Cover/Uncovered: Obscure Covers....

Bands have been reaching outside of their influence bag to find those not-so-normal cover songs for quite a while. In the 90's The Gourds covered Snoop's Gin & Juice, Alien Ant Farm went MJ on us with Smooth Criminal, and and Dynamite Hack paid tribute the original gangsta Eazy E with their mellow version of Boyz In The Hood.

Here's a semi-new batch of obscure covers - originals are not included this time since pop music is evil and contagious.

Deer Tick - Beautiful Girls (Sean Kingston)
i love that John noticed the Doo-Wop undertones in this song an expanded on them - even breaking into Stand By Me at the end.

The Kooks - All That She Wants (Ace of Base)
buy Radio 1 Established 1967 (2007)
A perfect fit for these guys.

Nickel Creek - Toxic (Britney Spears)
Simply amazing musicianship/showmanship.
Forgive the quality - it's a youtube rip. Check it out.

Ooooh, Las Vegas....

Just booked a last minute Spring Break trip to Vegas, Baby! Those spur of the moment trips (i'm leavin' in the morning) decided on a whim always make for the best time. Gonna be there for 3 days, 2 nights. Probably won't get any posts made while i'm there - i'll be busy blowin' all my savings, instead. Here's a list of songs i threw together real quick that fit the times:

mp3: Ryan Adams & Elton John - Oooh Las Vegas (live) ~ from Ryan & Elton Live @ The Grand Old Opry (2/4/02)

mp3: Bob Dylan - Rambler, Gambler (early home recording) ~ from No Direction Home: The Soundtrack

mp3: The White Stripes - Black Jack Davey ~ from Seven Nation Army [Single] (2003)

mp3: Mike McClure - Jack of Diamonds/Queen of Hearts ~ unreleased studio cut

mp3: Robert Johnson - Little Queen of Spades ~ from Robert Johnson: The Complete Recordings

mp3: Nickel Creek - Best of Luck ~ from Why Should The Fire Die? (2005)