Friday, October 17, 2014

Stuck In Thee Garage #54: October 17, 2014

Cover songs are a dime a dozen. But it's when an artist can provide a unique take on another artist's song that covers become worth a listen. This week on Stuck In Thee Garage, I play an hour of covers that make the grade in one way or another.



Doing the right thing with the playlist:

Hour 1
Artist - Song/Album
The Hush Now - Cyclops/Sparkle Drive
So Cow - Get Down Off That Thing/The Long Con
Ex Hex - Don't Wanna Lose/Rips
Jessica Hernandez and the Deltas - Caught Up/Secret Evil
Mini Dresses - In Two/Three
Electric Six - Alone With Your Body/Human Zoo
Prince - This Could Be Us/Art Official Age
Idiot Genes - Partaker/Lousey
Miracles - Quarantine/Quarantine
The Soupcans - Pop Hit III/Vintage Pizza Party Cassette
Pampers - Monkey Drip/Live on WFMU's Cherry Blossom Clinic
Vats - Slow Eyes/Today
Joseph Arthur - Travel As Equals/Redemption City
Buffalo Tom - Staples/Let Me Come Over
Matthew Sweet - Super Baby/100% Fun
Arctic Monkeys - Brick By Brick/Suck It and See
Bad Religion - Hooray for Me.../Stranger Than Fiction

Hour 2: Covers
Queens of the Stone Age - White Wedding (Billy Idol)/Era Vulgaris B-side
The Smashing Pumpkins - Cinnamon Girl (Neil Young)/Live on WZRD 3/16/89
Soundgarden - Fopp (Ohio Players)/Screaming Life-Fopp
Arctic Monkeys - Red Right Hand (Nick Cave)/Crying Lightning
Dios Malos - Asshole (Beck)/I Want It All
Uncle Tupelo - I Wanna Be Your Dog (Stooges)/'89-'93: An Anthology
Judas Priest - Diamonds and Rust (Joan Baez)/Sin After Sin
Dread Zeppelin - Immigrant Song (Led Zeppelin)/Un-Led-Ed
Paul Anka - Jump (Van Halen)/Rock Swings
David Lee Roth - Tobacco Road (The Nashville Teens)/Eat 'Em and Smile
The Breeders - Happiness is a Warm Gun (The Beatles)/Pod
The Wildhearts - Waiting Room (Fugazi)/Stop Us If You've Heard This Before, Vol. 1
Deervana - Radio  Friendly Unit Shifter (Nirvana)/Live at the Brooklyn Bowl 9/13/13
Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros - Pressure Drop (Toots and the Maytals)/Live in Philly 1999
Buffalo Tom and Grant Hart - Pink Turns to Blue (Husker Du)/Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago 12/3/00
David Bowie - Waiting for the Man (Velvet Underground)/Live at Nassau Coliseum 1976




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