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The middle-aged dummies are forming a band called "Blanket"! It's a cover band. (2 Viewers)
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Charlie Steiner
Footballguy
I don't dislike it; it's one of the songs on the soundtrack that brings on derision from non-believers. Perhaps I should have cited Frankie Howerd's version of Mean Mr. Mustard instead.
Anyway, speaking of non-believers, I beg everyone's indulgence regarding my pick for this round. I mostly have kept my beliefs/faith to myself (outside of a few times when wikkidpissah would humor me), and I'm by no means going down that road here. I have a pre-conversion connection to Godspell, and this version of the song came out at an interesting time for me personally.
In high school, my next door neighbor was a drama jock and our school's Fall production my junior year was Godspell, with my neighbor playing Jesus. I went to see it as a show of support and I was bitten by the acting bug. I had been in some skits at church when I was younger, so I already had some interest and this show made me want to pick it up again. I was cast in a one-act play in a supporting role with my neighbor. The play was very well received and we even won first place with it at a competition the following Summer. I was cast in the ensemble of the Spring show, Superman: The Musical. I don't sing very well but it was a big ensemble and I could fake it; plus, I was the only ensemble member to have any speaking lines, so I was happy. That Fall, my senior year, the production was to be a murder-mystery/comedy. My neighbor didn't want the part he was cast, and I didn't get cast but was his understudy, so I for the first month of production, I was doing that part. After a month, my neighbor comes back to the production and takes over. I found out that the director had been begging him every day to come back. I didn't think I was that bad and certainly wasn't getting any kind of direction regarding my 'acting style', so it was a real blow to my ego. As a peace offering, the director said I could go on for the dress rehearsal night and the second night, leaving opening night and closing night for my friend who was off pouting for a month. I think I pretty much checked out by opening night. I missed the dress rehearsal performance because I accidentally locked myself out of the house and couldn't get to the show on time, and then I forgot a key line the night I did go on, and it threw everyone else off. I didn't audition for the Winter or Spring shows and felt like I had been cheated.
This version of the song came out in 1996, coincidentally the same year I was 'born again', thanks to one of my cousins who had been born again himself a few years ago after he miraculously didn't get fired for doing something very stupid at work. He's the one who introduced me to DC Talk's music, but not this song. I found it on my own. For those who've never heard of this band, they burned brightly in Christian music for almost a decade with their blend of hip-hop, rock and pop styles. They stayed mainly on the Christian music charts but did have a song cross-over to the mainstream charts, Between You and Me, that peaked at #11 on the U.S. Hot Adult Top 40 in 1996.
Uruk-Hai
Footballguy
No idea. She's like Lyle Lovett to me - everything sounds good.
Uruk-Hai
Footballguy
Wanda would cut a throat and leave a body dead in an alley. I'm not so sure she wasn't a CIA assassin.
krista4
Footballguy
Yep, literally got chills, too.
simey
Footballguy
John is looking mighty fine in that clip. I read last week that Paul got his bass back that was stolen from him back in the 60s.
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krista4
Footballguy
Love the story and love Godspell. I'm looking forward to this one.
krista4
Footballguy
Why yes he does.
I read about that, too. There were a similarly cool story of someone finding John's lost guitar about 10 years ago.
Mt. Man
Footballguy
#20 Come Together - Aerosmith (The Beatles)
Original: Spotify; Youtube
I'm not sure that either version of this song needs much of an introduction. And some of what I have was covered in the discussion for the last playlist:
At #19, my own repeat from previous M-ADs, though if I'd been more on the ball before, I would've changed the previous one. But not much of a clue this time...
Original: Spotify; Youtube
I'm not sure that either version of this song needs much of an introduction. And some of what I have was covered in the discussion for the last playlist:
Though I have seen the movie (it's... very 70s), I don't exactly listen to the entire soundtrack much to at all. Some songs, though, certainly. Heck, i considered more than one (though 3, maybe 4 tops) from this soundtrack. With approximately 10,000 (Note: not a real estimate) Beatles to choose from, it's very much down to personal taste. As shown by the M-ADs having chosen 14 songs from them... and we're only 12 songs in.
At #19, my own repeat from previous M-ADs, though if I'd been more on the ball before, I would've changed the previous one. But not much of a clue this time...
Val Rannous
Footballguy
Playlist has been updated to include the Soundgarden cover of Smokestack Lightning. Hey Joe is still on the playlist, as another person also selected it for today, so we're all good.
simey
Footballguy
You gotta have thick skin for some of those drama/acting teachers. Many will choose the one they want over the one who worked hardest and wanted it the most.
simey
Footballguy
Where did he go? Was he following the Dave Matthews Band?
simey
Footballguy
- hey sista, go sista, soul sista, flow sista. I love that tune. This cover of "Lady Marmalade" by the four women is great. What I think is so neat about it, is that each woman's style shows in each of their verses. I think it's a great cover.
- Chris Cornell's voice and Soundgarden's music makes their cover of "Smokestack Lightning"
. They make it different in a very good way.
- I love the song "Wild Horses" in general, and The Sundays spin on the tune is great.
- Buddy and Julie Miller are in the house. I love them, and I dig their version of "Keep Your Distance." Uruk took a Buddy song earlier, and I said I was a fan of his, and I especially like his albums with his wife Julie. Their solo albums are good, too, and the other one always has a hand in the other's solo album.
- Chris Cornell's voice and Soundgarden's music makes their cover of "Smokestack Lightning"
. They make it different in a very good way.- I love the song "Wild Horses" in general, and The Sundays spin on the tune is great.
- Buddy and Julie Miller are in the house. I love them, and I dig their version of "Keep Your Distance." Uruk took a Buddy song earlier, and I said I was a fan of his, and I especially like his albums with his wife Julie. Their solo albums are good, too, and the other one always has a hand in the other's solo album.
simey
Footballguy
- This lively version of "My Soul" by Phish is great. I think my favorite player in their band is the piano player.
- I like Crooked Little Fingers cover of "When You Were Mine" better than Prince's version. All of Eric Bachmann's bands are good.
- Who said you can't play rock at hoedowns? Step inside, walk this way, you and me babe, hey hey
Hayseed Dixie's cover of "Pour Some Sugar on Me" is fun. 
- I've discovered that Wanda Jackson is a badass.
- I like Crooked Little Fingers cover of "When You Were Mine" better than Prince's version. All of Eric Bachmann's bands are good.
- Who said you can't play rock at hoedowns? Step inside, walk this way, you and me babe, hey hey
Hayseed Dixie's cover of "Pour Some Sugar on Me" is fun. - I've discovered that Wanda Jackson is a badass.
simey
Footballguy
@Uruk-Hai Today was the honoring of NC State's 1974 team, and a lot of them are still alive. David Thompson, Monte Towe, Nate Burleson, Phil Spence, and Tim Stoddard are the players that were there today that I remember. The one player that wasn't there that I remember is the late Moe Rivers. The commentators mentioned that the '74 team were part of a game that ended up expanding the number of participants in the NCAA Tournament the following year. It was the Maryland game.
Charlie Steiner
Footballguy
I vaguely recall feeling like I had established myself as at least competent in the role, and was expecting adjustments to come from the director, but I took his silence about my performance as approval for what I was doing. My friend was the most accomplished actor at the school, as he had been at it since he was 4 or 5. I wasn't insulted that the director wanted the better actor; instead, I felt that he should have moved on from my friend, who at the time was being a prima donna by refusing the part he was cast in instead of the part he wanted.
As for that director, he was fired a couple years later when his affair with a male student surfaced.
Tau837
Footballguy
krista4
Footballguy
Yep!
simey
Footballguy
Some of those drama teachers are just a different breed. I took drama/acting in high school and college, and all of my teachers and professors were weird. They always played favorites.
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
OH tally:
OH cover songs I have heard of: 2
OH original songs I have heard of: 6
OH cover artists I have heard of: 9
OH original artists I have heard of: 10
Here, I know the original but neither the cover nor the cover band. However, my first exposure to this song was through a different cover that got some play on MTV and FM radio in the '80s. I wonder if we will see it later.
OH cover songs I have heard of: 2
OH original songs I have heard of: 6
OH cover artists I have heard of: 9
OH original artists I have heard of: 10
Here, I know the original but neither the cover nor the cover band. However, my first exposure to this song was through a different cover that got some play on MTV and FM radio in the '80s. I wonder if we will see it later.
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
My wife was a creative writing major in college and said the same thing about all of her professors.
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
Today on SiriusXM's Underground Garage channel I heard friend of the thread The Smithereens covering other friend of the thread The Beatles. Wonder if we'll see THAT later.
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
Covers from #20 that I know and like and haven't mentioned yet in the regular countdown or the Last 5 Out reveal:
Smokestack Lightning - Soundgarden (Howling Wolf) -- This is from early in their career and was not the kind of thing I was expecting to hear on a SST release back in the day.
Ziggy Stardust - Bauhaus (David Bowie) -- I only know this because OTB chose it for MAD 1.
Love Buzz - Nirvana (Shocking Blue) -- Like almost everyone from Gen X, I heard this cover before the original. Both are great. I selected the original in my 1969 countdown.
Wild Horses - The Sundays (The Rolling Stones) -- Gorgeous. I could listen to Harriet Wheeler sing Yelp reviews.
American Woman - Lenny Kravitz (The Guess Who) -- Lenny was always a "classicist" when it came to rock, so not surprisingly this cover is pretty faithful.
Exit Music - Brad Mehldau (Radiohead) -- I came upon this after I was sent the Knives Out cover.
Got My Mind Set on You - George Harrison (James Ray) -- This song's just six words long
My Soul - Phish (Clifton Chenier) -- The worst elements of Phish's online fanbase used to complain about the frequency of this song's performance, because they don't understand music.
Ice Cream Man - Van Halen (John Brim) -- IIRC someone did a Van Halen song countdown on this board and there was an argument over whether this was a cover.
I Only Have Eyes for You – The Flamingos (Dick Powell) -- A revolutionary recording for its time. I had no idea it was a cover.
Smokestack Lightning - Soundgarden (Howling Wolf) -- This is from early in their career and was not the kind of thing I was expecting to hear on a SST release back in the day.
Ziggy Stardust - Bauhaus (David Bowie) -- I only know this because OTB chose it for MAD 1.
Love Buzz - Nirvana (Shocking Blue) -- Like almost everyone from Gen X, I heard this cover before the original. Both are great. I selected the original in my 1969 countdown.
Wild Horses - The Sundays (The Rolling Stones) -- Gorgeous. I could listen to Harriet Wheeler sing Yelp reviews.
American Woman - Lenny Kravitz (The Guess Who) -- Lenny was always a "classicist" when it came to rock, so not surprisingly this cover is pretty faithful.
Exit Music - Brad Mehldau (Radiohead) -- I came upon this after I was sent the Knives Out cover.
Got My Mind Set on You - George Harrison (James Ray) -- This song's just six words long
My Soul - Phish (Clifton Chenier) -- The worst elements of Phish's online fanbase used to complain about the frequency of this song's performance, because they don't understand music.
Ice Cream Man - Van Halen (John Brim) -- IIRC someone did a Van Halen song countdown on this board and there was an argument over whether this was a cover.
I Only Have Eyes for You – The Flamingos (Dick Powell) -- A revolutionary recording for its time. I had no idea it was a cover.
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
Pip’s Invitation:
Here Comes the Sun -- Richie Havens (The Beatles)
This is one of my very first musical memories -- I remember Havens performing this on Sesame Street in the mid '70s. The original is in my top 5 Beatles songs and I like the Havens cover almost as much. He completely reinvents the song, to the point where you have no idea what the song even is until he starts singing after a long intro. Every aspect of the arrangement is exquisitely percussive, and Havens' vocal pulls off the difficult task of being free-flowing but intense. Deservedly, this was the biggest US chart success of Havens' career, reaching #16 on the Hot 100.
Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQetemT1sWc
At #19, an artist who has already appeared on my list as a coveree shows up as a coverer. They will be the second such artist to be revealed out of six. The first was, of course, Neil Young.
Here Comes the Sun -- Richie Havens (The Beatles)
This is one of my very first musical memories -- I remember Havens performing this on Sesame Street in the mid '70s. The original is in my top 5 Beatles songs and I like the Havens cover almost as much. He completely reinvents the song, to the point where you have no idea what the song even is until he starts singing after a long intro. Every aspect of the arrangement is exquisitely percussive, and Havens' vocal pulls off the difficult task of being free-flowing but intense. Deservedly, this was the biggest US chart success of Havens' career, reaching #16 on the Hot 100.
Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQetemT1sWc
At #19, an artist who has already appeared on my list as a coveree shows up as a coverer. They will be the second such artist to be revealed out of six. The first was, of course, Neil Young.
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
Stats at #20:
There are 10 instances of 7 songs on my list that have appeared on the lists so far. We know that three other people also picked Linda Ronstadt's You're No Good. We know that one other person also picked Talking Heads' Take Me to the River. Of the remaining songs not yet revealed, one has appeared twice and the others once.
There are 2 instances of 1 song on my list that has appeared on the lists so far in a different cover version. We know that this is All Along the Watchtower (Dave Matthews and U2 versions, in addition to my Neil Young version). And I suspect there will be more where that came from.
There are 10 instances of 7 songs on my list that have appeared on the lists so far. We know that three other people also picked Linda Ronstadt's You're No Good. We know that one other person also picked Talking Heads' Take Me to the River. Of the remaining songs not yet revealed, one has appeared twice and the others once.
There are 2 instances of 1 song on my list that has appeared on the lists so far in a different cover version. We know that this is All Along the Watchtower (Dave Matthews and U2 versions, in addition to my Neil Young version). And I suspect there will be more where that came from.
krista4
Footballguy
By the way, I noticed today that the two of you actually have the same cover on your lists.
shuke
Black Ice Skeptic
Were you familiar with the original? For a long time I thought this was Phish original.
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
New to me covers from #20 that I very much enjoyed:
Riot in Cell Block Number 9 - Wanda Jackson (The Robins) -- Badass
Whiskey In The Jar - Metallica (traditional) -- Punchy
Thunder on the Mountain – Wanda Jackson (Robert Zimmerman) -- Certainly wasn't expecting two from her in the same round. This is one of my favorite Dylan songs of relatively recent vintage and her cover certainly does it justice
Whole Lotta Love – Ike and Tina Turner (Led Zeppelin or was it Muddy Waters) -- Freaky, funky and fantastic. Where has this been all my life?
Most of the Time - Sophie Zelmani (Bob Dylan) -- Captures the ethereal quality that makes it one of Dylan's best '80s songs
Mean Woman Blues - Roy Orbison (Elvis Presley) -- Manages to be suave and threatening at the same time
Day by Day - DC Talk (Godspell) -- Fantastic arrangement
Knowing Me, Knowing You - Danny Wilson (Abba) -- I like the bass here
Let’s Stick Together - Bryan Ferry (Wilbert Harrison) -- I'd heard of this but not actually heard it. Musically it's pretty close to '70s Roxy Music, which is just fine for me.
Keep Your Distance - Buddy & Julie Miller (Richard Thompson) -- Compelling performance with great harmonies. You can tell by the vocal cadence that it's a Thompson song -- no one else sings that way. Speaking of Thompson, my son's guitar teacher was just in Nashville and got seated next to him when he went out for breakfast. He was easy to identify because he was wearing his signature beret. No idea why Thompson was in town.
Kiss Them For Me – Anna Nalick (Siouxsie & The Banshees) -- Keeps everything memorable about the original and adds some subtle touches with the instrumentation.
This Place Sucks – The New Bomb Turks (The Queers) -- at 45 seconds, that's gotta be the shortest song in this exercise, no?
There's No Way out of Here – Monster Magnet (Unicorn) -- I am familiar with the version where MM presumably first heard this song, on David Gilmour's first solo album. Love that one and this one. Have never heard the original.
Tweeter and the Monkey Man – Headstones (Traveling Wilburys) -- Makes perfect sense as a beefy rocker
Love Vigilantes - Iron and Wine (New Order) -- Lush and lovely
Lady with a Fan - Bruce Hornsby (Grateful Dead) -- Not really surprising that Hornsby would do a good job with Dead material, since he played with them.
Riot in Cell Block Number 9 - Wanda Jackson (The Robins) -- Badass
Whiskey In The Jar - Metallica (traditional) -- Punchy
Thunder on the Mountain – Wanda Jackson (Robert Zimmerman) -- Certainly wasn't expecting two from her in the same round. This is one of my favorite Dylan songs of relatively recent vintage and her cover certainly does it justice
Whole Lotta Love – Ike and Tina Turner (Led Zeppelin or was it Muddy Waters) -- Freaky, funky and fantastic. Where has this been all my life?
Most of the Time - Sophie Zelmani (Bob Dylan) -- Captures the ethereal quality that makes it one of Dylan's best '80s songs
Mean Woman Blues - Roy Orbison (Elvis Presley) -- Manages to be suave and threatening at the same time
Day by Day - DC Talk (Godspell) -- Fantastic arrangement
Knowing Me, Knowing You - Danny Wilson (Abba) -- I like the bass here
Let’s Stick Together - Bryan Ferry (Wilbert Harrison) -- I'd heard of this but not actually heard it. Musically it's pretty close to '70s Roxy Music, which is just fine for me.
Keep Your Distance - Buddy & Julie Miller (Richard Thompson) -- Compelling performance with great harmonies. You can tell by the vocal cadence that it's a Thompson song -- no one else sings that way. Speaking of Thompson, my son's guitar teacher was just in Nashville and got seated next to him when he went out for breakfast. He was easy to identify because he was wearing his signature beret. No idea why Thompson was in town.
Kiss Them For Me – Anna Nalick (Siouxsie & The Banshees) -- Keeps everything memorable about the original and adds some subtle touches with the instrumentation.
This Place Sucks – The New Bomb Turks (The Queers) -- at 45 seconds, that's gotta be the shortest song in this exercise, no?
There's No Way out of Here – Monster Magnet (Unicorn) -- I am familiar with the version where MM presumably first heard this song, on David Gilmour's first solo album. Love that one and this one. Have never heard the original.
Tweeter and the Monkey Man – Headstones (Traveling Wilburys) -- Makes perfect sense as a beefy rocker
Love Vigilantes - Iron and Wine (New Order) -- Lush and lovely
Lady with a Fan - Bruce Hornsby (Grateful Dead) -- Not really surprising that Hornsby would do a good job with Dead material, since he played with them.
rockaction
Footballguy
20. This Place Sucks - New Bomb Turks (The Queers)
I'm keeping the punk rock to a minimum in this countdown, but this one is surely a punk song from the originators to the cover band. The Queers, a famous long-time punk outfit from New England (think about '82-'84 as their beginning dates) used to write songs like "Kicked Out Of The Webelos," "We'd Have A Riot Doing Heroin," "I Want ****," "**** You," and other short, sweet and absurdly obscene songs, many of which were covered by various punk bands from their inception to the present day. "This Place Sucks," written and performed first in 1984, is a short little ditty focusing on exactly how much the place they were at sucked at the exact moment in time that the song was written. The New Bomb Turks, a punk/rhythm and blues outfit from Columbus, Ohio, saw its genius and covered it in 1993 for their EP entitled Drunk On ****.
Two things about this song that relate to me: We used to play this in our college dormitory because the collegiate tour guides would often come around under our window, pointing out the virtues of dear old Andrews Hall to the prospective students and parents. When we would catch this happening, we would open our windows, turn the speakers up full blast, and holler along with the song (we were jerks and immature enough to do this more often than not). This caused a problem with the university, needless to say, and we were duly reprimanded and got in tons of trouble with residential life for that and other assorted things. It was a testy year between us and campus authority, which in retrospect, is really kind of embarrassing and stupid, but there you go. Some people fight under abject circumstances for basic human rights; we pissed off the softest university administrators ever. But oh well. The whole floor of the dorm would gather in our room, hang out the window, and chant the lyrics to this song at Moms and Dads. It was quite a scene. I'd like to throttle that kid that was me and tell him how exactly cool that was, but what's done is done.
The second way in which this song relates to me is that this is the song that I sang with The Queers while near the stage at the Cafe Nine in New Haven. Wimpy Rutherford offered me the microphone, and I knew the song, so I just let loose. He kept the mic there for a while and there I was, belting out the song. As luck would have it, the resident rock critic (back when they still had those) at the Hartford Courant wrote it up in the paper as "some guy in Dockers™ losing himself in the mosh pit, singing along with absolute bliss to The Queers." I think he took a veiled swipe at me because earlier in the night, I'd bumped into him with a beer in my hand and accidentally spilled it all over him (I was Rick and Morty wrecked for that show). So it was that my khakis-wearing *** (I had no jeans that fit as I'd put on about twenty-five pounds worth of beer and pizza weight that year) wound up immortalized in print in the Hartford Courant the very next day. They could have at least snapped a picture. Those pants were tight. No, I don't mean cool or hip. I mean they really were tight.
And so though this write-up is long the song is short, sweet, slightly repulsive, chant and sing-a-long-worthy to begin with, and The New Bomb Turks amplify up to ten, speed up the already sped-up, and deliver a nineties punk rock classic.
I'm keeping the punk rock to a minimum in this countdown, but this one is surely a punk song from the originators to the cover band. The Queers, a famous long-time punk outfit from New England (think about '82-'84 as their beginning dates) used to write songs like "Kicked Out Of The Webelos," "We'd Have A Riot Doing Heroin," "I Want ****," "**** You," and other short, sweet and absurdly obscene songs, many of which were covered by various punk bands from their inception to the present day. "This Place Sucks," written and performed first in 1984, is a short little ditty focusing on exactly how much the place they were at sucked at the exact moment in time that the song was written. The New Bomb Turks, a punk/rhythm and blues outfit from Columbus, Ohio, saw its genius and covered it in 1993 for their EP entitled Drunk On ****.
Two things about this song that relate to me: We used to play this in our college dormitory because the collegiate tour guides would often come around under our window, pointing out the virtues of dear old Andrews Hall to the prospective students and parents. When we would catch this happening, we would open our windows, turn the speakers up full blast, and holler along with the song (we were jerks and immature enough to do this more often than not). This caused a problem with the university, needless to say, and we were duly reprimanded and got in tons of trouble with residential life for that and other assorted things. It was a testy year between us and campus authority, which in retrospect, is really kind of embarrassing and stupid, but there you go. Some people fight under abject circumstances for basic human rights; we pissed off the softest university administrators ever. But oh well. The whole floor of the dorm would gather in our room, hang out the window, and chant the lyrics to this song at Moms and Dads. It was quite a scene. I'd like to throttle that kid that was me and tell him how exactly cool that was, but what's done is done.
The second way in which this song relates to me is that this is the song that I sang with The Queers while near the stage at the Cafe Nine in New Haven. Wimpy Rutherford offered me the microphone, and I knew the song, so I just let loose. He kept the mic there for a while and there I was, belting out the song. As luck would have it, the resident rock critic (back when they still had those) at the Hartford Courant wrote it up in the paper as "some guy in Dockers™ losing himself in the mosh pit, singing along with absolute bliss to The Queers." I think he took a veiled swipe at me because earlier in the night, I'd bumped into him with a beer in my hand and accidentally spilled it all over him (I was Rick and Morty wrecked for that show). So it was that my khakis-wearing *** (I had no jeans that fit as I'd put on about twenty-five pounds worth of beer and pizza weight that year) wound up immortalized in print in the Hartford Courant the very next day. They could have at least snapped a picture. Those pants were tight. No, I don't mean cool or hip. I mean they really were tight.
And so though this write-up is long the song is short, sweet, slightly repulsive, chant and sing-a-long-worthy to begin with, and The New Bomb Turks amplify up to ten, speed up the already sped-up, and deliver a nineties punk rock classic.
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Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
I don't normally make lists of my faves; but today there are a lot of them, so here goes:
Riot in Cell Block Number 9 - Wanda Jackson
Smokestack Lightning - Soundgarden
Mean Woman Blues - Roy Orbison (always love what he croons) Here's Roy singing it at the Black and White concert.
Gangsta's Paradise - Battery (didn't know anyone could cover this)
My Soul - Phish
Tweeter and the Monkey Man - Headstones (excellent)
Riot in Cell Block Number 9 - Wanda Jackson
Smokestack Lightning - Soundgarden
Mean Woman Blues - Roy Orbison (always love what he croons) Here's Roy singing it at the Black and White concert.
Gangsta's Paradise - Battery (didn't know anyone could cover this)
My Soul - Phish
Tweeter and the Monkey Man - Headstones (excellent)
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zamboni
Footballguy
Speaking of OTB, where did he go? Looks like he hasn't posted since Sept 2023.
rockaction
Footballguy
Voluntary disengagement. I haven't talked to him in a while. He is missed.
Uruk-Hai
Footballguy
I both love and hate this, but mostly love it
Maryland lost 5 games that year - all to Top 5 teams (UCLA, UNC, & NCSU x 3). They smoked UNC in the ACC semifinals - Lefty wanted to embarrass Dean Smith, who he thought was worse than Hitler at the time - but I think maybe wore his team out a little leading up to the State game in the finals. That said, it was 103-100 in OT in a game with exactly zero turnovers committed by either team.
I hated Monte freaking Towe. Nobody who ever played basketball - college, pro, international, in Heaven, in Hell - could guard David Thompson in 1974. You just accepted that he was going to destroy you and moved on. But Towe, with that frat-boy smirk, made you want to slap him off of the planet. He was proto-Wojo. I'm sure he's a nice guy but someone may have to post bail for me if I ever see him in person. Good player, though
I've met more players from the NCSU '74 team than I have from Maryland's. DT, Spence, Stoddard (when he pitched for the Orioles), Tommy Burleson, (I think) Rivers. I swore Tom McMillen as a notary back in the early '80s. I've run across Lenny Elmore several times over the years (great player and even greater jerk).
zamboni
Footballguy
I thought that was the same Stoddard from the Orioles - forgot he was on that 1974 NC State team. And McMillen went gray in about the 8th grade IIRC.
Uruk-Hai
Footballguy
Stoddard was the presumptive power forward on NC State, though Thompson was the one who posted up (good luck, defenders!). He'd stand outside and feed DT & Burleson.
McMillen came out of the womb with gray hair. Good dude.
simey
Footballguy
I wasn't familiar with the original by Clifton Chenier. I listened to it after I listened to Phish's cover, and I liked it. Both versions are good.
simey
Footballguy
Check this out. It starts with State players and Elmore talking about the Maryland game, and ends with State playing Marquette in the Championship. I forgot about when Thompson hit his head on the floor during the Pittsburgh game. He was knocked out and looked dead. They took him away in an ambulance, and he got 16 stitches in his head and a severe concussion. The loudest Reynolds Coliseum has ever been is when David returned to the game with his head all wrapped in gauze, and the Wolfpack fans were howling that he was alive and walking. He sat on the bench the rest of the game, but played in the next game against UCLA. If it were today, I doubt he would have been cleared to play with the concussion he had. He played great, though.
simey
Footballguy
- "Ziggy Stardust" by Bauhaus is great. I remember otb taking it, and it's great to revisit it. It's one of my favorite Bowie songs, and this version stays very faithful to the original. I like this version just as much as Bowie's original, and maybe a tad better. I like the drumming better in the Bauhaus cover. 
- "Comfortably Numb" by Staind is stripped down. It's a nice slowed down naked version. They change the lyrics a little in it. There are lots of things I love about Pink Floyd's original that to me make the song special. I think the dreamy music in it takes you on a ride along with the lyrics. Also, Waters' spoken voice on the verses has an eeriness about it, and then David Gilmour's voice on the chorus is so soothing sounding, which goes great with the "there is no pain you are a receding, etc." Waters' part is the stress inside and Gilmour's part is the letting it all go. Gilmour's guitar sings a couple great solos, and with everything combined the result is a great piece of music/art.
- "Comfortably Numb" by Staind is stripped down. It's a nice slowed down naked version. They change the lyrics a little in it. There are lots of things I love about Pink Floyd's original that to me make the song special. I think the dreamy music in it takes you on a ride along with the lyrics. Also, Waters' spoken voice on the verses has an eeriness about it, and then David Gilmour's voice on the chorus is so soothing sounding, which goes great with the "there is no pain you are a receding, etc." Waters' part is the stress inside and Gilmour's part is the letting it all go. Gilmour's guitar sings a couple great solos, and with everything combined the result is a great piece of music/art.
simey
Footballguy
- I love this souped-up cover of "Tweeter and the Monkey Man" by the Headstones.
- I had no idea the goldie oldie "I Only Have Eyes For You" was a cover. I listened to the original, and much prefer the great version by The Flamingos.
- Bruce Hornsby's live cover of the Dead's "Lady With A Fan" is great. His piano makes it pretty. I like the Grateful Dead's original, too. I remember when Bruce opened for the Grateful Dead at Carter-Finley Stadium in 1990, and he played with them a little some during their set. Their keyboardist, Brent, died not long after, and Bruce took his place in the band for a bit. I think he fit in well. Thankfully, "the curse of the keyboardist" didn't strike him while playing with the band.
- Iron and Wine's mellow cover of New Order's "Love Vigilantes" is really good.
- Nirvana's cover of "Love Buzz' is
. I listened to the original by Shocking Blue, and I like their cover, too. I like both sounds.
- I had no idea the goldie oldie "I Only Have Eyes For You" was a cover. I listened to the original, and much prefer the great version by The Flamingos.
- Bruce Hornsby's live cover of the Dead's "Lady With A Fan" is great. His piano makes it pretty. I like the Grateful Dead's original, too. I remember when Bruce opened for the Grateful Dead at Carter-Finley Stadium in 1990, and he played with them a little some during their set. Their keyboardist, Brent, died not long after, and Bruce took his place in the band for a bit. I think he fit in well. Thankfully, "the curse of the keyboardist" didn't strike him while playing with the band.
- Iron and Wine's mellow cover of New Order's "Love Vigilantes" is really good.
- Nirvana's cover of "Love Buzz' is
. I listened to the original by Shocking Blue, and I like their cover, too. I like both sounds.
Hawks64
Footballguy
Sort of, Dave Matthews and Time Reynolds do a weekend show at Moon Palace in Riveria Maya. This is the second year we've gone, and it's simply amazing. Hanging out at a resort with 5-6k DMB fans is one thing, add in the 3 acoustic shows on the beach and it's magical. We wind up making lifelong friends every time we go and reconnecting each year. It's pretty cool that everyone you meet is looking forward to meeting up at other shows during the summer tour. It's a pretty special experience.
This year Jason Isbell performed Thu night on the main stage, a total meh performance. Very little energy, not really having any fun on stage. Might have something to do with his wife filing for divorce shortly before this trip but still didn't dig the show, and wouldn't go see him again.
Fri night Mavis Staples opened, and man did she kill it. For being 84 years old she was simply unbelievable. Sat night the Lone Bellow opened and I wasn't really familiar with their music but they were also excellent, with lots of energy and tons of fun. I'd go to any of their shows and we had a blast during both of their sets.
For the Dave and Tim sets, we got lots of covers and lots of guests. Fri night Jason Isbell guested on Cortez the Killer and Mavis and Raab (Dave's vocal coach) guested on a full 5 verse version of The Weight, both mindblowing. On Sat we got a few guests, John Alagia (co-writer and collaborator on a lot of DMB songs) came out and played If I Fell. We also got Oh Sister and Old Man with members of The Lone Bellow. Sunday's set gave us Dave solo doing Just Breathe, Dave & Tim doing The Maker, Tim doing In Your Eyes, Trey Anastasio coming out for So Damn Lucky (DMB Song), Dodo (DMB Song) and the first set closing with Up On Cripple Creek. Wound up getting 2 encores, the first had Dave solo doing Funny How Time Slips Away, and Dave & Tim doing Watchtower. Total show with 75 songs over 3 nights.
Uruk-Hai
Footballguy
I'm surprised Saint Wooden didn't petition the NCAA to institute a concussion protocol before the game. Thompson ate them alive.
simey
Footballguy
- "Exit Music" is another Brad Mehldau instrumental Radiohead cover that sounds great. I'd rather listen to Brad vs Radiohead.
- New Bomb Turks punk out harder than the original by The Queers on "This Place Sucks."
- This Christian rock song "Day By Day" by DC Talk is good.
- Roy Orbison's cover of "Mean Woman Blues" is good. I think the female backup singers really adds to the song.
- This acoustic live version of "Here Comes the
" by Richie Havens is different and cool. The original is a top 5 Beatles tune for me.
- Sophie Zelmani's Bob Dylan cover of "Most of the Time" is very nice. It's one of Bob's songs that I like the way Bob sounds on the original, and Sophie's cover doesn't take away what I like about Bob's original. She sounds good too.
- Lenny Kravitz covers The Guess Who's "American Woman." I like his guitar playing on the tune. I like his style in general, and he is sexy as hell. I love his Mama Said album.
- I like how Van Halen's cover of "Ice Cream Man" starts out slow and then kicks into gear. They made the song fun. It's much different than Brim's bluesy original.
- New Bomb Turks punk out harder than the original by The Queers on "This Place Sucks."
- This Christian rock song "Day By Day" by DC Talk is good.
- Roy Orbison's cover of "Mean Woman Blues" is good. I think the female backup singers really adds to the song.
- This acoustic live version of "Here Comes the
" by Richie Havens is different and cool. The original is a top 5 Beatles tune for me.- Sophie Zelmani's Bob Dylan cover of "Most of the Time" is very nice. It's one of Bob's songs that I like the way Bob sounds on the original, and Sophie's cover doesn't take away what I like about Bob's original. She sounds good too.
- Lenny Kravitz covers The Guess Who's "American Woman." I like his guitar playing on the tune. I like his style in general, and he is sexy as hell. I love his Mama Said album.
- I like how Van Halen's cover of "Ice Cream Man" starts out slow and then kicks into gear. They made the song fun. It's much different than Brim's bluesy original.
krista4
Footballguy
I'm so glad you took this. His version of "Strawberry Fields Forever" would have been on my list, but I vowed not to double-up anything I'd chosen in the first three countdowns.
scorchy
Footballguy
Songs That I Knew the Cover and the Original
zamboni: Ziggy Stardust - Bauhaus (David Bowie) - this one was inescapable in my 20s yet I still never got tired of it.
Ilov80s: Love Buzz - Nirvana (Shocking Blue)
The Dreaded Marco: Wild Horses - The Sundays (The Rolling Stones) - love the take by Gram Parsons/FBB but the Stones's version will always be the standard.
Mrs. Rannous: Lady Marmalade - Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mya, Pink (Labelle) - sizzling hot video for this one.
landrys hat: Love Vigilantes - Iron and Wine (New Order) - Love Vigilantes was somewhere in my Top 5 on the British Isles countdown. Excellent cover here.
Songs That I Only Know the Original but Really Enjoyed the Cover
simey: Whole Lotta Love – Ike and Tina Turner (Led Zeppelin or was it Muddy Waters) - Not a LZ guy (for many of reasons previously expressed by Rock). I like Tina's version better.
Andy Dufresne: Kiss Them For Me – Anna Nalick (Siouxsie & The Banshees) - to quote shuke, this is why I'm here.
Mister CIA: Tweeter and the Monkey Man – Headstones (Traveling Wilburys)
Song I Like That I Only Know the Cover but not the Original
titusbramble: Whiskey In The Jar - Metallica (traditional)
Val Rannous: Got My Mind Set on You - George Harrison (James Ray) - Another song that I dedicated to a girl live on the radio in the late 80s. This one went out to Joanna D.
Songs I Like That I Didn't Know Either Version
Uruk-Hai: Riot in Cell Block Number 9 - Wanda Jackson (The Robins) - straight fire.
Eephus: Keep Your Distance - Buddy & Julie Miller (Richard Thompson)
rockaction: This Place Sucks - New Bomb Turks (The Queers) - I bought a New Bomb Turks CD way back when just b/c of the name. Growing up, my dad's favorite movie was The Hollywood Knights, and Newbomb Turk (Robert Wuhl) farting Volare was one of the funniest things my 8-year old eyes had ever seen. As I got older, my gaze shifted to a smoking hot Fran Drescher.
Already “Covered” in an Earlier Post
DrIanMalcolm: Hey Joe - Jimi Hendrix Experience (The Leaves)
zamboni: Ziggy Stardust - Bauhaus (David Bowie) - this one was inescapable in my 20s yet I still never got tired of it.
Ilov80s: Love Buzz - Nirvana (Shocking Blue)
The Dreaded Marco: Wild Horses - The Sundays (The Rolling Stones) - love the take by Gram Parsons/FBB but the Stones's version will always be the standard.
Mrs. Rannous: Lady Marmalade - Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mya, Pink (Labelle) - sizzling hot video for this one.
landrys hat: Love Vigilantes - Iron and Wine (New Order) - Love Vigilantes was somewhere in my Top 5 on the British Isles countdown. Excellent cover here.
Songs That I Only Know the Original but Really Enjoyed the Cover
simey: Whole Lotta Love – Ike and Tina Turner (Led Zeppelin or was it Muddy Waters) - Not a LZ guy (for many of reasons previously expressed by Rock). I like Tina's version better.
Andy Dufresne: Kiss Them For Me – Anna Nalick (Siouxsie & The Banshees) - to quote shuke, this is why I'm here.
Mister CIA: Tweeter and the Monkey Man – Headstones (Traveling Wilburys)
Song I Like That I Only Know the Cover but not the Original
titusbramble: Whiskey In The Jar - Metallica (traditional)
Val Rannous: Got My Mind Set on You - George Harrison (James Ray) - Another song that I dedicated to a girl live on the radio in the late 80s. This one went out to Joanna D.
Songs I Like That I Didn't Know Either Version
Uruk-Hai: Riot in Cell Block Number 9 - Wanda Jackson (The Robins) - straight fire.
Eephus: Keep Your Distance - Buddy & Julie Miller (Richard Thompson)
rockaction: This Place Sucks - New Bomb Turks (The Queers) - I bought a New Bomb Turks CD way back when just b/c of the name. Growing up, my dad's favorite movie was The Hollywood Knights, and Newbomb Turk (Robert Wuhl) farting Volare was one of the funniest things my 8-year old eyes had ever seen. As I got older, my gaze shifted to a smoking hot Fran Drescher.
Already “Covered” in an Earlier Post
DrIanMalcolm: Hey Joe - Jimi Hendrix Experience (The Leaves)
scorchy
Footballguy
Gangsta's Paradise - Battery (Coolio)
San Francisco three-piece Battery was part of a wave of American industrial bands that took their shot when NIN got huge and majors started signing the likes of Stabbing Westward and Gravity Kills. Battery never got their pay-day despite Maria Azevedo's voice providing some welcome differentiation from the pack, I own all three of their CDs but when I went back to listen last month, their cover of Gangsta's Paradise was the only thing I remembered. I'm guessing if Coolio ever heard it, he was not a fan.
San Francisco three-piece Battery was part of a wave of American industrial bands that took their shot when NIN got huge and majors started signing the likes of Stabbing Westward and Gravity Kills. Battery never got their pay-day despite Maria Azevedo's voice providing some welcome differentiation from the pack, I own all three of their CDs but when I went back to listen last month, their cover of Gangsta's Paradise was the only thing I remembered. I'm guessing if Coolio ever heard it, he was not a fan.
simey
Footballguy
- "Gangsta's Paradise" is my favorite hip hop/rap song. Battery's cover is totally different than Coolio's original. It took me a few listens to digest it, and it grew on me. I respect the artistry in how they totally made it into their own song. That said, my heart belongs to Coolio. Someone may remember I had a cat named Cole that I called Colio, but I called him Coolio even more. Anyway, when he died, Coolio died the next day. They walked through the shadows of the valley of death together.
- John Mayer's live version of "Free Fallin" is nice. I like the guitar running through it. Sometimes his voice sorta reminds me of Dave Matthews.
- Bryan Ferry's updated cover of Wilbert Harrison's "Let's Stick Together" is good. I'm glad he kept the horns in it.
- Looky here, there's another tune off the Sgt. Pepper's Movie Soundtrack. Aerosmith does a "Come Together" cover. Musically it is great, and Steven does a fine job on the vocals, but he is no John Lennon.
- I always forget that "I Got My Mind Set On You" isn't a George Harrison original. I'll forget again.
- I like Monster Magnet's intro of "No Way Out of Here." Their cover is more electric than Unicorn's original, and I like both versions.
- Metallica's cover of "Whiskey In the Jar" is heavier sounding than some other covers I've heard. It's good.
- I like the instruments in Anna Nalick's cover of "Kiss Them For Me." She sounds good vocally, too.
- I think Danny Wilson does a great job on his live cover of "Knowing Me, Knowing You." I think ABBA would give it a
- John Mayer's live version of "Free Fallin" is nice. I like the guitar running through it. Sometimes his voice sorta reminds me of Dave Matthews.
- Bryan Ferry's updated cover of Wilbert Harrison's "Let's Stick Together" is good. I'm glad he kept the horns in it.
- Looky here, there's another tune off the Sgt. Pepper's Movie Soundtrack. Aerosmith does a "Come Together" cover. Musically it is great, and Steven does a fine job on the vocals, but he is no John Lennon.
- I always forget that "I Got My Mind Set On You" isn't a George Harrison original. I'll forget again.
- I like Monster Magnet's intro of "No Way Out of Here." Their cover is more electric than Unicorn's original, and I like both versions.
- Metallica's cover of "Whiskey In the Jar" is heavier sounding than some other covers I've heard. It's good.
- I like the instruments in Anna Nalick's cover of "Kiss Them For Me." She sounds good vocally, too.
- I think Danny Wilson does a great job on his live cover of "Knowing Me, Knowing You." I think ABBA would give it a
Raging weasel
Footballguy
The 11 pointers
Known and liked covers
Got to get you into my Life
Hey Joe
House of the Rising Sun- one of my all time favorite songs!
Ball and Chain
Woodstock
The Wait
Betty Davis Eyes( didn't know it was a cover)
Hallelujah
La Grange
Liked covers of known songs
Mama Mia
Roxanne -( was a huge Flyleaf fan, if I knew this existed it would have made my list,great pick and thanks!)
New to me Likes
She's Got You
Stuck inside of Mobile ...
Marigold
Sophisticated Boom Boom
Once a Day
I'm Shakin
Known and liked covers
Got to get you into my Life
Hey Joe
House of the Rising Sun- one of my all time favorite songs!
Ball and Chain
Woodstock
The Wait
Betty Davis Eyes( didn't know it was a cover)
Hallelujah
La Grange
Liked covers of known songs
Mama Mia
Roxanne -( was a huge Flyleaf fan, if I knew this existed it would have made my list,great pick and thanks!)
New to me Likes
She's Got You
Stuck inside of Mobile ...
Marigold
Sophisticated Boom Boom
Once a Day
I'm Shakin
Ilov80s
Footballguy
I am sure that’s it. I’ve seen him 3 times and it’s always been a really great show. Hopefully he’s doing ok. He’s a recovering alcoholic who was pretty bad off before he quit. Obviously something like this could trigger relapse.
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
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