Cover Mix Contest, Volume II–Results
Monday, January 16, 2006
I had a record number of replies for Volume II of the Cover Mix Contest, but only one got every track properly identified, with song titles and both artists. It’s also totally unfair, because the winner is Brian Ibbott, the proprietor of The Cover Song Podcast at Coverville.com. Now, to be fair, I didn’t issue any limits on who could participate, but I will issue one now: Brian can’t play anymore. But he can console himself with the overly lame prize package, which consists, among other stuff, of a copy of the hard to find soundtrack to the 1994 independent film Dickwad, composed by the now-defunct Pigs on Corn. It’s held a special place in my collection for 12 years, and now it will delightfully augment Brian’s home. The title of the prize has no relation to my feelings for Brian, who is clearly not a dickwad.
The aforementioned disc (right) and marathonpacks’ rating of same (left).Here’s the tracklisting:
1. Heard It Through The Grapevine (Marvin Gaye) The Slits from Cut
2. Only Love Can Break Your Heart (Neil Young) St. Etienne from Only Love Can Break Your Heart 12″
3. Warm Leatherette (The Normal) Chicks on Speed from Will Save Us All!
4. China Girl (Iggy Pop/David Bowie) James from Ultra
5. Statue of Liberty (XTC) Joe Jackson from Testimonial Dinner: The Songs of XTC
6. Concrete Jungle (Bob Marley) The Specials from The Specials (verifiable boo-boo; see comments)
7. Soul Kitchen (The Doors) X from Los Angeles
8. What Goes On (The Velvet Underground) The Feelies from Only Life
9. Box Elder (Pavement) The Wedding Present from Bizarro
10. Who Will Be The Next In Line (Kinks) Queens of the Stone Age from This Is Where I Belong (Songs Of Ray Davies)
11. Little Honda (Beach Boys) Yo La Tengo from I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One
12. (Love Is Like A) Heat Wave (Martha and the Vandellas) The Jam from Setting Sons
13. Know Your Onion (The Shins) Of Montreal from ofmontreal.net
14. At The Chime of a City Clock (Nick Drake) The High Llamas from Hawaii
15. It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue (Bob Dylan) Marianne Faithfull from Rich Kid Blues
16. Uptown Top Ranking (Althea and Donna) Scout Niblett from Uptown Top Ranking EP
17. Miss You (Rolling Stones) The Concretes from Layyourbattleaxedown
18. Sing This All Together (Rolling Stones) Cibo Matto from Sugar Water EP
19. Directly From My Heart To You (Little Richard) Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention from Weasels Ripped My Flesh!
20. Pictures of Matchstick Men (Status Quo) Camper Van Beethoven from Key Lime Pie
21. Effigy (Credence Clearwater Revival) Uncle Tupelo from 89/93: An Anthology
Um, Marley’s Concrete Jungle isn’t the same song as the Specials’ Concrete Jungle. Roddy Radiation wrote the Specials’ Concrete Jungle.
Thanks for that–it shows my lack of knowledge about Marley, I guess. This one will definitely appear on my “not a cover, per se, but a titular homage to a previous song” mix.