Greenwich Village Idiot, July 10, 2005 - The Cover Edition

The Greenwich Village Idiot presents the Cover Version Edition (37:58, 25MB)

Direct download: July_10_2005_Greenwich_Village_Idiot.mp3 (or subscribe to the podcast feed) Songs covered include:

• "Enter Sandman" (originally performed by Metallica)
• "Hot In Herre" (originally performed by Nelly)
• "I Touch Myself" (originally performed by Divinyls)
• "I Will Survive" (originally performed by Gloria Gaynor)
• "Perfect Day" (originally performed by Lou Reed)
• "Sixteen Tons" (originally performed by Merle Travis; famous version by Tennessee Ernie Ford)
• "Stayin' Alive" (originally performed by the Bee Gees)
• "Straight Outta Compton" (originally performed by N.W.A.)
• "Your Cheatin' Heart" (originally performed by Hank Williams, Sr.)

Artists performing covers include:

• Cake
• James Brown
• Johnnie Taylor
• Nina Gordon
• Ozzy Osbourne
• Pat Boone
• Scala Youth Choir
• Wang Chung

Web sites referenced include:

• Metafilter, and especially this Ask Metafilter thread
• Coverville (podcast)
• Chromewaves (blog)
• Copy, Right? (blog)
• iTunes