(SCOTT) first of all, a lot of work went into this obviously... secondly, my first exposure to You Am I was Jonder's recent compilation of their work.... and I enjoyed them quite a bit, that is why we are here... to ALL introduce each other to new things that we may regret we have missed.... anyway, I was doing something else but having some trouble with both Pirate Bay AND Song 365 (grrrrrrr), so it's Jonder to the rescue with another fab set of stuff (You Am I covering various tracks, to me sounds EXCELLENT)..... can't wait to listen to this one!------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I'm going to try again to make a few You Am I converts with this set of covers. As AC/DC fans, Scott and Brian might particularly like the first track, where singer Tex Perkins (ex-Beasts of Bourbon) is backed by You Am I on "Dirty Deeds". Tex also croons Rod Stewart's "Tonight's The Night" near the end of this comp (before the Frank Ocean cover!)
In between, You Am I pays tribute to the Stooges, Stones, Dolls, Who, Pretty Things, Beatles, Easybeats, Replacements, X, Big Star, and more. Brothers and sisters, I truly believe that You Am I is one of the best rock bands currently in action, with a shit-hot rhythm section, raunchy guitars, and a great frontman. See if you don't at least agree that they do these songs proud.
01 Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
02 (You Must Fight To Live) On the Planet of the Apes
03 Search And Destroy
04 Live With Me
05 Looking For A Kiss
06 Fox On The Run
07 Ramblin Rose
08 In The Street
09 Circles
10 Can't Explain
11 Makin Time
12 Midnight To Six Man
13 You Can't Do That
14 She's So Fine
15 I Can Hear The Grass Grow
16 My Friend Jack
17 There's Gonna Be A Showdown
18 I'm So Tired
19 White & Lazy
20 Ain't Exactly Good
21 Television Addict
22 We're Desperate
23 You And Your Sister
24 Tonight's The Night
25 Super Rich Kids
YOU AM I COVERS: tinyurl.com/gpq2myh
Thanks to Jonder for these, like all the rest of my contributing friends, PLEASE never leave me, this blog would be a shell of what it is without your great outside contributions!
Thanks Jonder for this comp.
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Forgot how I found out about these guys, but yep I like em too. Along with the 22-20's
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comments! I forgot to mention that some of these are live tracks, and some are from radio sessions, tribute albums, and film soundtracks. These guys are huge in their home country (#1 albums, headlining festivals, etc) but never had nearly as much success outside of Australia. If anyone has the You Am I songs from the tribute albums to the Hoodoo Gurus and Cold Chisel, I would love to hear them!
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