Monday, October 24, 2011

Rockabye Baby! (Part II) - “Cute” Cover Versions of (Music Monday)

Okay, here’s the second part of the “Cute” Cover Versions MM. All of them are originally masterpieces of the respective original bands. And I’m sure some of them are very familiar, since they are pure classics. So, without further ado…It’s time for Rockabye Baby!!
- All Apologies (Nirvana)
- Basket Case (Green Day)
- Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen)
- Stairway to Heaven (Led Zeppelin)

Monday, October 17, 2011

Rockabye Baby! (Part I) - “Cute” Cover Versions of (Music Monday)

Rock ‘n’ roll + lullaby + baby. Hmmm… Those words doesn’t seem to match each other, right? Well parents, it turns out that they do. Because these are indeed lullabies and these are indeed rock ‘n’ roll songs, and these are indeed for babies. It’s Rockabye Baby!
Featuring: 1979 (Smashing Pumpkins), Sweet Child O mine (Guns N Roses), No Surprises (Radiohead), Penny Lane (The Beatles)

Monday, October 10, 2011

Sea Lion Woman – Best Cover Versions of (Music Monday)

"Sea Lion Woman" (also "Sea-Line Woman", "See [the] Lyin' Woman", "She Lyin' Woman", "See-Line Woman", or "C-Line Woman") is a traditional American folk song originally used as a children's playground song. [Read further @ Wikipedia]

First Recorded by: Christine and Katherine Shipp
Cover Versions by: Nina Simone , Feist
(The illustration was taken from http://margarethuber.blogspot.com/2008/09/blog-post.html)

Monday, October 3, 2011

Where Did You Sleep Last Night - Best Cover Versions of (Music Monday)


Original Title: In the Pines (Black Girl)
Original Artist: ?????
Cover Versions by: Bill Monroe, Lead Belly, The Four Pennies, Nirvana


…I would shiveeeeeeeeeeeer….whooole night throoouuugh…” What a blast! What a stellar ending to the song and to the whole Unplugged concert! In that last line, with his awesome raw and seems-about-to-collapse voice, Kurt Cobain had made me love this song.