Saturday, February 21, 2009

Covers Scavenger Hunt 2

Here is the playlist from my 2nd covers scavenger hunt swap on Swap-Bot.

1. A cover of a ’50s song: Da Do Ron Ron by The Donnas (The Crystals)
2. A cover of a ‘90s song: …Baby one more time by Bowling for Soup (Britney Spears)
3. A cover that is very similar to the original: Dueling banjos by Hayseed Dixie (Earl Scruggs)
4. A cover that is very different from the original: America the beautiful by Dictators
5. A cover of a country/folk song: He stopped loving her today by Johnny Cash (George Jones)
6. A cover of a song from a musical (TV or theater): Pinball Wizard by Pickin’ On Series (The Who)
7. A cover starting with the letter P: Pebbles by Half Foot Outside (Shudder to Think)
8. A cover of a song by a girl group: Mickey by B*Witched (Toni Basil)
9. A cover of a song by a boy band: I want it that way by Dynamite Boy (Backstreet Boys)
10. A cover of a punk song: I just want to have something to do by Dictators (Ramones)
11. A cover of a Frank Sinatra song: This guy’s in love with you by Fastball (Frank Sinatra)
12. A cover recorded in the 60s: Satisfaction by Billy Strange (The Rolling Stones)
13. A cover of a Van Halen song: Hot for teacher by Ween (Van Halen)
14. A cover done in heavy metal style: Love removal machine by Great White (The Cult)
15. A cover that reminds you of Valentine’s Day or Easter: Happy loving couples by Guttermouth (Joe Jackson)
16. A cover about a break up: Give me back my man by Chicks on Speed (The B-52s)
17. Your most recent favorite cover: Virus by Sigue Sigue Sputnik (KMFDM)
18. A cover of your favorite band: It’s So Hard to Fall in Love by Superchunk (Sebadoh)
19. A cover by your favorite band (also, a cover about nighttime): Pink Moon by Sebadoh (Nick Drake)
20. A cover sung by kids: Freedom of Choice by Dev2.0 (Devo)
21. A cover with the word “love” in the title: Love like blood by Icehouse (Killing Joke)
22. A cover related to sex, drugs or rock and roll: Wasn’t that a party by Oak Ridge Boys (Moe Bandy and Joe Stampley)
23. a cover with a drink in the title: Kisses sweeter than wine by Bongwater (Pete Seeger)
24. a cover of a funny song, or a funny version of a “normal” song: Beaver patrol by Pop Will Eat Itself (The Wilde Knights)
25. a cover with a dessert in the title: I want candy by Aaron Carter (The Strangeloves)
26. a cover about your profession: Dreams of the everyday housewife by K.D. Lang (Glen Campbell)
27. a cover with a country name in the title: Mexican radio by Polvo (Wall of Voodoo)
28. a cover with a country name in the title: A new England by Too Much Joy (Kirsty MacColl)
29. a cover with a season in the title: Bummer in the summer by Smack Dab (Love)
30. a cover of or by a male singer: Cinnamon girl by Type O Negative (Neil Young)
31. a cover of or by a female singer: Solitaire by Sheryl Crow (The Carpenters)

Extras (My Current Favorites):

32. Anyway you want it by Rise Against (Journey)
33. Big mouth strikes again by Placebo (The Smiths)
34. Boulevard of Broken Dreams by Cornbread Red (Green Day)
35. Cobrastyle by Robyn (Teddy Bears)
36. Hey Ya! By Lorene Drive (Outcast)
37. I Know What Boys Like by Tracey Ullman (The Waitresses)
38. The Metro by Alkaline Trio (Berlin)
39. Never Talking to You Again by Elf Power (Husker Du)
40. Strychnine by The Fall (The Sonics)
41. My Sharona by Polysics (The Knack

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Tuesday, January 06, 2009

Covers Scavenger Hunt

The track list from my Covers Scavenger Hunt swap on Swap-Bot. I chose one song for each category, but the limit was actually 15 songs+. Here goes:

A cover with an animal in the title:

1/Shock the Monkey/Coal Chamber (Peter Gabriel)
2/100,000 Fireflies/Superchunk (Magnetic Fields)

A cover song about drinking:

3/Gin and Juice/Sissy Bar (Snoop Dogg)

A cover song from a movie: “Sky High”

4/I Melt With You/Bowling With Soup (Modern English)

A cover version of an '80s song:

5/Last Christmas/Jimmy Eat World (Wham!)

A cover song that you discovered before the original.

6/Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps/Cake (???)

A cover song that is in a different genre than the original song.

7/Drive Me Wild/Foo Fighters (Vanity 6)

A cover version of an '80s song.

8/Kokomo/Adam Green (The Beach Boys)

A cover song which has no singing/lyrics.

9/Wichita Lineman/ Friends of Dean Martinez (Glen Campbell)

A Beatles cover.

10/And Your Bird Can Sing/Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs (The Beatles)

A cover of a children's song.

11/K.I.D.S. Incorporated (theme)/Bloodhound Gang

A cover of a TV theme song:

12/The Simpsons Theme/Green Day

A cover that reminds you of Halloween or Thanksgiving:

13/Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground/Film Score 5 (White Stripes)

A cover song with a number in the title:

14/Two Princes/The Moldy Peaches (Spin Doctors)

15/5 O’clock World/Bowling for Soup (???)

An original version of one of the covers you already chose:

16/Drive Me Wild/Vanity 6

A different version of one of the covers you already chose:
A cover in a different language than the original:

17/Quizas, Quizas, Quizas/Trash Pour 4 (Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps)

A cover where the song's gender is changed for the singer:

18/Boy U Want/Dev2.0 (Devo)

A cover song with a color in the title:

19/Back in Black/Living Colour (AC/DC)

A cover song from another era (80s version of a 60s song):

20/Surfin’ Bird/Ramones (The Trashmen)

A parody song.

21/Gump/Weird Al Yankovic (The Presidents of the USA)

A cover song about outer space.

22/Under the Milky Way/Grant-Lee Phillips (The Church)
23/Starman/Mates of State (David Bowie)

A bad cover song.

1/White Rabbit/Blue Man Group (Jefferson Airplane)
2/The Beautiful Ones/Mariah Carey w/Dru Hill (Prince)

A cover song where you like the cover but not the original.

3/Marijuana/Brujeria

A cover of a song sung by a female singer.

4/Beautiful Stranger/Jon Auer (Madonna)

A cover of a song sung by a musical group.

5/Float On/Ben Lee (Modest Mouse)

A cover of an instrumental song.

6/Classical Gas/Gallucci (Mason Williams)

A Rolling Stones cover.

7/Brown Sugar/The Grassmasters

A cover of a 70's song.

8/Tiny Dancer/Ben Folds (Elton John)

A cover with a name in the title.

9/Kim the Waitress/Material Issue (The Green Pyjamas)
10/Johnny and Mary/Placebo (Robert Palmer)

A cover with a one word title.

11/Obsession/Blue Eyed Christ (Animotion)

A cover that starts with the letter "S"

12/Sunshine Superman/Mel Torme (Donovan)
13/Save it for Later/Flashlight Brown (The English Beat)

A Michael Jackson cover.

14/P.Y.T./White Chocolate

A cover that tells a story.

15/Seed Song/Atom and his Package (Mountain Goats)
16/I’m Gonna Hire a Wino to Decorate Our Home/Countdown Singers

A cover about a food item.

17/Cinnamon Girl/Type O Negative (Neil Young)
18/Raspberry Beret/Derailers (Prince)
19/Incense and Peppermints/Adult Net (Strawberry Alarm Clock)

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