I don’t usually feel any pangs of regret when I hear of some secret show I missed or whatever. I’ve seen my fair share of shows and don’t feel deprived. But man, I can’t deny wishing I could have been at the show last night watching Krist and Dave and J and Joan and Kim and all the rest.
http://gothamist.com/2014/04/11/videos_nirvana_friends_played_a_sec.php
I know I’m a week late, but felt like there should be a little bit of tribute for #CoverFriday.
“All Apologies”
by Ben Gibbard (originally by Nirvana)
2007
Download the full show at archive.org
Not a lot to say on this. I like the original song. I like Ben Gibbard’s voice. I’m nearly always a fan of crowd sing-alongs.
“How I Could Just Kill a Man”
by Rage Against the Machine w/Cypress Hill
from the album Renegades
2000
Buy the album on Amazon.
I was never a Cypress Hill fan, and listening to the original of this doesn’t change that. But there are definitely times I love me some RATM. The regular cover of this (sans Cypress Hill) is just as good. I go back and forth between which version I like better, but ’tis the month for duets.
“Rush”
by Big Audio Dynamite II
from the album The Globe
1991
Buy the album on Amazon.
So very many choices. Where to start? I don’t remember why I first bought this album. I just remember it was in one of the first batches of BMG or Columbia House cds (of which I partook many many times, for better or worse) I received. I remember my high school friend Joel and I were so into this album, and he would have me play it whenever he was over. This song is incredibly catchy, and like many songs, takes on a special rockingness when played as loud as possible, vs. the more mellow feel it communicates on lower volumes.
At 98, we all rotate.
“Mediate”
by INXS
from the album Kick
1987
Buy the album on Amazon.
I had a different song in mind for our first #KaraokeTuesday, but then the background writing in Lance’s choice triggered this one for me (coincidentally released the same year as his Love and Rockets choice).
Going in a completely different direction than Lance for our first ever #CoverFriday:
“Tainted Love”
by Coil (originally by Gloria Jones/Soft Cell)
from the single Panic/Tainted Love
1985
Not sure this can be purchased anywhere digitally
Fine, so I never knew that the Soft Cell version was also a cover until just now. Continue reading Cover Friday: “Tainted Love”