I know a lot of them, but my favorites are called old-school now. Me and Derek Strange. Except for the Western soundtracks. Don't think I'll ever get that.
This is a time of celebration, so sit still and be quiet.
Snyder ,'Chosen'
Buffista Music III: The Search for Bach
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
erikaj - Sep 13, 2005 8:47:52 am PDT #364 of 10003
Always Anti-fascist!
Fred Pete - Sep 13, 2005 8:50:21 am PDT #365 of 10003
Ann, that's a ferret.
Ramones - "Indian Giver"
Please tell me this isn't a cover of the 1910 Fruitgum Co. song. Because I can't wrap my mind around that concept.
DavidS - Sep 13, 2005 8:54:44 am PDT #366 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Please tell me this isn't a cover of the 1910 Fruitgum Co. song. Because I can't wrap my mind around that concept.
C'mon, Fred! The Ramones are huge bubblegum fans. Though I always thought "Quick Joey Small" was the perfect Ramones bubblegum cover.
The Talking Heads used to cover "1, 2, 3 Red Light."
Tom Scola - Sep 13, 2005 8:56:43 am PDT #367 of 10003
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
Please tell me this isn't a cover of the 1910 Fruitgum Co. song. Because I can't wrap my mind around that concept.
It rocks.
Hayden - Sep 13, 2005 9:09:27 am PDT #368 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
You didn't read the bubblegum book, Fred? You've just outed yourself.
Oh, in relatively huge genre-busting news, "Deadwood" is on my watch list now. I thought you'd wanna know that.
It's a goddamn burst of brilliance. I voted for Ian McShane as Swearingen over McNulty on that Salon TV poll. What can I say? McNulty's a great character, but his greatness is contingent on his ease of being passed over in favor of the Best Supporting Cast On TV. McShane as Swearingen is a force of nature, impossible to ignore, as compelling a fictional character as MacBeth with as amazing a synthesis of actor and character as Welles playing Hank Quinlan.
More iPoddy goodness:
- Kathy McCarty - "Rocket Ship"
- Our Unfinished Project - "Lovebirds" (n.b. this is actually a song from an unfinished album I started last year)
- Yo La Tengo - "You Tore Me Down"
- Yo La Tengo - "Here Comes My Baby" (one of my wife's all-time favorite songs, next to The Sonics' "Psycho")
- Shangri-Las - "Sophisticated Boom-Boom"
- Roky Erickson - "You Don't Love Me Yet"
- Big Mama Thorton - "Hound Dog"
- King Crimson - "The Court of the Crimson King"
- The Cramps - "TV Set"
- Spoon - "I Turn My Camera On"
- The Observers - "Dubbing with the Observer"
dw - Sep 13, 2005 9:18:08 am PDT #369 of 10003
Silence means security silence means approval
Yo La Tengo - "Here Comes My Baby" (one of my wife's all-time favorite songs, next to The Sonics' "Psycho")
There was an article on the Sonics in one of the Seattle papers about a month ago. Or maybe not; I can't find them anywhere in the papers' online archives. But it talked about what happened to the band. All of them ended up walking away from music, IIRC.
Hayden - Sep 13, 2005 9:23:58 am PDT #370 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
All of them ended up walking away from music, IIRC.
Probably smart. Once you've achieved perfection (and, of course, I speak of "The Village Idiot"), walking away is the best thing you can do.
Hey, on a completely different level, I just realized that there's a possibility that you are Susan W's husband. If so, we have actually met each other in real life. Is this the case?
Fred Pete - Sep 13, 2005 9:24:34 am PDT #371 of 10003
Ann, that's a ferret.
C'mon, Fred! The Ramones are huge bubblegum fans. Though I always thought "Quick Joey Small" was the perfect Ramones bubblegum cover.
"Quick Joey Small" would work better with basic guitar.
It's more that I can't see some songs working in certain genres. Like a country version of "Night Fever" (though "Stayin' Alive" might work).
dw - Sep 13, 2005 9:37:27 am PDT #372 of 10003
Silence means security silence means approval
Hey, on a completely different level, I just realized that there's a possibility that you are Susan W's husband. If so, we have actually met each other in real life. Is this the case?
I would be the one. When did we meet? Please don't tell me it was the ill-starred night in Birmingham and the Indian restaurant.
DavidS - Sep 13, 2005 9:38:34 am PDT #373 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Kathy McCarty - "Rocket Ship"
Ahhh, Kathy. I should send her a $20 bill. When's she gonna do another record, dammit?!
Yo La Tengo - "Here Comes My Baby" (one of my wife's all-time favorite songs, next to The Sonics' "Psycho")
Both worthy songs. Perhaps neednig a mashup titled "Here Comes My Psycho Baby."
Shangri-Las - "Sophisticated Boom-Boom"
Great song! Love the Shangs. There's a cool lip sync to this song by drag queens in the movie Stonewall which has been running on Logo lately. In fact, any girl group fans should check out the movie just for the drag interpretations. Lots of Shangri Las. ("He don't / hang out / with the gang no more..." - same song the Dolls covered when I saw them at the Fillmore for their reunion).
Big Mama Thorton - "Hound Dog"
So much better than Elvis' version. Among other things, her version actually makes sense. Also she does a better (funnier, cooler) reading of the lyrics.
The Cramps - "TV Set"
Possibly The Cramps greatest moment. Both lyrically and musically with the skronk guitar break. Actually, "Human Fly" is probably their best lyric. ("I'm a human fly / I'm just an unzipped fly / I got 96 tears / from 96 eyes" - damn that's good).