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

- Taking on the "She's Got You" Patsy Cline classic is a tall task, but it's a walk in the park for Rosanne Cash, who sounds great on her rendition.
- The Pogues deliver their Irish folk on their great cover of "Dirty Old Town." 🍻
- EW&F were the perfect band to cover "Got To Get You Into My Life." It sounds like it would be one of their originals. I liked the Sgt Peppers movie. I didn't see it for the dumb story. I saw it back when it came out for the music, especially the Bee Gees. They do a good job on several songs, and the movie opened the door and welcomed in a whole new generation of Beatles fans.
- Speaking of The Beatles, Rob Zombie and Marilyn Manson rock out on their cover of "Helter Skelter." I like it all, and the outro sounds scary and good at the same time. It's scary good.
- David Clayton-Thomas sheds his blood, sweat, and tears on his Beatles cover of "Yesterday." The orchestra/strings sound really nice on the tune.
- "Hey Joe" is one of my favorite Hendrix songs. The Leaves original fast version isn't bad, but I love the arrangement and everything else better with The Jimi Hendrix Experience.
- Al and Lyle go together like peanut butter and chocolate doing "Funny How Time Slips Away." Their arrangement is different than the original and most versions, and it sounds great.
- Cat Power's cover of Dylan's "Stuck Inside of Mobile with The Memphis Blues Again" makes me purr.
- Donny Hathaway's "Live" album makes me think of Uncle Humana. I hope he is doing well. Donny's mental illness tormented him so, and I think he found peace in his music. It was an outlet where his soul could sing, and it certainly sings on "Jealous Guy."
- I dig this "Once A Day" version by Mike Ness. I knew the George Jones version and listened to Connie's original, and I think Mike's cover gives it a good kick in the pants. He sat around and cried his life awaaaaay...Lucky me, I'm only cryin' once a daaaay.
 
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krista4 said:
Uruk-Hai:

She's Got You - Rosanne Cash (Patsy Cline)
Song: first vote
Cover artist: two votes - She's Got You (1); Tennessee Flat Top Box (1)
Original artist: first vote
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When she was 18, Rosanne's dad gave her a list of what he considered the 100 greatest country songs. She held on to that list for years. After he died, she decided to cut an album covering several of them. The LP was titled, oddly enough, The List. It's fantastic.

Anyway, heard an interview with Cash upon the album's release. While Rosanne and her husband (Jon Leventhal - a fine musician/songwriter/producer in his own right) were trying to narrow down which songs would be on the album, he suggested this one. Rosanne said she was ready to run for the hills because "you don't cover Patsy". Leventhal eventually talked her into including it. I think they did a wonderful job. Ironically, another female musician-crush of mine - Rhiannon Giddens - cut an equally good version of this song around the same time. I'd pay REALLY good money to hear them duet "She's Got You".

Patsy Cline was an anomaly among female country singers in the early 60s (& beyond). She had a huge, booming voice that also had a lot of finesse. She was unfortunately saddled with the "countrypolitan" method of recording - including overbearing strings and backing vocals. But they couldn't drown out that voice. And she was the only established country female to continue to cross over to a pop audience during that period. She was set up perfectly for the 1960s and beyond, but died in a plane crash at 30 years old.

Here's her original recording
 
Abrantes said:
Eephus said:
Don Quixote said:
At least it’s not Portuguese, so I’m free of blame.
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If @Abrantes is still around, drop in and say ola.
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COME TO BRAZIL~~


My forum attendance has been woeful, but still technically around, GB! Fala!

Was listening to the last Desert Island Draft and the 2010-2019 draft playlists recently, still love all the collabs. :wub:
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Hey, Abrantes! Thanks for popping in! Awesome to see your avatar and to know you're around. Take care of yourself, you hear?
 
John Maddens Lunchbox said:
krista4 said:
OH and I were doing our first dance party of 2024 tonight, and listening to what might be my favorite top-to-bottom record made me think of doing another type of M-aD countdown that wouldn't be quite the same as this. I'm not sure if it's been done, but I like the idea of a definitive "best albums of the FFA" list. We'd each submit our top 31 favorites as usual, but the countdown wouldn't be a daily reveal of #31s, #30s, etc. Instead it would be a countdown of the top vote getters going from bottom to top of course.

One part that wouldn't be as fun is that we wouldn't have an obvious playlist for each reveal, though maybe we could come up with something where people submit their top choices from the albums, so some of the lesser-knowns would still get a playlist and some FFA airplay.

Thoughts? Ideas?
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You may want to contact zegras to see if he wants to run another of his artist series.
I think several of us like to be in both, but some prefer one or the other
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Oh, I didn't mean right after this one. I just meant sometime.
 
krista4 said:
OH and I were doing our first dance party of 2024 tonight, and listening to what might be my favorite top-to-bottom record made me think of doing another type of M-aD countdown that wouldn't be quite the same as this. I'm not sure if it's been done, but I like the idea of a definitive "best albums of the FFA" list. We'd each submit our top 31 favorites as usual, but the countdown wouldn't be a daily reveal of #31s, #30s, etc. Instead it would be a countdown of the top vote getters going from bottom to top of course.

One part that wouldn't be as fun is that we wouldn't have an obvious playlist for each reveal, though maybe we could come up with something where people submit their top choices from the albums, so some of the lesser-knowns would still get a playlist and some FFA airplay.

Thoughts? Ideas?
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This sounds like fun. :thumbup:
 
11.ee - Joe Jackson - "See No Evil" (cover of Television)

The original: "See No Evil" is side 1 track 1 of Television's debut album Marquee Moon. It was never released as a single but it's one of the band's hookiest and best-loved songs. Tom Verlaine delivers a typically nervous vocal performance punctuated by Richard Lloyd's guitar solo on top of a swirling rhythm section.

The cover: Joe Jackson recorded this version in 2015 for his concept album Fast Forward. The album consisted of four songs related to and recorded in four different cities: New York, Berlin, Amsterdam and New Orleans. "See No Evil" comes from the NY sessions with Jackson supported by a first-rate band with longtime bassist Graham Maby and a couple of well-known Jazz players: guitarist Bill Frisell (who appeared earlier in the countdown) and drummer Brian Blade. Jackson takes the song at a similar tempo to the original but the drums and bass are pushed further up in the mix. Frisell's solo pays homage to Richard Lloyd in its first half before moving into more unhinged territory.

Is the cover better than the original? I've generally tried to pick covers that do things differently from the original. This is a good cover but it's pretty reverent to the original so I'm going to stick with Television here.

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See No Evil

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See No Evil

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Running scoreboard: Covers 6 - Originals 5
 
So today's my birthday (the bad Beatles' song one). I celebrated it by attending the funeral for Mrs. Eephus' stepbrother Larry. Her mom remarried when Mrs. E was in her early 30s so she was never particularly close to the deceased. But our kids grew up together and we've spent holidays with the extended family for decades. It was hard to see my son who's normally very stoic in tears at the memorial. Larry's kids are both aspiring musicians--I repped his daughter's album in one of the music threads to try to help her get her two cent check from Spotify. She sang a couple of songs which was nice.

It was kind of a tough way to spend the day although not as bad as a few years back when my dog died on my birthday. We came back after the service and I took Lou for a walk. I'm still working my way through the #10s so I put in my earbuds and pressed play. The next song in the playlist was "Hurt" by Johnny Cash. :bag:
 
Don't have time to write much today but still wanted to throw out some props...

Songs That I Knew the Cover and the Original
Uruk-Hai: She's Got You - Rosanne Cash (Patsy Cline)
Dr. Octopus: Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again – Cat Power (Robert Zimmerman)
Andy Dufresne: The Wait - Metallica (Killing Joke)
DrIanMalcolm: Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley (Leonard Cohen)


Songs That I Only Know the Original but Really Enjoyed the Cover
Eephus: See No Evil - Joe Jackson (Television) - Having only known Joe Jackson growing up from Stepping Out, was shocked when I later learned of his punk bona fides.
raging weasel: Helter Skelter - Rob Zombie (some British guys) - I actively sought out Helter Skelter after hearing a Sam Kinison bit about Charles Manson blaming the Beatles for his crimes. Just another famous song I didn't hear till I was 15.


Song I Like That I Only Know the Cover but not the Original
titusbramble: Dirty Old Town - The Pogues (Ewan MacColl)
Galileo: Hey Joe - Jimi Hendrix (The Leaves)
Charlie Steiner: House of the Rising Sun - The Animals (Traditional)
Doug B: Bette Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes (Jackie DeShannon)


Songs I Like That I Didn't Know Either Version
simey: Killing the Blues - Robert Plant and Alison Krauss (Woodstock Mtns.)
rockaction: Sophisticated Boom Boom – The Shangri Las (The Goodies)
krista4: Funny How Time Slips Away – Al Green and Lyle Lovett (Billy Walker)


Already “Covered” in an Earlier Post
zamboni: (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding - Elvis Costello (Brinsley Schwarz)
Mt. Man: Tainted Love - Soft Cell (Gloria Jones)
 
Eephus said:
So today's my birthday (the bad Beatles' song one). I celebrated it by attending the funeral for Mrs. Eephus' stepbrother Larry. Her mom remarried when Mrs. E was in her early 30s so she was never particularly close to the deceased. But our kids grew up together and we've spent holidays with the extended family for decades. It was hard to see my son who's normally very stoic in tears at the memorial. Larry's kids are both aspiring musicians--I repped his daughter's album in one of the music threads to try to help her get her two cent check from Spotify. She sang a couple of songs which was nice.

It was kind of a tough way to spend the day although not as bad as a few years back when my dog died on my birthday. We came back after the service and I took Lou for a walk. I'm still working my way through the #10s so I put in my earbuds and pressed play. The next song in the playlist was "Hurt" by Johnny Cash. :bag:
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Sorry for yor family's loss, but happy birthday!
 
This is what I'm here for:
Don Quixote: Jealous Guy - Donnie Hathaway (John Lennon)
Mister CIA: True Love Will Find You in the End - Beck (Thomas Johnston)
Oliver Humanzee: Just Like Heaven - Dinosaur Jr. (The Cure)

Obvious favorites:
Mt. Man: Tainted Love - Soft Cell (Gloria Jones)

Other favorites:
Dr. Octopus: Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again – Cat Power (Robert Zimmerman)
Ilov80s: Ball and Chain - Janis Joplin, Big Brother and the Holding Company (Big Mama Thornton)
krista4: Funny How Time Slips Away – Al Green and Lyle Lovett (Billy Walker)

Really liked, wasn't familiar with the original and can't believe I wasn't:
simey: Killing the Blues - Robert Plant and Alison Krauss (Woodstock Mtns.)
Just Win Baby: Marigold - Foo Fighters (Late!)

This is a cover???
Galileo: Hey Joe - Jimi Hendrix (The Leaves)
Charlie Steiner: House of the Rising Sun - The Animals (Traditional)
New Binky the Doormat: Woodstock - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (Joni Mitchell)
Doug B: Bette Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes (Jackie DeShannon)
 
Eephus said:
So today's my birthday (the bad Beatles' song one).
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Happy Birthday, Eephus.

Eephus said:
I celebrated it by attending the funeral for Mrs. Eephus' stepbrother Larry. Her mom remarried when Mrs. E was in her early 30s so she was never particularly close to the deceased. But our kids grew up together and we've spent holidays with the extended family for decades. It was hard to see my son who's normally very stoic in tears at the memorial.
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My condolences to you and your family.
 
shuke said:
This is a cover???

New Binky the Doormat: Woodstock - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (Joni Mitchell)
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We've probably covered this before, but Joni wrote this right after Woodstock after only hearing about it on TV and from Graham Nash (her boyfriend at the time). She didn't go because she had already been booked on The D|ck Cavett Show. Joni is a treasure and it's a shame she missed it, but then again we wouldn't have this song otherwise. Per Wiki:

Joni Mitchell composed the song based on what she had heard from her then-boyfriend Graham Nash about the Woodstock Music and Art Festival. She had not been there herself, since a manager had told her that it would, instead, be more advantageous for her to appear on The **** Cavett Show. She composed it in a hotel room in New York City, watching televised reports of the festival. "The deprivation of not being able to go provided me with an intense angle on Woodstock," she told an interviewer shortly after the event. David Crosby, interviewed for the documentary Joni Mitchell: Woman of Heart and Mind, stated that Mitchell had captured the feeling and importance of the Woodstock festival better than anyone who had actually been there.
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Joni's manager was actually David Geffen, which Wiki did not mention.

FWIW that D|ck Cavett Show episode is worth a watch if you have the time (including commercials): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rzq8LZKdilQ
 
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zamboni said:
shuke said:
This is a cover???

New Binky the Doormat: Woodstock - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (Joni Mitchell)
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We've probably covered this before, but Joni wrote this right after Woodstock after only hearing about it on TV and from Graham Nash (her boyfriend at the time). She didn't go because she had already been booked on The D|ck Cavett Show. Joni is a treasure and it's a shame she missed it, but then again we wouldn't have this song otherwise. Per Wiki:

Joni Mitchell composed the song based on what she had heard from her then-boyfriend Graham Nash about the Woodstock Music and Art Festival. She had not been there herself, since a manager had told her that it would, instead, be more advantageous for her to appear on The **** Cavett Show. She composed it in a hotel room in New York City, watching televised reports of the festival. "The deprivation of not being able to go provided me with an intense angle on Woodstock," she told an interviewer shortly after the event. David Crosby, interviewed for the documentary Joni Mitchell: Woman of Heart and Mind, stated that Mitchell had captured the feeling and importance of the Woodstock festival better than anyone who had actually been there.
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Joni's manager was actually David Geffen, which Wiki did not mention.

FWIW that D|ck Cavett Show episode is worth a watch if you have the time (including commercials): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rzq8LZKdilQ
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I've seen this before a bunch of times.

The commercials are much better than the Airplane's set. The musicianship is fine, but JA couldn't make a decent vocal arrangement if their lives depended on it - just Grace and Marty trying to holler over each other, both out of tune.

I'm not the biggest Joni fan, but she sounds great as usual.
 
Eephus said:
So today's my birthday (the bad Beatles' song one). I celebrated it by attending the funeral for Mrs. Eephus' stepbrother Larry. Her mom remarried when Mrs. E was in her early 30s so she was never particularly close to the deceased. But our kids grew up together and we've spent holidays with the extended family for decades. It was hard to see my son who's normally very stoic in tears at the memorial. Larry's kids are both aspiring musicians--I repped his daughter's album in one of the music threads to try to help her get her two cent check from Spotify. She sang a couple of songs which was nice.

It was kind of a tough way to spend the day although not as bad as a few years back when my dog died on my birthday. We came back after the service and I took Lou for a walk. I'm still working my way through the #10s so I put in my earbuds and pressed play. The next song in the playlist was "Hurt" by Johnny Cash. :bag:
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Sorry for the loss of Larry, Eephus and family. Happy Birthday to you, Eephus. I hope your birthday wish comes true. 🧚‍♀️
 
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Uruk-Hai said:
The commercials are much better than the Airplane's set. The musicianship is fine, but JA couldn't make a decent vocal arrangement if their lives depended on it - just Grace and Marty trying to holler over each other, both out of tune.
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Agreed. The Airplane's strength was never the vocals of Grace/Marty/Paul, but mainly the killer musical chops of Jorma and Jack. Mickey Thomas brought a much better vocal style when they shifted to the Starship.
 
zamboni said:
Uruk-Hai said:
The commercials are much better than the Airplane's set. The musicianship is fine, but JA couldn't make a decent vocal arrangement if their lives depended on it - just Grace and Marty trying to holler over each other, both out of tune.
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Agreed. The Airplane's strength was never the vocals of Grace/Marty/Paul, but mainly the killer musical chops of Jorma and Jack. Mickey Thomas brought a much better vocal style when they shifted to the Starship.
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I mean, there's a reason harmony (or, hell - unison) singing works. Jefferson Airplane missed the memo. It's not that hard - there were people on that stage that understood it. But, no - let's let Grace & Marty caterwaul for 12 minutes and choke out all life on the planet.

Balin was a fine singer when it wasn't the "Let's Out-sing Grace" Olympics.

Agree with you that Jorma & Jack were the best part of that iteration of the band and I'd pay to listen to Hot Tuna records before I'd have someone pay me to listen to most Airplane songs.
 
- The Animals version of "House of the Rising Sun" is great. I like their style of expressing the mood of the song, and I love the organ in it.
- Big Brother and The Holding Company take Big Mama Thornton's "Ball and Chain" to a new level. The music is heavier than the original, and Janis vocally can hold her own to Big Mama Thornton in wailing the blues.
- "Poke" by Daughter is different than Frightened Rabbit's original. They make it their own, and bring in the synths and give it an electronica style treatment, and it gives the song a different vibe.
- The Shangri-Las rendition of "Sophisticated Boom Boom" is far out.
- "Kids in America" by the Foo Fighters is a fun rockin' cover.
- The Foo Fighters live version of "Marigold" sounds great.
- Joe Jackson stays close to the original, and catches the spirit of Television's "See No Evil" in his cover.
- I've always liked CSN&Y's cover of "Woodstock" better than the original by Joni. I like CS&N's live version better, too.
- The transitions between songs in UG's mashup "Another Brick in the Wall/Thriller" are smooth. I especially like the guitar solo.
- Jeff Buckley's "Hallelujah" cover is beautiful. He was a great singer. I'm one of the few that favors Leonard's version the best. There are different ways of interpreting the song, but there is some darkness and sarcasm in some of the lyrics, and who better to deliver that than Leonard himself? One time a writer described Leonard as a pessimist, and Leonard said back, “I don’t consider myself a pessimist at all. I think of a pessimist as someone who is waiting for it to rain. And I feel completely soaked to the skin”.
 
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- I didn't know "Betty Davis Eyes" was a cover. It reminds me of high school and MTV. I like her vocals.
- Jack White's cover of Little Willie John's "I'm Shakin" is good. I like the addition of the backup singers in Jack's version. Part of the riff in both versions reminds me a little of the Snow Miser/Heat Miser song.
- Dinosaur Jr vs CHVRCHES w/ Robert Smith doing "Just Like Heaven" are both good. In CHVRCHES' version, Robert Smith is doing the song with them, so he isn't gonna let them **** it up, and it's gonna sound good. Dinosaur Jr's version sounds like they are having fun, and the song doesn't lose it's core melody in their version. I love the song and both versions sound good to my ears.
- I've never heard either version of "The Wait," before, so I listened to both. They sounded similar to one another and rocked.
- Punk Rock Factory's cover of "Mamma Mia" turns ABBA's original into a mosh pit thumper.
- The live version of "La Grange" by Joe Satriani and others is a guitar bonanza. 🎸
- Lacey Strum's live cover of "Roxanne" is cool. I like it better than The Police's original.
- Nice harmonies in "American Pie" by Home Free and Don McLean. They have one or two too many of being a barbershop quartet.
- Beck's cover of "True Love Will Find You in The End" is very good. I like the added harmonica to his version. I like the original by Daniel Johnston, too, which is just him and his acoustic guitar.
- Dave Matthews voice on the live cover of "Still Water" reminds me somewhat of Peter Gabriel.
- UB40's cover of "(I Can't Help) Falling In Love With You" reminds me of seeing them in the gym at college in the 80s.
I'm still a fan of both repeat songs "(What's So Funny 'bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding" and "Tainted Love" 🎬
 
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Would anyone have time to put together today’s playlist? My partner Hawks should be back from his music vacation extravaganza, but I haven’t heard from him.
 
Twelve-Point Selections:
PART ONE:

Uruk-Hai:

Riot in Cell Block Number 9 - Wanda Jackson (The Robins)
Song: first vote
Cover artist: two votes – Riot in Cell Block Number 9 (1); Thunder on the Mountain (1)
Original artist: first vote


titusbramble:

Whiskey In The Jar - Metallica (traditional)
Song: first vote
Cover artist: three votes – Whiskey in the Jar (1); The Wait (1); Turn the Page (1)
Original artist: N/A


Pip’s Invitation:

Here Comes the Sun -- Richie Havens (The Beatles)
Song: first vote
Cover artist: first vote
Original artist: 15 votes – Yesterday (2); Here Comes the Sun (1); Come Together (1); Got to Get You into My Life (1); Helter Skelter (1); Drive My Car (1); Dear Prudence (1); We Can Work It Out (1); While My Guitar Gently Weeps (1); Across the Universe (1); She Said She Said (1); I Want You (She’s So Heavy) (1); Let It Be (1); In My Life (1)


Dr. Octopus:

Thunder on the Mountain – Wanda Jackson (Robert Zimmerman)
Song: first vote
Cover artist: two votes – Riot in Cell Block Number 9 (1); Thunder on the Mountain (1)
Original artist: 20 votes – All Along the Watchtower (3); Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door (2); Thunder on the Mountain (1); Most of the Time (1); Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again (1); Jokerman (1); Make You Feel My Love (1); Ring Them Bells (1); Hurricane (1); The Man in Me (1); Forever Young (1); Sweetheart Like You (1); Everything Is Broken (1); Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright (1); Ballad of a Thin Man (1); If You See Her, Say Hello (1); Mozambique (1)


simey:

Whole Lotta Love – Ike and Tina Turner (Led Zeppelin or was it Muddy Waters)
Song: first vote
Cover artist: two votes – Whole Lotta Love (1); Proud Mary (1)
Original artist: five votes – Whole Lotta Love (1); Ramble On (1); Going to California (1); When the Levee Breaks (1); Kashmir (1)


Just Win Baby:

Comfortably Numb - Staind (Pink Floyd)
Song: first vote
Cover artist: first vote
Original artist: four votes – Comfortably Numb (1); Another Brick in the Wall (1); See Emily Play (1); Have a Cigar (1)


Galileo:

Smokestack Lightning - Soundgarden (Howling Wolf)
Song: first vote
Cover artist: first vote
Original artist: first vote


Don Quixote:

Most of the Time - Sophie Zelmani (Bob Dylan)
Song: first vote
Cover artist: first vote
Original artist: 20 votes – All Along the Watchtower (3); Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door (2); Thunder on the Mountain (1); Most of the Time (1); Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again (1); Jokerman (1); Make You Feel My Love (1); Ring Them Bells (1); Hurricane (1); The Man in Me (1); Forever Young (1); Sweetheart Like You (1); Everything Is Broken (1); Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright (1); Ballad of a Thin Man (1); If You See Her, Say Hello (1); Mozambique (1)


simsarge:

Mean Woman Blues - Roy Orbison (Elvis Presley)
Song: first vote
Cover artist: first vote
Original artist: two votes – Mean Woman Blues (1); Can’t Help Falling in Love (1)


Charlie Steiner:

Day by Day - DC Talk (Godspell)
Song: first vote
Cover artist: first vote
Original artist: first vote


JMLs secret identity:

Knowing Me, Knowing You - Danny Wilson (Abba) NOT ON PLAYLIST
Song: first vote
Cover artist: first vote
Original artist: 11 votes – Knowing Me, Knowing You (1); Mamma Mia (1); The Name of the Game (1); Ring Ring (1); Rock Me (1); Does Your Mother Know (1); Angel Eyes (1); Our Last Summer (1); When All Is Said and Done (1); Waterloo (1); Voulez Vous (1)


zamboni:

Ziggy Stardust - Bauhaus (David Bowie)
Song: first vote
Cover artist: first vote
Original artist: first vote


John Maddens Lunchbox:

Let’s Stick Together - Bryan Ferry (Wilbert Harrison)
Song: first vote
Cover artist: first vote
Original artist: first vote


Ilov80s:

Love Buzz - Nirvana (Shocking Blue)
Song: first vote
Cover artist: first vote
Original artist: first vote


Eephus:

Keep Your Distance - Buddy & Julie Miller (Richard Thompson)
Song: first vote
Cover artist: first vote each
Original artist: first vote


The Dreaded Marco:

Wild Horses - The Sundays (The Rolling Stones)
Song: first vote
Cover artist: first vote
Original artist: five votes – Wild Horses (1); Street Fighting Man (1); Honky Tonk Women (1); Satisfaction (1); Dead Flowers (1)


New Binky the Doormat:

American Woman - Lenny Kravitz (The Guess Who)
Song: first vote
Cover artist: first vote
Original artist: first vote


Andy Dufresne:

Kiss Them For Me – Anna Nalick (Siouxsie & The Banshees)
Song: first vote
Cover artist: first vote
Original artist: first vote
 
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Twelve-Point Selections:
PART TWO:

Hawks64:

Free Fallin' - John Mayer (Tom Petty)
Song: first vote
Cover artist: first vote
Original artist: first vote


rockaction:

This Place Sucks – The New Bomb Turks (The Queers)
Song: first vote
Cover artist: first vote
Original artist: first vote


Scoresman:

Exit Music - Brad Mehldau (Radiohead)
Song: first vote
Cover artist: two votes – Exit Music (1); Knives Out (1)
Original artist: five votes – Knives Out (2); Exit Music (1); Airbag (1); Let Down (1)


Raging weasel:

There's No Way out of Here – Monster Magnet (Unicorn)
Song: first vote
Cover artist: first vote
Original artist: first vote


scorchy:

Gangsta’s Paradise - Battery (Coolio)
Song: first vote
Cover artist: first vote
Original artist: first vote


Mrs. Rannous:

Lady Marmalade - Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mya, Pink (Labelle)
Song: first vote
Cover artist: first vote each
Original artist: first vote


Mt. Man:

Come Together - Aerosmith (The Beatles)
Song: first vote
Cover artist: four votes – Walk This Way (2); Come Together (1); Big Ten Inch Record (1)
Original artist: 15 votes – Yesterday (2); Here Comes the Sun (1); Come Together (1); Got to Get You into My Life (1); Helter Skelter (1); Drive My Car (1); Dear Prudence (1); We Can Work It Out (1); While My Guitar Gently Weeps (1); Across the Universe (1); She Said She Said (1); I Want You (She’s So Heavy) (1); Let It Be (1); In My Life (1)


Mister CIA:

Tweeter and the Monkey Man – Headstones (Traveling Wilburys)
Song: first vote
Cover artist: first vote
Original artist: first vote


Val Rannous:

Got My Mind Set on You - George Harrison (James Ray)
Song: first vote
Cover artist: first vote
Original artist: first vote


landrys hat:

Love Vigilantes - Iron and Wine (New Order)
Song: first vote
Cover artist: two votes – Love Vigilantes (1); Such Great Heights (1)
Original artist: first vote


shuke:

My Soul - Phish (Clifton Chenier)
Song: first vote
Cover artist: two votes – My Soul (1); Frankenstein (1)
Original artist: first vote


Doug B:

Ice Cream Man - Van Halen (John Brim)
Song: first vote
Cover artist: two votes – Ice Cream Man (1); Man on the Silver Mountain (1)
Original artist: two votes – first vote


DrIanMalcolm:

Hey Joe - Jimi Hendrix Experience (The Leaves)
Song: two votes
Cover artist: two votes – Hey Joe (2)
Original artist: two votes – Hey Joe (2)


Chaos34:

Pour Some Sugar On Me - Hayseed Dixie (Def Leppard)
Song: first vote
Cover artist: first vote
Original artist: first vote


higgins:

Lady with a Fan - Bruce Hornsby (Grateful Dead)
Song: first vote
Cover artist: first vote
Original artist: three votes – Lady with a Fan (1); Help on the Way/Slipknot/Franklin's Tower (1); Friend of the Devil (1)


Oliver Humanzee:

When U Were Mine - Crooked Fingers (Prince)
Song: first vote
Cover artist: first vote
Original artist: two votes – When U Were Mine (1); Purple Rain (1)


krista4:

I Only Have Eyes for You – The Flamingos (Dick Powell)
Song: first vote
Cover artist: first vote
Original artist: first vote
 
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12 Points - Knowing Me Knowing You - Danny Wilson (Abba)
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ABBA - Knowing Me, Knowing You (Official Music Video)

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Released shortly after the monster hit Dancing Queen, this continued their run of greatness. Number one in the UK and high in most countries. It reached #14 in the US. First of their major songs to deal with relationship breakups. Much more to follow
Knowing Me, Knowing You" continues to be regarded as one of ABBA's finest songs. In 2017, Billboardranked the song number four on their list of the 15 greatest ABBA songs, and in 2021, Rolling Stoneranked the song number two on their list of the 25 greatest ABBA songs.

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Danny Wilson - Knowing me, knowing you (Live ABBA Cover)

Danny Wilson playing a live cover of the ABBA classic 'Knowing me, knowing you" from 1987. This was originally a b side and I first heard it when Danny Baker...
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Danny Wilson had a global hit with Mary’s Prayer in the late 80s. After that, not much. They are one of many Scottish artists who love to do Abba covers. Another coming soon. This is not the easiest song to do and they do it well. It actually does have a physical release in the live format on their Three-In-A-Bed Romp LP

Next up, another Scottish band take on Abba. This is one of their latter hits.
 
@krista4 I think there has been a mistake. I had Hey Joe on the last list (11 pointers). My entry here should be Smokestack Lightning.

Smokestack Lightning - Soundgarden (Howling Wolf)

I was actually planning to use the Grateful Dead's cover of this song in my countdown, but as I was searching for it on Spotify, I stumbled upon this Soundgarden cover and I enjoyed the hell out of it. So, this cover by Soundgarden is actually very new to me. I have enough GD represented in my list anyway.
 
12 point selections, aka my dirty dozens:

Whiskey In The Jar - Metallica
Thunder ⚡ On The Mountain- Wanda Jackson
Hey Joe - Jimi Hendrix
Mean Woman Blues - Roy Orbison 😎
Knowing Me, Knowing You - Danny Wilson
Love Buzz - Nirvana
Wild Horses 🐎🐎 - The Sundays
Kiss Them For Me - Anna Nalick
Ice Cream Man🍦- Van Halen
Exit Music - Brad Mehldau
 
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Uruk-Hai:

Riot in Cell Block Number 9 - Wanda Jackson (The Robins)
Song: first vote
Cover artist: two votes – Riot in Cell Block Number 9 (1); Thunder on the Mountain (1)
Original artist: first vote
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The world wasn't ready for Wanda Jackson. She came roaring out of Oklahoma in the 1950s, earning nicknames like "The Queen Of Rockabilly" and "The Female Elvis". Jackson was a stunningly beautiful woman whose mother decided to play that up (which is kind of messed up, except Wanda seems to have zero issue with it). She got thrown off the Opry for wearing spaghetti-strap tops, said "finger" to them, and had a bunch of big hits. Her voice was like the world's sexiest switchblade. Wanda's still kicking and making the occasional record (I think Jack White produced one a couple of years ago).

Lieber & Stoller wrote this song and had the Robins (who would transform into the Coasters) record it. It's along the lines of their later "Jailhouse Rock" with its story and litany of characters. The original is much more of a slowburn with a start-stop tempo and a bunch of sax interludes.

Jackson's version doesn't mess around (nothing "slow" about this version). She guns it from the get-go and sings it with an edge that's still frightening 60-some years later.
 
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krista4:

I Only Have Eyes for You – The Flamingos (Dick Powell)
Song: first vote
Cover artist: first vote
Original artist: first vote
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This right here is why cover songs matter, and always have. The Flamigos took a run-of-the-mill song from like the 1930s and turned it into one of the great records in R&R history. It sounds like it was recorded by a bunch of acid freaks underwater in an upside-down '56 Chevy. This is as glorious as music gets.
 
Saturday may turn out to be a double shot of playlists, but let’s start with the #21s. I decided to open things up a little and go 5 per category. We’ll see if it lasts.That’s not including a special shout-out. So, yeah, it’s fair to say that there was a good deal for me to enjoy.

Recognized by title alone: 20
Sounded familiar: 2
Knew from previous M-AD countdown: 1
Didn’t Know: 11

Selected Favorites:
Dirty Old Town - The Pogues
Got to Get you Into my life - Earth, Wind & Fire
House of the Rising Sun - The Animals
(I Can’t Help) Falling In Love With You - UB40
Bette Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes. Didn’t even think of this as a cover.

Hadn’t heard before, but liked
Killing the Blues - Robert Plant & Allison Krauss
Yesterday - David Clatyon-Thomas
Sophisticated Boom Boom - The Shangri-Las
I’m Shakin’ - Jack White
American Pie - Home Free ft. Don MacLean

Special Shout-out:
To Both Foo Fighters songs. Well, one’s kind of orginally a Grohl/Foo Fighters song, and the other definitely isn’t. But both almost made my list, until I decided to call them out here.
 
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@krista4 I think there has been a mistake. I had Hey Joe on the last list (11 pointers). My entry here should be Smokestack Lightning.

Smokestack Lightning - Soundgarden (Howling Wolf)

I was actually planning to use the Grateful Dead's cover of this song in my countdown, but as I was searching for it on Spotify, I stumbled upon this Soundgarden cover and I enjoyed the hell out of it. So, this cover by Soundgarden is actually very new to me. I have enough GD represented in my list anyway.
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Oops, sorry! I will correct that! @Val Rannous , could you please add this to the playlist?
 
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As an owner of the DOUBLE ALBUM soundtrack to the Sgt. Pepper movie, on one hand I concur about the two songs that made it to the radio; on the other, I have to confess that this movie really put me on the road to becoming my neighborhood's resident Beatles freak, despite George Burns' version of For the Benefit of Mr. Kite and Steve Martin's Maxwell's Silver Hammer.
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You shut your damn mouth! I love that version.
 
12 Points - Let’s Stick Together (Let’s Work together) - Bryan Ferry (Wilbert Harrison)
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WILBERT HARRISON / LET'S STICK TOGETHER

Wilbert Harrison ''Let's Stick Together''
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Wilbert Harrison was a rhythm and blues singer who like most artists had record label issues, legal issues and all the usuals. He had one song that really hit big in 1959 called Kansas City that reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. it was also recorded by Little Richard and the Beatles to name a few. After that Harrison struggled, but he had another number up his sleeve called Let’s Stick Together. This was released multiple times before being reworked as Let’s Work Together. It charted and reached #32 in 1969. Canned Heat did a cover following on from their On the Road Again and Going Up Country hits. Let”s Work Together became their third and last top 20 hit

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Bryan Ferry - Let's Stick Together

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Bryan Ferry was lead singer of Roxy Music. Winning the battle over Brian Eno for control of the band, Ferry turned the band from an Avant Garde Art Band to smooth crooners with great success. In between works by the band, Ferry took to recording albums of covers as a solo artist. These Fooling Things, A Hard Rains Gonna Fall, You Won’t See Me, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, The In Crowd, Price of Love, Its Only Love are just some of his interpretations. His biggest solo hit came when he covered the original version from Harrison rather than the reworked version. It went #1 in Australia and #4 in the UK. Propelled by a video featuring whore to the stars, Jerry Hall cavorting sexily around Ferry. Mick Jagger was so impressed he stole Hall from Ferry soon after.

Next up, a Tarantino special.
 
Next up on my list, we have two female vocalists being covered, both of who you will have heard of. The first covering band will probably be new to you, and ergo the cover, the second band should not be new to you, but I'm really unsure how well known the cover is, so let's see how it goes

Edit - after further review, on the second one, I was completely unaware that the band in question did a studio version of the cover as a b-side on one of their early singles - for clarity, I am meaning the live version which they released as a stand alone single
 
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Just listened to the #21s. Didn't love as much as the prior playlist, but there were some new-to-me gems:

"She's Got You" by Rosanne Cash - I honestly had no idea she could sing this well. Where have I been?
"Marigold" by Foo Fighters - I didn't know the original but loved this one.
"Jealous Guy" by Donny Hathaway - This is how you do a cover, keeping some of the best elements but making it your own. With no offense to the excellent prior cover that was selected, this is the best version I've heard.
"Mamma Mia" by Punk Rock Factory - I don't like this original so had low expectations. I think this song was destined to be more punk-y with the staccato feel of the chorus. Fantastic.
"See No Evil" by Joe Jackson - Pretty faithful but really well done.
"Helter Skelter" by Rob Zombie and Marilyn Manson - It's odd, but I thought this was very good, but I'd never want to hear it again. I guess it's not my style, but I admire the cover. Too many artists have tried to cover this and failed miserably by trying to speed it up or making it heavier, which really is impossible to do. This one worked for me.
"Once a Day" by Mike Ness - Don't know the original but enjoyed this.
"I'm Shakin'" by Jack White - That why we here. WHOA.
"True Love Will Find You in the End" by Beck - Hey, I like a Beck song! Wouldn't have recognized his voice.
"La Grange" by some fellas - Rockin'. I'll have to play this for OH. The original is one of his favorite songs.

Shout-out to "Killing the Blues," which I learned of and loved from a prior countdown.
Also a shout-out to "Dirty Old Town" for being one of my last cuts. RIP Shane.
 
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