Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Thursday, November 15, 2012
Monday, October 22, 2012
Friday, October 5, 2012
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Saturday, June 30, 2012
Saturday, June 23, 2012
Saturday, June 9, 2012
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Thursday, April 5, 2012
Monday, March 26, 2012
Lucinda Williams, Glen Campbell - Gentle on my Mind
Here's an older version that's good. I like Williams's better.
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Saturday, March 17, 2012
Monday, March 5, 2012
Bob Dylan - If Not For You
It sounds like the kind of thing anybody should be able to write. But we don't.
Sunday, March 4, 2012
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
My Morning Jacket - True Love Ways
This is a little different, but I couldn't help myself (I got over the nasal part of Jim James's voice a long time ago). It's a cover of a Buddy Holly song.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Feist - How Come You Never Go There (live on Letterman)
Great performance. Awesome horn section that didn't really come through in the studio version.
Monday, February 20, 2012
The Cars vs. Weezer
Eventually, Weezer had to cover a Cars song.
Why? Because Ric Ocasek produced Weezer's first album. Finding that out changed the way I hear the Blue album, too, because I found myself listening for The Cars in it. And there are some cues in there that either Ocasek was drawing on previous experience or Weezer was looking to The Cars (or both) when they produced the blue album.
The Cars' version is still way better, but it's kind of a cool tribute. Unfortunately, Rivers hasn't been able to sound like he's trying hard for a very long time. Which isn't to say he hasn't made any cool songs. They're just not cool, sincere-sounding songs.
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