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Coverville 72: All Request Sunday with Automatic Baby, Johnny Cash and Yes

April 10, 2005

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You requested it – I’m playing it:

“Maidstone” – Squeeze (Uncovered Gem of the Week)

“One (live)” – Automatic Baby, featuring members of REM and U2 (originally U2)

“Personal Jesus” – Johnny Cash (originally Depeche Mode)

“Feeling Good” – Eels (originally Nina Simone)

“America” – Yes (originally Simon and Garfunkel)

“Heart of Glass” – Skye Sweetnam (originally Blondie)

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30 minutes |

7 Comments

  1. Darren
    Darren on April 11, 2005 at 3:09 am

    If that’s the version of “One” I’m familiar with, it’s truly appalling. Mike Mills needs to pick a key.

  2. Nicole Simon
    Nicole Simon on April 11, 2005 at 4:01 am

    That personal jesus cover is hillarious! :))

  3. Ray Slakinski
    Ray Slakinski on April 11, 2005 at 3:15 pm

    Sorry Brian for inflicting your listeners to my love for cheesy girl pop-rock cover songs 🙂

    Even if I sent them in anonymously I think you could spot which ones were mine.

  4. Lance Anderson
    Lance Anderson on April 11, 2005 at 4:37 pm

    Thanks for playing my request. Very cool!

  5. Doug
    Doug on April 15, 2005 at 7:57 am

    If that’s the version of “One” that I’m familiar with, it’s from the 1992 MTV Inaugural Ball — hosted by Dennis Miller when he was still a loud-mouthed liberal and not the loud-mouthed Bush supporter he is today.

    I had the whole show on a VHS tape and I think I recorded the audio onto a cassette tape, too. It’s been ages since I dove into my box of cassettes so I don’t know if it’s still there.

    I don’t remember that version of “One” being so awful. However, that same show had 10,000 Maniacs — still with Natalie Merchant — performing “To Sir, With Love” with some help from Michael Stipe. Can you track that one down, Brian?

  6. 3-Pin
    3-Pin on April 20, 2005 at 5:31 am

    Doug – Brian played the 10K/Merchant/Stipe version of To Sir With Love on Coverville #12. If you can’t find it in the archives, then send me a note and I can cut you a copy off the podcast. ballenATttfwiDOTcom

  7. lake powell
    lake powell on April 23, 2005 at 11:27 am

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