Coverville 36: The My Favorite Cover Countdown 2004 (part 5)

Finally! The conclusion of the exciting and thrilling My Favorite Cover Countdown 2004. From emo to electronica to honky tonk! Here's what you'll hear tonight:

"Blue Moon Revisited (A Song For Elvis)" - Cowboy Junkies (popularized by many)
"Mrs. Robinson" - The Lemonheads (originally Simon & Garfunkel)
"Take Me Out" - The Scissor Sisters (originally Franz Ferdinand)
"The Light 3000" - Schneider 3000 (originally "There Is A Light That Never Goes Out" by the Smiths)
"Mad World" - Gary Jules and Michael Andrews (originally Tears for Fears)
"Gin and Juice" - The Gourds (originally Snoop Doggy Dogg)
"Hallelujah" - Jeff Buckley (originally Leonard Cohen)
"Wonderwall" - Ryan Adams (originally Oasis)

Here's a link to the Coverville Countdown iMix in Apple iTunes .

44 minutes |

Coverville 35: The My Favorite Cover Countdown 2004 (part 4)

Whew - almost done! Continuing the My Favorite Cover Countdown 2004. This episode's got a lot of covers of the pioneers of rock and roll. Here's what you'll hear tonight:

"Suzanne" - Neil Diamond (originally Leonard Cohen)
"Brilliant Disguise" - Elvis Costello (originally Bruce Springsteen)
"Mona Lisas And Mad Hatters (live)" - The Indigo Girls (originally Elton John)
"Only Love Can Break Your Heart" - Juliana Hatfield (originally Neil Young)
"Tiny Dancer" - Ben Folds (originally Elton John)
"Hurt" - Johnny Cash (originally Nine Inch Nails)
"Blackbird" - Sarah McLachlan (originally The Beatles)

Here's a link to the Coverville Countdown iMix in Apple iTunes .

36 minutes |

Coverville 34: The My Favorite Cover Countdown 2004 (part 3)

Continuing the My Favorite Cover Countdown 2004. Here's what you'll hear tonight:

"Comfortably Numb" - Scissor Sisters (originally Pink Floyd)
"All Mixed Up" - The Red House Painters (originally The Cars)
"GIn And Juice" - Sissy Bar (originally Snoop Doggy Dogg)
"I WIll Survive" - Cake (originally Gloria Gaynor)
"Running Up That Hill" - Placebo (originally Kate Bush)

Thanks again to John Ong for sending in the great a capella intros. If you'd like to intro a track, post a comment on the weblog or email me, and I'll give you a number to intro!

And here's a link to the Coverville Countdown iMix in Apple iTunes .

30 minutes |

Coverville 33: The My Favorite Cover Countdown 2004 (part 2)

Continuing the My Favorite Cover Countdown 2004. Here's what you'll hear tonight:

"I Can't Forget" - The Pixies (originally Leonard Cohen)
"Baltimore" - Nina Simone (originally Randy Newman)
"I'm Not In Love" - Richie Havens (originally 10CC)
"September Gurls" - The Bangles (originally Big Star)
"Bitch" - The Goo Goo Dolls (originally The Rolling Stones)
"Sympathy For The Devil/Livin' For The City" - Opie Gone Bad (originally The Rolling Stones and Stevie Wonder)

Thanks again to John Ong for sending in the great a capella intros. If you'd like to intro a track, post a comment on the weblog or email me, and I'll give you a number to intro!

And here's a link to the Coverville Countdown iMix in Apple iTunes .

30 minutes |

Coverville 32: The My Favorite Cover Countdown 2004 (part 1)

Note: There a couple voice drop-outs at the beginning, but it stops before the first track. Hang in there...

It's the My Favorite Cover Countdown 2004. Here's what you'll hear tonight:

"Battle Of Evermore" - The Lovemongers (originally by Led Zeppelin)
"Dreams" - The Corrs (originally Fleetwood Mac)
"Cold Cold Heart" - Norah Jones (written by Hank Williams)
"My Back Pages" - The Ramones (originally Bob Dylan)
"Walk Away Renee" - Billy Bragg (originally the Four Tops / Left Banke)
"Wild Horses" - The Sundays (originally The Rolling Stones)
"Suspicious Minds" - Fine Young Cannibals (originally Elvis Presley)

Thanks again to John Ong for sending in the great a capella intros. If you'd like to intro a track, post a comment on the weblog or email me, and I'll give you a number to intro!

And here's a link the Coverville Countdown iMix in Apple iTunes .

34 minutes |

Coverville 31: A Numb, Hurt and Heartbroken Request Show

The last all-request show of the year. Here's what you'll hear (links included where available):

Uncovered gem of the week: "Caramel" - Suzanne Vega

"Only Love Can Break Your Heart" - Juliana Hatfield (originally by Neil Young)

"Comfortably Numb" - Scissor Sisters (originally by Pink Floyd)

"Driver 8" - Hootie and the Blowfish (originally by R.E.M.)

"Hurt" - Johnny Cash (originally by Nine Inch Nails)

"Don't Fear the Reaper" - H.I.M. (originally Blue Oyster Cult)

Thanks for listening! And thanks for your patience during my bandwidth woes. Relief is coming soon! Perhaps we need a tribute song by a group called "Bandwidth Aid".

34 minutes |

Coverville 30: The Coverville Holiday Special

Welcome to the Coverville Holiday Special!

Tonight you'll hear the following (links included where available):

"Mr. Heat Miser" - Big Bad Voodoo Daddy | originally from "Year Without A Santa Claus"
"You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch" - Asylum Street Spankers | originally Boris Karloff
"Happy X-Mas (War Is Over)" - Melissa Etheridge | originally John Lennon
"Baby, It's Cold Outside" - Tom Jones and Cerys Matthews | popularized by Louis Armstrong
"Merry Christmas Baby" - Southern Culture On The Skids | popularized by Bruce Springsteen
"Merry Xmas Everybody" - Oasis | originally Slade
"Please Come Home for Christmas" - Shannon Curfman | popularized by the Eagles and Pat Benatar

34 minutes |

Coverville 29

Tonight you'll hear the following (links included where available):

"Papa Was A Rolling Stone" - Was (Not Was) | originally The Temptations
"Hey Ya!" - Razorlight | originally OutKast
"Ask" - Lascivious Biddies | originally The Smiths
"Coming Back To You" - Martin Gore | originally Leonard Cohen
"Common People" - William Shatner | originally Pulp
"Fall On Me" - Cry Cry Cry with Dar Williams | originally R.E.M.
"The Lion Sleeps Tonight" - R.E.M. | originally The Tokens

37 minutes |

Coverville 28: All Request Sunday and a cover of Coverville

A few requests tonight, and a bonus cover of Coverville...

Tonight you'll hear the following (links included where available):

"Unbelievable" - The Dotted Line
"Creep" - Chance
"The Water Is Wide" - Cowboy Junkies
"Fly Like An Eagle" - Seal
"Basket Case" - Avril Lavigne

30 minutes |

A quick note about the iPodderX Discount...

Just a quick note - if you buy iPodderX (and I highliy recommend it if you're on a Mac), make sure that you use COVERVILLE2005 as the coupon code. That'll get you the $5 discount! Thanks!

Coverville 27: Triple Takes II

The first Triple Takes (show #7) was the only podcast that - up to that point - had gotten any comments, so I knew I was on to something, and the responses made me want to keep doing the show. So tonight, we'll do another Triple Takes show. This is where I play three versions of the same track, by different artists with very different styles, so you can see the differences and similarities.

Tonight you'll hear the following (links included where available):

The Korgis - "Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometime"
Erasure - "Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometime"
Beck - "Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometime"
Ray Davies & Damon Albarn - "Waterloo Sunset"
The Fastbacks - "Waterloo Sunset"
Def Leppard - "Waterloo Sunset"

33 minutes |

Thanks! And the nominees are...

Thanks for your votes and wonderful comments on Podcast Alley. Coverville listeners are the best listeners of any cover-music-based podcast anywhere!

Now, as promised, here are the nominees for the "My Favorite Cover Countdown 2004". Cast your vote for one of the following and hear it in the countdown shows starting Christmas Week!

Wonderwall - Ryan Adams (originally Oasis)
Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters - Indigo Girls (originally Elton John)
Suzanne - Neil Diamond (originally Leonard Cohen)
Mad World - Gary Jules (originally Tears For Fears)
Running Up That Hill - Placebo (originally Kate Bush)
Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley (originally Leonard Cohen)
Mrs. Robinson - Lemonheads (originally Simon & Garfunkel)
I Will Survive - Cake (originally Gloria Gaynor)
Blackbird - Sarah McLachlan (originally Beatles)
Gin N Juice - Sissy Bar (originally Snoop Dogg)
Gin N Juice - Gourds (originally Snoop Dogg)
The Light 3000 (There is a Light...) - Schneider TM (originally The Smiths)
All Mixed Up - Red House Painters (originally The Cars)
Comfortably Numb - Scissor Sisters (originally Pink Floyd)
Bitch - Goo Goo Dolls (originally The Rolling Stones)
Dreams - Corrs (originally Fleetwood mac)
Walk Away Renee - Billy Bragg (popularized by The Four Tops and Left Banke)
Only Love Can Break Your Heart - Juliana Hatfield (originally Neil Young) [Need help tracking this down]
Tiny Dancer - Ben Folds (originally Elton John)
I'm Not In Love- Ritchie Havens (originally 10cc) [Need help tracking this down]
Brilliant Disguise - Elvis Costello (originally Bruce Springsteen)
Suspicious Minds - Fine Young Cannibals (originally Elvis Presley)
Wild Horses - Sundays (originally The Rolling Stones)
Take Me Out - Scissor Sisters (originally Franz Ferdinand)
Imagine - Blues Traveler (originally John Lennon)
Cold Cold Heart - Norah Jones (originally Hank Williams Sr.)
Blue Moon Revisited (A Song For Elvis) - Cowboy Junkies (originally Elvis Presley)
Baltimore - Nina Simone (originally Randy Newman)
I Can't Forget - The Pixies (originally Leonard Cohen)
September Girls - The Bangles (originally Big Star)
Battle of Evermore - The Lovemongers (originally Led Zepplin)
My Back Pages - The Ramones (originally Bob Dylan)

Whew! Of course you can still "write-in" votes, but try to cast a vote for one of the above along with your additioanl submission. You can vote by commenting to this (or any other) entry, calling my voice mail (love those audio comments! keep them coming) at 314-248-9957, or emailing me at brian at coverville dot com.

Coverville 26

Tribute songs, covers of tribute songs, and more!

Tonight you'll hear the following (links included where available):

Band Aid 20 - "Do They Know It's Christmas?"
Barenaked Ladies - "Do They Know It's Christmas?"
Ferry Aid - "Let It Be"
Lightning Seeds - "You Showed Me"
Live - "I Walk The Line"
Paul Carrack - "Ain't No Sunshine"

Thanks to Nicole Simon of Useful Sounds for her audio comment and request!

33 minutes |

Just in Time for Christmas & Vote Request

Time magazine, that is. Coverville was mentioned in Time magazine in an article about podcasting.

And, if you love Coverville (or even like it like a friend), please hop over to PocastAlley.com and cast a vote for it, so we can show up in the top ten. Please?

Coverville 25: All Request Sunday III

Yet another All Request Sunday. Hey, you keep making requests, and I'll keep playing them. And when you make a request, please let me know where you're from!

Tonight you'll hear the following (links included where available):

Badly Drawn Boy - "The Further I Slide"

Fine Young Cannibals - "Suspicious Minds"

Lou Barlow and Friends - "Run To You"

Gypsy Kings - "Hotel California"

Cowboy Junkies - "Blue Moon Revisited (A Song For Elvis)"

Norah Jones - Cold Cold Heart

32 minutes |

Coverville 24: The Coverville Lounge

Welcome to the Coverville Lounge. Have a seat.

Tonight you'll hear the following (links included where available):

The Recliners - "Creep"

Ben Folds Five - "She Don't Use Jelly"

Richard Cheese - "Only Happy When It Rains"

Mel Torme - "Sunshine Superman"

Pat Boone - "Enter Sandman"

The Beautiful South - "I Sold My Heart To The Junkman"

Michelle Pfeiffer - "My Funny Valentine"

30 minutes |