9th Annual Gift of Music

[RangerDenni]

Ani DiFranco, "Dilate"

I was thinking about learning "Gravel" by her... This would be fun too

I covered 'Fuel' once at a gig. It was a real...experience. Fun.

[Jim of Seattle]

Ok, I spent way, way too long on picking my songs. I had a page with 50 nominees written all over it. My final criterion was asking myself "if this were the song my person chose to cover, would I be as excited to hear it as if I were opening a Christmas present?" For the four little masterpieces here, the answer is a resounding YES!!!
I also tried to put enough variety in there so there would be something suitable no matter who got the list.

She's My Baby - The Mojo Men
Little Lighthouse - Dukes of Stratosphear (XTC)
Holiday Road - Lindsey Buckingham
Done - Allie Choco unpublished, I have it posted here:
https://skydrive.live.com/?cid=d5cd9956 ... D605%21662#

When do we get our assignments? Can't wait!

[freff]

Here are my picks. I'm too new a user to be allowed to post links, but they are easily searchable on YouTube. I picked songs that I'd always thought of covering live.


Pixies - Monkey Gone To Heaven
Cyndi Lauper - Money Changes Everything
Faith No More - Epic
Spinal Tap - Big Bottom

[inevitableguy]

OK, here are my picks:


Half Hour To Go - John Glenn
Luna - Hedgehog
New Radiant Storm King - Quicksand Under Carpet
Rogue Wave - Harmonium

Yay GOM!

[furrypedro]

I'm in! and here are my choices

Jackie Wilson - Higher and Higher
Red House Painters - Have You Forgotten
Ini Kamoze - Here Comes The Hotstepper
Archers of Loaf - Web in Front

I wanted Cheap Trick's "Surrender" as well but it just didn't make the cut

[j$]

OK suppose I better make my choices -

Outdoor Miner by Wire -

Singapore by Tom Waits -

Rockstar by Hole -

The Decision by The Young Knives

[RangerDenni]

FINALLY!!

'Don't Stand So Close to the Window' (this is the recording he did which I like best )
Paul Kelly from Foggy Highway
http://youtu.be/3CcinAsSbdI

'Amazing'
Aerosmith from Get a Grip
http://youtu.be/XyAZGXlXGgI

'Song to the Siren' (most coverable song of his on a fantastic entire-album..I have other album favorites!)
Tim Buckley from Star Singer
http://youtu.be/2pxvXI1i9cw

"Never Let Her Slip Away"
Andrew Gold from All This and Heaven Too (other recordings since then)
http://youtu.be/DNCx7LDv7Ng

[Niveous]

Hey there everyone.

I figure everyone has about ten more days to sign up and pick songs. As for a due date for everything, that's up in the air... gotta talk to Eddiebangs. But it's always early january. Probably something hokie like 1/2/12 or 1/12/12 because I'm cheesy like that.

[anti-m]

I, as always, vote for a due date post MLK weekend.

[HeuristicsInc]

Ok, here are tentative picks:

The Kingston Trio - "M.T.A." (M's pick)
Brian Eno & David Byrne - "Strange Overtones"
Ladytron - "Another Breakfast with You"
Laptop - "Whole Wide World"

I'll get songs to the pickee via Niv.
-bill

[bgm]

Okay I will pick my 4 songs by the weekend for sure.

[furrypedro]

I'm gonna raise the topic of last years stiffees. I was sad to see my buddy Tomski get left behind so I've taken the liberty giving their stiffer a proverbial glove slap by taking on this beast.

We Built This City by Starship

Hope ya'll enjoy, it's a pretty straight cover, but my god that song takes some deconstructing.
I did consider posting this in the GOM 8 thread but that is so last year.

[Paco Del Stinko]

Glad that slap wasn't for my face! Good job, considering the song. Picks in a day or two, I will not recieve a slap. For stiffing, anyway.

[Billy's Little Trip]

I haven't decided on my 4 songs yet. I'm thinking about following a theme. Like famous songs from famous scenes in 1970s porn. Scenes with big mustaches and even bigger bushes. But they seldom have lyrics. So I will probably go with a more traditional theme, like famous songs from famous scenes in Alfred Hitchcock movies. *bow chicka bow bow*

[BoffoYux]

Although we can't say we have a record as illustrious as Albatross's 3 out of 4, the stiffee title still won't keep the Boffo Yux Dudes from joining yet again.

So ignore the double negative. We're in. Songs to follow once I use the crowbar on Al.

BYD

[RangerDenni]

Although we can't say we have a record as illustrious as Albatross's 3 out of 4, the stiffee title still won't keep the Boffo Yux Dudes from joining yet again.

So ignore the double negative. We're in. Songs to follow once I use the crowbar on Al.

BYD

twss

[Caravan Ray]

Outdoor Miner by Wire -

I think you chose this once before. Which is where I first heard it. Wonderful song.

[Caravan Ray]

My choices:


Know Your Product - The Saints


Only Time - The Riptides


Boys in Town - The Divinyls
[youtube]DMSyumchMWA&feature=related[/youtube]

Jailbreak - AC/DC

[BBABM]

Boys in Town - The Divinyls

Wow, what a great song I've never heard before! Where do I get that mic stand? The best part is where she makes that "drag your fingers across your lips while making a B sound" sound, I literally lost it. I'm probably going to cover this even when I don't get you as my giftee... Not an excuse for someone to stiff.

[bgm]

Almost by accident, I have a Canadian angle to my list:

#1: Willow Tree by Chad VanGaalen


#2: Like The Ocean, Like The Innocent by The Besnard Lakes


#3: Macarena by Great Aunt Ida

#4: Le Pyromane by Karkwa

[BBABM]

Macarena by Great Aunt Ida

I am intreagued by this band... Dual bass, no guitar eh? Interesting.

[j$]

Outdoor Miner by Wire -

I think you chose this once before. Which is where I first heard it. Wonderful song.

I have indeed and it is, indeed. My "theme" this time out was "rejects" - songs from my previous lists that didn't get picked first time round. That said, I am not sure whether I did add Young Knives to a previous picklist or just considered them.

Anyhoo, there's a cute duelling ukuleles version of "OM" too -