Pimps and Hos @ Pin Ups 5/29

Everyone looked totally pimp, and there was a surprisingly tricky version of the easiest game in Second Life.

The Impression That I Get 3:13 The Mighty Mighty Bosstones 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Mighty Mighty Bosstones
What I Got 2:52 Sublime Sublime - 20th Century Masters: Millennium Collection
The Distance 3:00 Cake Fashion Nugget
When You Were Young 3:40 The Killers Sam's Town
Pork and Beans 3:10 Weezer Pork and Beans - Single
Traffic and Weather 3:37 Fountains of Wayne Traffic and Weather
P.I.M.P. 4:09 50 Cent Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Hard Out Here for a Pimp 2:49 Three 6 Mafia Most Known Unknown (Bonus Tracks)
Pimp Juice 4:52 Nelly Nellyville
Chains Hang Low 3:31 Jibbs Chain Hang Low [Single]
99 Problems (Produced By Rick Rubin) 3:55 Jay-Z The Black Album
Party Up (Up in Here) 4:29 DMX ...And Then There Was X
Jigsaw Feeling 4:39 Siouxsie & the Banshees The Scream
The Fly 4:29 U2 Achtung Baby
The Bad Touch 4:23 The Bloodhound Gang The Bloodhound Gang
Slither 4:08 Velvet Revolver Contraband
Communication Breakdown 2:28 Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin [Disc 1]
Good Times Bad Times 2:44 Cracker Encomium: A Tribute To Led Zeppelin
black & gold 4:34 sam sparro Future Sounds 29
Paper Planes 3:24 M.I.A. Kala
Timebomb 2:50 Beck Timebomb - Single
Steal My Kisses 4:05 Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals Burn to Shine
Wasted & Ready 3:51 Ben Kweller Sha Sha
Song for the Dumped 3:40 Ben Folds Five Whatever & Ever Amen
Never Tear Us Apart 3:02 INXS Greatest Hits
Cover Me 3:29 Bruce Springsteen Born In The U.S.A.
Makin' Some Noise 3:27 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Into The Great Wide Open
The One 4:06 Old 97's Blame It On Gravity (Bonus Video Version)
Crossfire 2:17 Kasey Chambers Barricades & Brickwalls
Not Fade Away 2:23 Buddy Holly Greatest Hits
1492 3:51 Counting Crows Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings
I'm Gonna DJ 2:08 R.E.M. Accelerate
Sequestered In Memphis 3:35 The Hold Steady Sequestered In Memphis - Single
The Late Greats 2:31 Wilco A Ghost is Born

Best in Blue @ Diamond Nights 5/28

I'm Shipping Up to Boston 2:34 Dropkick Murphys The Departed (Music from the Motion Picture)
Funky Céilí (Bridie's Song) 4:01 Black 47 Fire Of Freedom
Man With No Country 3:04 Flogging Molly Float
Pork and Beans 3:10 Weezer Pork and Beans - Single
Traffic and Weather 3:37 Fountains of Wayne Traffic and Weather
Sequestered In Memphis 3:35 The Hold Steady Sequestered In Memphis - Single
The Theft 3:59 Atreyu Best of Atreyu
Sex Type Thing 3:39 Stone Temple Pilots Core
She Builds Quick Machines 4:04 Velvet Revolver Libertad
1492 3:51 Counting Crows Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings
I'm Gonna DJ 2:08 R.E.M. Accelerate
Wind It Up 4:27 Barenaked Ladies Barenaked Ladies Are Me
Darlington County 4:50 Bruce Springsteen Born In The U.S.A.
Don't You (Forget About Me) 4:21 Simple Minds Glittering Prize 81/92
Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) 3:37 Eurythmics Ultimate Collection
The One 4:06 Old 97's Blame It On Gravity (Bonus Video Version)
Drown 3:20 Son Volt Trace
I'm The Man Who Loves You 3:56 Wilco Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Jump Jive An' Wail 2:54 The Brian Setzer Orchestra The Dirty Boogie
Rock This Town 3:26 Stray Cats Rock This Town: Best Of The Stray Cats
You And Me And The Bottle Makes 3 Tonight (Baby) 3:35 Big Bad Voodoo Daddy Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
Put Your Hands On Me 2:58 Joss Stone Introducing Joss Stone
Stronger 5:12 Kanye West Graduation
Sexy M.F. 5:26 Prince The Hits/The B-Sides (Disc 2)
Tennessee 4:33 Arrested Development 3 Years, 5 Months And 2 Days In The Life Of ...
Sabatoge 3:00 Beastie Boys Beastie Boys Anthology - The Sounds of Science (Box Set)
99 Problems (Produced By Rick Rubin) 3:55 Jay-Z The Black Album
Grace 3:19 Miss Kittin BatBox
Machete 3:38 Moby Play
I Sit On Acid (Soulwax Remix) 3:01 The Lords Of Acid Most Of The Remixes
Hold On Hope 3:31 Guided By Voices Do the Collapse
Desire 3:41 Ryan Adams Demolition
Let's Get It On 4:03 Marvin Gaye Marvin Gaye's Greatest Hits

Leather Night @ Just US 5/25

Don't You (Forget About Me) 4:21 Simple Minds Glittering Prize 81/92
Electric Avenue 3:51 Eddy Grant Killer On The Rampage
Delirious 2:39 Prince The Hits/The B-Sides (Disc 2)
Sequestered In Memphis 3:35 The Hold Steady Sequestered In Memphis - Single
Desperate 4:55 Black 47 Live In New York City
Pork and Beans 3:10 Weezer Pork and Beans - Single
Terror 5:25 My Ruin Speak & Destroy
Stop the Rock (Apollo 440 Original Mix) 3:32 Apollo Four Forty Gettin' High On Your Own Supply
Kooler Than Jesus 4:12 My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult Confessions of a Knife
Birthday 2:43 The Beatles The Beatles [White Album] Disc 2
Happy Birthday 5:58 Stevie Wonder
Somebody Told Me 3:18 The Killers Hot Fuss
Welcome to the Black Parade 5:11 My Chemical Romance The Black Parade
Higher Ground 3:22 Red Hot Chili Peppers
Been Caught Stealing 4:22 Jane's Addiction Rev
Paper Planes 3:24 M.I.A. Kala
Happy Birthday 2:39 Weird Al Yankovic Permanent Record - Al In The Box (Disc 1)
I Alone 3:51 Live Throwing Copper
Criminal 5:41 Fiona Apple Tidal
Inside the Fire 3:52 Disturbed Inside the Fire - Single
Animal 2:48 Pearl Jam Rearviewmirror (Greatest Hits 1991-2003) [Disc 1]
Crazy 2:58 Gnarls Barkley Crazy - Single
Can't Help Falling In Love 2:58 Elvis Presley Elvis 30 #1 Hits
I'm Yours 4:18 Jason Mraz Sampler 001
I'm On Fire 2:42 Bruce Springsteen Born In The U.S.A.
Rebel Yell 4:48 Billy Idol Rebel Yell
Ring of Fire 3:52 Social Distortion Greatest Hits
Folsom Prison Blues 2:52 Johnny Cash Murder
Amazed 4:01 Lonestar Lonely Grill
Right In Time 4:36 Lucinda Williams Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
I Make the Dough, You Get the Glory 4:37 Kathleen Edwards Asking for Flowers (Bonus Track Version)
New Sensation 3:42 INXS Greatest Hits
Stupid Girls 3:17 Pink I'm Not Dead
Stupid Girl 4:19 Garbage Garbage
Don't Do Me Like That 2:43 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers The Big Jangle
Tightrope 4:39 Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble The Real Deal: Greatest Hits, Vol. 1
Dance With Me 2:42 Old 97s Blame It On Gravity (May 13)
Have I Told You Lately? 4:22 Van Morrison Van Morrison - The Movie Hits
There She Goes 2:42 The La's The La's
Girlfriend 3:40 Matthew Sweet Girlfriend
I'm Gonna DJ 2:08 R.E.M. Accelerate
Chaos 4:55 Mute Math Mute Math: Teleprompt Limited Edition
Cannonball 3:34 The Breeders Rhino Hi-Five: Modern Rock Blender - EP
Que' Onda Guero 3:29 Beck Guero
Ants Marching 4:31 Dave Matthews Band Under The Table And Dreaming
Beast Of Burden 4:25 The Rolling Stones Some Girls

Your Musical Thought of the Day, 5/25

There's something I should tell you
Before I take your blindfold off
I've been twisted and turned
By what I have learned
I'm superdeformed
But my blood is warm

---Matthew Sweet, Superdeformed.

Under the Covers

A couple of weeks ago I played Led Zeppelin's Dyer Maker during a set. And a friend of mine who shall remain nameless said "I love this song who is singing this version?" And eventually we determined that she only really knew the Sheryl Crow version (which came out in the mid 90s on the Zep tribute album Encomium.)

We can debate the tragedy of that notion at another time. But that got me thinking about all the cover songs that people don't know are actually covers, either because the covering artist has done a much better version than the original or the public isn't made aware by radio.

And there are all sort of great examples of this. Hendrix's version of Dylan's All Along the Watchtower is probably the best known example of this phenomenon. And lets face it, it's light years better than Dylan's orginal. I'm willing to bet not a lot of people know the Red Hot Chili Peppers are covering Stevie Wonder on Higher Ground. Pearl Jam's version of Last Kiss has made everyone forget about Wayne Cochran and the CC Riders. Brian Setzer's version of Louis Prima's Jump, Jive and Wail was probably the high-water mark of the 90s Swing revival.

Let's hear from you dear readers (all three of you)-- What other cover songs are out there that where people may have forgotten the original?

Getting Medieval @ Pin Ups, 5/22

Miami 2017 (I've Seen the Lights Go Out On Broadway) 5:14 Billy Joel The Essential Billy Joel
Perfectly Good Guitar 4:38 John Hiatt The Best Of John Hiatt
Loser 3:57 Beck Mellow Gold
Sequestered In Memphis 3:35 The Hold Steady Sequestered In Memphis - Single
Good 3:05 Better Than Ezra Deluxe
How Far We've Come 3:31 Matchbox Twenty Exile On Mainstream
Holding Out for A Hero (Bonus 3:56 Jennifer Saunders Shrek 2 OST
Love Song 4:21 Sara Bareilles Little Voice
The Girl You Lost To Cocaine 2:40 Sia Some People Have Real Problems
Dance With Me 2:42 Old 97s Blame It On Gravity (May 13)
Heavy Metal Drummer 3:09 Wilco Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
In State 3:56 Kathleen Edwards Back to Me
Africa 4:55 Toto The Best Of Toto
Who Can It Be Now? 3:21 Men At Work Contraband - The Best Of Men At Work
You Give Love a Bad Name 3:43 Bon Jovi Slippery When Wet
All In The Groove 4:16 Blues Traveler Travelers & Thieves
Little Miss Can't Be Wrong 3:55 Spin Doctors Pocket Full of Kryptonite
Down With Disease 4:08 Phish Hoist
Fat Bottomed Girls 3:23 Queen Stone Cold Classics
Rockin' The Suburbs 4:58 Ben Folds Rockin' The Suburbs
Song 2 2:01 Blur Blur
Roxanne 3:12 The Police Every Breath You Take: The Singles
Possession 4:39 Sarah McLachlan Fumbling Towards Ecstasy
Lonesome Day 4:08 Bruce Springsteen The Rising
Sweet Home Alabama 4:45 Lynyrd Skynyrd The Essential Lynyrd Skynyrd D
Scare Easy 4:35 Mudcrutch Mudcrutch (Bonus Track Version)
1492 3:51 Counting Crows Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings
Living Well Is the Best Revenge 3:12 R.E.M. Accelerate
U + Ur Hand 3:34 P!nk I'm Not Dead
Hipster Girl 3:45 MC Lars Hipster Girl - Single
Nearly Lost You 4:08 Screaming Trees Singles
Send Me on My Way 4:23 Rusted Root When I Woke

5/15 Mad Hatting at Pin Ups

Stagger Lee (Bandstand Version) 2:10 Lloyd Price Lloyd Price Greatest Hits: The Original ABC-Paramount Recordings
No Cars Go 5:44 Arcade Fire Neon Bible
Good Times Bad Times 2:44 Cracker Encomium: A Tribute To Led Zeppelin
Alcohol 3:43 Barenaked Ladies Stunt
Fuck Forever 4:37 Babyshambles Down in Albion
Timebomb 2:50 Beck Timebomb - Single
The Safety Dance 2:46 Men Without Hats My Hats Collection
You Can Leave Your Hat on 4:27 Tom Jones
My Best Friend's Girl 3:47 The Cars Just What I Needed: The Cars Anthology (Disc 1)
Big Shot 3:44 Billy Joel Greatest Hits, Vol. II (1978 - 1985) [Disc 2]
Don't Do Me Like That 2:43 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers The Big Jangle
Pulling Mussels (From The Shell) 4:00 Squeeze Piccadilly Collection
Criminal 5:41 Fiona Apple Tidal
A Shot In The Arm 4:20 Wilco Summer Teeth
Last Kiss 3:18 Pearl Jam Rearviewmirror (Greatest Hits 1991-2003) [Disc 2]
See You Again 3:10 Miley Cyrus Hannah Montana 2 - Meet Miley Cyrus
Crazy Bitch (dirty) 3:25 Buckcherry 15
The Weight 2:54 Aretha Franklin Best of Aretha Franklin
Shawty Is Da Sh*! (10) 3:52 The-Dream Shawty Is Da Sh*! (10) - Single
Cyclone (Feat. T-Pain) 3:42 Baby Bash http://www.fluokids.blogspot.com/
Ayo Technology (feat. Justin Timberlake) 4:08 50 Cent Curtis
Oceans & Streams 3:26 The Black Keys Attack & Release
Crash & Burn 2:59 Blues Traveler Four
You Let Your Heart Go Too Fast 3:49 Spin Doctors Turn It Upside Down
All I Want Is You 6:30 U2 Rattle And Hum
Janey Don't You Lose Heart 3:28 Bruce Springsteen Tracks (Disc 3)
Singular Girl 4:16 Old 97's Satellite Rides - Bonus Disc
I'm Yours 4:18 Jason Mraz Sampler 001
Cream 4:13 Prince The Hits/The B-Sides (Disc 2)
Smile 3:16 Lily Allen Alright Still
Dance Floor Anthem 4:04 Good Charlotte Good Morning Revival
I Fought the Law 2:41 The Clash The Singles
Short Skirt, Long Jacket 3:17 Cake b-sides and rarities
Play That Funky Music (White Boy) 4:58 Wild Cherry Undercover Brother
Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucker) 5:47 Parliament The Best of Parliament - Give Up the Funk
Funky Céilí (Bridie's Song) 4:01 Black 47 Fire Of Freedom
Stronger 5:12 Kanye West Graduation
Paper Planes 3:24 M.I.A. Kala
Somebody Told Me 3:18 The Killers Hot Fuss
Been Caught Stealing 4:22 Jane's Addiction Rev
Love Rollercoaster 4:37 Red Hot Chili Peppers
I'm Gonna DJ 2:08 R.E.M. Accelerate
Atlantic City 3:30 Automatic 7 At Funeral Speed
Beast Of Burden 4:25 The Rolling Stones Some Girls