The Current Music Blog: May 26, 2008 Archive

The Stream 05/26/08

Posted at 8:48 AM on May 26, 2008 by Barb Abney (2 Comments)

Hall & Oates are back!

Scorsese leaves Bob Marley documentary project. Jonathan Demme to take over.

A guide to summer music fests.

Today In Music History:
1943 - Levon Helm (The Band) was born.
1948 - Stevie Nicks was born.
1949 - Mick Ronson was born.
1964 - Lenny Kravitz was born.
1969 - John & Yoko began their Montreal bed-in.
1984 - Deniece Williams (former back-up singer for Stevie Wonder) was at #1 with "Let's Hear It For The Boy."
1990 - David Bowie was sued by his ex wife for $56 million.
1994 - Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley were married.
1997 - Bob Dylan was admitted to a hospital for chest pains. His summer tour was later cancelled.
2006 - Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale's son, Kingston was born.

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Song Of The Day - Telly Tunes 05/26/08

Posted at 10:51 AM on May 26, 2008 by Barb Abney

Tunes On The Telly Tonight:
Black Mountain on Conan
Lupe Fiasco on Carson Daly
Estelle on Letterman
The B-52's on Leno

Song Of The Day Info - Be Your Own Pet
Today on our Song Of The Day Podcast we're featuring Be Your Own Pet with the tune "What's Your Damage" from their album Get Awkward.
They're playing The Fine Line Music Cafe on June 14th.
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"My 3 Songs" for Monday

Posted at 2:11 PM on May 26, 2008 by Steve Seel

Jennifer Reis offers no explanation today; just three choice tunes.

1) New Order, "Blue Monday"
2) Elbow, "Mirrorball"
3) Atmosphere, "Panic Attack"

Thanks Jennifer!

Best Dylan Cover?

Posted at 7:43 PM on May 26, 2008 by Mark Wheat (46 Comments)

As we prepared for the weekend long celebration of Bob Dylan, I realized that I knew many of his songs as covers before I heard his originals. Rod Stewart covers a ton including "Maggie's Farm" that I always thought was his song, as it seemed to fit Rod so well. Manfred Mann introduced me to "The Mighty Quinn," Eric Clapton to "Knockin' on Heaven's Door." I thought "All Along The Watchtower" was Jimi's, and the consensus seems to be that Bob himself was made famous by The Byrds cover. Remember he came along before it was 'normal' for the songwriter to sing their own songs, in popular culture at least. It's incredible that an artist who is so famous for his unique writing style and delivery, is so often covered so well!

After reconsidering his originals over the weekend, let's decide which Dylan cover is the best. Vote in our poll or if you think we've missed another that should be included please post your comments.

Deciding to do a poll meant narrowing it down, which was tough. Over the weekend I finally got to see "I'm Not There" and that made me realize again what a great song writer he is. The soundtrack contains many good covers from different artists able to do justice to his songs. In the movie the voice of Mason Jennings was prominantly featured and Cat Power's cover caught my ear and held it, as strongly as Kate Blanchett's performance held my eye, she was the highlight. It also seemed appropriate to include a local choice too and I've had many calls after playing Cloud Cult's Version of 'T Man' so I had to include that;

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