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Title: The Sound (LA), 3/26/09: a Covers theme set
Post by: mshray on March 26, 2009, 10:07:49 AM
The Greatest Cover of All Time, Jimi's "All Along The Watchtower", not least because he got it out before the original.  Sorry, conflating memories there.  It was the Beatles that Jimi scooped, not Dylan.

Also used to great effect in both the graphic novel & the film Watchmen.
Title: Re: The Sound (LA), 3/26/09: a Covers theme set
Post by: RGMike on March 26, 2009, 10:09:43 AM
The Foo Fighters doing "Baker Street"? Hrm.
Title: Re: The Sound (LA), 3/26/09: a Covers theme set
Post by: Tinka Cat on March 26, 2009, 10:10:43 AM
btw, All Along The Watchtower makes some appearances in the Watchmen.  Two riders were approaching, and the wind began to howl ...  when Nite Owl and Rorschach are coming up to Veidt's antarctic lair.



Title: Re: The Sound (LA), 3/26/09: a Covers theme set
Post by: urth on March 26, 2009, 10:10:48 AM
Their stream must be a minute or more behind their actual broadcast. Either that or their "now playing" engine is ahead of real time. Either way, I saw on the web when I loaded the player that tune #2 was gonna be Foo Fighters' take on Baker Street, sans Ravenscroft.
Title: Re: The Sound (LA), 3/26/09: a Covers theme set
Post by: Tinka Cat on March 26, 2009, 10:11:56 AM
The Foo Fighters doing "Baker Street"? Hrm.

Baker Street is a gem of a song.  I understand they are paying homage to a great song, but I'm also kinda "meh" on it.

Title: Re: The Sound (LA), 3/26/09: a Covers theme set
Post by: mshray on March 26, 2009, 10:16:14 AM

The Foo Fighters doing "Baker Street"? Hrm.

Baker Street is a gem of a song.  I understand they are paying homage to a great song, but I'm also kinda "meh" on it.

I'm digging it mostly because it's hard to believe this was requested & approved.

ETA: in case you missed the lead-in, Larry said he's been taking requests all morniing & rec'd hundreds.

Title: Re: The Sound (LA), 3/26/09: a Covers theme set
Post by: urth on March 26, 2009, 10:16:27 AM
Is this, could it be? Yep, Shatner's LSD.
Title: Re: The Sound (LA), 3/26/09: a Covers theme set
Post by: mshray on March 26, 2009, 10:16:40 AM
Holy Sh*t!

Cap'n Kirk & it's not HFH!
Title: Re: The Sound (LA), 3/26/09: a Covers theme set
Post by: Tinka Cat on March 26, 2009, 10:17:15 AM
TOW-ering O-ver your HEAD!


Title: Re: The Sound (LA), 3/26/09: a Covers theme set
Post by: urth on March 26, 2009, 10:18:30 AM
Holy Sh*t!

Cap'n Kirk & it's not HFH!

His drama coaches must have cringed when they heard this.
Title: Re: The Sound (LA), 3/26/09: a Covers theme set
Post by: urth on March 26, 2009, 10:20:03 AM
The Sound must have a lot of sick f***s in their audience if they "weighed in heavily" for Last Kiss. Another HFH.
Title: Re: The Sound (LA), 3/26/09: a Covers theme set
Post by: Tinka Cat on March 26, 2009, 10:20:47 AM
hmm, Pearl Jam and their HFH shows up...  the correlation b/c these "notable" covers and their sometimes crappiness is ponderous, man.

Title: Re: The Sound (LA), 3/26/09: a Covers theme set
Post by: mshray on March 26, 2009, 10:20:49 AM

btw, All Along The Watchtower makes some appearances in the Watchmen.  Two riders were approaching, and the wind began to howl ...  when Nite Owl and Rorschach are coming up to Veidt's antarctic lair.

I wasn't following Battlestar Galactica, but accordingto wikipedia AATW also played over the closing episode of season 3, was referenced throughout season 4 with mulitple cover versions, and the Jimi version played out over the finale.  Might have to check that out at some point.
Title: Re: The Sound (LA), 3/26/09: a Covers theme set
Post by: RGMike on March 26, 2009, 10:23:44 AM
Holy Sh*t!

Cap'n Kirk & it's not HFH!

His drama coaches must have cringed when they heard this.

wait... Shatner learned how to act from... PROFESSIONALS?!?
Title: Re: The Sound (LA), 3/26/09: a Covers theme set
Post by: Tinka Cat on March 26, 2009, 10:24:04 AM
BOS to Diamond Dave and those California Girls

(http://www.mtv.co.uk/files/imagecache/teaser_140/images/videoimages/music_video/d/david_lee_roth/18161/rt67745_calif_281x211.jpg)

<David Lee Roth Voice>YEEEOOOWWW!</David Lee Roth Voice>
Title: Re: The Sound (LA), 3/26/09: a Covers theme set
Post by: urth on March 26, 2009, 10:27:46 AM
Here's one that Dave's never ventured near: Jeff Buckley's take on Hallelujah.

Take that, Captain Kirk. BOS.
Title: Re: The Sound (LA), 3/26/09: a Covers theme set
Post by: urth on March 26, 2009, 10:35:44 AM
Next up: Clapton, Jack & Ginger are goin' down to Rosedale, takin' their rider by their sides.

Yeah, I guess this is a cover but it's rarely thought of as such.
Title: Re: The Sound (LA), 3/26/09: a Covers theme set
Post by: urth on March 26, 2009, 10:39:10 AM
Ah, another strong BOS candidate (and one that has a connection to a previous artist in the set): Aztec Camera's brilliant turn on Jump! Irony comes to pop music!
Title: Re: The Sound (LA), 3/26/09: a Covers theme set
Post by: RGMike on March 26, 2009, 10:39:16 AM
Next up: Clapton, Jack & Ginger are goin' down to Rosedale, takin' their rider by their sides.

Yeah, I guess this is a cover but it's rarely thought of as such.

Rosedale is a neighborhood in Queens; as a 14-year-old I could never figure out why Cream would be singing about it.
Title: Re: The Sound (LA), 3/26/09: a Covers theme set
Post by: Gazoo on March 26, 2009, 10:40:55 AM
I'll BOS Nirvana's take on "The Man Who Sold the World."  Lulu's version is equally good.
Title: Re: The Sound (LA), 3/26/09: a Covers theme set
Post by: urth on March 26, 2009, 10:41:25 AM
Second consecutive song to be affiliated with a prior artist in the set: Nirvana reintroduces The Man Who Sold The World to a new generation of fans.

ETA: And another BOS from me. This set has turned out to be backloaded with all the good stuff.
Title: Re: The Sound (LA), 3/26/09: a Covers theme set
Post by: RGMike on March 26, 2009, 10:41:32 AM
Ah, another strong BOS candidate (and one that has a connection to a previous artist in the set): Aztec Camera's brilliant turn on Jump! Irony comes to pop music!

That'd be my BOS; one of the great let's-totally-reinvent-this-song covers.  Larry really shoulda done 2 separate sets of "good" covers and "bad" covers.  But then everythng in LA is in quotation marks, I guess.
Title: Re: The Sound (LA), 3/26/09: a Covers theme set
Post by: RGMike on March 26, 2009, 10:42:55 AM
Second consecutive song to be affiliated with a prior artist in the set: Nirvana reintroduces The Man Who Sold The World to a new generation of fans.

what Bowie did he play?
Title: Re: The Sound (LA), 3/26/09: a Covers theme set
Post by: urth on March 26, 2009, 10:44:42 AM
Second consecutive song to be affiliated with a prior artist in the set: Nirvana reintroduces The Man Who Sold The World to a new generation of fans.

what Bowie did he play?

None. The connection is Dave Grohl, who appeared in the Foo Fighters song in the #2 slot.

Although nearly any of the songs off Pin-ups would have been far preferable to Last Kiss.
Title: Re: The Sound (LA), 3/26/09: a Covers theme set
Post by: Gazoo on March 26, 2009, 10:48:36 AM
Fact-checking the back-announce: Pearl Jam and J. Frank Wilson & the Cavaliers each made #2 with "Last Kiss"; the Beatles had a considerably bigger hit with "Twist & Shout" than the Isleys did, #2 to #17.
Title: Re: The Sound (LA), 3/26/09: a Covers theme set
Post by: RGMike on March 26, 2009, 01:01:15 PM
All Along the Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix
Baker Street - Foo Fighters
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds - William Shatner
California Girls - David Lee Roth
Free Fallin' - John Mayer
Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley
Crossroads - Cream
Jump - Aztec Camera
The Man Who Sold the World - Nirvana
Twist & Shout - Beatles

Yeesh, John Mayer covering Tom Petty?
Title: Re: The Sound (LA), 3/26/09: a Covers theme set
Post by: urth on March 27, 2009, 10:51:33 AM

Yeesh, John Mayer covering Tom Petty?

Y'know, either he skipped that one, or I tuned it out--I don't remember hearing that at all.
Title: Re: The Sound (LA), 3/26/09: a Covers theme set
Post by: Tinka Cat on March 27, 2009, 11:16:19 AM

Yeesh, John Mayer covering Tom Petty?

Y'know, either he skipped that one, or I tuned it out--I don't remember hearing that at all.

same here.  I saw it listed and thought I must've been away at that point....