I’ve announced it on Extra Life Radio, I’ve announced it in show 319, but for those of you who haven’t listened yet, I’m announcing it here.
I’ve been wanting to do a Coverville CD for a while, and hadn’t come up with a theme or subject that really jumped out at me until now: The music of Spinal Tap. They’ve got a memorable catalog, and could be covered by artists of any genre. “Big Bottom”, “(Listen To the) Flower People”, “Hell Hole”, etc. work well both as parodies and as solid rock songs.
Nothing’s been signed yet, but here are some of the artists who have expressed interest in the album: Richard Cheese, Jonathan Coulton, Uncle Seth, The Smithereens, American Heartbreak (featuring the Rock and Roll Geek himself, Michael Butler), David Miller, and more.
I’m even trying to get The Folksmen to do a Spinal Tap cover, and can use anyone’s help who can assist in making that happen.
In the next couple weeks, I’m going to create a separate blog, which I’ll use to document a “making of” for the CD. I’m going to be getting a massive education in CD production, and it’ll be a good way to keep communicate those, as well as artist updates, album art, timelines and the rest. I’ll keep you posted here as soon as I get a separate site going.
And if you’re an artist who’d be interested in contributing a track, please contact me at coverville | at | gmail | dot | com. And if you’re a fan of a band that you think would be interested, let them know about this! Fan support is the best way to get someone involved.
Remember, “money talks and bullshit walks”!
You know, I don’t know what song Jonathan Coulton fancies covering but, watching the movie last night and listening to the lyrics for “Big Bottom”, that more than fitted in with his style on “Baby Got Back”, as well as the subject matter. A perfect match maybe?
“The Perfectly Normal Band” did a live radio cover of Big Bottom. I think it turned out pretty well.
http://www.wax-work.com/music/pnbradio.htm
11 Songs, I presume?
I’m partial to “A Fine Line Between Stupid and Clever” as the title… it has an appropriate 60’s-icon ring to it, like “A Saucerful of Secrets” or “A Momentary Lapse of Reason”.
And yes, I enjoyed the Pink Floyd Coverville session immensely, thank you very much. 😉
AWESOME!!!!!
How about “None More Black” for the title? Taken from when they got their “Smell The Glove” album and someone says (Michael McKean I think), “How much more black can this be? The answer is none; none more black.” More obscure for sure.
Either that or ‘Mime Is Money’.
“None More Black” was actually my first choice for the title. But after a little searching, I found both a record label and a band named “None More Black”.
Just thinking, 11 songs is great, but would that be a little light for todays consumer? – most albums clock in at 50+ minutes and maybe more with extra’s.
Maybe some hidden tracks or something.
On the cover, all I can think of (in the right way of course) is Mr Eyebott on all fours in Spinal tap gear sniffing a glove, but with all the Spinal Tap stuff mixed in, maybe like a caricature, you know the HUGE stonehenge, the vegetable from someone’s trousers, the plastic skull. Len Peralta or Scott Johnson would be all over that!
Finally, what about Jason Falkner or Bleu? Maybe L.E.O could do a cover in their ELO style?
How about ‘Spinal Pap’ as a titel?
I’ll ask Gene Simmons if KISS would be interested. ‘Tonight, I’m Gonna Rock You Tonight’ would make an awesome KISS-song.