Coverville 430: Quantum of Originalville

Here's on what's on the show tonight:

Title (with link to iTunes, if available)	Artist (with link to the artists' website, if available)	Album (with link to Amazon.com, if available)	Made Famous By
Family Man	Mike Oldfield	Elements: The Best of Mike Oldfield	Hall & Oates
Cocaine	J.J. Cale	The Definitive Collection	Eric Clapton
After Midnight	J.J. Cale	The Definitive Collection	Eric Clapton
Groupie (Superstar)	Delaney & Bonnie	The Best of Delaney & Bonnie	The Carpenters
Before You Accuse Me	Bo Diddley	Blues Power: The Songs Of Eric Clapton	Eric Clapton
Midnight Train To Georgia	Cissy Houston	Mama's Cookin'	Gladys Knight & The Pips
I Want Candy	The Strangeloves	I Want Candy: The Best of the Strangeloves	Bow Wow Wow
No More "I Love You"'s	Lover Speaks	The Lover Speaks	Annie Lennox

36 minutes |

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Programming note

I've been really good, since last September, keeping up with my three-shows-a-week goal so that I can get to 500 in time for this August's 500th Episode Concert in Las Vegas.

But I just flew back from Orlando, and my arms feel fine, but the rest of me is w-i-p-e-d o-u-t.

So tonight's "Sadie Hawkins Originalville" will be (more appropriately) tomorrow night, the Velvet Underground show will be moved to Sunday night, and the All-Request show moving to Tuesday. Everything goes back to normal next Thursday with a Monkees Cover Story in honor of Mickey Dolenz' birthday.

Coverville 429: All Request. All Stones. All Right.

Here's on what's on the show tonight:

Title (with link to iTunes, if available)	Artist (with link to the artists' website, if available)	Album (with link to Amazon.com, if available)	Original Artist
As Tears Go By	The Primitives	Bombshell	The Rolling Stones/Marianne Faithfull
Paint It Black	Gob	How Far Shallow Takes You	The Rolling Stones
Child Of The Moon	Radon Daughters	Gimme Shelter, Vol. 2	The Rolling Stones
Ruby Tuesday	Over The Rhine	Amateur Shortwave Radio	The Rolling Stones
Paint It Black	Firewater	Songs We Should Have Written	The Rolling Stones
Wild Horses	The Sundays	Blind	The Rolling Stones

41 minutes |

There's a Musically Challenged in this show! Thanks to ?? for sending it in!

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Coverville 428: The Johnny Cash Cover Story

Here's on what's on the show tonight:

Title (with link to iTunes, if available)	Artist (with link to the artists' website, if available)	Album (with link to Amazon.com, if available)	Original Artist
The Gambler	Johnny Cash	Covered By Cash	Kenny Rogers
I Walk The Line	The Hey Y'All	The Hey Y'All Soundtrack	Johnny Cash
Ring Of Fire	Elvis Costello	Anchored In Love: A Tribute To June Carter Cash	Anita Carter/Johnny Cash
Jackson	Hem	I'm Talking With My Mouth	Johnny Cash/June Carter Cash
Understand Your Man	Brad Roberts	Crash Test Dude	Johnny Cash
Folsom Prison Blues	The Reverend Horton Heat	Holy Roller	Johnny Cash
Father and Son (feat. Fiona Apple)	Johnny Cash	Unearthed, Vol. 3	Cat Stevens
Cookie Prison Blues	Organ Failure	All Over	Johnny Cash

35 minutes |

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Coverville 427: Indie! Throw Me The Idol, I'll Throw You The Whip

Here's on what's on the show tonight:

Title (with link to iTunes, if available)	Artist (with link to the artists' website, if available)	Album (with link to Amazon.com, if available)	Original Artist
Paper Bag	Masters Of The Universe	Don't Block The Box	Fiona Apple
Killing (cover of Killing In The Name Of)	The Apples	Killing	Rage Against The Machine
Crazy	Fort Pastor (MySpace)	Beautiful Imperfection	Seal
This One's From The Heart	The Priestess and the Fool	A Minor Work (FREE EP Download)	Tom Waits/Crystal Gayle
See Emily Play	The Polka Floyd Show	The Polka Floyd Show	Pink Floyd
Tonight, Tonight	The Lifeline	Crashing Waves	Smashing Pumpkins
Good Enough	Wintergreen	45's	Cyndi Lauper
The Drugs Don't Work	Far Beyond Frail	Live from the Shifted Sound Studios	The Verve
Umbrella	Mechanical Bride	Submission	Rihanna
Goodbye Stranger	Lili Haydn (MySpace)	Goodbye Stranger (EP)	Supertramp

53 minutes |

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I mentioned Wintergreen's brilliant Atari 2600 E.T. game-inspired music video in the show. Here's a link where you can check it out.

Also, make sure to check out the excellent Shifted Sound Podcast, hosted by my friend Shelby. If you liked the Wintergreen, Far From Frail, Mechanical Bride and The Apples tracks, you'll like the style of music he features on his show.

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Covervision: "Hey Jude" by the cars

Not by The Cars. But by the cars.

Eh, just watch the clip. (Thanks to Liza at Copy, Right? for posting this.)

Coverville Facebook Application?

One of the most common recommendations that I have received for expanding the show has been social media and networks. I agree. And it seems like Facebook is the way I'm moving, and I'd like to create a Facebook Application for the show.

What would you like to see in a Coverville Facebook App? Here are some ideas that Im kicking around:
1. A constantly updating app that lists upcoming theme shows, cover stories and interviews, so you can make suggestions
2. A listing of the three most recent episodes of Coverville
3. Cover Song of the Day?

I think the biggest hurdle for me is that I don't know what Facebook is capable of, or how it would integrate with Coverville. I'm like that boss that came to his staff 15 years ago and said, "We need to get on this interwebs thing. Make it happen."

Now, I have created a Cover Song Trivia Quiz, and so far, the best score has been Dave Lifton's 91%. Is that a sign that I made it too hard?

If you're a Facebook power user, let me know what you think the right direction would be for me. I thank you.

Drunk Covers V on The Waiting Room

Forgot to mention last week that the folks over at The Waiting Room released their fifth installment of Drunk Covers, a three-hour tour with some great covery goodness. I haven't listened to the whole thing, but I liked what I heard in the first hour.

Click here

Coverville 426: Don't give me those do-goody-good cover requests

Here's on what's on the show tonight:

Title (with link to iTunes, if available)	Artist (with link to the artists' website, if available)	Album (with link to Amazon.com, if available)	Original Artist
I Bet You Look Good On The Dance Floor	Sugababes	Q: Best of 86/06	Arctic Monkeys
Money	Velvet Revolver	Slither, Pt. 2 (UK single)	Pink Floyd
Take Me I'm Yours	Chris Difford	South East Side Story	Squeeze
Crazy	Nelly Furtado	Live Lounge	Gnarls Barkley
Everybody's Changing	Lily Allen	The Saturday Sessions: The Dermot O'Leary Show	Keane
The Weight	Michelle Shocked	To Heaven U Ride	The Band

50 minutes |

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There's a Musically Challenged in this show! Thanks to Toyotaboy for sending it in!

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Coverville 425: The Peter Gabriel Cover Story

Note: Not sure why I sound so bassy in this show, but I'll have it fixed by the next episode.

Here's on what's on the show tonight:

Title (with link to iTunes, if available)	Artist (with link to the artists' website, if available)	Album (with link to Amazon.com, if available)	Original Artist
In Your Eyes	Lori McKenna	High School Reunion - A Tribute To All Those Great 80's Films	Peter Gabriel
Shock The Monkey	The Woolridge Brothers	Gag Me With A Spoon	Peter Gabriel
I Have The Touch	Heather Nova	The Craft Soundtrack	Peter Gabriel
Red Rain	Queensryche	Take Cover	Peter Gabriel
Big Time	Berlin	4Play	Peter Gabriel
Solsbury Hill	Erasure	Other People's Songs	Peter Gabriel
Don't Give Up	Show Of Hands	Covers	Peter Gabriel
The Book Of Love	Peter Gabriel	Shall We Dance? Soundtrack	The Magnetic Fields

47 minutes |

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Under the Covers with 9FM

9FM in Chicago are playing nothing but covers today, and you can listen live from their website!

Thanks to Luke and Toyotaboy for the heads-up. Listen here.

You can also see a list of what they've played here.

Coverville 424: Your requests are my Valentine to you

Here's on what's on the show tonight:

Title (with link to iTunes, if available)	Artist (with link to the artists' website, if available)	Album (with link to Amazon.com, if available)	Original Artist
Valentine	Vanilla	Vanilla	Uncovered Gem of the Week
Cupid	Amy Winehouse	Radio One: Established 1967	Sam Cooke
Love Is The Seventh Wave	The Duhks	The Duhks	Sting
Dela	The Beautiful Girls	Ziggurats	Johnny Clegg & Savuka
Somewhere	Vic Chesnutt & Liz Durrett	The "Somewhere" Compilation	Bernstein/Sondheim, from West Side Story
Angel	Alison Brown	Stolen Moments	Jimi Hendrix
Title Of The Song	Da Vinci's Notebook	The Life and Times of Mike Fanning	Bonus Track

36 minutes |

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Covervision: "Smoke On The Yangtze"

Can't embed this one, so you'll have to follow the link. But trust me - it's worth it!

Smoke on the Yangtze

Thanks to Chris from Champaign, IL for the suggestion!

Coverville 423: Life goes on day after day, covers requested in every way

Here's on what's on the show tonight:

Title (with link to iTunes, if available)	Artist (with link to the artists' website, if available)	Album (with link to Amazon.com, if available)	Original Artist
The Boys of Summer	The Hooters	Time Stand Still	Don Henley
Teardrop	Newton Falkner	Handbuilt By Robots	Massive Attack
Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want	Clayhill	Q Covered: The Eighties	The Smiths
Ferry Cross The Mersey	Frankie Goes To Hollywood	Welcome To The Pleasuredome	Gerry & The Pacemakers
Such Great Heights	The Section Quartet	Fuzzbox	The Postal Service
Teach Your Children	Joseph Israel	Restore Humanity	Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young

38 minutes |

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There's a Musically Challenged in this show! Thanks to J.R. for sending it in!

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Coverville 422: The Three Dog Night Un-Cover Story

Here's on what's on the show tonight:

Title (with link to iTunes, if available)	Artist (with link to the artists' website, if available)	Album (with link to Amazon.com, if available)	Original Artist
One	Nilsson	Aerial Ballet	Nilsson
Liar	Russ Ballard	Anthology - The Best of Argent	Russ Ballard
Joy To The World	Hoyt Axton	Joy To The World: Country Anthems	Hoyt Axton
Mama Told Me Not To Come	Randy Newman	Lonely At The Top: The Best of Randy Newman	Randy Newman
Never Been To Spain	Hoyt Axton	Joy To The World: Country Anthems	Hoyt Axton
Black And White	Greyhound	The Best of Greyhound	Arkin & Robinson
The Show Must Go On	Leo Sayer	The Very Best Of	Leo Sayer
Shambala	B.W. Stevenson	The Very Best of B.W. Stevenson	B.W. Stevenson

34 minutes |

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Reaching out

You listen to the show, you call or email in your requests, and you even check the website. And I can't thank you enough for that.

Now I need your ideas. I'd like to increase the size of my audience, and as listeners and users of varying technical levels, you're in the best position to offer input on how I can make the show easier to find, listen to, and subscribe to. A bigger audience allows me to keep costs covered so that I can continue to focus on the content and quality of the show.

Post your ideas in the comments, or email me directly at the email address above. In addition to your ideas, tell me how you found the show, and how and where you listen to it, and if you were to recommend it to your less-technically-inclined friends, what their barriers to listen would be.

Coverville 421: Happy Chinese New Year!

Here's on what's on the show tonight:

Title (with link to iTunes, if available)	Artist (with link to the artists' website, if available)	Album (with link to Amazon.com, if available)	Original Artist
Round and Round	The Meat Purveyors	All Relationships Are Doomed To Fail	Ratt
Everybody Wants You	Babe The Blue OX	Box	Billy Squier
Eye Of The Tiger	Paul Anka	Rock Swings	Survivor
Mr. Rabbit	Paul Westerberg	Stereo	Burl Ives
I Still haven't Found What I'm Looking For	Dragon	Songs: Signature Songs/Classic Covers	U2
Snakes Crawl At Night	Mark LaForme	Vintage	Charley Pride
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere	Carmen Townsend	Cinnamon Girl: Women Artists Cover Neil Young for Charity	Neil Young and Crazy Horse
I'm Glad I Never	Lambchop	Total Lee! The Songs of Lee Hazelwood	Lee Hazelwood
Monkey Gone To Heaven	Elk City	Dig For Fire: A Tribute To Pixies	Pixies
Little Red Rooster	The Jesus & Mary Chain	Ruby Trax: The NME's Roaring Forty	Howlin' Wolf
War Pigs	Cake	B-Sides and Rarities	Black Sabbath

48 minutes |

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Covervision: "Smells Like Teen Spirit" - The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain

Brian and Ron both sent this to me this morning. And it's very good.

Hear the Jools' "Hootenanny" version on Coverville Episode 103.

Here I am now. Entertain me.

Covervision: "Carry On My Wayward Son" by "little girl on organ"

Unfortunately, her name isn't listed on the YouTube, but this is extremely impressive.

Thanks to Nick in Sydney for the link.

Coverville 420: Losing my head, spinning cover requests

Here's on what's on the show tonight:

Title (with link to iTunes, if available)	Artist (with link to the artists' website, if available)	Album (with link to Amazon.com, if available)	Original Artist
Toxic	Yael Naim	Yael Naim	Britney Spears
One Hand In My Pocket	The Dino Martinis	Steak and Comedian Night	Alanis Morissette
Why Does Love Got To Be So Bad?	Buckwheat Zydeco	Taking It Home	Derek & The Dominoes
I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night)	Stiv Bators	Disconnected	Electric Prunes
We're Not Gonna Take It	Bif Naked	Ready To Rumble Soundtrack	Twisted Sister
The Bare Necessities	Bowling For Soup	Disneymania, Vol. 3	Jungle Book

48 minutes |

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Ibbott surges ahead!

Thanks to David from Golden for this: