June 28, 2006

Coverville 216: Tonight, your chauffeur belongs to me

Here's what you'll hear on this show:

Title (with link to iTunes, if available) Artist Album (with link to Amazon.com, if available) Original Artist
The Chauffeur Sleepthief The Dawnseeker Duran Duran
I Don't Like Mondays Who Hit John Any Time, Any Wave The Boomtown Rats
Modern Love The Last Town Chorus Wire Waltz David Bowie
Hyperballad The Twilight Singers She Loves You Bjork
Free Ride Audio Adrenaline Bloom Edgar Winter
You Belong To Me Wintergreen Extended Play Patience and Prudence

32 minutes |

Back Beat Media Posted by bibbott at June 28, 2006 9:15 PM
Comments

Hey Brian,

Thanks for playing Audio Adrenaline. They've been one of my favorite bands since beore Bloom came out, I also went to high school with the drummer, who joined after this album. Unfortunately, they're breaking up at the end of this year.

If you like this cover, they also do great versions of "Your Love Lifted Me Higher" aka "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher" by Jackie Wilson on "Until My Heart Caves In" and "Let My Love Open The Door" by Pete Townshend on "Underdog."

Posted by: Eric at June 29, 2006 8:32 AM

Actually, "You Belong to Me" was written in 1926 by Billy Rose and Lee David (which probably explains why it seems to work well with ukelele) and was popularized in 1956 by something of a novelty act called Patience and Prudence. They were 11 and 14 year old sisters. Lawrence Welk and others also recorded it that year.
The Trash Can Sinatras do a great version of this.

Posted by: JJ Daddy-O at June 29, 2006 11:31 AM

Brian! Look at you, playing the Contemporary Christian Music. Dude, are you trying to one-up me? Keep it chremo, brother.

Posted by: Just Pete at June 30, 2006 11:28 PM

Thanks so much for playing the Twilight Singers. Greg Dulli is one of my all time favorites. But I had to cringe when you mispronounced his name. It's pronouced "doo-lee". He's famous for digressing during his own songs live to meld into an unexpected but musically related cover. The Whigs covered Barry White for the soundtrack to "Beautiful Girls" which also has Roland Gift formally of Fine Young Cannibals fame doing an awesome cover of "That's How Strong My Love Is." You should check it out for the show.

Posted by: Jill at July 2, 2006 8:29 AM

Please make this episode available to iTunes subscribers. For some reason, it's missing from the page. When I found it here, I freaked out! I haven't missed a single episode of Coverville in months! Please correct the situation. Thanks.

Posted by: Anne at July 4, 2006 5:19 PM

The cover of The Chauffer was so good I downloaded the album from iTunes. You are right Brian, the rest of the album is good too. Thanks for the discovery.

Posted by: Grant H at July 8, 2006 9:15 PM
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