Archive for the 'cover-worthy' Category
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
When Travis covered ...Baby One More Time as tender British comfort rock, it was cute.
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When Jonathan Coultan did Baby Got Back as a singer/songwriter folk troubadour, it was funny.
When The Gourds played Gin n' Juice in up-the-mountain bluegrass style, it was just bizarre.
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alanis morissette, britney spears, covers, franz ferdinand, jenny owen youngs, jonathan coulton, lcd soundsystem, nelly, nirvana, radiohead, sir mix a lot, snoop dogg, travis, video
Saturday, June 9, 2007
From the remix album Things Falling Apart (2000)
Trent Reznor is no stranger to cover tunes, having turned in notable studio versions of songs by Soft Cell, Pigface, Queen and Joy Division, as well as performing a number of live covers at concerts. On the remix album that accompanied The Fragile, Nine Inch Nails added Gary Numan to that list, with a surprising faithful rendition of Metal.
To ...
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gary numan, nine inch nails
Monday, May 14, 2007
A long time ago, while expanding my cultural horizons and getting to know a distant branch of my family, I spent a good portion of the summer in the nation of France. It had the works: sight-seeing, landmarks, historical places, family gatherings, camping, Eurorail, and of course shopping and souvenirs. An excellent summer well spent. And it was made more excellent by a handful of hard-to-find ...
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plastic bertrand, presidents of the united states of america
Saturday, April 28, 2007
I spent a portion of this Saturday going through my extended archive of music, the stuff that's not in my central, everyday iTunes library. Most of those files are a bit old and for either quality or tagging reason, they've been left unincorporated. Some of these songs have been sitting untouched and unlistened to on cds and hard drives for years.
So I've decided to start sorting ...
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bjork, download, live, mp3, pj harvey, rolling stones, video
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Poor Kermit. Times have been rough for the ol' muppet in recent years. Things just haven't been the same since Jim died. The last major film was considered a dud and the Muppets have largely stayed out of the public eye of late. To add insult to injury, the franchise is controlled by Disney, Disney! of all companies.
Oh, for the heady days of the late 1970s, ...
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kermit, muppets, nine inch nails, video
Thursday, April 5, 2007
Allow me to preface this by saying I've never been that impressed by Alanis Morissette's work. She's a decent enough performer, but her songs always struck me as, well, whiny.
But this performance here is bordering on brilliance.
It's a rather unexpected cover of Fergie/Black Eyed Peas' My Humps. I'm not sure what Ms. Morissette has been up to the past few years, but this is the last ...
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alanis morissette, black eyed peas, fergie, video
Saturday, December 9, 2006
Specialized bike parts has released an intriguing holiday card for the 2006 season. It's an excerpt of the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy from Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker suite, a perennial Christmas time favorite.
The catch is that the piece is played entirely on bicycle parts. From createdigitalmusic.com:
Glockenspiel & Clarinet melody = spokes.
Cello & Violin pizzicatos = plucked derailleur cables.
Triangle = disc brake hit.
Percussion = shifting, coasting, finger ...
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Thursday, December 7, 2006
A superb cover of Charlie Daniels' and his band Devil Went Down to Georgia. I'm not sure if the song itself was ever released, but a claymation Quicktime movie of it can be found on the data portion of Primus' 1999 Rhinoplasty, a collection of cover tunes in the band's trademark style.
Fortunately for you, the fine denizens of YouTube have thoughtfully provided this video. Enjoy.
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charlie daniels band, georgia, primus, video
Monday, December 4, 2006
Interpretations of John Williams' Star Wars music is a veritable cottage industry. A portion of it is sure to turn up at any concert performance featuring "movie music" as well as concert recordings featuring the same. Then, there's Meco's disco versions, The Evil Genius Orchestra's excellent cocktail versions as well as countless techno/trance/club versions.
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jazz, john williams, lounge, meco, star wars, swing, the evil genius orchestra, trotter trio
