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Cover MegaMix for Samara (Part One)
Aug. 27th, 2007 11:34 pmSo a very happy birthday to my very own "Girlfriend* in Canada (TM)", the fabulous ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
little_dinosaur. As I am poor, I did the "boyfriend" thing and made her a mix CD. Specifically, a 3-disc extravaganza of my favorite cover songs!
Unfortunately, I made this mix forspacechild a year or two ago, and I should have updated it before burning it again. The most glaring omission is that there's not a single Johnny Cash cover here. All I can say in defense is that, uh, you should just go ahead and buy Johnny Cash's actual albums, because he's the goddamn man, damn it.
But otherwise, I dare say my mix is pretty damn cool. So I'm gonna list off the tracks here, along with commentary, and (where applicable) YouTube videos.
So behind the cut is Disc 1: Rolling Stones, Beatles, Peter Gabriel, Tom Waits, Yaz, Depeche Mode, and more, covered by Devo, Primus, Ben Folds, Rufus Wainwright, and... Jim Carrey?
( Yes! I did it! I've defiled a timeless piece of art! For my next trick, I'll paint a clown face on the Mona Lisa using the Shroud of Turin as the dropcloth! Eee hee hee hee hee! )
Next time, Disc 2 will feature Local H and Ben Gibbard redeeming Britney Spears and Avril Lavinge, plus a five-song Leonard Cohen cover mini-extravaganza from the Pixies, Tori Amos, Rufus Wainwright, Martin Gore of Depeche Mode, and Peter Gabriel.
Who, I feel it's worth mentioning again, doesn't get enough respect. I don't know why the hell that is. It's like people think he's interchangable with Phil frickin' Collins, or something.
*Some people are already confused, which is understandable, as I suppose most people haven't seen AVENUE Q. Including me. But no, the fact is, I'm still a swingin' bachelor. Now who wants to come to my joint for martinis and ping-pong?!
little_dinosaur. As I am poor, I did the "boyfriend" thing and made her a mix CD. Specifically, a 3-disc extravaganza of my favorite cover songs!Unfortunately, I made this mix for
spacechild a year or two ago, and I should have updated it before burning it again. The most glaring omission is that there's not a single Johnny Cash cover here. All I can say in defense is that, uh, you should just go ahead and buy Johnny Cash's actual albums, because he's the goddamn man, damn it.But otherwise, I dare say my mix is pretty damn cool. So I'm gonna list off the tracks here, along with commentary, and (where applicable) YouTube videos.
So behind the cut is Disc 1: Rolling Stones, Beatles, Peter Gabriel, Tom Waits, Yaz, Depeche Mode, and more, covered by Devo, Primus, Ben Folds, Rufus Wainwright, and... Jim Carrey?
( Yes! I did it! I've defiled a timeless piece of art! For my next trick, I'll paint a clown face on the Mona Lisa using the Shroud of Turin as the dropcloth! Eee hee hee hee hee! )
Next time, Disc 2 will feature Local H and Ben Gibbard redeeming Britney Spears and Avril Lavinge, plus a five-song Leonard Cohen cover mini-extravaganza from the Pixies, Tori Amos, Rufus Wainwright, Martin Gore of Depeche Mode, and Peter Gabriel.
Who, I feel it's worth mentioning again, doesn't get enough respect. I don't know why the hell that is. It's like people think he's interchangable with Phil frickin' Collins, or something.
*Some people are already confused, which is understandable, as I suppose most people haven't seen AVENUE Q. Including me. But no, the fact is, I'm still a swingin' bachelor. Now who wants to come to my joint for martinis and ping-pong?!
