Monday, August 26, 2024

Completely Conspicuous 644: Secondhand Love

Part 2 of my conversation with guest Phil Stacey about our favorite cover songs. Listen to the episode below or download directly (right click and "save as").

Show notes:

  • Jay's #7: Ty Segall with a ripper of a Neil Young cover
  • Phil's #6: The live version of a Linda Ronstadt classic
  • Jay's #6: An indie rock all-star band playing covers the Beatles played in their early days
  • Greg Dulli, Thurston Moore, Dave Grohl, Dave Pirner, Mike Mills and Don Fleming
  • Phil's #5: Phish covering the Stones
  • Phish does tons of covers
  • Jay's #5: An unexpected '60s cover from Husker Du
  • Phil's #4: Coltrane with a wild twist on a Rodgers and Hammerstein classic
  • Jay's #4: Stripped down version of an English Beat hit by Pete Townshend
  • Phil's #3: Rage Against the Machine's explosive take on a Springsteen folk song
  • Jay: Forgot about Rollins and Bad Brains covering "Kick Out the Jams"
  • Jay's #3: Dirtbombs with a smokin' garage punk remake of Stevie Wonder 
  • Jay's #2: Nirvana's Unplugged show featured several great covers
  • Phil's #1: Epic length cover "Morning Dew" by the Dead
  • Watching old videos from the '60s and '70s to guess how old the crowd members are now
  • Jay's #1 and Phil's #2: Mind-blowing Who cover of little-know Mose Allison song
  • Jay: Live at Leeds is the greatest live album 
  • All four members of the Who at the peak of their powers

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The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.

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