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Saturday, July 2, 2011

Reproductions: The Dawntreader

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Joni Mitchell : The Dawntreader [ purchase ] This week, we have looked at songs that were reimagined in cover versions. But there are a...
Friday, July 1, 2011

Reproductions: Comfortably Hot in Herre

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Scissor Sisters : Comfortably Numb (Pink Floyd cover) [ purchase ] Tiga : Hot in Herre (Nelly cover) [ purchase ] Some people can danc...

Reproductions: Every Little Thing

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Yes: Every Little Thing [ purchase ] Some strains of psychedelia where turning into prog rock in 1969, and Yes' self-titled debut shows...
Thursday, June 30, 2011

Reproductions: The Lounge Version

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Pat Boone : Enter Sandman (Metallica cover) [ purchase ] Richard Cheese : Baby Got Back (Sir Mix-a-Lot cover) [ purchase ...

Reproductions: Fly Like an Eagle

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Jaymz Bee & the Royal Jelly Orchestra w/ Elizabeth Shepherd : Fly Like an Eagle [ purchase, price in Canadian dollars ] In my roami...
Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Reproductions: Let 'Em In

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Billy Paul : Let ‘Em In [ purchase ] When Paul McCartney sang Let ‘Em In, he issued a roll call of family members, friends and musi...
Sunday, June 26, 2011

Reproductions: Your Cheatin’ Heart

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James Brown : Your Cheatin' Heart [ purchase ] Good God! In 1969, coming off five singles with the word "popcorn" in t...

Reproductions: Alma Mater/Tusk

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USC SoCal VoCals : Alma Mater/Tusk [ purchase ] This week features a more complicated theme than last week's; therefore, this compl...

Acoustic Versions => Reproductions: Stairway to Heaven

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Dolly Parton : Stairway to Heaven [ purchase ] Of course, the original Stairway to Heaven started with a folk feel, and then erupted in...
Friday, June 24, 2011

Acoustic Versions: Double Shot of Townes Van Zandt

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Townes Van Zandt : The Hole Townes Van Zandt : Marie [ purchase ] This song is from 'No Deeper Blue', one of the post-Poppy R...

Acoustic Versions: You Can All Join In

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Traffic : You Can All Join In [ purchase original version, acoustic version unavailable ] Guest poster Duncan joins us again after a lo...

Acoustic Versions: Smells Like Teen Spirit

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Tori Amos : Smells Like Teen Spirit [ purchase ] I’m sure most of our readers know that Nirvana recorded an Unplugged album for MTV. Ho...
Thursday, June 23, 2011

Acoustic Versions: This Woman's Work

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Maxwell : This Woman's Work (Kate Bush cover) [ purchase ] Remember how I told you last week that I love guys who sing in their hig...

Acoustic Versions: Ever Fallen In Love

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Thea Gilmore: Ever Fallen In Love [ Purchase ] I am crazy about acoustic versions of songs that weren't originally acoustic. I...
Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Acoustic Versions: I Need Love

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Luka Bloom: I Need Love [ purchase ] Boyhowdy posted a track from this various-artists live CD, In Their Own Words, Vol. 1 , last year, but...
Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Acoustic Versions: Mountain of Love

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The Beach Boys : Mountain of Love [ purchase ] Twenty-two years before Jethro Tull performed "Skating Away (On The Thin Ice Of A New Da...
Sunday, June 19, 2011

Acoustic Versions: Post Grunge hits

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Dishwalla : Angels or Devils (acoustic) [ purchase ] Live : Lightning Crashes (MTV unplugged) [ purchase ] Pearl Jam : Black (liv...

The Night Sky => Acoustic Versions: Under the Milky Way

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The Church : Under the Milky Way [ purchase ] I have to admit that I never got into the music of The Church. I must have heard the orig...
Saturday, June 18, 2011

The Night Sky: Unfunky UFO

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Parliament : Unfunky UFO [ purchase ] “Objects, natural or artificial, real or imagined…” When I posted this week’s theme, I implied th...

The Night Sky: J-Rock version

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Hideto Matsumoto, wearing heat-trapping vinyl hide : Rocket Dive [ purchase ] Buck-Tick : Jupiter [ purchase ] Kiyoharu : Venus (Shock...
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