May 2, 2006
Coverville 201: Revenge of the Originalville
For real this time... Here's what's on the show tonight:
| Title (with link to iTunes, if available) | Artist | Album (with link to Amazon.com, if available) | Covered By |
| Torn | Ednaswap | Wacko Magneto | covered by Natalie Imbruglia |
| I Love Rock and Roll | The Arrows | Singles Collection | covered by Joan Jett |
| The Loved One | The Loved Ones | The Dish | covered by INXS |
| You Are So Beautiful | Billy Preston | The Best of Billy Preston | covered by Joe Cocker |
| Why Does The Sun Shine (The Sun Is A Mass of Incandescent Gas) | Tom Glazer and Dottie Evans | Science Songs | covered by They Might Be Giants |
| The Air That I Breathe | Albert Hammond | It Never Rains in Southern California | covered by The Hollies (and many others) |
| Kitty ("Mickey") | Racey | Say Wow! Greatest and Latest | covered by Toni Basil |
Posted by bibbott at May 2, 2006 7:11 PM
Brian, congrats on passing the #200 mark. Having been a fan of TMBG since day one, I was delighted to hear the ORIGINAL "Sun Is A Mass..." recording. Thanks for keeping on keeping on.
Posted by: Bob in SC at May 3, 2006 7:45 AMShouldn't this be show #201? Or are you embracing Voodoo Econimics?
Posted by: Jim at May 3, 2006 8:30 AMVery funny - I was JUST thinking of the Ednaswap version of Torn a few days ago. Excellent song. Pity the band went nowhere.
Posted by: Michael at May 3, 2006 10:18 AMWill the next originalville be called: Originalville Strikes Back?
Or maybe: Originalville Goes West.
Brian, after the last prank, I've found myself very suspicious of this episode.
I'm getting over it, though.
Posted by: Dan at May 5, 2006 1:34 PMI really enjoyed the "Original Sun," all the more so because it was so obviously old vinyl. Cracking science, Gromit!
Posted by: Andrew at May 5, 2006 9:45 PMIt's fun to listen to the originals and try to figure out why they weren't as successful as the covers.
There is one very good reason why Billy Prestons original "You Are So Beautiful" didn't make it any bigger. That VERY annoying keyboard solo! What was that producer thinking?
Ken
Loved this show! Albert Hammond really "sold it" there, didn't he, when the horns come in!
Posted by: nat at May 12, 2006 8:45 AMLoved the "Why does the Sun Shine." Went and found all the mp3s from the original albums. Too bad Mariah Carey hasn't covered one so you could play it.
Posted by: Ben at May 15, 2006 6:01 AM