September 8, 2006
Coverville 239: The Beach Boys Cover Story
Here's what's on the show tonight:
| Title (with link to iTunes, if available) | Artist | Album (with link to Amazon.com, if available) | Original Artist |
| Good Vibrations | The Troggs | 73 Minutes, 22 Seconds | Beach Boys |
| Little Deuce Coupe | Brian Setzer w/Brian Wilson | M.O.M., Vol. 1: Music for Our Mother Ocean | Beach Boys |
| Little Honda | Yo La Tengo | I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One | Beach Boys |
| I Know There's An Answer | The Dotted Line | The Dotted Line | Beach Boys |
| God Only Knows | Elvis Costello | A Case For Song | Beach Boys |
| The Warmth of the Sun | Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs | Under the Covers, Vol. 1 | Beach Boys |
| Caroline, No | They Might Be Giants | Indestructible Object | Beach Boys |
| Forever | Britta Phillips and Dean Wareham | Sweetheart 2005: Love Songs | Beach Boys |
| You're So Good To Me | The Langley Schools Music Project | Innocence & Despair | Beach Boys |
| Histe Up The John B.'s Sails (Sloop John B) | Cleveland Simmons | Before They Were Hits | Traditional |
Posted by bibbott at September 8, 2006 9:22 AM
I know there's going to be tons of comments about Beach Boys covers that didn't get played, so let me be the first.
I would like to hear Junior Brown's version of 409. It's a great cover - if I'd known a Beach Boys coverstory was in the works I would have requested it before.
Pet Sounds covered later Brian?
No complaint, but please don't forget!
Posted by: Wayne from the UK at September 8, 2006 1:17 PMWow! Thanks for the 30's version of Sloop John B. - despite the audio quality it was fascinating!
And, a small fyi, the greatest version of that I have ever heard is a duo with the late Lonny Donegan and Van Morrison on the Skiffle Sessions.
Catch it. You won't believe it.
Posted by: shrike at September 8, 2006 2:13 PMGreat show. This is picky I know, and i know the TMBG fans will be after me, but their version of "Caroline No" was a facscimile, not a cover IMO. I can't see what creative input they added or what they did to add their own "stamp" to the song?
That's what i love about Coverville - someone taking someone elses creativity and adding their own mark to the song, a la "Lithium" by The Polyphonic Spree last week. Ok, it's a plug for them, I admit it, but a good example nonetheless.
Posted by: Wayne from the UK at September 11, 2006 6:37 AMToo many covers available for just one (albeit, great) show. The Beach Boys covers scream out fot a part 2. Everyone deserves to hear the aching lonliness brilliantly wrung out of "In My Room" by the late, great Danny Gatton.
Posted by: Mark from VA at September 11, 2006 1:47 PMVery, very good. I might even make a copy for my friend in DC who is a devout Beach Boys fan. Thanks
Posted by: bill p at September 11, 2006 9:27 PMcheck out Catch 22's cover of Sloop John B.
it's brilliant.