Sweet Jane, Sweet Jane
Oh Sweet, Sweet Jane
The Velvet Underground, covered by many, including the Cowboy Junkies
Sweet Jane The Velvet Underground are known as one of the most influential rock & roll bands of all time. A poorly attributed quote says that "The first Velvet Underground album only sold 10,000 copies, but everyone who bought it formed ( Read more... )

What becomes of the brokenhearted
Who had love that's now departed?
I know I've got to find
Some kind of peace of mind, help me, please
Jimmy Ruffin, covered by Joan Osborne and others.
What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted

For my money, the finest movie preview I have ever seen is the one for the documentary Standing in the Shadows of Motown, which ( Read more... )

Between Cool Hand Luke in the morning, radio in the afternoon and Fred Eaglesmith in the afternoon, I had neither time nor inclination to write it up. I'm traveling next Sunday, so don't get your hopes up for that either.

Alcohol and pills, is a cryin' shame
You think they might have been happy with the glory and the fame
But fame doesnt take away the pain, it only pays the bills
And you wind up on alcohol and pills
Fred EaglesmithAlcohol & Pills ( Read more... )

When I'm up I can't get down
Can't get down, can't get level
Great Big Sea (in this case, the live Road Rage version)
When I'm Up (I Can't Get Down)

Given that I have several hundred CDs, attend dozens of live concerts every year and do a radio show most every Sunday, it probably comes as a surprise that at no point in my pre-college life did I ( Read more... )

There is no internet in the BWCA. Will return in a week. No songbook this Sunday, obviously.

There must be some way out of here
Said the joker to the thief
Bob Dylan, made famous by Jimi Hendrix, covered by dozens, if not hundreds.
All Along the WatchtowerAll Along the Watchtower is interesting in that Bob Dylan's original version from the John Wesley Harding album has informed almost none of the subsequent versions of the song. The ( Read more... )

I can't seem to face up to the facts
I'm tense and nervous and I can't relax
I can't sleep, 'cause my bed's on fire
Don't touch me, I'm a real live wire
The Talking Heads. Covered by many, notably Moxy Früvous.
Pyscho KillerThe staff of my radio station has always been extraordinarily musically diverse, and picking a single band representative of ( Read more... )

What good is sitting alone in your room?
Come hear the music play.
Written by John Kander & Fred Ebb, performed by many, most famously Liza Minnelli.
Cabaret

So in my post about It Had to Be You I mentioned that my sister got me to do ballroom dancing the first semester of my first senior year in college, which was her first semester of her ( Read more... )

For nobody else gave me a thrill
With all your faults I love you still
It had to be you, wonderful you
It had to be you
Harry Connick Jr. Written by Isham Jones & Gus Kahn, performed by many.
It Had To Be YouIn my fraternity it was not uncommon for two or more brothers to find the same woman attractive. This most typically caused problems when a ( Read more... )