These retro-future fictitious covers are the work of Chet Phillips.
MODERN MACHINES AND INVENTIONS MAGAZINE
Tag: Covers
Electrical Experimenter Magazine 1918
1988 vs. 2021
[Images from a FB post.]
Saturday Matinee – Elvis Covers: You wanna puke or you wanna rock?
Found in here. So cute it’ll make you puke.
Yeah, she’s got it down on the uke, but it was garbage even when Elvis sung it. Adult singers are much worse since they should know better, like this FAIL, this FAIL and THIS MAJOR LEAGUE FAIL.
Now THIS is how to do an Elvis Cover right.
[BTW, Steve Goodman was the guy who co-wrote and recorded the best damn country song ever. He also wrote and recorded the best damn train song ever.]
This song comes to mind as well. Even Mojo Nixon got it and asplained it perfectly over 30 years ago.
Have a great weekend, folks. Be back here tomorrow to see if I’ve been banned from Twitter again.
Saturday Matinee – Human Fountains, The Band and The Black Crowes.
Might have been better with four NFL cheerleaders in skimpy wet chamois skins, but that’s just my non-judgemental politically correct sexist micoagressional opinion [via].
That’s one of the best songs by one of the best bands ever.
That’s one of the best covers of one of the best songs by one of the best bands ever.
Have a great weekend, folks, and remember that President’s Day is a construct designed to minimize the historical importance of both George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, two of the greatest and most influential Presidents in the history of the United States of America.
Saturday Matinee – Summertime Blues (1958 to Whatever).
From the UToobage description:
“Though Eddie Cochran was only twenty-one when he died, he left a lasting mark as a rock and roll pioneer. Cochran zeroed in on teenage angst and desire with such classics as ‘C’mon Everybody,’ ‘Something Else,’ ‘Twenty Flight Rock‘ and ‘Summertime Blues.’ A flashy stage dresser with a tough-sounding voice, Cochran epitomized the sound and the stance of the Fifties rebel rocker.”
Lotta covers of that kickass song.
1962 The Beach Boys. A 14 and a 16 year old contributed to this recording.
Ten years later, Blue Cheer broke ground in 1968 with a heavy metal version of Eddie Cochran’s “Summertime Blues,” released ten years earlier. [This guy was on the SanFran scene in 1968.]
I heard that version when I was in 6th grade, and tried to decide if I liked it or not. Took me several years before I understood what they were doing, and I decided that I liked the original better. Hell, the name of the band was a brand of LSD named after a laundry detergent.
1975 The Who – According to Wiki they’d been playing Summertime Blues since 1967 so this version is out of chronological order.
1970 T. Rex
1975 Olivia Newton-John
1978 The Rolling Stones
1982 Joan Jett. Hear The Ramones influence?
1987 Alvin & The Chipmunks
1992 Little River Band
2004 Rush
2009 The Black Keys
Cheech Marin, The Prophets, Levon Helm, Guitar Wolf, The Flying Lizards, Bobby Vee, The Crickets, Buck Owens, James Taylor, The Ventures, Dick Dale, Robert Gordon with Link Wray, Skid Row, Johnny Hallyday, Brian Setzer, MC5, Alex Chilton, and Marty Wilde have also covered the song.
Y’all can find the the other killer ccvers on your own. Have a great weekend and we’ll see you back here tomorrow.
Saturday Matinee – The Band of the Bold, Where The Hell Is Matt, Where’s Rob, Iron Horse Bluegrass & Danny Gatton
I honestly don’t know what to make of it, but thanks to Bunkarina you get to see it, too. Reminded me of this viral vid from 2006:
Matt Harding was an internet sensation back then, and I was surprised to hear the soundtrack, lifted from a relatively obscure CD from 1992 that I own but don’t recall buying.
“Where The Hell Is Matt?” reminded me of this classic prank:
That innocent stunt still makes me grin.
Iron Horse Bluegrass consists of Tony Robinson (mandolin), Vance Henry (Guitar), Anthony Richardson (banjo) and Ricky Rogers (bass). Iron Horse has recorded twelve projects for CMH Records. Tributes to Metallica, Led Zeppelin, Ozzy Osbourn, Modest Mouse, The Shins, Guns & Roses, The Goo Goo Dolls, Hank Williams, Black label Society as well as others. [h/t Aussie Phil.]
Danny Gatton is a national treasure.
Have a great weekend, folks. There’s more fun on the horizon.
Saturday Matinee – Wingsuit Fail, Honey Cakes, Karen Marie (with Postmodern Jukebox) & Buddy Guy
Wingsuit fail vid from Corcovado, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.
[SFK. Yeah, as horrible and disturbing as it is, it’s SFK.]
Bees in China [via].
Karen Marie‘s take on Little Willie John‘s “Fever” (done in 12 styles with Postmodern Jukebox). It kept my attention, even though the video erroneously credits Peggy Lee for the song. LWJ recorded it in 1956; two years later Peggy Lee covered it.
Here’s the great Buddy Guy and his take on the song. And with that we’re out. Have a great weekend, folks. See you soon.
Saturday Matinee – The Manfred Mann, Bob Dylan, Led Zeppelin & Sonny Boy Williamson Connection
Manfred Mann sings Dylan’s “Just Like A Woman.”
Bob Dylan sings Memphis Minnie‘s & Kansas Joe McCoy‘s “When The Levee Breaks,” but for now, let’s say it’s a Led Zeppelin cover.
Led Zeppelin rips off Sonny Boy Williamson‘s “Bring It On Home,” at least for a minute or so and for a bit at the end.
“Nine Below Zero” by Sonny Boy Williamson with Otis Spann, and they didn’t rip off anyone.
Have a great weekend folks.
Saturday Matinee – Uke Covers! Yay!
Excellent version of The Foundations’ “Build Me Up Buttercup.” You know she’s singing to YOU… wait for it. (Bunkessa found this one.)
Well, gabba gabba hey.
*Jake Shimabukuro’s Ukelele Gently Weeps.
*Led Zep on Uke with eggs and sausage and hot coffee.
*Minitallica!
Don’t forget the trainwreck previously posted here.
Videos marked with (*) were recobamended by saraH, who should have her own website by now but doesn’t. She’s been lurking around for a long time, dropping rare occasional comments about batmobile babe magnets.
[Tip ‘o the tarboosh to saraH… your eco-friendly VatoMobile is in the works.]
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