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The middle-aged dummies are forming a band called "Blanket"! It's a cover band. (7 Viewers)

zamboni said:
Pip's Invitation said:
But the real star of the show is lead guitarist Phil Manzanera. He is a crisp, clean and elegant player, pretty much the opposite of Neil's style. And the final two minutes of the performance, in which Manzanera's soloing dominates the proceedings, is why this cover ranks so highly on my list. He doesn't try to sound like Neil and probably couldn't if he wanted to. Instead, he delivers searing, highly charged solos in his own style, and because the spirit is right, they work just as well as Neil's do in his version. It's the capper to a performance that seems like a mismatch but is actually perfect.
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Manzanera is awesome. His more recent work playing alongside David Gilmour on David’s solo tours is fantastic as well.
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Indeed. Both roles show how fantastic he is at both lead and rhythm guitar.

Funny thing is, he started out as Roxy Music’s roadie, but became a member of the band when their original guitarist left before recording the first album.
 
Pip's Invitation said:
Stay - Jackson Browne (Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs) -- Of course it's most effective when paired with The Load Out, as it is on the album, but since the former is an original, we have to use Stay by itself. Browne, Lindley and co. repurpose it to suit their strengths.
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Seems weird in retrospect, but Browne's "Stay" was , in fact, released as a stand-alone single in 1977 and was a #20 Billboard hit. As we know, classic-rock radio virtually never played or plays "Stay" without "The Load-Out" (which together served as a nice 9:06 meal/bathroom break for pre-digital DJs).

I bought my copy of Running on Empty in college. For over 35 years -- until a 2016 Tim-draft[TM] -- I just thought "Dam, Jackson Browne has a sweet falsetto going!" I was probably the last in this crew to learn that multi-instrumentalist David Lindley was actually the one channeling Maurice Williams -- who did, in fact, have a sweet falsetto. Heck, he still might -- Williams makes 86 next month, and was still performing as recently as 2010.

Maurice Williams and The Zodiacs, "Stay" (YouTube)(Spotify)
 
zamboni said:
Pip's Invitation said:
Just A Gigolo / I Ain't Got Nobody - David Lee Roth (Louis Prima) -- It's so hammy, and at the time I wanted to hear Dave rock out like he did with VH, but in my middle age I can appreciate how fun this is.
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I think the video is much better than the cover. No one had more pure unadulterated fun than DLR did in the '70s/'80s.

He’s got…charasma.
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Something kind of amazing about David Lee Roth is that hard rock is probably his fourth or fifth favorite genre of music, despite being one of the most prominent faces of hard rock for at least a decade. DLR always had the soul of a blues man, nourished himself on 60s pop, LOVES his big-band tunes, and then found himself in bluegrass for a spell. Much respect for his explorations as an artist.
 
- Mavis and her Chicagoan buddy Jeff Tweedy collaborate on her great cover of "Can You Get To That." Tweedy and his son play most of the instruments on the album, and Mavis and friends take us to church. I love all the voices together. Tweedy and Mavis have done three albums together, and they know how to bring out the best in each other.
- I - I - I - I - I'm not your stepping stone. The Monkees give a sneak preview of punk in their cover of "(I'm Not Your ) Steppin' Stone." 🐵
- Elliott Smith is like the male version of Mary Lou in his cover of her song "I Figured You Out." He conveys the song perfectly.
- Lyle Lovett does a nice live version of "50 Ways To Leave Your Lover." I love his voice, and the Jessy Dixon Singers sound great backing him up. His band is good, too.
- Low, Dirty Three do an intriguing cover of "Down By The River." Great to relax or escape within youself to.
- Lee Moses slathers "California Dreaming" in soul. I love the arrangement, his voice, the horns, etc. Great version.
- Nina's rendition of "Sinnerman" is a powerhouse.
- That guitar was smoking in Santana's live cover of "She's Not There," and then it came to an abrupt end. 🎸
- Some of my favorite Grateful Dead is when they go folk like in their live cover of "Jack-A-Roe."
- I love Jeff Beck's guitar playing on his live cover "Cause We Ended As Lovers," although the bass player steals his thunder.
- Frank is swinging and singing on his cover of "Luck Be A Lady."
- The White Stripes cover of "One More Cup of Coffee" is terrific. I love that older era sound. It's one of my favorite Dylan songs.
- I dig that dirty sounding harmonica on The Dirtbombs cover of "Ode To A Black Man."
- We have some more dirty sound with ZZ Top outgangstering the gangsters with their dirty blues guitar driven cover of "I Gotsa Get Paid."
- "Dramamine" sounds great by Sun Kil Moon. I especially like the vocals, and the lightness of the music in the background.
- The Byrds always breathe life into their Dylan covers, and their toe tappin' "My Back Pages" is one of those covers.
- Siouxie and the Banshees cover of "The Passenger" is a lot of fun. Love the addition of the horns.
- The arrangement in Bear McCreary's cover of "All Along The Watchtower" is cool. It has a wicked sound about it, which goes great with the lyrics.
- Jackson Browne's live cover of "Stay" is a great album ender on his Running On Empty album. I have some great memories attached to that album.
- Bruce Springsteen's live version of "Trapped" is total Springsteen, and I like it better than the original. Recently Springsteen said he has been singing in pain for some time due to peptic ulcer disease. If he has had peptic ulcer issues his whole career it would explain his facial expressions when he sings, but I don't think that is the case. Get well soon, Bruce.
- Metallica is full force rockin' on their cover of "Breadfan." I know this is weasel's without looking.
- David Lee Roth "the showman" is right at home on his cover of "Just A Gigolo."
- Plant and Page work their mystical magic together in their riveting live cover of "Gallow's Pole."
- Sinead does a great job on her cover of ABBA's "Chiquitita." The lyrics feel deeper sung by her.
- Roxy Music gives "Like A Hurricane" a modern and different sound in their live cover, and it's pretty neat.
- Édith Piaf takes us back in time with her lovely rendition of her own song "La Vie en rose."
- Dave Matthews Band does a sweet sounding live rendition of "Waste."
- Pink sounds fabulous on her live acoustic version of "Me and Bobby McGee." I bet Janis enjoyed it. 🎬
 
krista4 said:
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Back to music...I realized that there's an artist on today's list that has a potential heavy hitter cover that hasn't been revealed yet. Also a similar situation on the prior list (#9s), too.
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Both of these potential heavy hitters show up for the first time tomorrow. :)
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The original artist of one of the two is selected twice tomorrow as coverer and twice as coveree, and three of the covers are entirely new to the countdown.
 
The #7s were fun, as I'd expected them to be. Only one song didn't make it past my two-minute minimum! Lotsa great stuff.

"Like a Hurricane" by Roxy Music was great for all the reasons stated.

"For the Good Times" by Ray Price and "Cause We've Ended As Lovers" by Jeff Beck were refreshing changes of pace.

I usually skip the covers I already know, but I will stop and listen to "My Back Pages" by the Byrds (or probably by anyone) every time. I was thisclose to choosing the star-studded 30th anniversary version for my own list.

I've probably heard Siouxsie's "The Passenger" before, and I should have remembered it.

I don't know the original of "Ode to a Black Man," but it can't be as good as this, can it?

"California Dreaming" by Les Moses keeps the great elements of the song while making it into what should be a soul classic.

Lyle Lovett was made to sing "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover," and while I could say that about most songs, this one perfectly fits his way to singing with both sorrow and humor. His phrasing kills me on this. No one else should ever sing it again.

Speaking of Lyle, Monday I got my annual tix to see him at Chateau Ste. Michelle winery. :wub:
 
Even when I'm not around, I'm thinking of y'all. At the end of last week, one of my best friends at work (Jeff) told me his wife had bagged up all her old records and asked him to take them to the dump. Jeff knew I still listened to lots of vinyl, so asked me if I wanted to grab them from the trunk of his car at lunch, all the while warning me that (a) pretty much everything was from the 70s (b) had not been well cared for, and (c) were covered in 40 years worth of basement dust. I went in with low expectations and actually hit the jackpot - kept 120 of the 198 and have spent the last week cleaning them up. It's like a MAD31 Match Game:

The first 7 Chicago records
Every Springsteen record up through and including the Live 75-85 box
Several by Earth, Wind, and Fire and The Ohio Players
Way too much Simon & Garfunkel, James Taylor, and Jim Croce (that my wife made me keep)
A full-on 13 Jimmy Buffet records (no offense, but only kept The Greatest Hits)
A Lou Reed compilation and live album that do not appear to be on Spotify
The famous George Harrison record that everyone was shocked I never heard
And best of all, Billy Joel's entire pre-1989 recorded output

And so much more. I entered them all into DIscogs and the big score was a pristine, never listened to copy of The Raiders of the Lost Ark soundtrack, worth a whopping $17. Not sure what possessed anyone to buy that in the first place.
 
Given that I've already summoned Uruk-Hai in here with Billy Joel talk, mentioned my work buddy Jeff, and don't feel the need to participate in multiple conversations, I'm just gonna cross-post from the Sports Moments thread:

Uruk-Hai said:
Kenny freaking Dennard submarining Buck Williams in the 1980 ACC Championship when Buck was about to tip in the game-winner.
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Look at this crap It's at 55:33 if the video reloads. No freaking whistle. I'm over it, though.
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The same day Jeff gave me the records, we were talking ACC tourney - his daughter is at NC State and Jeff himself graduated from Maryland all the way back in 1980 (sorry old-timers). He brought up the exact play Uruk-Hai linked above, and went on an FFA-worthy rant about "rat-face boy" Krzyzewski, ACC refs, and anti-UM bias. I just kept winding him up more by saying refs miss calls all the time.

Then on Tuesday morning, I saw UH's posts and knew I had to read them verbatim to Jeff at lunch. Of course, that got him all fired up again and he made me pull up the video. He's like - "See! See! You guys thought I was exaggerating like some kind of homer! That's gotta be one of the worst missed calls of all time!!!" Without missing a beat, our other friend casually chimes in, "Tough to make that call with the game on the line." I thought Jeff was gonna spontaneously combust.
 
NC State men and women are in the Sweet 16, and the men are scheduled for 7:10 est Friday, and the women for 7:30 est Friday. I think it sucks to televise them so near each other when fans like to support both of them.
 
My parents are avid watchers of both the Wolfpack men and women, and they are upset about the overlapping times. I think I can accommodate their viewing pleasure. I have my grandmother's old TV as a spare, and I told my mom I will put it in their family room/den, and stream the women's game via my computer on to my grandmother's TV. They can watch the games side by side. I think that will work.
 
simey said:
My parents are avid watchers of both the Wolfpack men and women, and they are upset about the overlapping times. I think I can accommodate their viewing pleasure. I have my grandmother's old TV as a spare, and I told my mom I will put it in their family room/den, and stream the women's game via my computer on to my grandmother's TV. They can watch the games side by side. I think that will work.
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Which TV service do they have? On Youtube TV, I've been watching in Multiview, and the Multiview options allow you to mix men's and women's games. :)
 
Uh oh, just saw a note from Hawks that he is traveling yesterday/today and won't be able to get to the playlist for a while. After I post, if anyone wants to step in and do the playlist, feel free!
 
Twenty-Six-Point Selections:
PART ONE:

Uruk-Hai:

Brother Louie – Stories (Hot Chocolate)
Song: first vote
Cover artist: first vote
Original artist: two votes – Stories (1); Every 1’s a Winner (1)


titusbramble:

All The Young Dudes - David Bowie (Mott The Hoople)
Song: first vote
Cover artist: four votes – All the Young Dudes (1); Wild Is the Wind (1); Coming to America (1); See Emily Play (1)
Original artist: first vote


Pip’s Invitation:

Summer Breeze – The Isley Brothers (Seals & Crofts)
Song: two votes – The Isley Brothers
Cover artist: two votes – Summer Breeze (2)
Original artist: two votes – Summer Breeze (2)


Dr. Octopus:

It Ain't Me Babe - Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash (Robert Zimmerman)
Song: first vote
Cover artist: first vote for June; Johnny: eight votes – Hurt (3); It Ain’t Me Babe (1); In My Life (1); Girl from the North Country (1); I See a Darkness (1); Rowboat (1)
Original artist: 49 votes – All Along the Watchtower (7); Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door (4); Make You Feel My Love (2); I Shall Be Released (2); It Ain’t Me Babe (1); One More Cup of Coffee (1); My Back Pages (1); When I Paint My Masterpiece (1); Tryin’ to Get to Heaven (1); You Got to Serve Somebody (1); Heart of Mine (1); Blowin’ in the Wind (1); Buckets of Rain (1); Girl from the North Country (1); You’re a Big Girl Now (1); A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall (1); This Wheel’s on Fire (1); Mr. Tambourine Man (1); If Not for You (1); Simple Twist of Fate (1); Subterranean Homesick Blues (1); It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (1); Standing in the Doorway (1); Positively Fourth Street (1); Thunder on the Mountain (1); Most of the Time (1); Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again (1); Jokerman (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:

Dear Mr. Fantasy – Southern Culture on the Skids (Traffic)
Song: first vote
Cover artist: first vote
Original artist: Dear Mr. Fantasy (1); The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys (1)


Just Win Baby:

The Sound Of Silence - Disturbed (Simon & Garfunkel)
Song: three votes – Disturbed (4)
Cover artist: three votes – The Sound of Silence (4)
Original artist: 13 votes – The Sound of Silence (4); Hazy Shade of Winter (4); Mrs. Robinson (3); America (2)


Galileo:

Traveling Riverside Blues - Led Zeppelin (Robert Johnson)
Song: first vote
Cover artist: four votes – Traveling Riverside Blues (1); Dazed and Confused (1); Babe I’m Gonna Leave You (1); When the Levee Breaks (1)
Original artist: six votes – Crossroads (4); Traveling Riverside Blues (1); Dust My Broom (1)


Don Quixote:

Você - Tim Maia (Eduardo Araújo)
Song: first vote
Cover artist: first vote
Original artist: first vote


simsarge:

Wayfaring Stranger - Simon Khorolskiy & Chris Rupp (Traditional)
Song: first vote
Cover artist: first vote each
Original artist: N/A


Charlie Steiner:

Respect - Aretha Franklin (Otis Redding)
Song: three votes – Aretha Franklin (3)
Cover artist: six votes – Respect (3); Nessun Dorma (1); A Change Is Gonna Come (1); Spanish Harlem (1)
Original artist: five votes – Respect (3); Hard to Handle (2)


JMLs secret identity:

Like an Angel Passing through My Room - Madonna (Abba) NOT ON PLAYLIST
Song: first vote
Cover artist: first vote
Original artist: 25 votes – Like an Angel Passing through My Room (1); Chiquitita (1); Thank You for the Music (1); Hey Hey Helen (1); I Have a Dream (1); The Winner Takes It All (1); The Day Before You Came (1); Hasta Manana (1); Thank Abba for the Music Medley (1); Summer Night City (1); Eagle (1); Bang en Boomerang (1); Dancing Queen (1); Super Trouper (1); 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:

Higher Ground - Red Hot Chili Peppers (Stevie Wonder)
Song: four votes – Red Hot Chili Peppers (4)
Cover artist: four votes – Higher Ground (4)
Original artist: eight votes – Higher Ground (4); Cause We’ve Ended as Lovers (1); Boogie on Reggae Woman (1); Superstition (1); Superwoman (Where Were You When I Needed You) (1)


John Maddens Lunchbox:

Common People - William Shatner (Pulp)
Song: second and third votes today – William Shatner (3)
Cover artist: three votes – Common People (3)
Original artist: three votes – Common People (3)


Ilov80s:

Heartbeats - Jose Gonzalez (The Knife)
Song: first vote
Cover artist: two votes – Heartbeats (1); Teardrop (1)
Original artist: first vote


Eephus:

Wild Is the Wind - David Bowie (Johnny Mathis)
Song: first vote
Cover artist: four votes – All the Young Dudes (1); Wild Is the Wind (1); Coming to America (1); See Emily Play (1)
Original artist: first vote


The Dreaded Marco:

Ziggy Stardust - Bauhaus (David Bowie)
Song: two votes – Bauhaus (2)
Cover artist: two votes – Ziggy Stardust (2)
Original artist: four votes – Ziggy Stardust (2); The Man Who Sold the World (1); Queen Bitch (1)


New Binky the Doormat:

It's My Life - No Doubt (Talk Talk)
Song: four votes – No Doubt (4)
Cover artist: four votes – It’s My Life (4)
Original artist: four votes – It’s My Life (4)


Andy Dufresne:

Signs – Tesla (Five Man Electrical Band)
Song: two votes – Tesla (2)
Cover artist: two votes – Signs (2)
Original artist: two votes - Signs (2)
 
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Twenty-Six-Point Selections:
PART TWO:

Hawks64:

I Shall Be Released - Eddie Vedder, Jack Johnson, Zach Gill (Bob Dylan)
Song: first vote
Cover artist: first vote each
Original artist: 49 votes – All Along the Watchtower (7); Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door (4); Make You Feel My Love (2); I Shall Be Released (2); It Ain’t Me Babe (1); One More Cup of Coffee (1); My Back Pages (1); When I Paint My Masterpiece (1); Tryin’ to Get to Heaven (1); You Got to Serve Somebody (1); Heart of Mine (1); Blowin’ in the Wind (1); Buckets of Rain (1); Girl from the North Country (1); You’re a Big Girl Now (1); A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall (1); This Wheel’s on Fire (1); Mr. Tambourine Man (1); If Not for You (1); Simple Twist of Fate (1); Subterranean Homesick Blues (1); It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (1); Standing in the Doorway (1); Positively Fourth Street (1); Thunder on the Mountain (1); Most of the Time (1); Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again (1); Jokerman (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)


rockaction:

I Fought the Law – The Clash (The Crickets)
Song: three votes – The Clash (3)
Cover artist: three votes - I Fought the Law (3)
Original artist: three votes - I Fought the Law (3)


Scoresman:

Valerie - Amy Winehouse (The Zutons)
Song: two votes – Amy Winehouse (2)
Cover artist: two votes – Valerie (2)
Original artist: two votes – Valerie (2)


Raging weasel:

Oh Well – The Rockets (Fleetwood Mac)
Song: two votes – The Rockets (1); Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (1)
Cover artist: first vote
Original artist: five votes – Oh Well (2); Black Magic Woman (1); Landslide (1); The Green Manalishi (With the Two Pronged Crown) (1)


scorchy:

Common People - William Shatner (Pulp)
Song: second and third votes today – William Shatner (3)
Cover artist: three votes – Common People (3)
Original artist: three votes – Common People (3)


Mrs. Rannous:

Blinded By The Light - Manfred Mann's Earth Band (Bruce Springsteen)
Song: three votes – Manfred Mann’s Earth Band (3)
Cover artist: three votes – Blinded by the Light (3)
Original artist: four votes – Blinded by the Light (3); Dancing in the Dark (1)


Mt. Man:

Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World - Israel Kamakawiwo’ole (Judy Garland/Louis Armstrong)
Song: Rainbow: two votes - Israel Kamakawiwo’ole (2)
World: two votes - Israel Kamakawiwo’ole (1); Joey Ramone (1)
Cover artist: two votes – Over the Rainbow (2)
Original artist: Garland: two votes – Over the Rainbow (2)
Armstrong: four votes – What a Wonderful World (2); Basin Street Blues (1); St. James Infirmary (1)


Mister CIA:

Fox on the Run - Tom T Hall (Manfred Mann)
Song: first vote
Cover artist: first vote
Original artist: two votes – Fox on the Run (1); My Little Red Book (1)


Val Rannous:

Black Magic Woman - Santana (Fleetwood Mac)
Song: first vote
Cover artist: three votes – Black Magic Woman (1); She’s Not There (1); Oye Como Va (1)
Original artist: five votes – Oh Well (2); Black Magic Woman (1); Landslide (1); The Green Manalishi (With the Two Pronged Crown) (1)


landrys hat:

My Little Red Book - Love (Manfred Mann)
Song: first vote
Cover artist: first vote
Original artist: two votes – Fox on the Run (1); My Little Red Book (1)


shuke:

Morning Dew - Grateful Dead (Bonnie Dobson)
Song: first vote
Cover artist: eight votes – Morning Dew (1); Jack-A-Roe (1); New Minglewood Blues (1); Turn on Your Love Light (1); Promised Land (1); Not Fade Away (1); Mama Tried (1); Big River (1); Monkey and the Engineer (1)
Original artist: first vote


Doug B:

Money's Too Tight To Mention – Simply Red (The Valentine Brothers)
Song: first vote
Cover artist: first vote
Original artist: first vote


DrIanMalcolm:

Nessun Dorma - Aretha Franklin (Puccini composition – first release unknown but most notably Luciano Pavarotti)
Song: first vote
Cover artist: six votes – Respect (3); Nessun Dorma (1); A Change Is Gonna Come (1); Spanish Harlem (1)
Original artist: N/A


Chaos34:

The Man Who Sold the World - Nirvana (David Bowie)
Song: first vote
Cover artist: five votes – Where Did You Sleep Last Night (2); The Man Who Sold the World (1); D-7 (1); Love Buzz (1)
Original artist: four votes – Ziggy Stardust (2); The Man Who Sold the World (1); Queen Bitch (1)


higgins:

And I Love Her - Pat Metheny (Beatles)
Song: first vote
Cover artist: first vote
Original artist: 30 votes – We Can Work It Out (4); In My Life (3); While My Guitar Gently Weeps (2); Here Comes the Sun (2); Yesterday (2); Come Together (2); And I Love Her (1); Everybody’s Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey (1); A Day in the Life (1); Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight (1); She Came in through the Bathroom Window (1); I Am the Walrus (1); Eleanor Rigby (1); Got to Get You into My Life (1); Helter Skelter (1); Drive My Car (1); Dear Prudence (1); Across the Universe (1); She Said She Said (1); I Want You (She’s So Heavy) (1); Let It Be (1)


Oliver Humanzee:

D-7 - Nirvana (The Wipers)
Song: first vote
Cover artist: five votes – Where Did You Sleep Last Night (2); The Man Who Sold the World (1); D-7 (1); Love Buzz (1)
Original artist: first vote


krista4:

Everybody’s Talkin’ – Bill Withers (Fred Neil)
Song: two votes – Bill Withers (1); The Seldom Scene (1)
Cover artist: first vote
Original artist: two votes – Everybody’s Talkin’ (2)
 
krista4 said:
shuke:

Morning Dew - Grateful Dead (Bonnie Dobson)
Song: first vote
Cover artist: eight votes – Morning Dew (1); Jack-A-Roe (1); New Minglewood Blues (1); Turn on Your Love Light (1); Promised Land (1); Not Fade Away (1); Mama Tried (1); Big River (1); Monkey and the Engineer (1)
Original artist: first vote
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I was hoping that was going to be the Europe '72 version and you didn't disappoint. (y) Breathtaking performance.
 
krista4 said:
Uruk-Hai:

Brother Louie – Stories (Hot Chocolate)
Song: first vote
Cover artist: first vote
Original artist: two votes – Stories (1); Every 1’s a Winner (1)
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I find it hilarious that a band named Hot Chocolate recorded THIS song. The original isn't as amped-up as the cover and it has a spoken-word section in the middle (& again at the end) that is missing from the cover. The original version always sounded to me like a song War would have done.

The hit version (in America, it got to #1) is more fuzzed-out and the singer sounds like the love child of Robert Plant & Janis Joplin. I can't recall Stories having another hit and I think they were kind of like Looking Glass in that they wanted to be a hard rock band - I may be completely off base on that, though.

Anyway, when this came out it was during my prime Top 40 listening years and I loved it.
 
#6 Oh Well (The Rockets)

I doubt anyone in this thread has ever heard of the Rockets unless they grew up in the Detroit area in the 70's. In the late 70's to early 80's they were THE hot local band that most expected to go national like Seger did a few years before.
Oh Well was their first big hit and was played here all the time. Being young and dumb I probably heard it hundreds of times before I learned it was a cover. They had a few more local hits before breaking up and fading into obscurity. It was only a couple years ago that a couple of their songs were finally available on streaming services.
 
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Don Quixote:

Você - Tim Maia (Eduardo Araújo)
Song: first vote
Cover artist: first vote
Original artist: first vote
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I had Tim Maia’s Gostava Tanto de Voce in my worldwide 31 list. I haven’t decided what artist I would choose if we did a MAD Artist 31 Round 3, but, if I went back to Brazil, Tim Maia probably would be my top candidate. A bit of background on him below.

The Tijuca neighborhood of Rio de Janiero produced some great artists. Tim Maia was the first kid in the neighborhood to own a guitar, and taught some other kids in the neighborhood how to play, including Roberto Carlos, Erasmo Carlos, and (of course) Jorge Ben Jor. They became known as the “Matoso Gang.” Like Jorge Ben Jor, Tim Maia was infatuated with the rock and roll coming out of the US and Europe.

Tim Maia spent five years in the United States beginning in 1959, and got into soul music; he joined up with a band, but got deported for marijuana possession and returned to Brazil. As a result of his time in the US, his music includes a mix of songs in English and Portuguese. (So, xenoglossophics have less to fear with Tim Maia than with Jorge Ben Jor if I go that direction.) The soul music that he fell in love with in the United States definitely influenced his music.

It took him a bit of time to get his career going in Brazil, starting out as more of a songwriter. Você was written by Maia, but first appeared on an Eduardo Araujo album that Maia wrote many of the songs for (including some rock songs translated from English to Portuguese). He eventually got a record deal and recorded Você himself. It takes a minute for the soul to kick in, but the song takes off from there.

His career pretty quickly took off after his first album, and life is the stuff what you would expect of a 70s rock legend: five marriages, drugs, a couple of albums made during the time he was in a UFO cult, more drugs, and missed gigs. Life of excess and died too young at the age of 55. But, as he sang, nobody can live forever.
 
krista4 said:
simey said:
My parents are avid watchers of both the Wolfpack men and women, and they are upset about the overlapping times. I think I can accommodate their viewing pleasure. I have my grandmother's old TV as a spare, and I told my mom I will put it in their family room/den, and stream the women's game via my computer on to my grandmother's TV. They can watch the games side by side. I think that will work.
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Which TV service do they have? On Youtube TV, I've been watching in Multiview, and the Multiview options allow you to mix men's and women's games. :)
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They have Spectrum. They can get a little picture of another channel in the corner of the TV, but it is really small.
 
Uruk-Hai said:
krista4 said:
Uruk-Hai:

Brother Louie – Stories (Hot Chocolate)
Song: first vote
Cover artist: first vote
Original artist: two votes – Stories (1); Every 1’s a Winner (1)
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I find it hilarious that a band named Hot Chocolate recorded THIS song. The original isn't as amped-up as the cover and it has a spoken-word section in the middle (& again at the end) that is missing from the cover. The original version always sounded to me like a song War would have done.

The hit version (in America, it got to #1) is more fuzzed-out and the singer sounds like the love child of Robert Plant & Janis Joplin. I can't recall Stories having another hit and I think they were kind of like Looking Glass in that they wanted to be a hard rock band - I may be completely off base on that, though.

Anyway, when this came out it was during my prime Top 40 listening years and I loved it.
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I haven't heard this song in decades. It's so 70s, and I love it.
 
krista4 said:
krista4 said:
Ilov80s:

Heartbeats - Jose Gonzalez (The Knife)
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These are the two I've been referencing that I'd expected to get a lot of votes but are just showing up for the first time now.
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"Heartbeats" is completely unknown to me, as are Jose Gonzalez and The Knife. I have a lot of holes in my 21st-century musical knowledge ... the little bit that I do know is probably from this board.
 
krista4 said:
Lyle Lovett was made to sing "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover," and while I could say that about most songs, this one perfectly fits his way to singing with both sorrow and humor. His phrasing kills me on this. No one else should ever sing it again.
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I don't know Lovett's music, but I love "50 Ways" and Simon's plaintive delivery. Wasn't sure what to expect here, but Lovett did a nice job doing this one his own way. The backing vocals threatened like waves over a levee to overtop Lovett's, but the overall performance stayed in balance. LOVED the trombone making an appearance during the bridge!

Thanks for this one, @higgins
 
Dear Mr. Fantasy - Southern Culture On the Skids

Southern Culture on the Skids aka SCOTS is a NC band that has been around since the early mid-80s. The band is Rick Miller (guitar/vocals), Mary Huff (bass, vocals), and Dave Hartman (drums). They have a lot of different sounds such as rock, americana, rockabilly, psychobilly, southern fried punk, surf, country, swamp pop, r&b, etc. They say it is toe-sucking geek rock. Whatever they play, they are good, and their live shows are wild and fun.

Their cover of Traffic's Dear Mr. Fantasy has Mary on lead vocals, and they rock this tune. It's from their 2021 album At Home with Southern Culture on the Skids, which was mainly recorded in Rick's living room.
 
Uruk-Hai said:
krista4 said:
Uruk-Hai:

Brother Louie – Stories (Hot Chocolate)
Song: first vote
Cover artist: first vote
Original artist: two votes – Stories (1); Every 1’s a Winner (1)
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I find it hilarious that a band named Hot Chocolate recorded THIS song. The original isn't as amped-up as the cover and it has a spoken-word section in the middle (& again at the end) that is missing from the cover. The original version always sounded to me like a song War would have done.

The hit version (in America, it got to #1) is more fuzzed-out and the singer sounds like the love child of Robert Plant & Janis Joplin. I can't recall Stories having another hit and I think they were kind of like Looking Glass in that they wanted to be a hard rock band - I may be completely off base on that, though.

Anyway, when this came out it was during my prime Top 40 listening years and I loved it.
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OMG. I haven't heard this song in DECADES. I didn't know it was a cover, even though I"m pretty sure I heard Hot Chocolate doing this.

I think I just aged a few decades.
 
Mrs. Rannous said:
krista4 said:
JMLs secret identity:

Like an Angel Passing through My Room - Madonna (Abba)
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This is beautiful. Why the heck wasn't this released? It goes with "This Used To Be My Playground" from the soundtrack to A League Of Their Own.
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26 Points - Like an Angel Passing through My Room - Madonna (Abba)
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ABBA - Like An Angel Passing Through My Room

ABBA - Like An Angel Passing Through My RoomLong awaited darkness falls Casting shadows on the walls In the twilight hour I am alone Sitting near the firepla...
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Original
Not much to say about this one. Its the last track on the Visitors album and The only interesting thing about it is that Anni-Frid does a solo vocal. The only Abba song ever to feature just one vocalist allegedly.

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Madonna: Like an Angel Passing Through My Room [Unreleased Song]

Madonna and Orbit covered this ABBA song during the Music sessions. The demo and instrumental versions leaked online on August 15, 2008.
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As Part of Madonnas 1990s renaissance, once she did the ghastly Hanky Panky, she had nowhere to go but up, into a better artist she got classically trained for the tough shoot for Evita. That also put more polish on her other songs in the 90s, most notably Secret, Take a Bow, Frozen and the fantastic dance track Ray of Light. At the turn of the 2000s, after the dreadful American Pie cover, Madonna recorded an album with William Orbit titled Music. This Abba song was chosen as a song, but discarded and not released. Not sure why. It was leaked onto the Internet in 2008. By now Madonna had used Gimme Gimme Gimme as the basis for her Hung Up track in 2005

Abba - 18 - Cover 8.
The original is so unremarkable, but Madonna does a wonderful job breathing life into it.

Next Up, an instrumental, one of the few Abba did. Covered wonderfully by a well known musician.
 
26 Points - Common People - William Shatner (Pulp)
Original
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Pulp - Common People

Discover more about this classic song and the Different Class album here: https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/pulp-race-to-no-1-after-17-yearsListen to mo...
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This song is often called the best song to come from Britpop. A stretch too far imho, but Pulp are on the Mount Rushmore of Britpop bands. This song made #2 on the british charts, their highest charting song and the start of a 5 run of singles that made the top 10. The album most of these came from, a Different Class reached #1 .

Cover
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William Shatner music video for "Common People"

A tribute music video of William Shatner's version of "Common People" from the album, "Has Been."The footage is not owned by me and the footage was reused fr...
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On paper this sounds like a stupid idea. Get William Shatner, a hammy actor and notorious for one of the worst covers of all time with his version of Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, add in a Joe Jackson vocal and a heavier production than the original and it sounds like pure madness. It is, but its magic.

Originals 9 - Covers 17. The cover wins here. It is just pure genius.

Next Up - Another one weve already seen multiple times. I actually hate the second part of it so have excluded it entirely.
 
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