Cover Version Challenge 4
Here are the answers to last week's challenge:
A - I'm Not Down by Thea Gilmore, originally by The Clash
B - Wild Wood by Eliza Carthy, originally by Paul Weller
C - For What Reason by Emm Gryner, originally by Death Cab For Cutie
D - Enjoy The Silence by Tori Amos, originally by Depeche Mode
E - All Apologies by Kathryn Williams, originally by Nirvana
F - After The Gold Rush by Natalie Merchant, originally by Neil Young
G - It Wouldn't Have Made Any Difference by Alison Krauss, originally by Todd Rundgren
H - One by Cowboy Junkies, originally by U2
I - More Than This by 10,000 Maniacs (with Mary Ramsey on vocals), originally by Roxy Music
J - Yellow by Petra Haden & Bill Frisell, originally by Coldplay
And now on to this week's challenge, with a bit of a classic rock theme. I'm posting six songs labelled A though F, the six covering artists, and the six original artists. It's up to you to figure out who did what. You can submit your guesses in th comments section, or email them to me at andthroughthewireblog@yahoo.ca. Unfortunately I have no prizes, this is just for the fun of it.
Songs:
A - B - C - D - E - F
Covering Artists:
The Beautiful South
Culture Club
The Delgados
Foo Fighters
Joe Jackson
Travis
Original Artists:
The Band
Blue Oyster Cult
David Bowie
Electric Light Orchestra
Gerry Rafferty
Steely Dan
Related Posts:
Cover Version Challenge 3
Cover Version Challenge 2
Cover Versions
posted by gnp29 @ 2:07 p.m.
9 comments
9 Comments:
A = Mr. David Jones Bowie's 'Starman' covered by ... Culture Club (?) ... never heard this afore but it sure sounds like Boy George on vocals.
World Cup fever has me identifying nations.
F = Scotland's own Travis covering the Band's 'The Weight' ... bonus question; Which member of the Band was USA-born? (The others are all Canadian)
E = USA's Foo Fighters covering (Canada's) Gerry Rafferty's 'Baker St' ... ? Dunno I'm guessing.
Which 'Baker St', London? Isn't that where Sherlock Holmes had his flat?
D = USA's Blue Oyster Cult (Upstate NY/NJ) covered by ... England's Joe Jackson? The song ... DFTR ... Buck Dharma lives .. forever ...
B ... well it's ELO (Birmingham UK) covered by?
C = ??? covering USA's Steely Dan. They went to college in NY State (Bard) who knows where they're really from? The song: Reelin' In The Years.
So B + C are Delgados or Beautiful South; but which is which?
You got three right, which three I will not say (until next week). Levon Helm is of course the non-Canuck in The Band, and Gerry Rafferty is actually of the same heritage as Travis and The Delgados.
Hmmm ... my guess on D seems weakest ... could that be Joe Jackson covering Steely Dan? I saw him at Wolftrap once but that was long ago. Curious. (Bonus: Rumba, Samba, or Cha-Cha?)
If so, who IS embracing the Reaper?
I'm revising my remarks:
C is now Joe Jackson. Still clueless on Delgados & Beautiful South ....
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