Faces on the Radio

Thank you to Joey Gerber for joining us for this episode! You can listen at the top, or download HERE.

Topic:

• Covers!
• Where did the tradition of covering songs begin?
• What are some of the best covers of all time?
• What covers are more well-known than the original versions?
• Is there a problem with not writing your own songs?
• Is it better to play your own take on someone else’s song, or is it better to play it straight?

Songs:

• Faye Wong – “Dreams“
• Bob Dylan – “All Along the Watchtower“
• The Smiths – “This Charming Man“

Bands Mentioned:

• The Cranberries
• Faye Wong
• India.arie
• Tom Petty
• Rolling Stones
• Nels Cline
• Ben Goldberg
• Huey Lewis & the News
• Chess Smith
• Bob Dylan
• Savages
• Suicide
• St. Rich
• Wild Belle
• Jackson Scott
• Delicate Steve
• Grateful Dead
• The Strokes
• Stephen Malkmus
• Duke Garwood
• Bruce Springsteen
• Ian Curtis / Joy Division
• Siouxie & the Banshees
  
• Peter Hook / The Light
• Slaves of Venus
• New Order
• Light Asylum
• Father Strangeluv
• Noble Firs
• Wild & Scenic
• Neil Young
• Joan of Arc
• Arrington de Dionyso’s Songs of Psychic Fire
• Arrington de Dionyso’s Malaikat dan Singa
• Old Time Relijun
• Cap’n Jazz
• Jarboe
• Behalf
• Skinny Puppy
• Lost Lockets
• Helen Money
• Steve Albini / Shellac
• John Cale
• Swans
• MIA
• Madonna
• Janet Jackson
• Elvis Presley
• The Clash
• Carl Perkins
• Dionne Warwick
• Marianne Faithful
• John Lennon / Paul McCartney / The Beatles
• Phish
• Joe Cocker
• Jimi Hendrix
• Isaac Hayes
• Burt Bacharach
• Sufjan Stevens
• Gwar
• Sonny & Cher
• The Byrds
• Joan Baez
• David Bowie
• Pixies
• Nirvana
• Scott Walker
• Mott the Hoople
• Johnny Cash
• Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
• Depeche Mode
• Nine Inch Nails
• Porter Wagoner
• Dolly Parton
• Sam the Sham
• The Pharaohs
• Peter Gabriel
• Vampire Weekend
• Dirty Projectors
• Black Flag
• Solange Knowles
• Otis Redding
• Aretha Franklin
• Nouvelle Vague
• The National
• Perfume Genius
• Elvis Costello
• Nick Lowe
• Sting
• P. Diddy
• 2Pac
• Biggie Smalls
• Jimmy Page / Led Zeppelin
• Queen
• Kanye West
• Daft Punk
• Nina Simone
• thom Yorke / Radiohead
• Sparklehorse
• Modest Mouse
• The Stone Roses
• Interpol
• U2
• Mark Kozelek / Sun Kil Moon
• Joey Ramone / The Ramones
• Wilco
• Billy Bragg
• Woody Guthrie
• Hank Williams
• Scarlett Johansson
• Tom Waits
• Sebastian Cabot
• The Walkmen
• Harry Nilsson
• Crass
• Franz Ferdinand
• Elzhi
• Nas
• Danger Mouse
• Jay-Z
• The Clash
• Ben Fold
• Ke$ha
• Steven Page / Barenaked Ladies
• Parenthetical Girls
• The Animals
• Dave van Ronk
• Elliott Smith
• The Bad Plus
• Apocalyptica
• The Smiths
• This Charming Man
• Linda Ronstadt
• Glenn Tilbrook / Squeeze
• Steve Earle
• Fiona Apple
• Pet Show Boys
• Tom Odell
• Nine Inch Nilina
• Stereophonics
• Rod Stewart
• Michael the Blind & the Moonshine
• Iam MacKaye
• John Cale
• The Evens
• Minor Threat
• Fugazi
• Greil Marcus
• Arcade Fire
• Soft Skills
• Mo Troper / Your Rival
• Our First Brains
• Paul Simon