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
