October 8, 2006
Coverville 251: The John Lennon Cover Story
Celebrating what would have been John Lennon's 66th birthday tomorrow, here are some performers that take some of his music and present it in their own style. (Correction: in the audio of this show, I say that it would have been Lennon's 56th birthday. This is why I need an intern.) 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 |
| Imagine | Susan Cadogan | Mellow Dubmarine: Tribute to the Beatles | John Lennon |
| Love | Dream Academy | A Different Kind of Weather | John Lennon |
| Mind Games | Hal | Q: Lennon Covered | John Lennon |
| I'm Losing You | Murray Head (eMusic) | Passion | John Lennon |
| Instant Karma! | Toad The Wet Sprocket | Working Class Hero: A Tribute to John Lennon | John Lennon |
| Jealous Guy | Roxy Music | Roxy Music - Street Life: 20 Greatest Hits | John Lennon |
| How Do You Sleep? | Icehouse | The Berlin Tapes | John Lennon |
| Imagine | Eva Cassidy | Imagine | John Lennon |
Posted by bibbott at October 8, 2006 7:21 PM
Darn... I had two great covers of Imagine somewhere in my CD case which I completely forgot about. One was by David Bowie, the other by Madonna. Oh well.
Posted by: Adam at October 8, 2006 9:17 PMBrian,
I don't think tomorrow would have been John's 56th birthday, as he was born in 1940.
Posted by: Doug at October 8, 2006 10:07 PMI'm a first time listener, and what a great show to start with!
I've always loved the Dream Academy's version of "Love" and Roxy's version of "Jealous Guy," so thanks for playing them!
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Posted by: Joe at October 10, 2006 3:43 PMHi Brian;
yes, I'm a little behind (10 days...) in listening, but I'm still working up, what I missed when on vacation apart from any online-connection... ;-) (THAT's what I call holiday ;-))
You mentioned you understood "I'm losing a shoe" on Murray Head's version of "I'm losing you"...
I hope you know the "Kiss this guy" website - if not, check it out...
bw, doc.
PS: You know what is missing in this posting - fill in yourself, here are the keywords:
- fine show
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- I enjoy listening
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