Blogathon: This brain for rent

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The hat's all the way over there on the coffee table, but belgatherial came through over IM:

10 Awesome Covers I Know and Love

1) "Pictures of Matchstick Men," Camper van Beethoven (orig. by Status Quo)
2) "Percy's Song," Fairport Convention (Bob Dylan)
3) "Oops! I Did It Again," Richard Thompson (Britney Spears)
4) "Satisfaction," Devo (The Rolling Stones)
5) "Highway 61 Revisited," PJ Harvey (Bob Dylan)
6) "Give It Away," Bjørn Berge (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
7) "Filipino Box Spring Hog," the cat Mary (Tom Waits)
8) "Chelsea Hotel No. 2," Rufus Wainwright (Leonard Cohen)
9) "The Sound of Music," The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band (Julie Andrews)
10) "Sweet Thing," The Waterboys (Van Morrison)

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Comments

[chris-walsh.livejournal.com]

As I've probably said, I have a soft spot for the Smashing Pumpkins cover of Fleetwood Mac's "Landslide." Strong nods toward the original, but it still feels like it could be a Smashing Pumpkins song with the sort of melodic leaps in it that Billy Corgan likes.