Battery's cover of Gangsta's Paradise.
There you go! And it's on iTunes.
Travis Morrison's "Around the Way Girl"
Sadly, not on iTunes or eMusic.
Just discovered that Soundgarden covered "Cop Killer" live. Now, if I could only find a copy....
Don't I get a cookie?
Spike ,'Never Leave Me'
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.
dw - Sep 20, 2005 2:13:17 pm PDT #588 of 10003
Silence means security silence means approval
dw - Sep 20, 2005 5:12:48 pm PDT #589 of 10003
Silence means security silence means approval
Oh, and I'd forgotten the Supersuckers covered "Hey Ya!"
Polter-Cow - Sep 20, 2005 6:10:44 pm PDT #590 of 10003
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
OK, let's say I'm making a mix tape of nothing but non-rap covers of rap songs. Right now I have the Gourds' "Gin and Juice," Ben Folds' "Bitches Ain't Shit," Nina Gordon's girl-and-a-guitar version of "Straight Outta Compton."
Why has no one mentioned Dynamite Hack's "Boyz in the Hood" yet? Come on, people.
Michele T. - Sep 20, 2005 7:57:52 pm PDT #591 of 10003
with a gleam in my eye, and an almost airtight alibi
It sounds like Ernest Tubb when he's working on three hours sleep and a tub full of gin, you mean!
Other than that track and the Nina Gordon, the only thing I have is a small audio clip of John Darnielle singing along with the "Ignition" remix to bassist Peter Hughes's ringtone of same from a Mountain Goats show last year. The audience went crazy.
Thinking about it, I'm surprised no one's done "99 Problems"...
Jim - Sep 20, 2005 11:14:08 pm PDT #592 of 10003
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
Tricky is a rapper, tho'. But his version of Black Steel rules all.
Jim - Sep 20, 2005 11:16:55 pm PDT #593 of 10003
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
Okay, so somebody (Jim?) mentioning Jackie Wilson sent me to the iTunes store, where I see Dexy's Midnight Runners did a cover of "Jackie Wilson Said." Want.
Wasn't me. But if you don't have that first Dexy's album you need it. Actually, you pretty much need all 3 Dexy's albums, but especially that one.
Corwood is bang on about Fortress Of Solitude - if you read just the first 3/4ths as a memoir of growing up in '70s Brooklyn it's brilliant, but the ending is a mess. It's not as good as Motherless Brooklyn.
Jon B. - Sep 21, 2005 2:23:11 am PDT #594 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Hey Jim -- I can't remember -- what was the name of your semi-famous journalist landlord?
t edit never mind. I did a search. Everett True, right?
Sue - Sep 21, 2005 3:13:30 am PDT #595 of 10003
hip deep in pie
I lost my copy of Fortress of Solitude when I was 2/3 of the way through. I was liking it, though.
Jim - Sep 21, 2005 3:56:17 am PDT #596 of 10003
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
Yeah. Why?
Jon B. - Sep 21, 2005 4:15:51 am PDT #597 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
No real reason. FAQWife is reading Simon Reynolds' new book and it came up in conversation.