Here’s what’s on the show tonight:
Title (with link to iTunes, if available) | Artist (with link to the artists’ website, if available) | Album (with link to Amazon.com, if available) | Original Artist |
It’s Oh So Quiet | Betty Hutton | Somebody Loves Me | covered by Bjork |
I’m A Believer | Neil Diamond | Classics: The Early Years | covered by The Monkees and Smashmouth |
Everytime You Go Away | Hall & Oates | Ultimate Daryl Hall & John Oates | covered by Paul Young |
I’ve Got My Mind Set On You | James Ray | Golden Classics: If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody | covered by George Harrison |
Go Now | Bessie Banks | Go Now | covered by The Moody Blues |
Shipbuilding | Robert Wyatt | John Peel’s Festive 15 – Uncut Presents | covered by Elvis Costello |
Great show!
I have to wonder, though, when there is a “late night” Coverville, does Brian go into total Venus Flytrap mode?
Absolutely, babies.
Thanks… Robert Wyatt’s Shipbuilding is amazing… much though I love Elvis C, the original rules…
The Monkees released “I’m A Believer” before Neil Diamond did. It was The Monkees second single released in the fall of 1966. Neil Diamond did not release it until 1967 on his “Just For You” LP.
Hey Brian, loved the original of “I’ve Got My Mind Set” – amazing.
But Elvis Costello DID write “Shipbuilding” with his producer, Clive Lange. Robert Wyatt’s version is the cover.
You can check on Wikipedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shipbuilding_%28song%29
OK, my apologies, you did acknowledge that but I posted while still listening. How does the version that Wyatt performed qualify as the “original” though?
Elvis’ version is the cover, simply because Robert Wyatt released his version first.
And it’s for that same reason that the Monkees/Neil Diamond track shouldn’t have been included. The Monkees released their version first, so Neil Diamond’s version is the cover. (Thanks Tom!)
still looking forward to listening to this, but thanks for shouting out at me re: Bjork. I can still hardly believe how little she added, yet it “fitted” perfectly with her. Next i’ll find out “Big Time Sensuality” is a 1940’s ballad!!
On the debate on whether it’s a true cover or not, I just think, it’s all about the music and “I’m a believer” is a great track. “red Red wine” would be another contender, though more well known as a cover.
Hi Brian — interesting show… I had no idea about any of these originals. The covers sound better on most IMO.
In case you are still looking for “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” the original artist’s website is RobertHazard.com.
Back when the Paul Young version of Every Time You Go Away was in the UK charts, there was a radio DJ, who, because of the prominent hi-hat, referred to the song as “Every Time You Go Away, You Take A Piece of Meat With You”.
Now I can think of nothing else when I hear that song…