EPISODE #203: COVERS II
The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]
Grass Widow — “Cover You”
Robyn Hitchcock — “The Ghost in You”
John Wesley Harding — “Like a Prayer”
The Proclaimers — “King of the Road”
Hank Hill from King of the Hill — “Teddy Bear”
Liz Phair w/ Material Issue — “Turning Japanese”
The Lemonheads — “Mrs. Robinson”
Yes — “America”
The Feelies — “Everybody’s Got Something to Hide (Except Me and My Monkey)”
Sonic Youth — “Superstar”
Los Straitjackets — “My Heart Will Go On (Love Theme From Titanic)”
Devo — “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction”
Dinosaur Jr. — “Just Like Heaven”
Yo La Tengo — “Friday I’m in Love”
broadcast live from Hoboken, NJ, on “Jack’s Aquarium”
Tuesday, 10/20/15, 10:00-11:10 a.m. eastern time
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Who were the originators of Salt in Wound? I thought this was your site from the beginning Jack!
Interesting show, I like the Yes version of “America” but what you played must have been an edited version for radio or a 45. The album version on “Yesterdays” has a lengthy intro that greatly enhances the song.
Next cover show consider REM’s version of “Road Runner” originally by Jonathan Richmond.
Television writer/producer John Levenstein started the site during a TV strike; I was recruited the following year by his then-brother-in-law. Has been all me for 4+ years.
That was indeed the single release of “America,” from a compilation album. Hmm i only see a live version of “Roadrunner” on YouTube, is it on record somewhere? I have a fairly complete R.E.M. collection.
I have a cassette of an album called “Covering Them” which may be a bootleg; it has several cover versions of songs by REM. It may be a bootleg; someone gave it to me back in “the day.”
You know about Peter Gabriel’s “Scratch My Back” and “I’ll Scratch Yours” albums? There are interesting selections on both of those, but please avoid Bon Iver’s cover of “Come Talk to Me”!
Also a tribute album to Jackson Browne came out a year or two ago. There is a version of “Running On Empty,” I can’t remember by whom, but he changes the lyrics to “In ’85 I was seventeen and driving up the 101.” They really do talk that way out there, every highway route is preceded by “the.”