52 minutes |

Featuring:

1	Round Here Himalayans She Likes The Weather Orig. Himalayans	2	Borderline Counting Crows Live From The Royal Albert Hall in London Orig. Madonna	3	Mr. Jones Skratch 3 Crash & Burn Orig. Counting Crows
4	A Long December Bayside Dead And Dreaming: An Indie Tribute To Counting Crows Orig. Counting Crows	5	Ooh La La Counting Crows Under The Covers Orig. Faces	6	Colorblind Natalie Walker Urban Angel Orig. Counting Crows
7	Start Again Counting Crows Hard Candy Orig. Teenage Fanclub	8	Raining in Baltimore Allison Crowe Secrets Orig. Counting Crows	9	Rain King Blue Dogs Live @ The Dock St. Theatre Orig. Counting Crows
10	Accidentally In Love Linda Eder Soundtrack Orig. Counting Crows

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Coverville Citizenship is the perfect way to get “more Coverville“! With an annual donation – which goes right back into the development and production of the show, you get the following bonuses:

- You get access to the Citizen-only Bonus Tracks feed, which gives you additional episodes of Coverville that you can’t get otherwise. Each episode presents the songs that got cut from the regular shows due to time, multiple versions of the same song, or other reasons, but are still completely worth hearing!

- You get an annual DVD, comprising the last 100 episodes in an easily-archivable format. Just pop the DVD into your computer, and drag the episodes you want onto your portable media device, burn to CD, or listen right from the disc.

- You get the annual seasonal t-shirt! And that’s the number one reason for this post. As we approach episode 700, the time left to get the current Citizen t-shirt gets smaller and smaller. Once #700 is recorded and posted, these shirts become unavailable, to make room for the 2010-2011 design.

So if you’ve been waiting to become a Coverville Citizen, there’s no better time than right now to join! Get more details and sign up on the Coverville Citizen page.

51 minutes |

Featuring:

1	You Give Me What I Want Laura Vane & The Vipertones Laura Vane & The Vipertones Orig. Etta James	2	Listen To The Music The Isley Brothers 3 + 3 Orig. Doobie Brothers	3	Billie Holiday Warpaint Exquisite Corpse Orig. Mary Wells
4	Atlantic City Kim Fox Moon Hut Orig. Bruce Springsteen	5	If You Leave Nada Surf Music from The O.C.: Mix 2 Orig. OMD	6	Free Ride Audio Adrenaline Bloom Orig. Edgar Winter

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Results of last week’s battle: Who did it better? Jerry Chapman, H.I.M. or The Peptides?

After the intensity of last week’s song and battle, let’s lighten things up with a couple covers of Boston-based heartthrobs New Edition, and their big hit single “Cool It Now”. First up is peppy female-fronted version by early 90’s summer fling Len. Second, a stripped-down funky version by Robbers on High Street.

Buy ‘em all here:
– “Cool It Now” – New Edition (The original)
– “Cool It Now” – LEN
– “Cool It Now” – Robbers On High Street

Ronny, Bobby, Ricky and Mike, if I play both covers, which one do you like?

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37 minutes |

Featuring:

1	Ain’t That Peculiar Asha Puthli Unavailable Orig. Marvin Gaye	2	Hurt So Bad Nancy Holloway Hello Dolly Orig. Little Anthony & The Imperials	3	I’m Your Puppet Derrick Harriott Acid Rock Orig. Dan Penn
4	Gonna Take a Miracle Alton Ellis Sunday Coming Orig. Royalettes	5	Be My Baby The Marvels Unavailable Orig. Ronnettes	6	Bang Bang Betty Chung Unavailable Orig. Cher
7	Baby It’s You Smith A Band Called Smith Orig. Shirelles	8	At Last Stevie Wonder My Cherie Amour Orig. Glen Miller/Pop. Etta James)	9	Summertime Billy Stewart Jimmy Bishop on Stage Live Orig. Gershwin/Porgy & Bess
10	Bring It On Home To Me The Exciters Unavailable Orig. Sam Cooke

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52 minutes |

Featuring:

1	The Real Slim Shady Lounge Brigade Lounge Tribute To Eminem Orig. Eminem	2	Brain Damage Jeffrey Lewis & Laura Marling Web Orig. Eminem	3	Lose Yourself The Script Radio 1’s Live Lounge 3 Orig. Eminem
4	Forgot About Dre Shelter Belt These Songs Were Not Written By Shelter Belt Orig. Dr. Dre/Eminem	5	Stan Lee The Four Eyes Secret Center Sessions Volume 3 Disc 1 Orig. Eminem	6	Stan (The Man) The Lounge-O-Leers Wow It’s…The Lounge-O-Leers Two Orig. Eminem
7	‘97 Bonnie & Clyde Tori Amos Strange Little Girls Orig. Eminem	8	We Made You Boogaloo To Eminem Boogaloo to Eminem Orig. Eminem	9	The Way I Am Eminemmylou Muthabanjo Orig. Eminem

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Coverville 654: The Hollies Cover Story

Coverville 663: The Jacques Brel Cover Story

This episode of Coverville Bonus Tracks features:

1	I Am A Rock The Hollies Hollies/Would You Believe? Orig. Simon & Garfunkel	2	Bus Stop Fountains Of Wayne American Dreams Orig. Hollies	3	He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother The Housemartins Now That’s What I Call Quite Good Orig. Kelly Gordon
4	Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress) Charlie Sexton Air America Soundtrack Orig. Hollies	5	I Can’t Tell The Bottom From The Top Kevin Rowland My Beauty Orig. Hollies	6	The Air That I Breathe Feline Come Again: Essential Interpretations Orig. Albert Hammond
7	Bus Stop Herman’s Hermits Herman’s Hermits/Both Sides of Herman’s Hermits Orig. Hollies	8	Ne Me Quitte Pas Bic Runga Bic Runga with the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra Live in Concert Orig. Jacques Brel	9	Madeleine Original Cast Recording Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris Orig. Jacques Brel

49 minutes | This episode is part of the Coverville: Bonus Tracks feed, a series produced exclusively for Coverville Citizens. To subscribe to the Coverville: Bonus Tracks feed, visit The Coverville Citizen Page

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Results of last week’s battle: Who did it better? John Martyn or Kram?

For the 25th episode of Who Did It Better, let’s harness the power of three, and compare three different versions of Blue Öyster Cult’s “Dont Fear The Reaper” ().

First up is a moody guitar-driven version by Jerry Chapman (CDBaby link).

Next, we have a sinister goth version by H.I.M. ().

And finally, a brand new atmospheric version by The Peptides (Free download here).

Which version (along with the original) should live together in eternity?

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Here’s information on the Underground Music Showcase Trivia Competition “Our Quiz Could Be Your Life”, thanks to Geeks Who Drink, The Denver Post and Reverb!

47 minutes |

Featuring:

1	Kiss The Art Of Noise Feat. Tom Jones Tom Jones Reloaded: Greatest Hits Orig. Prince	2	She’s A Lady Ali Campbell feat. Shaggy She’s A Lady Orig. Tom Jones	3	What’s New Pussycat? Sharleen Spiteri The Movie Songbook Orig. Tom Jones
4	Venus Tom Jones Kitsch Lounge Riot Orig. Shocking Blue	5	Delilah Brad Roberts Crash Test Dude Orig. Tom Jones	6	It’s Not Unusual Wild Colonials Reel Life Vol.1 Orig. Tom Jones
7	Motherless Child Tom Jones with Portishead Reload Orig. Traditional	8	Sexbomb Max Raabe & Palast Orchester Palast Revue Orig. Tom Jones/Mousse T	9	It’ll Be Me Tom Jones & Jools Holland Tom Jones & Jools Holland Orig. Jerry Lee Lewis
10	Thunderball Kingpins Thunderball Orig. Tom Jones/James Bond

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37 minutes |

Featuring:

1	I Want To Know Okkervil River Golden Opportunities Mixtape Orig. Fugs	2	Dumb Things The Cat Empire So Many Nights – EP Orig. Paul Kelly	3	Purple Rain The Okra All-Stars Okra All-Stars Orig. Prince
4	Stairway to Heaven The Rock Lobsters Stairways to Heaven Orig. Led Zeppelin	5	Because The Night Rhythms Del Mundo feat. KT Tunstall Classics Orig. Bruce Springsteen	6	Free Fallin’ John Mayer Where The Light Is: John Mayer Live In Los Angeles Orig. Tom Petty

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Results of last week’s battle: Who did it better? The Hollies or Ben E. King?

Another week, another request for a Who Did It Better, and this one comes from Nick in Australia. Two versions of Portishead’s “Glory Box” () starting with a soulful rendition by John Martyn (), followed by a more retro version by Kram (no iTunes link).

Which version is like lookin’ at a different picture through this new frame of mind?

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55 minutes |

Featuring:

1	The Weight Shannon Curfman Loud Guitars, Big Suspicions Orig. Band	2	The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down The Valiant Arms Blue Skies and a Clean Getaway Orig. Band	3	Up On Cripple Creek Last Fair Deal Cover Stories Orig. Band
4	Rockin’ Chair Death Cab for Cutie Endless Highway – The Music of the Band Orig. Band	5	This Wheel’s On Fire Serena Ryder If Your Memory Serves You Well Orig. Band/Bob Dylan	6	It Makes No Difference Denison Witmer Recovered Orig. Band
7	Twilight The Jones Street Boys Overcome Orig. Band	8	Whispering Pines Dar Williams The Beauty Of The Rain Orig. Band	9	I Shall Be Released Steel Train Listen To Bob Dylan: A Tribute Orig. Band/Bob Dylan
10	Atlantic City The Band Jericho Orig. Bruce Springsteen

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39 minutes |

Featuring:

1	Cupid Rhythms Del Mundo feat. Amy Winehouse Classics Orig. Sam Cooke	2	Steal Away mob01d Yacht Rock Cover Fight! Orig. Robbie Dupree	3	Against The Wind Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson Highwayman Orig. Bob Seger
4	Little Jeannie Vitamin String Quartet The String Quartet Tribute To Elton John Orig. Elton John	5	It’s Still Rock And Roll To Me Laptop Opening Credits Orig. Billy Joel	6	The Rose Jonathan Richman You Must Ask the Heart Orig. Bette Midler
7	Funkytown Greazy Meal The Motion Picture Funkytown Soundtrack Orig. Lipps Inc.	8	Coming Up Terrorvision My House Orig. Paul McCartney

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Results of last week’s battle:

Today’s battle pits two legendary performers together, covering Bruce Springsteen’s gorgeous “4th Of July, Asbury Park (Sandy) : The Hollies and Ben E. King (sorry, no iTunes link available).

Which version keeps you spinning?

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49 minutes |

Featuring:

1	Dance This Mess Around Asylum Street Spankers Mercurial Orig. B-52’s	2	Roam The Yayhoos Put The Hammer Down Orig. B-52’s	3	Give Me Back My Man Venus Mission Body Rockin’ Orig. B-52’s
4	Coconut (with Deadly Cupcake) Fred Schneider Just Fred Orig. Harry Nilsson	5	Downtown The B-52’s The B-52’s Orig. Petula Clark	6	Rock Lobster No Vacancy Living On Mars Orig. B-52’s
7	52 Girls The Problem The Problem Orig. B-52’s	8	Planet Claire Les Deux Love Orchestra Planet Claire 3-D Maxi Single! Orig. B-52’s	9	Private Idaho Karmadoza The K-52’s: A Tribute To The B-52’s Orig. B-52’s
10	Song For A Future Generation Chicks On Speed Chix52 Orig. B-52’s

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47 minutes |

Featuring:

1	Caravan of Love (Demo) Nena Featuring Duncan Townsend Caravan of Love – EP Orig. Isley Brothers	2	Bein’ Green Van Morrison Hard Nose The Highway Orig. Joe Raposo/Sesame Street	3	Pictures of Matchstick Men Camper Van Beethoven Popular Songs of Great Enduring Strength and Beauty Orig. Status Quo
4	What Is And What Should Never Be Helen Keller Plaid The Song Retains The Name Orig. Led Zeppelin	5	Excuse Me (I Think I’ve Got A Heartache) Cake Wheels [EP] Orig. Buck Owens	6	Fruits Of My Labour Samantha Martin and The Beauties Live Recording Orig. Lucinda Williams

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Coverville 652: The Bee Gees Cover Story II

Coverville 655: Album Cover: The Harder They Come

This episode of Coverville Bonus Tracks features:

1	Craise Finton Kirk Royal Academy Of Arts Young Fresh Fellows Melody Fair – Songs Of The Bee Gees By… Orig. Bee Gees	2	To Love Somebody Blue Rodeo Greatest Hits Vol. 1 Orig. Bee Gees	3	How Deep Is Your Love The Bird And The Bee Please Clap Your Hands Orig. Bee Gees
4	More Than A Woman Dappled Cities Like A Version Four Orig. Bee Gees	5	Holiday Dwight Twilley Out Of The Box Orig. Bee Gees	6	Pressure Drop Keith Richards / Toots & The Maytals Run Rudolph Run / Pressure Drop Orig. Toots and the Maytals
7	Rivers of Babylon Boney M Peaceful Sounds Orig. Melodians	8	Many Rivers To Cross Sharleen Spiteri The Movie Songbook Orig. Jimmy Cliff	9	Sitting Here In Limbo Jerry Garcia Grateful Dawg The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Orig. Jimmy Cliff

49 minutes | This episode is part of the Coverville: Bonus Tracks feed, a special series produced for Coverville Citizens.

To subscribe to the Coverville: Bonus Tracks feed, visit The Coverville Citizen Page

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Results of last week’s battle:

Yet another listener request for today’s Who Did It Better, thanks to Joe from Boston. And two covers of a song that I don’t think I’d heard before today: LCD Soundsystem’s “All My Friends” . The first of our two versions comes from Scotland rockers Franz Ferdinand , and the second comes from legendary producer, musician and Velvet Undergrounder John Cale .

Which version keeps you on your feet?

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I know, I know – summer’s barely started. But for those of you wondering where I went for vacation last week, you might enjoy the most recent episode of good friend and fellow podcaster Dan Klass’ podcast, “The Bitterest Pill”. In it, Tina and I get to join Dan in his illustrious Studio G, and talk about everything from highway bathroom usage to great cover songs.

Listen here! http://danklass.com/pill/?p=1118

Results of last week’s battle:

Another listener request for today’s Who Did It Better – with versions of “Sweet Child of Mine”, originally by Guns ‘n’ Roses. It’s a battle of the organic vs. the electronic, with a version by Taken By Trees (), then a version by Flatpack ()

Which version reminds you of a warm safe place where as a child you’d hide?

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49 minutes |

Featuring:

1	Maybe I’m Amazed Bettye Lavette Interpretations: The British Rock Songbook Orig. Paul McCartney	2	Man We Was Lonely World Party LIsten to What the Man Said Orig. Paul McCartney	3	Junk Inlets Summer Tour 2010 Orig. Paul McCartney
4	Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey Radar Bros. RAM On L.A. Orig. Paul & Linda McCartney	5	Dear Boy Dawn Landes Before the Goldrush Orig. Paul & Linda McCartney ITUNES	6	My Love Tex Perkins & His Ladyboyz No. 1’s and No. 2’s Orig. Paul McCartney & Wings
7	Let Me Roll It Brendan Benson Metarie Orig. Paul McCartney & Wings	8	Junior’s Farm Galactic Cowboys Feel The Rage Orig. Paul McCartney & Wings	9	Live And Let Die Duffy War Child Presents Heroes Orig. Paul McCartney & Wings	10	This One Cliff Hillis Coming Up! Orig. Paul McCartney & Wings ITUNES

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47 minutes |

Featuring:

1	The Bonny Earl o’ Moray (Excerpt) Rory And Alex McEwen Great Scottish Ballads Orig. Traditional	2	Jet Airliner Paul Pena New Train Orig. Paul Pena	3	Secret Asian Man Da Vinci’s Notebook The Life And Times Of Mike Fanning Orig. Johnny Rivers
4	Jumpin’ Jack Flash Aretha Franklin Paint It Black: The Compilation of the Rolling Stones Cover Tracks Orig. Rolling Stones	5	So It Goes (feat. Olly Hite) The BPA I Think We’re Gonna Need A Bigger Boat Orig. Nick Lowe	6	Barbara Ann Travoltas Travolta’s Party! Orig. Regents
7	I Wanna Be Sedated (Bonus Tracks) Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs Under The Covers: Vol. 2 Orig. Ramones	8	She Drives Me Crazy Sunshiners Sunshiners Orig. Fine Young Cannibals ITUNES	9	Love Comes In Spurts Osaka Popstar Osaka Popstar And The American Legends Of Punk Orig. Richard Hell and the Voidoids
10	California Dreaming The Flashbulb Kirlian Selections Orig. Mamas and the Papas

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Results of last week’s battle:

Are you ready to go back, Jack, and do it again? Let’s do just that with two versions of Steely Dan’s first hit as requested by listener Toyotaboy! First up is a funky version by Voo Doo Phunk (Amazon link), followed by the California band everyone loves to hate, Smashmouth ( Amazon link)

Which version keeps the wheels turnin’ round and round?

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43 minutes |

Featuring:

1	One Dokken Erase The Slate Orig. Harry Nilsson	2	Coconut Sprung Monkey Music For Our Mother Ocean 3 Orig. Harry Nilsson	3	Everybody’s Talkin’ Crowded House Like A Version Four Orig. Fred Neil
4	Without You Badfinger No Dice Orig. Badfinger	5	Think About Your Troubles Jellyfish For The Love Of Harry – Everybody Sings Nilsson Orig. Harry Nilsson	6	Don’t Forget Me Neko Case Middle Cyclone Orig. Harry Nilsson
7	The Lottery Song The Format B-Sides & Rarities Orig. Harry Nilsson	8	Without Her Beckley-Lamm-Wilson Like A Brother Orig. Harry Nilsson	9	Me and My Arrow The Simple Carnival Me and My Arrow EP Orig. Harry Nilsson
10	Living Without You Harry Nilsson Nilsson Sings Newman Orig. Randy Newman

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47 minutes |

Featuring:

1	Crazy (Piano) Kevin Hammond Kevin Hammond Orig. Gnarls Barkley	2	You Got The Silver Crooked Still Some Strange Country Orig. Rolling Stones	3	Sinaloa Cowboys Dyl Folk Off Orig. Bruce Springsteen
4	You Really Got Me Seth Kibel feat. Eugene “Hideaway” Bridges The Great Pretender Orig. Kinks	5	I’m Not Like Everybody Else Wine Shoegazer Orig. Kinks	6	Smile Shannon Butcher Little Hearts Orig. Lily Allen
7	Everlong Wakey!Wakey! Wakey!Wakey! Wednesdays [Family Records] Orig. Foo Fighters	8	Lovefool Kat Edmonson Take To The Sky Orig. Cardigans	9	Hyperballad The Conleys Folk Noir Orig. Bjork
10	Right Stuff Huff This Huff This! Orig. New Kids On The Block

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“I have been a loyal listener since about episode 10. I recently found out that a friend of mine was diagnosed with breast cancer, at age 42. Her attitude is great, and all she is asking from her friends is below.

‘So now to you. Everyone has asked what they can do and I’m saying Help! I need you oh-so-creative and hip friends and family! Give me your suggestion for what should make it onto the ultimate kick-cancer-in-the-ass-‘mixtape.’ I’ll think of them as my special Power Songs that I can punch in on the low days when I need a boost. ‘

I thought of you immediately, and hoping you can help out.”

He may have thought of me – but I thought of you, the listener base, to help come up with the best “Optomistic Playlist” out there. Doesn’t have to be covers! C’mon hive-mind, what do you say?

Coverville 649: Vancouver-ville

Coverville 650: The Alice Cooper Cover Story

This episode of Coverville Bonus Tracks features:

1	Falling Out You Say Party! We Say Die! The Seven Year Itch – Paper Bag Records Orig. Rikk Agnew	2	Enjoy The Silence Matthew Good In A Coma Orig. Depeche Mode	3	Young Lust Bryan Adams The Wall Live In Berlin Orig. Pink Floyd
4	Because Alice Cooper And The Bee Gees Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band Soundtrack Orig. Beatles	5	Only Women Bleed Etta James Heart Of A Woman Orig. Alice Cooper	6	I’m Eighteen Big Country Under Cover Orig. Alice Cooper
7	Don’t Blow Your Mind Doubleneck Sucking the 70s Orig. Alice Cooper	8	Under My Wheels Joe Elliot and Phil Collen Covered In Classic Rock Orig. Alice Cooper

37 minutes | This episode is part of the Coverville: Bonus Tracks feed, a special series produced for Coverville Citizens.

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Results of last week’s battle:

How about a war hero coming home for today’s WDIB? Two versions of New Order’s “Love Vigilantes”. The first, a melancholic acoustic version by Iron & Wine (Amazon link), the second, a more uptempo folk-rocker by Oysterband (Amazon link).

Which version…um…did it better?

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