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The middle-aged dummies are forming a band called "Blanket"! It's a cover band. (1 Viewer)
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Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
It's so much better than the original it's hard to believe it's the same song.
krista4
Footballguy
We previously had Arcade Fire covering Peter Gabriel's "Games without Frontiers." Cool switcheroo.
And of course my #3 song was sniped two rounds ago by @landrys hat . Who else could it be?!
Doug B
Footballguy
Little Steven plays this on his Underground Garage station on Sirius XM. No idea it was a cover
Raging weasel
Footballguy
The 28 pointers
known and liked covers
Man who sold the world
Gallows Pole - didn't know it was a cover
Stairway to Heaven
Liked covers of known songs
Ohio/Machine Gun
Back in the high life Again
Sledgehammer
Chain of Fools- as a youngster thought it was "Jane, Jane,Jane Jane's a fool"
America the Beautiful
Hey Jude- may be better than the original
Into the Mystic
Everybody's Talkin
New to me likes
You're gonna make me Lonesome...
Streets of Baltimore
Bad Time
Ceremony
I wanna Holler....
So long, Marianne
Milk cow Blues
known and liked covers
Man who sold the world
Gallows Pole - didn't know it was a cover
Stairway to Heaven
Liked covers of known songs
Ohio/Machine Gun
Back in the high life Again
Sledgehammer
Chain of Fools- as a youngster thought it was "Jane, Jane,Jane Jane's a fool"
America the Beautiful
Hey Jude- may be better than the original
Into the Mystic
Everybody's Talkin
New to me likes
You're gonna make me Lonesome...
Streets of Baltimore
Bad Time
Ceremony
I wanna Holler....
So long, Marianne
Milk cow Blues
zamboni
Footballguy
I've used this one in previous countdowns. A rare lead vocal performance by bass player Felix Pappalardi, who had previously produced Cream and brought Jack Bruce's solo original (also produced by Felix) to Mountain. The vocals and bass playing are sensational, but it's Leslie West's soaring solos at the end that ultimately catapult the tune. A big part of what makes this song so mournful is Felix's ultimate demise 13 years later, when he was shot and killed by his jealous wife.
ETA: Felix also produced The Youngbloods' first album, including the great "Get Together".
landrys hat
Footballguy
krista4
Footballguy
I just looked to see if I could change my #2 to whatever your #1 was, but I see your #1 was already recently sniped.
simey
Footballguy
I'm happy to see this appear. It's my favorite song by Glen. I took it in the US MAD, so I took a different tune in this one. I love the intro with the guitar and banjo, which sets the pace for the whole song. I love Glen's vocals, the lyrics, all of it. Leon Russell helped arrange and conduct the song, and he played piano on the album. Leon was part of the Wrecking Crew way back in the day with Glen, and there is also three other past WC guys on this album, which are Joe Osborn, Jim Gordon, and James Burton. That's Doug Dillard picking the banjo. John Hartford, who wrote this song and did the original, can pick a banjo, too.
John Maddens Lunchbox
Socialism for Dummies
29 Points - Song to the Siren - This Mortal Coil (Pat Boone/Tim Buckley)
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The original is hard to attribute. Boone did the first recorded version, but Buckley did a version on the Monkees TV show that predates Boones version. By the time Buckley recorded it, the lyrics were slightly different. Also the recorded version by Buckley was not as raw. Most effective covers were based on the purer Monkees TV version. Boones version is a turd.
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There have been many versions since, but most are based on this excellent cover done by This Mortal Coil. Featuring the amazing and unique voice of Elizabeth Fraser, this haunting version just astounds me. Fraser and her Cocteau Twins collaborator Robin Guthrie got together with producer, label exec Ivo Watts-Russell to form This Mortal Coil. This version of the song was in the UK indie charts for 2 years. Only Bauhaus’s Bela Legosis Dead, New Orders Blue Monday and Joy Divisions Love Will Tear Us Apart lasted longer. This cover was responsible for a reappraisal of the work of Tim Buckley and gave Jeff Buckley, his son a foot into the music industry.
Originals 9 - Covers 20. Despite Buckleys excellent original Monkees TV version, the Elizabeth Fraser vocal is one of my fave songs of all time. Just brilliant
Next Up, we have seen this a few times of late. Whats one more?
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The original is hard to attribute. Boone did the first recorded version, but Buckley did a version on the Monkees TV show that predates Boones version. By the time Buckley recorded it, the lyrics were slightly different. Also the recorded version by Buckley was not as raw. Most effective covers were based on the purer Monkees TV version. Boones version is a turd.
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There have been many versions since, but most are based on this excellent cover done by This Mortal Coil. Featuring the amazing and unique voice of Elizabeth Fraser, this haunting version just astounds me. Fraser and her Cocteau Twins collaborator Robin Guthrie got together with producer, label exec Ivo Watts-Russell to form This Mortal Coil. This version of the song was in the UK indie charts for 2 years. Only Bauhaus’s Bela Legosis Dead, New Orders Blue Monday and Joy Divisions Love Will Tear Us Apart lasted longer. This cover was responsible for a reappraisal of the work of Tim Buckley and gave Jeff Buckley, his son a foot into the music industry.
Originals 9 - Covers 20. Despite Buckleys excellent original Monkees TV version, the Elizabeth Fraser vocal is one of my fave songs of all time. Just brilliant
Next Up, we have seen this a few times of late. Whats one more?
John Maddens Lunchbox
Socialism for Dummies
29 Points - Slipping Through My Fingers - Meryl Streep (Abba)
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This was written with the daughter of Bjorn and Agnetha in mind, Linda Ulvaeus. She was growing up faster than her parents would like and like most parents, time flies too quickly. The song became a key part of the musical Mamma Mia and subsequently the movie. As a father, especially of two daughters Listening to the lyrics is an emotional experience and wonderfully told from the parents perspective.
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As the whore mother in the Mamma Mia movie, Meryl Streep had to put her skills to full use in many ways. Including her singing voice. Her emotional version of the song is beautiful and while her voice has flaws, the delivery is spot on. Never fails to make an impact and its one of the first songs i thought of for this countdown. Apparently Elvis Costello as his Declan McManus persona or vice versa, does a nice version as well.
Abba - 18 - Cover 11.
Streeps emotional delivery wins the day here. Covers are catching up.
Next Up, a classic Abba song done in the unique style of the band covering it. This is one of the most revered music acts of all time. They only have three studio albums and all reached UK#2 with many awards. They barely have enough songs to fill a zegras 31 song rundown.
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This was written with the daughter of Bjorn and Agnetha in mind, Linda Ulvaeus. She was growing up faster than her parents would like and like most parents, time flies too quickly. The song became a key part of the musical Mamma Mia and subsequently the movie. As a father, especially of two daughters Listening to the lyrics is an emotional experience and wonderfully told from the parents perspective.
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As the whore mother in the Mamma Mia movie, Meryl Streep had to put her skills to full use in many ways. Including her singing voice. Her emotional version of the song is beautiful and while her voice has flaws, the delivery is spot on. Never fails to make an impact and its one of the first songs i thought of for this countdown. Apparently Elvis Costello as his Declan McManus persona or vice versa, does a nice version as well.
Abba - 18 - Cover 11.
Streeps emotional delivery wins the day here. Covers are catching up.
Next Up, a classic Abba song done in the unique style of the band covering it. This is one of the most revered music acts of all time. They only have three studio albums and all reached UK#2 with many awards. They barely have enough songs to fill a zegras 31 song rundown.
Charlie Steiner
Footballguy
3. Miserlou - Martin Denny (Traditional)
1. Any fans of the **** Dale version featured in Pulp Fiction could have selected it, as its origin traces back to the Arab, Greek and Jewish cultures.
2. This version is an example of a musical style I never knew before - Exotica. It evokes in my mind a traveling caravan passing an oasis in the desert despite being made completely in a studio with artificial sounds in place of the real things.
3. This version once again reinforces my belief that Mad Men may be the most perfectly crafted TV show of all time. The song appears at what turns out to be a pivotal moment in Don Draper's story arc, as it coincides with the appearance of the 'jetsetters' whose lives on the surface are very appealing to him, and he abandons his job and family to join them, until he realizes via a cracked plastic cup that their life is not all it seems. This song, 'exotic' in sound only that was completely fabricated in the recording studio, is a perfect analog to this sub-plot, yet we only know this if we're familiar with these details. I have focused on many such details throughout the show's run and always find some deeper layer(s) that makes it a perfect fit for its place in the show.
1. Any fans of the **** Dale version featured in Pulp Fiction could have selected it, as its origin traces back to the Arab, Greek and Jewish cultures.
2. This version is an example of a musical style I never knew before - Exotica. It evokes in my mind a traveling caravan passing an oasis in the desert despite being made completely in a studio with artificial sounds in place of the real things.
3. This version once again reinforces my belief that Mad Men may be the most perfectly crafted TV show of all time. The song appears at what turns out to be a pivotal moment in Don Draper's story arc, as it coincides with the appearance of the 'jetsetters' whose lives on the surface are very appealing to him, and he abandons his job and family to join them, until he realizes via a cracked plastic cup that their life is not all it seems. This song, 'exotic' in sound only that was completely fabricated in the recording studio, is a perfect analog to this sub-plot, yet we only know this if we're familiar with these details. I have focused on many such details throughout the show's run and always find some deeper layer(s) that makes it a perfect fit for its place in the show.
Mister CIA
Footballguy
Oh man, could he (John Hartford) play the banjo. Probably the GOAT, especially if you factor in the songwriting. Exhibit A
I'm happy to see this appear. It's my favorite song by Glen. I took it in the US MAD, so I took a different tune in this one. I love the intro with the guitar and banjo, which sets the pace for the whole song. I love Glen's vocals, the lyrics, all of it. Leon Russell helped arrange and conduct the song, and he played piano on the album. Leon was part of the Wrecking Crew way back in the day with Glen, and there is also three other past WC guys on this album, which are Joe Osborn, Jim Gordon, and James Burton. That's Doug Dillard picking the banjo. John Hartford, who wrote this song and did the original, can pick a banjo, too.
My favorite performance of Gentle on my Mind
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
Meanie.I really did hear it on the radio on the way back from the Dr yesterday, and I was always taught to share, so I came in here to share the earworm with the music community...especially you.
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
That was lovely. Thank you.29 Points - Song to the Siren - This Mortal Coil (Pat Boone/Tim Buckley)
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The original is hard to attribute. Boone did the first recorded version, but Buckley did a version on the Monkees TV show that predates Boones version. By the time Buckley recorded it, the lyrics were slightly different. Also the recorded version by Buckley was not as raw. Most effective covers were based on the purer Monkees TV version. Boones version is a turd.
Cover
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There have been many versions since, but most are based on this excellent cover done by This Mortal Coil. Featuring the amazing and unique voice of Elizabeth Fraser, this haunting version just astounds me. Fraser and her Cocteau Twins collaborator Robin Guthrie got together with producer, label exec Ivo Watts-Russell to form This Mortal Coil. This version of the song was in the UK indie charts for 2 years. Only Bauhaus’s Bela Legosis Dead, New Orders Blue Monday and Joy Divisions Love Will Tear Us Apart lasted longer. This cover was responsible for a reappraisal of the work of Tim Buckley and gave Jeff Buckley, his son a foot into the music industry.
Originals 9 - Covers 20. Despite Buckleys excellent original Monkees TV version, the Elizabeth Fraser vocal is one of my fave songs of all time. Just brilliant
Next Up, we have seen this a few times of late. Whats one more?
And Boone's version of anything is a turd. He is one of the world's most boring singers.
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
Wow. That's depressing.Original
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This was written with the daughter of Bjorn and Agnetha in mind, Linda Ulvaeus. She was growing up faster than her parents would like and like most parents, time flies too quickly. The song became a key part of the musical Mamma Mia and subsequently the movie. As a father, especially of two daughters Listening to the lyrics is an emotional experience and wonderfully told from the parents perspective.
John Maddens Lunchbox
Socialism for Dummies
Au Contraire.Wow. That's depressing.Original
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This was written with the daughter of Bjorn and Agnetha in mind, Linda Ulvaeus. She was growing up faster than her parents would like and like most parents, time flies too quickly. The song became a key part of the musical Mamma Mia and subsequently the movie. As a father, especially of two daughters Listening to the lyrics is an emotional experience and wonderfully told from the parents perspective.
We want our kids to be frozen in time at a certain age while they are still sweet and innocent, but we also want to see them grow up to be awesome adults. This song captures everything wonderful about this feeling
scorchy
Footballguy
Confession time again: I didn't know this was a cover until maybe 6 months after I first heard it. I was a huge Jane's evangelist soon after the release of Nothing's Shocking, but aside from my best friend, none of the jocks, hippies, or theater kids at my high school were buying in. My friends' sister was away at school and her boyfriend sent us a copy of their first release (called the XXX record). It was love at first listen, and Sympathy was my favorite track of the bunch. Quite a bit later, I scored a real copy of the CD and saw Jagger/Richards in the liner notes. Hmmm.... I asked my friend if he knew that the Jane's version was a cover and he was just as dumbfounded as me.
When I was making this list, I asked my wife (who still has her original store-bought cassette of XXX) if she had heard the Stones version before Jane's. Her response made me feel a little better: "Definitely not. The only Rolling Stones songs that I can remember hearing before that time [9th grade] were Start Me Up and Satisfaction."
Vindicated!!!
titusbramble
Footballguy
It's always a danger picking a cover this high up the ranking when I'm not even sure people will have heard the original, but hey, what the hell it's my list
rockaction
Footballguy
Yeah, it took the liner notes for me also. I was not a classic rock guy, and the radio I'd grown up listening to didn't play much in the way of the Rolling Stones.
eta* And I was certainly unaware about the Velvet Underground cover, which was something I wouldn't hear until a decade later.
simey
Footballguy
scorchy
Footballguy
Then Rock was too!!!! Honestly, in my experience, the Stones were kind-of irrelevant for children of the '80s (at the time). Lots of my friends listened to LZ, Pink Floyd, and the Dead. No one listened to Mick and Keef.
Ilov80s
Footballguy
Morrison put so much pathos into Don’t Look Back which is especially impressive given he was 20 years old and the song is about letting go of our youth, letting go of what we had and being content with what’s left.
If I could call back
All those days of yesteryear
I would never grow old
And I'd never be poor
But darlin', those days are gone
If I could call back
All those days of yesteryear
I would never grow old
And I'd never be poor
But darlin', those days are gone
rockaction
Footballguy
It means you and your wife were shelter children.
I think that unless I'm missing a joke here the maybe real takeaway from this is that in middle-class suburbs around '88-'89 the Stones did not have a large footprint for people our age. They were known, for sure, but they were actually sort of bringing up the rear in the classic rock/local world I grew up in. The Who, The Doors, Led Zeppelin, and other acts were the ones I remember my older peers liking. Steel Wheels put them back into consciousness and the conversation, and I remember the shirts popping up, but for me that served as more of a cautionary tale of why you don't play rock music when yr old than any great comeback.
rockaction
Footballguy
I thought you meant Jim and I had to scroll upthread to figure out what you were talking about. It's never just Morrison, bro—it's Van, man, and you will never get confusion among oldsters again.
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
I didn't say it wasn't accurate.Au Contraire.Wow. That's depressing.Original
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This was written with the daughter of Bjorn and Agnetha in mind, Linda Ulvaeus. She was growing up faster than her parents would like and like most parents, time flies too quickly. The song became a key part of the musical Mamma Mia and subsequently the movie. As a father, especially of two daughters Listening to the lyrics is an emotional experience and wonderfully told from the parents perspective.
We want our kids to be frozen in time at a certain age while they are still sweet and innocent, but we also want to see them grow up to be awesome adults. This song captures everything wonderful about this feeling
simey
Footballguy
A few thoughts on a few songs that aren't repeats this round...
- Some of the Bee Gees songs had a soul and R&B influence to them, and Rev. Al Green really taps into that in his version of "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart."
- Eva Cassidy sure does a lovely version of "Autumn Leaves."
- "Sympathy" by Janes Addiction reminds me of college and Hilton Head, SC. I dig the cover.
- Them/Van's cover of "Don't Look Back" is great. When you hear John Lee Hooker's original, it sounds like a song that would fit Van Morrison's style, and it does perfectly.
- When I think of the Grateful Dead and songs they covered live, "Dear Mr. Fantasy" is always a top song that comes to mind.
- Speaking of the Dead, their version of "Catfish John" has a nice bounciness to it. It's kinda got a reggae groove. I like Johnny Russell's original, too, which is more countrified.
- "Misirlou" is a nice tranquil cover by Martin Denny.
- "This Is How it Feels" by Carter USM starts off sweet and contained, and then it takes off like a
love it.
- Peter Gabriel does his own theatrical dark version of "My Body is My Cage." It's right up his alley.
- The guitar alone makes Mountain's cover of "Theme for An Imaginary Western" worth hearing.
- Meryl sounds pretty good on ABBA's "Slipping Through My Fingers." I bet my dad has the soundtrack.
- The "Song to the Siren" cover by This Mortal Coil brings a power to the song.
- Mother, mother ocean..
- The Canadian Crew's cover of "Pretty Lady" is very well done. Everyone does a great job at that their parts in the song. Watching the video reminds me of Covid, and artists doing music on youtube.
- I like the "Heart it Races" cover by Dr. Dog better than the original.
- Molly Hatchett's lead singer has a distinct voice. I remember hearing their cover of "Dreams I'll Never See" on the radio more than the ABB's original. It's different than the ABB, and I like both versions.
- "Stop Your Sobbing" is a really good cover by The Pretenders on a really good album.
- PJ Harvey's cover of "Highway 61 Revisited - Demo" has a fuzzy, distorted, distant cool sound about it. OH likes his fuzz. He's the fuzz cuz.
- Some of the Bee Gees songs had a soul and R&B influence to them, and Rev. Al Green really taps into that in his version of "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart."
- Eva Cassidy sure does a lovely version of "Autumn Leaves."
- "Sympathy" by Janes Addiction reminds me of college and Hilton Head, SC. I dig the cover.
- Them/Van's cover of "Don't Look Back" is great. When you hear John Lee Hooker's original, it sounds like a song that would fit Van Morrison's style, and it does perfectly.
- When I think of the Grateful Dead and songs they covered live, "Dear Mr. Fantasy" is always a top song that comes to mind.
- Speaking of the Dead, their version of "Catfish John" has a nice bounciness to it. It's kinda got a reggae groove. I like Johnny Russell's original, too, which is more countrified.
- "Misirlou" is a nice tranquil cover by Martin Denny.
- "This Is How it Feels" by Carter USM starts off sweet and contained, and then it takes off like a
love it.- Peter Gabriel does his own theatrical dark version of "My Body is My Cage." It's right up his alley.
- The guitar alone makes Mountain's cover of "Theme for An Imaginary Western" worth hearing.
- Meryl sounds pretty good on ABBA's "Slipping Through My Fingers." I bet my dad has the soundtrack.
- The "Song to the Siren" cover by This Mortal Coil brings a power to the song.
- Mother, mother ocean..
- The Canadian Crew's cover of "Pretty Lady" is very well done. Everyone does a great job at that their parts in the song. Watching the video reminds me of Covid, and artists doing music on youtube.
- I like the "Heart it Races" cover by Dr. Dog better than the original.
- Molly Hatchett's lead singer has a distinct voice. I remember hearing their cover of "Dreams I'll Never See" on the radio more than the ABB's original. It's different than the ABB, and I like both versions.
- "Stop Your Sobbing" is a really good cover by The Pretenders on a really good album.
- PJ Harvey's cover of "Highway 61 Revisited - Demo" has a fuzzy, distorted, distant cool sound about it. OH likes his fuzz. He's the fuzz cuz.
shuke
Black Ice Skeptic
Unfortunately I couldn't find a version with the Hey Jude reprise on Spotify, so please enjoy this Youtube version.
Saw the Dead for the first time in '89 when I was 16. This cover was possibly the only song I recognized at the time. Just a small part of a life-changing experience for me.
simey
Footballguy
I was kinda kidding. k4 has joked in the past about being a sheltered child when talking about not being exposed to some popular music like during the 70s. That's why I referred to scorchy and his wife as "shelter children." I am surprised at the lack of Rolling Stones love from your age group in the 80s. Their Tattoo You album in 1981 was popular, and their 60s and 70s material was played often on the radio where I grew up, but I know that different places had different stations that played different music.It means you and your wife were shelter children.
I think that unless I'm missing a joke here the maybe real takeaway from this is that in middle-class suburbs around '88-'89 the Stones did not have a large footprint for people our age. They were known, for sure, but they were actually sort of bringing up the rear in the classic rock/local world I grew up in. The Who, The Doors, Led Zeppelin, and other acts were the ones I remember my older peers liking. Steel Wheels put them back into consciousness and the conversation, and I remember the shirts popping up, but for me that served as more of a cautionary tale of why you don't play rock music when yr old than any great comeback.
shuke
Black Ice Skeptic
Twenty-eight pointers
This is what I'm here for:
Pip’s Invitation: Ohio/Machine Gun – The Isley Brothers (CSNY/Jimi Hendrix and the Band of Gypsys)
The Dreaded Marco: Ceremony - Galaxie 500 (New Order)
Mister CIA: So Long, Marianne - Courtney Barnett (Leonard Cohen)
Other favorites:
Uruk-Hai: Blue Skies - Willie Nelson (Ben Selvin)
Dr. Octopus: You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go - Miley Cyrus (Robert Zimmerman)
simsarge: Stairway to Heaven - Heart (Led Zeppelin)
Charlie Steiner: City of New Orleans - The Seldom Scene (Steve Goodman)
JMLs secret identity: Tropical Loveland - The Chills (Abba)
zamboni: I'm a Man - Chicago (The Spencer Davis Group)
Eephus: Bad Time - The Jayhawks (Grand Funk Railroad)
rockaction: I Wanna Holler (But the Town’s Too Small) – Detroit Cobras (Gary “U.S.” Bonds)
landrys hat: Milk Cow Blues - The Kinks (Sleepy John Estes)
Doug B: America The Beautiful - Ray Charles (Traditional)
DrIanMalcolm: Hey Jude - Wilson Pickett (The Beatles)
I already commented on this, right? Says first vote for this song. I love it and didn't know it was a cover.
Scoresman: Heartbeats - Jose Gonzalez (The Knife)
This is what I'm here for:
Pip’s Invitation: Ohio/Machine Gun – The Isley Brothers (CSNY/Jimi Hendrix and the Band of Gypsys)
The Dreaded Marco: Ceremony - Galaxie 500 (New Order)
Mister CIA: So Long, Marianne - Courtney Barnett (Leonard Cohen)
Other favorites:
Uruk-Hai: Blue Skies - Willie Nelson (Ben Selvin)
Dr. Octopus: You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go - Miley Cyrus (Robert Zimmerman)
simsarge: Stairway to Heaven - Heart (Led Zeppelin)
Charlie Steiner: City of New Orleans - The Seldom Scene (Steve Goodman)
JMLs secret identity: Tropical Loveland - The Chills (Abba)
zamboni: I'm a Man - Chicago (The Spencer Davis Group)
Eephus: Bad Time - The Jayhawks (Grand Funk Railroad)
rockaction: I Wanna Holler (But the Town’s Too Small) – Detroit Cobras (Gary “U.S.” Bonds)
landrys hat: Milk Cow Blues - The Kinks (Sleepy John Estes)
Doug B: America The Beautiful - Ray Charles (Traditional)
DrIanMalcolm: Hey Jude - Wilson Pickett (The Beatles)
I already commented on this, right? Says first vote for this song. I love it and didn't know it was a cover.
Scoresman: Heartbeats - Jose Gonzalez (The Knife)
shuke
Black Ice Skeptic
Twenty-nine pointers
This is why I'm here:
Ilov80s: Don't Look Back Them/Van Morrison (John Lee Hooker)
Andy Dufresne: My Body Is a Cage – Peter Gabriel (Arcade Fire)
Obvious favorite:
Galileo: Catfish John - Grateful Dead (Johnny Russell)
Love so much:
zamboni: Theme for an Imaginary Western - Mountain (Jack Bruce)
Other favorite:
Mister CIA: Gentle on My Mind - Glen Campbell (John Hartford) although as documented in other threads, this has almost been ruined by overexposure in Cincinnati commercials
Never heard of original or cover and enjoyed both, also spell out the whole band name, coward:
titusbramble: This Is How It Feels - Carter USM (Inspiral Carpets)
Wait, what this is a cover???
rockaction: Sloop John B – The Beach Boys (traditional/first known release by The Weavers)
landrys hat: Heart It Races - Dr. Dog (Architecture In Helsinki)
This is why I'm here:
Ilov80s: Don't Look Back Them/Van Morrison (John Lee Hooker)
Andy Dufresne: My Body Is a Cage – Peter Gabriel (Arcade Fire)
Obvious favorite:
Galileo: Catfish John - Grateful Dead (Johnny Russell)
Love so much:
zamboni: Theme for an Imaginary Western - Mountain (Jack Bruce)
Other favorite:
Mister CIA: Gentle on My Mind - Glen Campbell (John Hartford) although as documented in other threads, this has almost been ruined by overexposure in Cincinnati commercials
Never heard of original or cover and enjoyed both, also spell out the whole band name, coward:
titusbramble: This Is How It Feels - Carter USM (Inspiral Carpets)
Wait, what this is a cover???
rockaction: Sloop John B – The Beach Boys (traditional/first known release by The Weavers)
landrys hat: Heart It Races - Dr. Dog (Architecture In Helsinki)
rockaction
Footballguy
Oh, I figured you were kidding in a way, but I didn't know the reference. I thought you might be making an in-joke because "shelter children" seemed like it fit an in-joke I just didn't get.
As for the quoted, I totally believe that aspect of things. But then imagine I was eight in 1981 and listened to pure pop radio, so we didn't get songs like "Little T&A." We did get "Waiting On A Friend," though. We got that on the radio in droves. So really what you had is that scorchy and I, depending on what you listened to on the public airwaves, just came of adolescence in a Rolling Stones blind spot or gap of new material.
I think a lot of musical knowledge discrepancies have to do with age, class, and race, and that there's really no accounting for anybody's experience. Sometimes it just was.
Eephus
Footballguy
Sorry I've fallen behind on the thread and playlists. I've been caretaking for my 92 year old father-in-law which has really cut into my listening and dog walking time.
Papa has had good days and bad days since getting out of the hospital last week but suffers from occasional sundowning symptoms and spells of paranoia. Mrs. Eephus and I have been helping her mom out in shifts with me spending nights over at their house. A lot of it consists of watching basketball and talking about whatever's on his mind. He seems to be in a good space when he went to bed so I'm hoping for a quiet night.
Papa has had good days and bad days since getting out of the hospital last week but suffers from occasional sundowning symptoms and spells of paranoia. Mrs. Eephus and I have been helping her mom out in shifts with me spending nights over at their house. A lot of it consists of watching basketball and talking about whatever's on his mind. He seems to be in a good space when he went to bed so I'm hoping for a quiet night.
rockaction
Footballguy
Eephus, sending all the good vibes I can your way. Hoping for the best.
Re-reading. What did he go to the hospital for? If you had already talked about it or don't want to disclose, my apologies. I hope you and Mrs. Eephus are doing okay. Peace be to both of you and the rest of your family.
scorchy
Footballguy
I somehow have two Inspiral Carpets CD-singles - This Is How It Feels and Commercial Rain. The former was a bigger hit but the latter is straight fire. Carter USM's cover was surprisingly good. I spent a couple regrettable years sporting that Carter/PWEI grebo look. Were you a fellow traveler, titus?
titusbramble
Footballguy
I was about ten at the time
simey
Footballguy
Radio was different in different decades, too. In the late 60s and early 70s here, one AM radio station (WCOG) played a mix of pop, rock, soft rock, folk, r&b, & crossover country. Around the mid-70s, FM radio station (WKZL) played rock, pop, soft rock, funk/disco, r&b, some blues, and played deep cuts, did album hour, and played the King Biscuit Flour Hour. In the early 80s, mainstream new wave filled the airwaves mixed with rock, pop, and some r&b. MTV introduced some music too that wasn't played on mainstream radio. I never heard punk in the 70s or early 80s on mainstream radio. When I went to college in '84, you had to listen to college radio to hear college rock (indie rock) and punk. One of my college roommates did the reggae and jazz hours at WZMB, which was/is ECU's college radio station. There is a mainstream station in Wilmington, NC that I love called The Penguin, 98.3 FM. That Station 95.7 FM in Raleigh is really good, too. Alexa will play both of those stations. These days people can hear lots of genres with streaming.
zamboni
Footballguy
While commercial radio has largely gone the way of the dodo, I find myself listening to "Radio Garden" from time to time. May have mentioned it before, but it's a pretty cool app for anyone that doesn't know of it. Can hear just about any radio station anywhere in the world across any genre.
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Uruk-Hai
Footballguy
I have that app - I'm sure it was at your suggestion here a few years ago. It's really cool.
Uruk-Hai
Footballguy
I wanted an Eva song, but waffled on which to take. I almost pulled the trigger on "Over The Rainbow", but figured that might get picked in several versions and I wanted something a little different.
If "Yesterday" is the most-covered pop song of all time, "Autumn Leaves" has to be second. Pretty much every pop singer and bandleader did a version of it in the 1950s, and many of those were massive hits. It's easy to see why - it has a beautiful melody and melancholy lyrics (by Johnny Mercer) that beg to be sung.
Eva's version was recorded in the 1990s, shortly before her death at 33.
simey
Footballguy
I hope the Wolfpack men and women win this weekend. I'm going to Raleigh later today for the weekend to hang with some friends who will be pulling for the Pack, too. My brother and his gf and someone else flew to Arizona yesterday to go to the Final 4. He does not have the best karma, so I hope he doesn't curse the team from the bleachers. There should be enough good energy there to override the opposite. I hope that Burns doesn't foul out (or Horne or Diarrhea, or any of the Pack). I was reading an article that mentioned the big dude from Purdue doesn't get a lot of fouls called against him, but he fouls out others trying to defend him. Hopefully it will be a fair game, and no matter what the results are at the end, it has been fun running with the Pack over the last few weeks. I do hope both the men and women get one more game. 
Go State!
Go State!
Doug B
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I had largely the same experience, except I remember hearing songs like "Sympathy for the Devil" and "Gimme Shelter" through cultural osmosis (movies, TV shows, etc.). I wouldn't learn the titles of those songs until college.
I wonder, in retrospect, if part of the Rolling Stones "back seat" role in the mid- to late-1980s was the fact that they never really went away. The Stones hadn't yet settled in as a legacy act. You could probably win a lot of bar bets asking people how many studio albums the Rolling Stones released during the 1980s (answer: five). They were on MTV plenty, as well, though they are not really associated with Music Television today (everyone thinks instead of new wave, hair metal, and Michael Jackson).
Doug B
Footballguy
I had a very similar experience in the New Orleans market -- what you're describing is what some called "Top 40 radio".
One additional thing New Orleans had then due to local demographics -- and I'm sure some markets in NC were the same way -- was a major R&B radio station and deep cultural penetration of R&B/soul/dance/proto-hip-hop. There were a lot of songs that were ubiquitous in New Orleans that you'd never hear on Casey Casem -- but they were Top Ten on Billboard's R&B chart (I'd come to learn later in the Internet Era).
The Dreaded Marco
Footballguy
I’ve got their first 3 albums from ‘90, ‘91 and ‘92.
The first song I remember hearing from them was Two Worlds Collide off their 3rd album. I liked it so much I went and bought the two previous albums.
Big fan of all 3. I haven’t listened to them in a long time. I’ll have to give them a spin this weekend.
rockaction
Footballguy
We're counting those outside of Tattoo You as relevant Stones albums? If anything, those albums cemented the fact that they were a legacy act.
That's not to poop on your thesis. It's just an observation.
Uruk-Hai
Footballguy
@Pip's Invitation Steve Hyden ranked his Top 100 Neil Young Songs
Doug B
Footballguy
Depends on what we mean by “relevant”. Artistically, maybe not. Representing the vanguard of popular music in the US at the time? No, pretty sure not.
But an act can hang around and maintain a constant profile without being relevant in those ways. In evidence: All five 1980s studio releases went Top 5 on the US album charts, plus each spawned a Top 10 single (eleven Top 40 singles overall throughout the 1980s). Plus they released a Top 5 live album, Still Life, in 1982.
And all that glossed over Mick Jagger’s personal promotion at the time — he was definitely a current figure in 1980s pop culture, if not an artistically relevant one.
In short, the Stones never went away.
Jim Morrison, John Bonham, and Keith Moon died. Roger Waters left and Pink Floyd was on life support. For whatever reason, the Stones — during the period in question — generally avoided placement into the same category as those contemporaries.
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rockaction
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Yeah, I think defining "relevant" would mean that the albums were contemporaneously played with their release and that there was really one of three things: 1) a big hit or two from each record that either broke on the airwaves or 2) got press in the right magazines, or 3) was recommended by word of mouth by one's peers. The Stones probably flunked all three of those, with allowances that they might have had the hit records and I just missed it.
Doug B
Footballguy
I had to add to my post above due to posting-by-phone errors. These points are addressed above.
scorchy
Footballguy
Growing up in my podunk down, we had a country station, a Top 40 station, an R&B/Soul/Funk station, and an oldies station. By the time I got to HS in 1987, we finally got one that played classic rock, but even that was really the same 5-7 songs by the same 25-30 bands. MTV - especially 120 Minutes - was my lifeline.
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