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Coverville 106: Birthday Requests for Blondie and Fred, a 4th of July track and more!

July 4, 2005

Hey baby, it’s the Fourth of July!Time for another great collection of listener requests, and Uncovered Gem of the Week, and Musically Challenged, courtesy of the Mostly Trivial:

Title Artist Original Artist:
1952 Vincent Black Lightning Richard Thompson Uncovered Gem of the Week
Back in the High Life Again Warren Zevon Steve Winwood
Magnet and Steel Matthew Sweet with Lindsey Buckingham Walter Egan
Fourth of July Robert Earl Keen X
Coconut Fred Schneider with Deadly Cupcake Harry Nilsson
Atomic The Mission U.K. Blondie

39 minutes |

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8 Comments

  1. MrVee
    MrVee on July 4, 2005 at 11:09 pm

    Great show. Thanks for a version of one of my all time favorites in “1952” that I hadn’t heard.

  2. hal sandick
    hal sandick on July 5, 2005 at 6:46 am

    I can’t get coverville using itunes. I wrote to them but, it hasn’t been fixed. Thought you’d like to know.

    Love the show (so does my wife :-).

    Hal

  3. Ian
    Ian on July 5, 2005 at 11:21 am

    What a great start to the show. I have 3 versions of Richard Thompson doing this, and I think the one you chose is the best. He play’s with the song everytime he performs it.

    Thought you were going to play a cover that I had never had until I pulled up the show notes.

    Great show as usual.

  4. Douglas
    Douglas on July 6, 2005 at 12:25 pm

    I did a double take when I heard Robert Earl Keen on this show.

    Couldn’t figure out if I had accidentally started playing my own favorite play list.

    Thanks for the surprise,

    Douglas

  5. Bob
    Bob on July 6, 2005 at 2:04 pm

    FYI, your site showed up today in the “Daily Picks” section on my “My Yahoo” page.

    ยท Coverville – uncover the hits and misses. (in Podcasting and Audioblogging)

  6. Paulie
    Paulie on July 8, 2005 at 3:46 pm

    Saw this cd in a used cd store last night — “HOW MANY BANDS DOES IT TAKE TO SCREW UP A BLONDIE TRIBUTE?” (Sympathy for the Record Industry)

    This cd would have been perfect for this podcast.

    You are doing great work.

    Cheers!
    Paulie [eatl/ga]

  7. Funklord
    Funklord on July 11, 2005 at 8:04 am

    Very enjoyable show, a few nits to pick.

    1) Love the Richard Thompson song, though it’s not a cover. You might consider Del McCoury’s lovely bluegrass cover.

    2) “Fourth of July” was written by Dave Alvin, not Dave Alvin and X. It was first performed by X though, when Dave Alvin had joined the band (after Billy Zoom left). Exene was married to John Doe, not Billy Zoom, and they were long, long divorced before this song was recorded.

    3) Don’t know if you’ve gotten to this one yet, but Nina Gordon (from Veruca Salt) does an amazing acoustic version of NWA’s “Straight Outta Compton”, available for download here:
    http://www.ninagordon.com/sightsandsounds.html

  8. Brian
    Brian on July 11, 2005 at 8:31 am

    Hi Funklord,

    Glad you enjoyed the show!

    Every Sunday, I pick a song that’s not a cover, and play it on the show. Listeners cannot live on covers alone! I call it the Uncovered Gem of the Week, and sometimes it’s a song that has been covered by other artists, sometimes not. (The “uncovered” simply means that I uncovered in my library of music).

    Thanks for the corrections on Dave Alvin and X – you’re absolutely right!

    Look for the Nina Gordon track on an upcoming show that features cover versions of rap songs. Maybe July 21st, or 28th.

    Thanks for listening!
    Brian