From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V6 #351 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Wednesday, November 22 2000 Volume 06 : Number 351 Today's Subjects: ----------------- covers [kerrywhite@webtv.net (kerry white)] Re: Death Penalty [Tim Cook ] Re: Covers [Billi Mazur ] Re: Covers [Joseph Zitt ] Today's your birthday, friend... [Mike Matthews ] Re: Covers [Billi Mazur ] Re: Happy Rhodes and Nettwerk ["Suzanna Otting" ] Re: Mary Margaret O'Hara covers [Yngve Hauge ] Apropos of Nothing [Daniel ] Re: covers [GSS ] Re: Most terrible covers ["Pamela P." ] re: Oxy and Eze ["Tom Ditto" ] Re: OT: selfishness [GSS ] Re: Laura Love [RedWoodenBeads@aol.com] More Covers!!!!!!! [RedWoodenBeads@aol.com] RE: Apropos of Nothing [Loretta Pontillo ] RE: covers [GSS ] Re: covers ["Troy J. Shadbolt" ] Re: Apropos of Nothing [Joseph Zitt ] Re: Happy Rhodes and Nettwerk [Ian Clysdale ] [none] [drop the holupki ] Re: Happy Rhodes and Nettwerk [canetoad@panix.com] FW: covers [Phil Hudson ] Re: covers [GSS ] Re: covers ["Michael Pearce" ] Re: covers [GSS ] Re: Happy Rhodes and Nettwerk + Delerium ["Kel Henson" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 00:58:51 -0600 (CST) From: kerrywhite@webtv.net (kerry white) Subject: covers Hi, How about Micheal Hedges' >acoustic< version of -Hendrix's- version of Dylan's Watchtower or his Beatles' Get Together, each live? Angelique Kidjo did a fine >vocal< version of Hendrix's Voodoo Chile (or Voodoo Child, in my head not within sight). bye, KrW I'm Peter Pan! I'm perpetually young!! OW!! What's wrong with my back? ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 07:15:57 +0000 From: Tim Cook Subject: Re: Death Penalty >I ask each of you who are against the death penalty no matter >what. Imagine if one or more of the victims in that Wendy's crime were >friends or relatives to YOU. I mean REALLY do it. Do it right now. Pick out >a brother or sister of yours, your best friend, your cousins' daughter or >perhaps your gym teacher or even your own child. If you do this you really have to look to the other side of the coin as well. Imagine that a loved one is about to be executed for a crime they did not commit. Imagine how you'd feel. At least with life imprisonment there is always the chance that new evidence will prove their innocence. Ti ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 23:25:56 -0800 From: Billi Mazur Subject: Re: Covers "Cerquone, Suzanne" wrote: > Also, one of my favorite bands, Marillion, have done some great covers in the past couple of years: Fake Plastic Trees (Radiohead), Abraham, Martin and John (Dion, I think), and Blackbird (Beatles). I would like to add one of my favorite covers, also done by Marillion, of Rare Bird's Sympathy. This is a beautiful rendition of a rather obscure, but powerful, song. Several others have mentioned Siouxsie & the Banshees' "Through the Looking Glass". That CD has some outstanding covers on it. My personal faves are "Trust in Me" (already mentioned by Jeff), You're Lost Little Girl (The Doors), The Passenger (Iggy), and Sea Breezes (Roxy Music). There are also covers by Sparks and The Band, amongst others. Two more quick ones: Santana - Well All Right (Blind Faith) and She's Not There (The Zombies). Bill M. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 02:16:02 -0500 From: Joseph Zitt Subject: Re: Covers On Mon, Nov 20, 2000 at 11:25:56PM -0800, Billi Mazur wrote: > Two more quick ones: Santana - Well All Right (Blind Faith) and She's Not There (The Zombies). As I've mentioned, "Well All Right" is actually a cover of a defining cover -- Santana do a near letter perfect version of Blind Faith's version of the Buddy Holly song. - -- |> ~The only thing that is not art is inattention~ --- Marcel Duchamp <| | jzitt@metatronpress.com http://www.metatronpress.com/jzitt | | Latest CD: Jerusaklyn http://www.mp3.com/josephzitt | | Comma: Voices of New Music Silence: the John Cage Discussion List | ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 03:00:05 -0500 (EST) From: Mike Matthews Subject: Today's your birthday, friend... i*i*i*i*i*i i*i*i*i*i*i *************** *****HAPPY********* **************BIRTHDAY********* *************************************************** *************************************************************************** ********************* Kevin Bartlett (AURALG@aol.com) ********************* *************************************************************************** -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Kevin Bartlett Fri November 21 1952 Scorpio Claudia Spix Wed November 23 1960 Schuetze Anja Baldo Tue November 23 1965 Garbanzo Tommy Persson Wed November 25 1964 Sagittarius Pat Tessitore November 26 Sagittarius Valerie Kraemer November 26 Sagittarius Justin Bur Fri November 27 1964 Sagittarius Sue Trowbridge Sun November 27 1966 Skytten Ward Kadel Tue November 29 1977 Sagittarius Jesse Hernandez Liwag Wed November 29 1972 Water Rat Mirko Bulaja Sat November 30 1974 Block Juha Sorva Thu December 02 1976 Sagittarius Chip Lueck Thu December 05 1968 Sagittarius Michele Wellck December 08 Sagittarius Jeremy J. Corry Fri December 11 1970 Sagittarius Renee Canada Tue December 13 1977 Sagittarius Julie C. Kammerzell Sun December 15 1968 Sagittarius/Scorpio combo Gloria Jackson-Nefertiti Sat December 15 1956 queen_nefertiti@prodigy.net Damon Harper Tue December 16 1975 COOL BANANAS Laura Clifford Tue December 17 1957 Sagittarius Dirk Kastens Tue December 17 1963 Sagittarius Milla Wed December 17 1975 Sagittarius Chris Schernwetter Tue December 17 1974 Sagittarius Sherry Haddock Sat December 17 1960 Sagittarius Tracy Benbrook Tue December 18 1973 Sagittarius - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 00:54:02 -0800 From: Billi Mazur Subject: Re: Covers Joseph Zitt wrote: > On Mon, Nov 20, 2000 at 11:25:56PM -0800, Bill Mazur wrote: > > > Two more quick ones: Santana - Well All Right (Blind Faith) and She's Not There (The Zombies). > > As I've mentioned, "Well All Right" is actually a cover of a defining > cover -- Santana do a near letter perfect version of Blind Faith's > version of the Buddy Holly song. Right you are Joe. :-) I didn't see your mention of that previously and I forgot that it was originally a Buddy Holly tune. Thanks! ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 04:00:00 -0800 From: "Suzanna Otting" Subject: Re: Happy Rhodes and Nettwerk - -- On Tue, 21 Nov 2000 12:50:19 Andrew Fries wrote: >On Mon, 20 Nov 2000, Damon wrote: > >>unfortunately, i think neil (who is unfortunately no longer on the >>list) mentioned a while back that he'd talked about it to some people >>there and it didn't seem a likely thing to happen... too bad. :/ > >Yes, but that doesn't have to be the last word on this matter - >attitudes, management, or finance situations can change with time... >heck, it might simply depend on who in the company you happen to talk to! >I still think Nettwerk would be a natural home for Happy, even if >Nettwerk can't see that :) I wonder what it would take to make them see it? Shipments of sample CDs? Fan letters? Petitions? :) Angelfire for your free web-based e-mail. http://www.angelfire.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 14:00:14 +0100 (CET) From: Yngve Hauge Subject: Re: Mary Margaret O'Hara covers On Mon, 20 Nov 2000 jjhanson@att.net wrote: > Mary Margaret O'Hara fans should definitely check > out the Christmas CD called "Count Your Blessings"-- > it's my favorite Christmas CD and is a recording > of a live concert featuring Mary Margaret O'Hara, > Jane Siberry, Holly Cole, Victoria Williams and > Rebecca Jenkins, with Tim Ray on piano. I think it's > only available in Canada though. It was part of the now long gone dubbing project, and I must say that it is the funniest Christmas concert I've heard at least. - -- Yngve ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 05:04:22 -0800 From: Daniel Subject: Apropos of Nothing On Tue, Nov 21, 2000 at 2:16:02AM -0500, Joseph Zitt quoted: > On Mon, Nov 20, 2000 at 11:25:56PM -0800, Billi Mazur wrote: Speaking of being out of step, I've noticed that Joseph lives in his own magical world. The proof is in his uncanny ability to quote a post _before it is written_; in this case, almost ten minutes before. How do you do it, Joseph? Time travel? Prophecy? Second sight? Daniel ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 07:51:40 -0500 (CDT) From: GSS Subject: Re: covers Pete Townshend - Begin The Beguine (Cole Porter) and Driftin Blues (Edward Williams, Johnny Moore and Charles Brown) I forgot about these two. gss np-Another Scoop (Pete Townshend) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 08:53:23 -0500 (EST) From: "Pamela P." Subject: Re: Most terrible covers Ah, yes...with regard to the Rubaiyat collection, one of the worst covers ever would have to be Faster Pussycat's version of "You're So Vain." Ouch. P2 - ------Original Message------ From: Neal Copperman To: ecto@smoe.org Sent: November 21, 2000 6:15:40 AM GMT Subject: Re: Most terrible covers And I think the Elektra Rubaiyat collection has the largest number of terrible covers of anything that I own. Granted, it's got some good ones, but one a double disc, I think there are only about 6 exceptional covers, and a lot of really bad ones. neal ______________________________________________ FREE Personalized Email at Mail.com Sign up at http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 08:58:54 -0500 From: "Tom Ditto" Subject: re: Oxy and Eze Lyle asked about Happy's cats > Then I found out Barney Parker and Xena and Shorty were the cats (plus > more?). Joe, Tyler, and Spooky. These predate the ones you mentioned. Joe would follow Happy to and from school and turned out to be female, the name notwithstanding. She adopted Tyler and Spooky as kittens. They all came into my care when in '86 Happy took an apartment near Albany that prohibited pets. At that very time I had a dream featuring two cats, a long hair orange tabby that was named Riot and a black cat called Mystery. Joe fit the former description and thereafter was addressed by the new name. Spooky had a penguin-like white chest but was close enough to match my dream, and I gladly adopted him. Tyler was the extra bonus. After some acrobatic leaps that brought down flying mice in my bedroom, Spooky was rechristened Mr. Bat. Tyler, forever young, become Baby Dee in the parlance of our own child and no longer is called Tyler except in formal situations. Tom ditto@taconic.net "You can't tell a song writer by listening to her covers." ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 08:26:22 -0500 (CDT) From: GSS Subject: Re: OT: selfishness > Common usage presupposes that there are two ways to live: sacrificing > for others or imposing sacrifices on them. But what of those who > sustain their own lives by their own work, sacrificing neither > themselves nor others? Like subsistence farming? gss ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 09:48:06 EST From: RedWoodenBeads@aol.com Subject: Re: Laura Love In a message dated 11/20/00 9:01:34 PM Pacific Standard Time, owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org writes: << I'd just like to put in a vote for Laura Love's cover version of Nirvana's "Come as You Are" on her "Octaroon" cd. It's just her voice, her bass guitar, and that's all. It's a smokey, sinister, utterly thrilling version. >> I would just like to chime in with agreement here. The awesome cover of "Come as You Are", OCTAROON is a very good album, probably my favorite by Laura. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 09:55:38 EST From: RedWoodenBeads@aol.com Subject: More Covers!!!!!!! Vagabond Lovers' cover of "Drive", originally by The Carrs. The original version is good, but very slick. The Vagabonds kind of strip it down to its raw beauty. Lush's cover of "Hey Hey Hellen", originally by Abba. I remember someone mentioning that they were a Lush fan a while back. It's kind of interesting that Lush was so influenced by Abba. I have never cared for Abba but I love this cover. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 09:54:29 -0500 From: Loretta Pontillo Subject: RE: Apropos of Nothing I believe this is a function of the ecto mailing list. sometimes I send things to the list and people send a reply before I see my actual note hitting my inbox. I think the delivery is uneven. :) - -----Original Message----- From: Daniel [mailto:iamnoti@earthlink.net] Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2000 8:04 AM To: ecto@smoe.org Subject: Apropos of Nothing On Tue, Nov 21, 2000 at 2:16:02AM -0500, Joseph Zitt quoted: > On Mon, Nov 20, 2000 at 11:25:56PM -0800, Billi Mazur wrote: Speaking of being out of step, I've noticed that Joseph lives in his own magical world. The proof is in his uncanny ability to quote a post _before it is written_; in this case, almost ten minutes before. How do you do it, Joseph? Time travel? Prophecy? Second sight? Daniel ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 10:03:29 EST From: RedWoodenBeads@aol.com Subject: Re: 10km covers In a message dated 11/20/00 9:01:34 PM Pacific Standard Time, owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org writes: << Hmmm, I've generally been kind of unhappy with 10K Maniacs covers. They seem sort of sleepy and spiritless. >> 10km is very diverse and colorful in their talent with covers. The achingly sad quality in Natalie's voice on "Peace Train" almost perfects that song (in my opinion). It's as if she's really begging for you to "come on the peace train", with a very convincing urgency. Ultimately, the best 10km covers were the last two they recorded on THE EARTH PRESSED FLAT, "Who Knows Where the Time Goes?" (Fairport Convention) and "In The Quiet Morning" (Mimi Farina). The former is utterly beautiful, if not incredibley different from the original, and with Mary's viola weeping and Rob's guitar barely echoing in the distant backround this is one of the better tributes to the Fairports. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 10:00:45 -0500 From: Loretta Pontillo Subject: RE: covers On Mon, Nov 20, 2000 at 04:17:25PM -0700, Neal Copperman wrote: > > I guess the ultimate accolade for a cover is when it becomes THE definitive > > version ---- so it's another vote from me for the Talking Heads' "Take Me to > > the River" (I found out recently that Foghat also covered it, before the > > Heads) > > Indeed. That really seems like there song. It seems to be the most > reclaimed song I can think of. Some more for the most-reclaimed bucket: Jimi Hendrix: All Along the Watchtower (Bob Dylan) Eric Clapton: Well All Right (Buddy Holly, but Clapton's version introduced the signature riff that Santana also used for it) Who: Eyesight to the Blind (Sunny Boy Williamson) Ike and Tina Turner: Proud Mary (Creedence Clearwater Revival) And I, Loretta, add: that rock-n-roll version of Joni's "Woodstock." I think it was CSNY. I LOVE Joni's version, but the ?CSNY? version is much more famous among the general population ("you mean Joni Mitchell wrote that song? Isn't she the one who sings that song about the parking lot?") and it's a very interesting take on the song. I think I like Joni's version better. :) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 09:38:40 -0500 (CDT) From: GSS Subject: RE: covers On Tue, 21 Nov 2000, Loretta Pontillo wrote: > population ("you mean Joni Mitchell wrote that song? Isn't she the one who > sings that song about the parking lot?") and it's a very interesting take on > the song. I think I like Joni's version better. :) I like 'big yellow taxi', for the most part but think it is a bit short sighted. Blaiming the farmer for DDT is like blaiming the soldier for agent orange, napalm or the hydrogen bomb. 'They paved paradise And put up a parking lot With a pink hotel, a boutique and a swinging hot spot Don't it always seem to go That you don't know what you've got Till it's gone They paved paradise And put up a parking lot They took all the trees And put them in a tree museum And they charged all the people A dollar and a half to see 'em Don't it always seem to go That you don't know what you've got Till it's gone They paved paradise And they put up a parking lot Hey farmer farmer Put away that D.D.T. now Give me spots on my apples But leave me the birds and the bees Please! Dont it always seem to go That you don't know what you've got Till it's gone They paved paradise And put up a parking lot Late last night I heard the screen door slam And a big yellow taxi Took away my old man Don't it always seem to go That you don't know what you've got Till it's gone They paved paradise And put up a parking lot' - j.m. gss ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 08:01:43 -0800 From: "Troy J. Shadbolt" Subject: Re: covers i'd have to agree with the michael hedges version. sureptiously, i had both my _live from the double planet_ cd and dave mathhews band's _listener requested_ on random and it played watchtower back-to-back. very interesting comparison. i still mourn the loss of hedges in 1997. (whoa, two posts in one week!) Dr Troy J Shadbolt kerry white wrote: > > Hi, How about Micheal Hedges' >acoustic< version of -Hendrix's- > version of Dylan's Watchtower or his Beatles' Get Together, each live? > Angelique Kidjo did a fine >vocal< version of Hendrix's Voodoo Chile > (or Voodoo Child, in my head not within sight). bye, > > KrW > I'm Peter Pan! > I'm perpetually young!! > OW!! What's wrong with my back? ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 10:56:59 -0500 From: Joseph Zitt Subject: Re: Apropos of Nothing On Tue, Nov 21, 2000 at 05:04:22AM -0800, Daniel wrote: > On Tue, Nov 21, 2000 at 2:16:02AM -0500, Joseph Zitt quoted: > > > On Mon, Nov 20, 2000 at 11:25:56PM -0800, Billi Mazur wrote: > > Speaking of being out of step, I've noticed that Joseph lives in his own magical world. The proof is > in his uncanny ability to quote a post _before it is written_; in this case, almost ten minutes > before. > > How do you do it, Joseph? Time travel? Prophecy? Second sight? You will see the answer in a message that has not yet arrived :-) - -- |> ~The only thing that is not art is inattention~ --- Marcel Duchamp <| | jzitt@metatronpress.com http://www.metatronpress.com/jzitt | | Latest CD: Jerusaklyn http://www.mp3.com/josephzitt | | Comma: Voices of New Music Silence: the John Cage Discussion List | ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 11:55:19 -0500 From: Ian Clysdale Subject: Re: Happy Rhodes and Nettwerk > >unfortunately, i think neil (who is unfortunately no longer on the > >list) mentioned a while back that he'd talked about it to some people > >there and it didn't seem a likely thing to happen... too bad. :/ > Yes, but that doesn't have to be the last word on this matter - > attitudes, management, or finance situations can change with time... > heck, it might simply depend on who in the company you happen to talk to! > I still think Nettwerk would be a natural home for Happy, even if > Nettwerk can't see that :) The other thing is that recently, a number of good artists have been leaving Nettwerk with stories quite similar to Happy's story about Samson. Wild Strawberries and Sully have both made some very nasty comments about Nettwerk's treatment of them. And since they both left, rather than being dropped, that says even a bit more. Becky Gainforth had quite a bit to say about them trying to shape them into being the "next Sarah McLachlan." I don't know all of the details, but I'm getting the impression that Nettwerk might not be what it used to be. Either that, or there's just two bitter ex-Nettwerk bands talking a lot of trash. :) ian. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 09:30:20 -0800 From: Phil Hudson Subject: RE: there but by the grace of god go i I should have know better than to toss out a theoretical question to you guys! Mother Theresa was a very nice lady, and does not deserve to be eaten, neither alive, nor served cold with a side salad and a little wild rice. Who could be putting these terrible ideas in your heads, hmmn, let's see..could it be.......SANTA? P "The only thing that is not art is inner tension" Marcel Duchampagnatzebit - -----Original Message----- From: FAMarcus@aol.com [mailto:FAMarcus@aol.com] Sent: Monday, November 20, 2000 8:22 PM To: ecto@smoe.org Subject: Re: there but by the grace of god go i In a message dated 11/20/00 11:14:04 PM Eastern Standard Time, jzitt@metatronpress.com writes: << Before or after lunch? >> i think it depends on what passengers jeffery had for lunch fam ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 12:52:53 -0500 From: drop the holupki Subject: Re: More Covers!!!!!!! when we last left our heroes, RedWoodenBeads@aol.com exclaimed: >Lush's cover of "Hey Hey Hellen", originally by Abba. I remember someone >mentioning that they were a Lush fan a while back. It's kind of interesting >that Lush was so influenced by Abba. I have never cared for Abba but I love >this cover. that reminds me. there's was an compilation of covers called _alvin lives in leeds_ released back in 1990 to protest the poll tax in the uk. notable covers included lush doing middle of the road's "chirpy chirpy cheep cheep" and robyn hitchcock doing carl douglas' "kung fu fighting", and cud doing "bohemian rapsody". woj ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 14:10:39 -0500 From: drop the holupki Subject: [none] pholks, just tuned in wfmu (128 kbps mp3 stream at http://wfmu.oven.com:8000/ and 32kbps stream at http://wfmu.oven.com:8004/) and am catching the end of an appearance by alisha sufit on tony coulter's show. she was the vocalist and guitarist in a 70s era band called magic carpet which i hadn't heard of previously, but she's quite good. i wish i had heard all of this. woj ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 14:12:51 -0500 (EST) From: canetoad@panix.com Subject: Re: Happy Rhodes and Nettwerk What about Projekt? Happy doesn't exactly fit into the stereotypical "darkwave" mold, but then neither do Area or many other artists who show up in the Projekt catalog. Sam Rosenthal seems very accessible, and I bet he'd listen to a CD or tape sampler if sent one. - Larne ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 11:13:12 -0800 From: Phil Hudson Subject: FW: covers - -----Original Message----- From: Phil Hudson Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2000 11:13 AM To: 'ecto@smoe.rog' Subject: FW: covers >I like 'big yellow taxi', for the most part but think it is a bit >short sighted. Blaiming the farmer for DDT is like blaiming the soldier >for agent orange, napalm or the hydrogen bomb. Yes, but "Hey there Dow Chemical, put away that DDT now" didn't scan as well. Also, farmers listen when you address them. p ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 17:30:58 -0500 (CDT) From: GSS Subject: Re: covers On Tue, 21 Nov 2000, Phil Hudson wrote: > >I like 'big yellow taxi', for the most part but think it is a bit > >short sighted. Blaiming the farmer for DDT is like blaiming the soldier > >for agent orange, napalm or the hydrogen bomb. > > Yes, but "Hey there Dow Chemical, put away that DDT now" didn't scan as > well. > Also, farmers listen when you address them. Is Joni a big hit among sugarbeet farmers? Would have to be local cooperatives. ;-> gss ------------------------------ Date: 21 Nov 2000 15:56:57 -0800 From: "Michael Pearce" Subject: Re: covers Many of my favorite covers right now are all coming from the same woman: Vonda Shepard. Although she is an extremely talented songwriter (get her CD "It's Good Eve" to hear the best), she is known mostly for all the cover songs she does on Ally McBeal. My favorite of the lot was her version of Roy Orbison's "Crying." Hardly anyone has ever been able to cover anything by Roy successfully (particularly "Pretty Woman" covered by some mid-70s metal/hair band) but Vonda put as much soul into it as the original. It worked especially with the scene in the show that she sang behind. And since I love all those early '60s Motown hits I love her versions as well. There isn't a shred of hack in this woman's work. Michael PS: Favorite parody cover? Hard to choose from so much of Weird Al's work, but his own version "Smells Like Nirvana" (the video particularly) is genius. Parodies could take on a whole 'nother thread. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 19:18:21 -0500 (CDT) From: GSS Subject: Re: covers I didn't want to do this, but I'm bored and all the girls have left the lab, so here it goes. Besides Bob Dylan, Townes Van Zandt may be the most covered artist ever. Hell, he may be more covered than Dylan. He is also one of my favorites. This list does not even scratch the surface and I only included artists that I thought most would recognize. Cowboy Junkies Lament-Cowboy Junkies To Live Is To Fly-Cowboy Junkies White Freightliner Blues-Karen Abrahams Pancho And Lefty-Hoyt Axton Tecumseh Valley-Bobby Bare White Freightliner Blues-Bobby Bare Rex's Blues-Emmylou Harris & Jack Elliot To Live Is To Fly-Emmylou Harris & Guy Clark If I Needed You-Emmylou Harris & Don Williams Don't You Take It Too Bad-Guy Clark I'll Be Here In The Morning- Mark Dvorak Pancho and Lefty-Bob Dylan Pancho and Lefty-Willie Nelson Pancho and Lefty-Merle Haggard Pancho and Lefy-Emmylou Harris Pancho and Lefty-Willie Nelson & Bob Dylan Pancho and Lefty-Willie Nelson & Merle Haggard Tecumseh Valley-Steve Earle White Freightliner Blues-Steve Earle Dollar Bill Blues-David Elias White Freightliner-Jimmy Dale Gilmore Flyin' Shoes-Lyle Lovett Highway Kind-Lyle Lovett If I Needed You-Lyle Lovett Lungs-Lyle Lovett If I Needed You-Delbert McClinton & Jonell Mosser gss np-Rear View Mirror, Townes Van Zandt ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 21:50:36 -0500 From: "Kel Henson" Subject: Re: Happy Rhodes and Nettwerk + Delerium Holy Crap .. Happy and Delerium is the best idea ever. I'm listening right now to the Delerium album released today and it's wonderful... Get Happy in touch with them however possible :) Both Enya and Delerium surprised me with new albums today. I think I'd better keep up with these things better. later! Kel. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "vylette" To: Sent: Monday, November 20, 2000 3:28 PM Subject: Re: Happy Rhodes and Nettwerk > At 05:56 AM 11/20/00 -0800, Suzanna Otting wrote: > > >Further speculation on the career of Happy Rhodes...I think she should > >be picked up by the Nettwerk label. She is certainly their kind of music, > > and not to mention that *then* we could get her hooked up with Delerium > and the club success (and some airplay) of the resulting songs would > make a whole lot of people ask "who's *that*?" and in so doing sucker > themselves down the slippery slope of Happy. > > hey, i can dream, can't i? > > -veronica ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 22:01:47 -0500 From: Joseph Zitt Subject: Re: covers On Tue, Nov 21, 2000 at 03:56:57PM -0800, Michael Pearce wrote: > Many of my favorite covers right now are all coming from the same > woman: Vonda Shepard. Although she is an extremely talented > songwriter (get her CD "It's Good Eve" to hear the best), she is > known mostly for all the cover songs she does on Ally McBeal. I agree. Her work on that show is just wonderful. > My favorite of the lot was her version of Roy Orbison's "Crying." > Hardly anyone has ever been able to cover anything by Roy > successfully (particularly "Pretty Woman" covered by some mid-70s > metal/hair band) but Vonda put as much soul into it as the original. I actually was listening to a quasi-cover of that a few hours ago: Naked City's version of Ornette Coleman's "Lonely Woman" over the "Pretty Woman" bass line. It's a hoot and it works. - -- |> ~The only thing that is not art is inattention~ --- Marcel Duchamp <| | jzitt@metatronpress.com http://www.metatronpress.com/jzitt | | Latest CD: Jerusaklyn http://www.mp3.com/josephzitt | | Comma: Voices of New Music Silence: the John Cage Discussion List | ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V6 #351 **************************