Twisting—They Might Be Giants
Femme Fatale—The Velvet Underground
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry—Johnny Cash
Death at the Bar—Kitty Wells
Settin' the Woods on Fire—Hank Williams
Honky Tonk Man—Johnny Horton
Saving All My Love For You—Tom Waits
We're Desperate—X
I Asked For Water—Howlin' Wolf
The Big Three Killed My Baby—White Stripes
8 comments:
Velvet Underground, perfect day for listening to them. A little overcast, a chill in the air......
Ever heard R.E.M.'s cover of "Femme Fatale"? Not bad.
Twistin' gets kudos for having mention of the dB's, one of the great underappreciated bands of the eighties ("She doesn't have to have/Her dB's records back...")
More X, more X! Have you seen "The Unheard Music," the documentary about X? It finally came out on DVD a couple of years ago.
I've heard REM's cover of Femme Fatale, and its great.
Johnny, I have not heard of Unheard Music. I'll look for it now. Off to Netflix...
I think Young Fresh Fellows get a mention in "Twisting" as well.
Beth, yes I have. I saw REM twice back in the early 80's, and both times they did VU covers, I think "There She Goes Again" and "Femme Fatale" were among them.
Ten, it's a perfect VU day, now that the cloud cover has come down.
They do indeed, Bubs.
Both versions of Femme Fatale are so nice to hear and my daddy would be happy to see Johnny Horton making the grade too. I'm going to have to look up the Kitty Wells though. Nice list Bubs.
Thanks Dale! That Kitty Wells number is from a compilation record called "Juice Head Baby: Vintage Songs About Booze and Bars"
I'll look that up Bubs, thanks!
Meant to mention that I found a couple John Giorno songs that you'd mentioned some time ago...excellently twisted.
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