August 23, 2005
Coverville 123: A Bob Moog tribute, a Killer Queen review, and a chance to win a Tower Gift Card
Tonight you'll find a tribute to the late Bob Moog, a review of the new Queen tribute CD, "Killer Queen", some great tunes, and a chance to win a Tower Records Gift Card. Specifics? Sure, here you go:
| Title | Artist | Original Artist: |
| Basket Case | Moog Cookbook | Green Day |
| Everything In Its Right Place | Zoe's Imaginary Friend | Radiohead |
| Crazy Little Thing Called Love | Josh Kelley | Queen |
| Baby's On Fire | GIANTfingers | Brian Eno |
| Ball and Chain | Eva Destruction & her Big Band | Mike Ness and Social Distortion |
| Sit Down | 3 Blind Mice | James |
Sponsored by iPodderX and Man, I just listened to a few old shows, including the a capella one - you NEED to do another a capella show. That kicked ASS.
Posted by: Tetsuo at August 24, 2005 10:32 AMLook for one on September 1st! (And if you or someone you know is in an a capella band - collegiate or otherwise - get in touch with me, and I'll get you on that, or a future All-A Capella Coverville)
Bri
Posted by: Brian at August 24, 2005 10:40 AMBrian,
I always heard that the Beach Boys used a theremin on Good Vibrations, and many Google results support this. However, the Wikipedia article on the theremin has the following:
When Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys requested a theremin be included in the studio orchestra for the recording of "Good Vibrations", none were available, nor a musician to play one. Paul Tanner was brought in with his homemade device called an Electro-Theremin (also referred to as a Tannerin) that featured mechanical controls which could mimic the theremin sound. For concert appearances, a slide-controlled oscillator was designed and built for Wilson by Robert Moog.
I guess we were each half-right.
As an aside, I've also heard that Keith Emerson and ELP were the first group to use a Moog in live performance.
Dave
Posted by: Dave at August 25, 2005 10:09 AMThe Killer Queen track was, well, killer! I think it was as much Cars-esque as it was ELO-like, no? Regardless, a great find; thanks!
Posted by: pawliger at August 26, 2005 4:41 PM