OH and I take the top, but acceptable ones that have enough space/bathrooms, but not a bunch of steps for them, are proving very difficult to find. Also these tend to be very old and will require a lot of maintenance and even some updating before we could move in (installing central air, for instance), so now we're looking at putting them in a nice high-rise with elevator and amenities while OH and I do whatever the hell, as long as it's nearby.

Last night OH found a place for us that is absolutely incredible. Not the type of place we'll find again due to some special features it has. But it's a year prior to our intended move. He suggested that instead of our short trip to AZ Sunday to go to spring training, we change our plans and go to Chicago to look at it.

Well, I'm not an idiot, so I said no, we aren't going to do that, especially since our AZ vrbo is non-refundable.

But I am enough of an idiot to say that if we get back and it's available, maybe I'll fly out there the following week.

It's fate -- the universe is telling you to be in Chicago when I come out for a business trip in November.

 

[shuke]

19 pointers

This is why I'm here:
simey: Gloria – The White Animals (Them)
Galileo: Scarlet Begonias - Sublime (Grateful Dead) - although walking a fine line between genius and blasphemy
The Dreaded Marco: Sweet Release - Songs:Ohia (Boz Scaggs) - remember when Krista claimed to have never heard of Boz Scaggs?
Oliver Humanzee: Public Image - Scrawl (Public Image Ltd.) - don't think I'm familiar with the original but this is great
krista4: When U Were Mine – Crooked Fingers (Prince)

HOLY **** FACE MELTED:
zamboni: Get Ready - Rare Earth (The Temptations)

Other favorites:
Don Quixote: Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door - Warren Zevon (Bob Dylan) - not sure how I've never heard this version
Charlie Steiner: Am I the Same Girl - Swing Out Sister (Barbara Acklin)
Eephus: Stagger Lee - Lloyd Price (Traditional)
rockaction: Hey Joe – The Creation (The Leaves)
Raging weasel/Val Rannous: Crossroads – Cream (Robert Johnson)
Mister CIA: The Hurdy Gurdy Man - Butthole Surfers (Donovan)
Chaos34: Come On Eileen - Save Ferris (Dexy’s Midnight Runners)
higgins: You’ve Got a Friend - James Taylor (Carole King)

Songs I love but hate the "ooga shaka":
Uruk-Hai: Hooked on a Feeling - Blue Swede (B.J. Thomas)

OMG everything I thought I knew is wrong. This is one of my favorite underrated songs of all time. It actually me be a top 20 song of all time according to me at this actual moment. Really enjoying listening to the original for the first time ever:
New Binky the Doormat: Dancing in the Moonlight - King Harvest (Boffalongo)

OMG YESSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!:
Andy Dufresne: I Still Believe – Tim Cappello (The Call)

 

[simey]

@Just Win Baby What a game!

 

[Pip's Invitation]

- My Morning Jacket gets spacey on "Rocket Man." I like how it has an airy distant sound. Like its off in space.

If there's another artist that uses reverb more than MMJ, I'm not aware of them.

 

[shuke]

This is what I'm here for:
The Dreaded Marco: Rocket Man - My Morning Jacket (Elton John)

Other favorites:
Uruk-Hai/Scoresman: Hazy Shade of Winter - The Bangles (Simon & Garfunkel) - 1980's me first hearing this was a cover..."who cares man these chicks are hot dude"
Pip’s Invitation: Young and Dumb – Fanny (Ike & Tina Turner)
simey: A Day in the Life (live at Royal Albert Hall) – Chris Cornell (The Beatles)
Don Quixote: So Much Wine - Phoebe Bridgers (The Handsome Family)
zamboni: Sign of the Gypsy Queen - April Wine (Lorence Hud)
John Maddens Lunchbox: Torn - Natalie Imbruglia (Lis Sørensen)
Hawks64: Angel from Montgomery - Susan Tedeschi (John Prine)

If I knew this was a cover it would have been on my list:
Mister CIA: And When I Die - Blood, Sweat, & Tears (Laura Nyro)
Doug B: Do Ya - ELO (The Move)

 

[shuke]

Lynne and Wood were tired of The Move's sound and wanted to do orchestral experiments in a rock context, and formed ELO to do so

Oh well this makes total sense now.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

@Just Win Baby What a game!

That 3 point shot at the end of regulation was crazy

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

- My Morning Jacket gets spacey on "Rocket Man." I like how it has an airy distant sound. Like its off in space.

If there's another artist that uses reverb more than MMJ, I'm not aware of them.

I went to see Doves in SLC in September 2002—their Last Broadcast tour. I loved that album almost as much as their debut album so—needless to say I was a huge Doves fan. Still am.

The opener that night was My Morning Jacket. I had never heard anything from them but some guy from a music forum I was a part of recommended them so I showed up. They played songs from their only two albums, Tennessee Fire and At Dawn.

Jim James ended every other song with “we’re My Morning Jacket from Louisville, Kentucky. Thanks for coming”.

They were awesome. Blew Doves away. It was an odd band pairing. I felt a bit sorry for the headliner that night.

There was a lot of reverb.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Weekend catch-up on those I've missed,

Scarlett Begonias - Sublime
Hasta Manana - Debbie Boone
Get Ready - Rare Earth
Take Me To The River - Talking Heads
Hazy Shade Of Winter - The Bangles
A Day In The Life - Chris Cornell
While My Gently Weeps
Suspicious Minds - Elvis Presley
Holy Diver - Liliac
James Bond Theme - Melbourne Ska Orchestra
The Day Before You Came - Blancmange
Sign Of The Gypsy Queen - April Wine
Slippery People - The Staple Singers
Always Something There To Remind Me - Naked Eyes
Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go - Soft Cell
What's So Funny - Elvis Costello
Big 10 Inch - Aerosmith

 

[Pip's Invitation]

- My Morning Jacket gets spacey on "Rocket Man." I like how it has an airy distant sound. Like its off in space.

If there's another artist that uses reverb more than MMJ, I'm not aware of them.

I went to see Doves in SLC in September 2002—their Last Broadcast tour. I loved that album almost as much as their debut album so—needless to say I was a huge Doves fan. Still am.

The opener that night was My Morning Jacket. I had never heard anything from them but some guy from a music forum I was a part of recommended them so I showed up. They played songs from their only two albums, Tennessee Fire and At Dawn.

Jim James ended every other song with “we’re My Morning Jacket from Louisville, Kentucky. Thanks for coming”.

They were awesome. Blew Doves away. It was an odd band pairing. I felt a bit sorry for the headliner that night.

There was a lot of reverb.

My introduction to them was a month later. On Halloween I went to see Beck and the Flaming Lips at the Beacon Theater in NYC, and on every seat was a sampler CD from ATO Records. When I played it, the track I liked best was a live version of MMJ's The Way That He Sings. I knew one of my friends was in to them, so I let him know that I liked the track, and he sent me a burned copy of At Dawn. I really liked that, and became a huge fan the next May when I saw them live for the first time (in Philly with said friend).

The friend's introduction to them was wild. He managed a local band in Philly, and they played on a bill with another band who were d!cks. He and the drummer decided to go to this band's next show to heckle them. They were headlining at the Khyber Pass Pub, basically Philly's equivalent of CBGB. One of the opening bands was an act from Louisville, Kentucky called My Morning Jacket who were playing a run of shows in Philly, NYC and Boston that were their first gigs outside of Kentucky or Chicago. Their set was so overwhelmingly powerful that my friend and his drummer friend just stood there in shock, and left after their set because they were too in awe to slip back into cynic mode and heckle the other band.

 

[simey]

@Just Win Baby What a game!

That 3 point shot at the end of regulation was crazy

That desperation shot hit the backboard, rolled around the rim, and in the basket it went!! Thankfully they won in OT. "Survive and Advance." ~ Jimmy V

 

[Uruk-Hai]

@Just Win Baby What a game!

That 3 point shot at the end of regulation was crazy

That desperation shot hit the backboard, rolled around the rim, and in the basket it went!! Thankfully they won in OT. "Survive and Advance." ~ Jimmy V

That ball defied physics. When his (sorry, don't recall his name) shot got close, I had the remote in my hand ready to switch to another game. I was thinking "this shot has no chance". The angle was all wrong and then what you described happened.

Please, PLEASE can they beat those sky-blue heathens today?

 

[Mt. Man]

#12 - (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding - Elvis Costello and the Attractions (Brinsley Schwarz)
Original: Spotify; Youtube

This song was, perhaps not surprisingly, a fairly early addition to the candidates for the list. The initial question being whether this would be the version I chose. No other version has shown up yet though, so no further spotlighting. Besides, as you might gather from this being #12, the decision turned out to be fairly clear-cut. Not that I wasn't tempted to list two versions (similar to a few other songs)

Anyway, though this has shown up a few times before, not that much has been said. So a little background, then. This song was written by Nick Lowe, and released in 1974 with his band at the time, led by...well, Brinsley Schwarz. Lowe then released it again in 1978 with a band named after him (And His Sound), before the 1980 version with Costello & Attractions took the song to new heights. If you check out the versions above, the arrangement and performances are largely the same. It's just that Costello brings a much different voice to it, which (IMHO) also helps add to the passion in the song.

At #11, a song that asked for entry into the Top 10 but didn't get in. Also, (IIRC), I break a tie.

 

[Mt. Man]

We’re approaching the heights as we get into the #12s. Though perhaps that’s diminishing these songs a little. Especially since I’ve already talked about how I enjoy a few of the songs, whether on my list or not. This one had several known songs done very well. To the point where I’m definitely favoring the “hadn’t heard” section more this time.

Recognized by title alone: 22
Sounded familiar: 3
Didn’t Know: 8

Selected Favorites:
Suspicious Minds - Elvis Presley
Sign of the Gypsy Queen - April Wine. Add me to the list of those who didn’t know this was a cover.
Do Ya - ELO
What A Wonderful World - Joey Ramone. This might be partially cheating. But I’ll get to that on a later (/higher) selection of mine.

Hadn’t heard before, but liked
Holy Diver - Liliac
Slippery People - The Staple Singers
Search and Destroy - Skunk Anansie
And When I Die - Blood, Sweat and Tears
Say Hello, Wave Goodbye - David Gray
Foreplay/Long Time - Lexington Lab Band.

Special Shout-out:
Hazy Shade of Winter - The Bangles. Pretty SOP here: song I heavily considered that’s showing up for the first time, yet from more than one person. So of course both picks deserve some appreciation.

 

[simey]

Please, PLEASE can they beat those sky-blue heathens today?

I hope they do. Odds are against them, but they were supposed to lose every game in the tournament so far and it hasn't happened.

UNC is the Antichrist. Thursday I wanted to give the first pair of Hoka shoes that I tried on another go, and when I went to the shoe place to get them, all they had in in my size was a pair in Carolina blue. I told them I can't go with that color. They ordered me another color that should be in on Thursday. Light blue is one of my best colors, and I will wear a shirt in that shade of blue, but wearing sky blue shoes that I would be wearing a lot is going too far. My second oldest nephew goes to UNC, and I bought him a cool UNC glass recently, and I felt shame standing in line with it in my hand. My oldest nephew is an NCSU alumni, and he and his gf are driving to DC today to go to the game. I hope he has some type of good luck charm with him. His brother (the UNC student) is in Ireland today, and he better not be absorbing any of the luck of the Irish. Go Pack!

 

[Tau837]

@Just Win Baby What a game!

Amazing. I was standing up and pacing and talking to the TV for the last 8 minutes of regulation and OT while my wife patiently ignored me. I was very surprised UVA had 3 fouls to give at the end of regulation and didn't foul before O'Connell got off the 3. But obviously very happy about it!

 

[Hawks64]

As I've mentioned, we are planning to move back to Chicago, hopefully in spring-ish of 2025. I've been looking at places to buy for a few months, just to get an idea of what we could do. The plan initially was to get a two-flat and install Wrighteous Ray and her husband on the bottom level while OH and I take the top, but acceptable ones that have enough space/bathrooms, but not a bunch of steps for them, are proving very difficult to find. Also these tend to be very old and will require a lot of maintenance and even some updating before we could move in (installing central air, for instance), so now we're looking at putting them in a nice high-rise with elevator and amenities while OH and I do whatever the hell, as long as it's nearby.

Last night OH found a place for us that is absolutely incredible. Not the type of place we'll find again due to some special features it has. But it's a year prior to our intended move. He suggested that instead of our short trip to AZ Sunday to go to spring training, we change our plans and go to Chicago to look at it.

Well, I'm not an idiot, so I said no, we aren't going to do that, especially since our AZ vrbo is non-refundable.

But I am enough of an idiot to say that if we get back and it's available, maybe I'll fly out there the following week.

If you do, please let me know if you have time for a quick cornhole!!

 

[zamboni]

Hazy Shade of Winter - The Bangles. Pretty SOP here: song I heavily considered that’s showing up for the first time, yet from more than one person.

I picked it in the last 5 out but didn’t want to spotlight at the time.

ETA: as it turns out, just watched Less Than Zero this morning.

 

[simey]

Hazy Shade of Winter - The Bangles. Pretty SOP here: song I heavily considered that’s showing up for the first time, yet from more than one person.

I picked it in the last 5 out but didn’t want to spotlight at the time.

ETA: as it turns out, just watched Less Than Zero this morning.

I always associate The Bangles version with the movie.

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

- My Morning Jacket gets spacey on "Rocket Man." I like how it has an airy distant sound. Like its off in space.

If there's another artist that uses reverb more than MMJ, I'm not aware of them.

I went to see Doves in SLC in September 2002—their Last Broadcast tour. I loved that album almost as much as their debut album so—needless to say I was a huge Doves fan. Still am.

The opener that night was My Morning Jacket. I had never heard anything from them but some guy from a music forum I was a part of recommended them so I showed up. They played songs from their only two albums, Tennessee Fire and At Dawn.

Jim James ended every other song with “we’re My Morning Jacket from Louisville, Kentucky. Thanks for coming”.

They were awesome. Blew Doves away. It was an odd band pairing. I felt a bit sorry for the headliner that night.

There was a lot of reverb.

My introduction to them was a month later. On Halloween I went to see Beck and the Flaming Lips at the Beacon Theater in NYC, and on every seat was a sampler CD from ATO Records. When I played it, the track I liked best was a live version of MMJ's The Way That He Sings. I knew one of my friends was in to them, so I let him know that I liked the track, and he sent me a burned copy of At Dawn. I really liked that, and became a huge fan the next May when I saw them live for the first time (in Philly with said friend).

The friend's introduction to them was wild. He managed a local band in Philly, and they played on a bill with another band who were d!cks. He and the drummer decided to go to this band's next show to heckle them. They were headlining at the Khyber Pass Pub, basically Philly's equivalent of CBGB. One of the opening bands was an act from Louisville, Kentucky called My Morning Jacket who were playing a run of shows in Philly, NYC and Boston that were their first gigs outside of Kentucky or Chicago. Their set was so overwhelmingly powerful that my friend and his drummer friend just stood there in shock, and left after their set because they were too in awe to slip back into cynic mode and heckle the other band.

Although they’re not my favorite band by any stretch, I’ve been to more MMJ shows than any other band. They are so great live.

One of their shows is the best concert I’ve ever seen. They were really on that night—more than usual. I talked a friend into coming with me. He wasn’t a fan of their recorded music he had sampled but came because I bought his ticket. He was a fan after that show. The show was on a Thursday in Salt Lake and their next was on Saturday in San Francisco. We road-tripped to SF to see that show too—-another great performance but not quite the energy as the SLC show two nights before.