Coverville

The Richard Cheese Superfan Funclub

coverville@gmail.com (Brian Ibbott) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:39:16 -0700

I just joined the Richard Cheese Superfan Funclub - and if you're a fan of the man and his music, so should you.

If you join now, you get the next three albums, Viva La Vodka, Lavapalooza, and O.K. Bartender way sooner than the general public (and I'm not referring to the 80's ska-pop band).

Plus, find out how you can get your name SUNG by Richard Cheese, and/or added to the liner notes of his next album. Click here to find out more.

Coverville 488: Snakes on an Originalville

coverville@gmail.com (Brian Ibbott) — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:37:38 -0700

Here's on what's on the show tonight:

Title (with link to iTunes, if available)	Artist (with link to the artists' website, if available)	Album (with link to Amazon.com, if available)	Popularized by
Jet Airliner	Paul Pena	New Train	pop. by Steve Miller Band
It Must Be Love	Labi Siffre	101 Love Songs	pop. by Madness
I Go Blind	54.40	54.40	pop. by Hootie & The Blowfish
Better Be Good To Me	Spider	Spider + Between The Lines	pop. by Tina Turner
Everybody's Talkin'	Fred Neil	The Many Sides of Fred Neil	pop. by Harry Nilsson
I Forgot To Be Your Lover	William Bell	The Best of William Bell	pop. by Billy Idol
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood	Nina Simone	Nina Simone: Anthology	pop. by Eric Burdon & the Animals
The Tide Is High	The Paragons	Let's Do Rocksteady - The Best of Rocksteady 1966-68	pop. by Blondie

39 minutes |

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Coverville 487: Check out Guitar George - he knows all the cover requests

coverville@gmail.com (Brian Ibbott) — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:45:57 -0700

Here's on what's on the show tonight:

Title (with link to iTunes, if available)	Artist (with link to the artists' website, if available)	Album (with link to Amazon.com, if available)	Original Artist
Cry Little Sister	G Tom Mac	G Tom Mac	Gerard McMann
Funkytown	Pseudo Echo	Love An Adventure	Lipps, Inc.
Eve Of Destruction	The Turtles	20 Greatest Hits	Barry McGuire
Sultans Of Swing	Bill Wilson	1991 Bootleg	co-written with Mark Knopfler/Dire Straits
Smells Like Teen Spirit	Goya	Kawalek Po Kawalku	Nirvana
Like A Rolling Stone	Anberlin	Listen To Bob Dylan: A Tribute	Bob Dylan

46 minutes |

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Coverville 486: The Sweet Cover Story

coverville@gmail.com (Brian Ibbott) — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:39:08 -0700

Here's on what's on the show tonight:

Title (with link to iTunes, if available)	Artist (with link to the artists' website, if available)	Album (with link to Amazon.com, if available)	Original Artist
Little Willy	The Rubinoos	Crimes Against Music	Sweet
Funny Funny	Florapop	Are You Ready Steve? A Tribute to Sweet	Sweet
Wig-Wam Bam	Tammy and the Lords of Misrule	Right To Chews: Bubblegum Classic Revisited (NotLame.com)	Sweet
Hellraiser	Throttle Back, Sparky	Throttle Back, Sparky	Sweet
Blockbuster	The King	Gravelands	Sweet
He's Gonna Step on Your Ballroom Blitz Again	Charles De Goal	Etat Général	Sweet
Fox On The Run	Girlschool	Nightmare At Maple Cross/Take A Bite	Sweet
Action	Def Leppard	Def Leppard Vault	Sweet
Love is Like Oxygen	Space Eater	Pop Squad Presents 1978	Sweet

45 minutes |

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Coverville 485: Reggaeville

coverville@gmail.com (Brian Ibbott) — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:08:52 -0700

Here's on what's on the show tonight:

Title (with link to iTunes, if available)	Artist (with link to the artists' website, if available)	Album (with link to Amazon.com, if available)	Original Artist
Friday I'm In Love	The Oozing Grooves	Unreleased	The Cure
Everything I Own	Ken Boothe	The Definitive Collection	Bread
Subterranean Homesick Blues	Sizzla	Is It Rolling Bob?	Bob Dylan
Love The One You're With	The Wailing Souls	Psychedelic Souls	Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Upside Down	Carol Cool	Hustle! Reggae Disco	Diana Ross
Here Comes The Sun	Sharon Forrester	Reggae Pulse 2: Hit Songs Jamaican Style	The Beatles
Angel Of The Morning	Joya Landis	Trojan Reggae Sisters Box Set	Evie Sands
Could You Be Loved	Shakespear's Sister	The Roots of Rock: Rock 'n' Reggae	Bob Marley and the Wailers

39 minutes |

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Pain in the neck

coverville@gmail.com (Brian Ibbott) — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:17:07 -0700

I promised you an update once I heard back about my MRI, and I also promised not to take up valuable "show" time by talking about it during the podcast. Plus, keeping it relegated to the blog allows people to discuss it separately from music in the shows.

I had my follow-up appointment with the doctor after my MRI, and the news is somewhat positive. I do indeed have a herniated disc (between vertebrae C4 and C5), and it is pinching the nerve that travels down my left arm. This is resulting in an inability to raise my left elbow above shoulder level. I can screw in a lightbulb with my right hand without a problem, but my left arm just stops when I try to lift it about halfway.

And although this isn't my MRI, this gives you an idea of what mine looked like:

(Mine looks the same, except there's one of those cartoon fish skeletons about halfway down my neck.)

The good news is that, while I was in tremendous pain a month ago when I first had this diagnosed, the pain has all but gone away. The doctor feels that this is a good sign, and wants to monitor any changes over the next month or two, but not to pursue any aggressive treatment unless my situation changes, or if nothing changes for three months. I'll still be going to physical therapy twice a week to prevent any additional pressure or strain on my disc.

So for right now, the news is hopeful, and I'll keep you up-to-date as I find out anything new myself.

Coverville 484: It gets me to your cover requests on time

coverville@gmail.com (Brian Ibbott) — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 19:31:39 -0700

Here's on what's on the show tonight:

Title (with link to iTunes, if available)	Artist (with link to the artists' website, if available)	Album (with link to Amazon.com, if available)	Original Artist
Holiday Road	Latex Generation	Boysrock (Special Edition)	Lindsay Buckingham
Lovesick Blues	Frank Ifield	Best of Frank Ifield	Hank Williams
Modern Love	The Last Town Chorus	Wire Waltz	David Bowie
What Makes You Think You're The One	The Twilight Singers	She Loves You	Fleetwood Mac
Umbrella	Mechanical Bride	mySpace	Rihanna
Mr. Brightside	Room For Type	Room For Type	The Killers

42 minutes |

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Coverville 483: The Pet Shop Boys Cover Story

coverville@gmail.com (Brian Ibbott) — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:22:39 -0700

Here's on what's on the show tonight:

Title (with link to iTunes, if available)	Artist (with link to the artists' website, if available)	Album (with link to Amazon.com, if available)	Original Artist
My Girl	Pet Shop Boys	Demo For Heaven 2008	Madness
Shopping	Skitanja	NinteenEightySeven	Pet Shop Boys
Being Boring	West End Girls	Goes Petshopping	Pet Shop Boys
What Have I Done To Deserve This?	Certainly, Sir	My Thing For You	Pet Shop Boys
Jealousy	Dubstar	Come Again: Essential Interpretations	Pet Shop Boys
Inner City Pressure	Flight Of The Conchords	Flight Of The Conchords	Pet Shop Boys style cover
Go West	Pet Shop Boys	Very	The Village People

43 minutes |

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Coverville 482: The White Stripes Cover Story [repost 2]

coverville@gmail.com (Brian Ibbott) — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:09:44 -0700

Here's on what's on the show tonight:

Title (with link to iTunes, if available)	Artist (with link to the artists' website, if available)	Album (with link to Amazon.com, if available)	Original Artist
Fell in Love With A Boy	Joss Stone	The Soul Sessions	The White Stripes
We're Going To Be Friends	Jack Johnson	Sing-a-Longs and Lullabies for the film Curious George	The White Stripes
My Doorbell	Long Goners	Indie Translations of the White Stripes - A Tribute	The White Stripes
Seven Nation Army	Glambeats Corp.	Sunlight Kisses	The White Stripes
Teenage Kicks	The Raconteurs	Radio One: Established 1967	Undertones
Steady As She Goes	Infadels	Girl That Speaks No Words	The Raconteurs
I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself	Dusty Springfield	Uncovered	Dusty Springfield
St. James Infirmary Blues	The White Stripes	The White Stripes	Traditional/Louis Armstrong
Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground	Chris Thile	How To Grow A Woman From The Ground	The White Stripes

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Doveman covers Footloose

coverville@gmail.com (Brian Ibbott) — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 11:07:07 -0700

The artist Doveman has done a song-by-song cover of the soundtrack to the movie Footloose. Very mellow, Postal-Service-esque renditions of everything from Kenny Loggins' title track to Deneice Williams' "Let's Hear It For The Boy".

Doveman: Footloose

And it's a free download. Share and enjoy! And make sure you check out the touching paragraph about his inspiration for the album. It makes the music even lovelier.

Thanks to listener Marck for telling me about this.

Coverville 481: I kissed a cover request and I liked it

coverville@gmail.com (Brian Ibbott) — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 18:27:09 -0700

(Note: Thanks to listener Scott for the correction on "Lightning Strikes" by Lou Christie, not Frankie Valli. I shoulda konwn better.) Here's on what's on the show tonight:

Title (with link to iTunes, if available)	Artist (with link to the artists' website, if available)	Album (with link to Amazon.com, if available)	Original Artist
I Kissed A Girl	Max Vernon	Westlake Demo	Katy Perry
I Only Want To Be With You	Twiggy & Twiggy	Dead Man On Campus	Dusty Springfield
Lightning Strikes	Blotto	Collected Works	Lou Christie
Song From Under The Floor Boards	My Friend The Chocolate Cake	Brood	Magazine
The River	Espen Lind	Hallelujah - Live	Bruce Springsteen
Baba O'Riley	Dread Zeppelin	Live: Front Yard Bar-B-Que (eMusic)	The Who

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Coverville 480: Six Degrees of Coveration - from This Is Ivy League to The Beach Boys

coverville@gmail.com (Brian Ibbott) — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:40:17 -0700

Here's on what's on the show tonight:

Title (with link to iTunes, if available)	Artist (with link to the artists' website, if available)	Album (with link to Amazon.com, if available)	Original Artist
Crown Of Love	This Is Ivy League	London Bridges EP	The Arcade Fire
This Must be The Place (Naive Melody)	The Arcade Fire	CBC Radio 3 Studio Session 10.2.2004	Talking Heads
Just The Motion	David Byrne	Beat The Retreat: Songs By Richard Thompson	Richard Thompson
Season Of The Witch	Richard Thompson	Crossing Jordan	Donovan
Rock 'N' Roll With Me	Donovan	Oh! You Pretty Things - The Songs Of David Bowie	David Bowie
God Only Knows	David Bowie	Tonight	The Beach Boys

37 minutes |

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Coverville 479: That's where I'm gonna go when I play cover requests

coverville@gmail.com (Brian Ibbott) — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 22:02:43 -0700

Here's on what's on the show tonight:

Title (with link to iTunes, if available)	Artist (with link to the artists' website, if available)	Album (with link to Amazon.com, if available)	Original Artist
Pork & Beans	Walt Ribeiro	Website	Weezer
Book of Love	Mike Doughty	Golden Delicious	Magnetic Fields
Sarayushka	Crazy Backwards Alphabet	Crazy Backwards Alphabet	ZZ Top (La Grange)
Simple Man	Shinedown	Leave A Whisper	Lynyrd Skynyrd
Talkin' Bout A Revolution	Reel Big Fish	We're Not Happy 'Til You're Not Happy	Tracy Chapman
Spirit In The Sky	Nina Hagen	14 Friendly Abductions	Norman Greenbaum

49 minutes |

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Coverville 478: The George Michael Cover Story

coverville@gmail.com (Brian Ibbott) — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:06:22 -0700

Here's on what's on the show tonight:

Title (with link to iTunes, if available)	Artist (with link to the artists' website, if available)	Album (with link to Amazon.com, if available)	Original Artist
Father Figure	School Of Fish	Live In L.A. 8/22/91	George Michael
Careless Whisper	Ben Folds & Rufus Wainwright	Unreleased	Wham! with George Michael
Miss Sarajevo	George Michael	Songs From The Last Century	U2, Brian Eno & Luciano Pavarotti
Faith	Room Eleven	Six White Russians And A Pink Pussycat	George Michael
One More Try	Hazel O'Connor	One More Try - EP	George Michael
Freedom ('90)	Someone Someplace	Volume I (CDBaby.com)	George Michael
I Want Your Sex	Big Daddy	Cutting Their Own Groove	George Michael
As	George Michael w/Mary J. Blige	Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best Of George Michael	Stevie Wonder

48 minutes |

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Coverville 477: Wall to wall, people hypnotized by cover requests

coverville@gmail.com (Brian Ibbott) — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:08:23 -0700

Here's on what's on the show tonight:

Title (with link to iTunes, if available)	Artist (with link to the artists' website, if available)	Album (with link to Amazon.com, if available)	Original Artist
Walk Of Life	Shooter Jennings	The Wolf	Dire Straits
Rapture	Dub Pistols	Speakers & Tweeters	Blondie
Just Like Heaven	The Watson Twins	Fire Songs	The Cure
Fools In Love	Inara George	All Rise	Joe Jackson
Persuasion	Stellar	She Will Have Her Way	Tim Finn/Richard Thompson
When She Loved Me	Steve Tyrell	The Disney Standards	Sarah McLachlan/Toy Story

43 minutes |

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