Eighties Covers Redux!

I took my Eighties covers project from last year, expanded it, shuffled the order, and replaced some weak tracks. I think it's pretty killer. If you downloaded it last year, definitely replace the old version with this one.

I'd like to do a write up on all the songs, but since there's almost 150 of them, for reasons of space I won't. I'll let the tracklist speak for itself.

There's indie bands, folk versions, some country, blues, punk, straightahead pop, a cappela tracks... It's a smorgasbord. 

The sound quality is great throughout. Out of all the songs here, there's maybe 5 YouTube audio rips. I've also revamped the metal covers (Volume 7), and it's just awesome now! Dig in. (And the last song on volume 6 was a typo: it's a choral cover of Toto's "Africa)

Volume 1

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1. Jon Bryant - So Emotional 

2. Johnny Cash - Personal Jesus

3. Mary Lou Lord - Jump

4. Flying Pickets - Take My Breath Away 

5. Juliana Hatfield - Every Breath You Take 

6. J.W. Jones 1 Cuts Like A Knife 

7. Sarah Lov - Hold Me Now 

8. Foo Fighters - Kids In America 

9. Endless Blue - What's Love Got To Do With It 

10. The Eyeliners - The Promise 

11. Nothing But Thieves - Holding Out For A Hero

12. Crash Parallel - In Your Eyes 

13. Straight No Chaser - Like A Prayer 

14. Gold finger - 99 Balloons 

15. Cassandra Wilson - Time After Time 

16. Sunshiners - Don't You Want Me Baby?

17. Right The Stars - Life In A Northern Town

18. Cobra Starship - The Future's So Bright (I Gotta Wear Shades)

19. The Butchies - Your Love

20. KI Theory - Enjoy The Silence 

Volume 2 - 

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1. Violent Femmes - Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?

2. Sleeping at Last - Total Eclipse Of The Heart

3. The Bird And The Bee - Maneater

4. Tori Amos - I Ran

5. The Postal Service - Against All Odds 

6. The Brand New Heavies - Sledgehammer 

7. The Cooltrane Quartet - Some Like It Hot

8. Signe Tollefsen - Dirty Diana

9. 2Cellos - Smooth Criminal

10. The Starting Line - Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now

11. Ukulele Clan Band - Money For Nothing

12. the boy least likely to - Faith

13. Lovage - Sex (I'm A)

14. Tamia - Careless Whisper 

15. Smoma - Hungry Like The Wolf 

16. The Watson Twins - Sweetest Taboo 

17. Celtas Cortos - Come On Eileen

18. Soho - Whisper To A Scream

19. William Shatner - She Blinded Me With Science

Volume 3 - 

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1. The Ataris - The Boys Of Summer 

2. Patti Smith - Everybody Wants To Rule The World

3. Pomplamoose - Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go

4. The Choir - Higher Love 

5. Shiny Toy Guns - Major Tom (Coming Home)

6. Chiccone Youth - Addicted To Love 

7. Lotte Kestner - Eyes Without A Face

8. Shinedown - In The Air Tonight

9. Yo La Tengo - Somebody's Baby

10. Me First and the Gimme Gimmes - Crazy For You

11. Powerman 5000 - Pop Muzik

12. A Loss For Words - I Just Called To Say I Love You

13. North - I Want To Know What Love Is

14. Lelia Broussard - Dancing In The Dark 

15. Derrival - Safety Dance

16. Luna - Sweet Child O Mine

17. Monique Kessous - Heaven Is a Place On Earth

18. Mr. Irish Bastard - You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)

19. Cary Brothers - Never Tear Us Apart

20. Fig Dish - Don't Come Around Here No More

21. Richard Cheese - Relax

Volume 4 -

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1. The Wind + The Wave - Don't You (Forget About Me)

2. Amanda Lepore - I Know What Boys Like

3. The Hoosiers - We Didn't Start The Fire

4. Diana Krall - Don't Dream It's Over

5. The Hot Rats - West End Girls

6. Ben Folds - Video Killed The Radio Star

7. Jose Feliciano - El Tango de Roxanne

8. Julienne Taylor - If You Leave

9. Jimmy LaFave - Missing You 

10. Easy Star All-Stars - P.Y.T.

11. David Campbell - True

12. Weezer - You Might Think

13. Rowland S. Howard - White Wedding

14. Mumford and Sons - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)

15. Good Riddance - I Melt With You 

16. Sapli - With or Without You

17. Deftones - Drive

18. Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings -What Have You Done For Me Lately?, Pt. 2 

19. Presuntos Implicados - Up Where We Belong 

20. Fork - Hello

21. Pussy Riot - Keep on Rockin In the Free World

Volume 5 -

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1. Walk The Moon - Burning Down The House

2. The Del Rubio Triplets - Neutron Dance

3. Every Avenue - Take Me Home Tonight

4. The Battle of Land and Sea - Harden My Heart

5. Le Tigre - I'm So Excited

6. Senor Coconut and His Orchestra - Beat It (Merengue

7. Electric Six - Easy Lover

8. The Wind + The Wave - Edge Of Seventeen 

9. My Vitriol - Toy Soldiers 

10. The Baseballs - She's Got the Look

11. Beck's Record Club - Need You Tonight

12. Ghoti Hook - Walking On Sunshine

13. Noah Levi - The Way You Make Me Feel

14. Throw the Fight - I Just Died In Your Arms

15. Asleep At The Wheel - I Want A New Drug

16. Cigarettes After Sex - Keep On Loving You

17. Mehdi Bahmed - Straight Up 

18. Neverstore - Don't Stand So Close To Me

19. Vintage Cafe - Material Girl 

20. Natalia Oreiro - What A Feeling 

21. Los Rabanes - Electric Avenue 

22. Yellowcard - For the Longest Time

Volume 6

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1. Casiotone For The Painfully Alone - Born In The USA 

2. Tina Turner - Legs

3. The Exies - Once In a Lifetime

4. Joss Stone & Rob Thomas - Stop Dragging My Heart Around

5. Sylvering - Talking in Your Sleep

6. Electric Six - Obsession

7. Cookie Pops - Girls Just Want To Have Fun

8. Vision - The Breakup Song

9. Aron Wright & Jill Andrews - We Built This City 

10. Petra Haden - Don't Stop Believin'

11. The March Divide - Manic Monday

12. No Not Never - Cold Hearted

13. Avail - Pink Houses

14. Scott Bradlee & Postmodern Jukebox - The Greatest Love of All

15. The Lost Fingers` - Summer Of '69

16. Daltons - Who Can It Be Now?

17. Jorn - Run To You

18. Jolan - Wishing Well

19. Girl Crisis - Tell It To My Heart

20. Me First and The Gimmie Gimmies - Uptown Girl

21. Lucyfire - Sharp Dressed Man

22. Angel City Chorale - Chorale

Metal Eighties Covers

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1. Austrian Death Machine - T2 Theme

2. Disturbed - Shout

3. Linea 77 - Walk Like an Egyptian

4. Leo Moracchioli - Never Gonna Give You Up

5. Umbra et Imago - Rock Me Amadeus

6. Downplay - Cruel Summer

7. Children of Bodom - Jessie's Girl

8. Northern Kings - We Dont Need Another Hero

9. Warmen - Like a Virgin

10. Vision Divine - Take On Me

11. Tankard - Centerfold

12. Slaves on Dope - Working For The Weekend

13. Lich King - Hot For Teacher

14. Devilment - Beds Are Burning

15. Milking The Goatmachine - Beds Are Burning

16. Ten Masked Men - Live To Tell

17. In Flames - Land Of Confusion

18. Marilyn Manson - Tainted Love

19. Awaken Demons - Invincible 

20. Dear Enemy - Voices Carry

21. Necrocomiccon - Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)

22. Arsis - Sunglasses At Night 

A Few Words On Things

Ok, I think a little explaining is in order..

I'm not here to be the boss of anything. I'm not here to highjack Scott's blog. He trusts me with the Blogger pass, so that's good enough for me (and most of you). And also, I was mentioning Willard in passing, not comparing myself to him. And I DID used to have a blog of my own, before Google took it away from me.

I'm here to keep a friend's hobby afloat, not open myself up to abuse. So, as much as I've liked hearing some of your encouragement -Simonthecat, yours has always been appreciated - comments will be disabled on my posts for the foreseeable future. If you like something I've posted, "+1" it.

Got a good one coming. Should be up by morning. Anybody remember my Eighties covers project? I've expanded it and restructured it. Coming at you soon.

New Cover Project!

This is my first new cover project in a long time. This group has had several tribute albums dedicated to them, but for me they've always been kinda lopsided. Using them as a resource, as well as finding tracks from bands' albums and EPs, I think I put together a pretty kickass set.

I'm avoiding using the band name, but it should be obvious to you. There's punk bands in here, some metal acts, even some acoustic songs.

Enjoy

Link - HERE

Tracklist:

1. Frank Turner - Nervous Breakdown

2. Give Up The Ghost - Depression

3. Famine Year - Wasted

4. Burned Up Bled - No More

5. Angry Aryans - White Minority 

6. Cavalera Conspiracy - Six Pack

7. To Be Human - Life Of Pain

8. Converge - Annihilate This Week 

9. Tom Araya - Revenge 

10. Discordance Axis - Gimme Gimme Gimme

11. The Blue Bloods - No Values

12. Most Precious Blood - Rise Above

13. American Heritage - Thirsty And Miserable 

14. Rise Against - Fix Me

15. Dillinger Escape Plan - Damaged Parts 1 & 2

16. Strife - Police Story

17. Loma Prieta - Spray Paint 

18. Tulips - Slip It In

19. Good Riddance - My War

20. 3D House Of Beef - Rat's Eyes

21. Kylesa - Black Coffee 

22. Corey Taylor - Room 13

23. Dirty Projectors - Room 13

24. Unearthly Trance - In My Head

Holy Shit! An update!

Hey, everybody. Brian here. Been awhile, huh?  Don't know how many remember me. I've been quiet blogging-wise the last 12 months or so. Just couldn't think up any interesting compilations, and frankly, given the pace of the posts here at GB, I didn't want cool links of mine just buried. 

Along those lines, contributors - if you're still around - thanks for everything, but we won't be taking any till Scott comes back. There were too many, in my opinion, and it just drowned this blog. [Enough stoner metal. Seriously] It's why I haven't checked back here in months, and when I did, I find Scott hasn't posted all summer. To my understanding, he's without a computer right now, so I'll steward things here for a little while.

A little over a year ago, I did some work cleaning up this blog, and I don't wanna see it die just yet. Also, different things have affected the blogosphere this year - Uploaded.net wiping a lot of its users, and the retiring of Willard. I don't know how many of you frequented the Wormholes blog, but it really was the ultimate place to go to find stuff! I found a home in his Reader's Links for many months, and was happy with the exposure. There were some cool things I found only there, and I wanna showcase some of them here when I have time. But it'll never be on his scale.

You want content? You want cool stuff you can't find anywhere else? Then bear with us. We're gonna get something together....