Rob Not Bob

#240 Duets (the more awesome the song the better!)

1. Johnny Cash and June Carter - If I Were a Carpenter

2. Jeff Beck & Tony Hymas - The Final Peace

3. John Prine & Iris Dement - In Spite Of Ourselves

4. Blind Melon (Shannon Hoon & Jena Kraus) - Mouthful of Cavities

5. Richard Thompson & Teddy Thompson - Persuasion

6. Paul Simon (& Linda Ronstadt) - Under African Skies

7. Dylan & Cash - Girl from the North Country

8. Emmylou Harris & Gram Parsons - Love Hurts

9. Emmylou Harris & Sheryl Crow - Juanita

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Re. Crossroads with the Karate Kid

For my money, the best ever miming of performance on film by a non-guitar player was Sean Penn in Sweet and Lowdown. Throughout the movie, I was wondering "Is he or isn't he?" It turns out he wasn't, but he busted his as practicing and studying to look like he was.

My wife is shocked that nothing by Yes has been posted.

Good news, chief, glad to hear it.

pfft.

Tesla did that in the 20's.

Damn, beat me to it.

Triffids!

The Return Of The Giant Hogweed!

People are always so ready to assume the worst about Yoko

Turns out Yoko wasn't even on the program...

The Sun apologizes

No word on if she still sounds like she's killing a cat though...

For the most part , what people mostly view as Yoko's singing voice was only for the first few albums (Fly, Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band, the Unfinished Music series with John), subsequent albums tended towards a more orthodox Western vocal style. Of course, I prefer her earlier albums, found it a bit more interesting.

Bruce Springsteen LIVE IN DUBLIN

freakin' AWESOME

Wow, didn't know that was out yet.

Just curious, are we talking about songs that are complete gibberish (Closing theme for WKRP In Cincinnatti) or songs with actual lyrics but they don't make any sense (I Am The Walrus)?

#239 Songs with lyrics that are complete nonsense

1. Dayglo Abortions - Argh fuÇk Kill

2. Nirvana -Tourettes

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1. relatively laid back and friendly state of mind

2. plentiful green space in easy reach

3. short walking distance from many great restaurants

4. walking distance from BluesFest

5. BluesFest

6. live in short proximity to many of my friends

7. in the summer, women walk around wearing practically nothing

8. Works!

9. cool local music scene with cool people in it

Slightly rumpled, but feeling pretty good that Jared can't spell

I think this is gonna be awesome. Anyone have JPJ's album "Zooma" from a few years back? It's NASTY good.

I have Zooma, haven't picked up Thunder Thief yet but will. I saw him open for King Crimson a few years ago and I just got flattened. Anybody know exactly when and where he worked with Foo Fighters?

#238 Favourite Hip-Hop Songs

1. Outkast - Rosa Parks

2. Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five - The Message

3. De La Soul - Me, Myself and I

4. Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight

5. Talib Kweli - Get By (not my favourite, but one of my many favourites).

6. Public Enemy - By The Time I Get To Arizona

7. Nappy Roots - Po' Folks (haha, they're from Kentucky...)

8. Souls of Mischief - 93 'til Infinity

9. EPMD- Crossover

10. Eric B. & Rakim - Paid in Full

11. Public Enemy - Get The fuÇk Out Of Dodge

Not adding anything (already did at #6), just fixing the syntax error in #1

oshawa people.

the dirty shcwa is the armpit of ontario. sounds like it but not quite

I thought that was Cornwall ...

Wanted Man - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (good job, topping Johnny Cash)

Add to that Bob Dylan, as he wrote the song for Johnny Cash.

I know, but did Dylan ever actually record his own version of it? I can't even find that on bootleg.

Just past the midway point.

#238 Favourite Hip-Hop Songs

1. Rosa Parks-Outkast

2. Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five - The Message

3. De La Soul - Me, Myself and I

4. Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight

5. Talib Kweli - Get By (not my favourite, but one of my many favourites).

6. Public Enemy - By The Time I Get To Arizona

Wanted Man - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (good job, topping Johnny Cash)

and speaking of which ...

Hurt - Johnny Cash

#237 - Songs YOU played that drove your house nutzzzzz

1. Metallica - Ride the Lightning

2. Alice In Chains - Rooster

3. Huey Lewis and the News- I wanna new drug

4. Led Zeppelin - Dazed And Confused (live version from The Song Remains The Same)

Some of these are barely a hair's breadth but I give the nod to the covers :

War Pigs - Faith No More (the drums are better)

The Boxer - Emmylou Harris w. The Whites

Why Not Your Baby - Velvet Crush (original by Gene Clark, but the pedal steel in this version just pushes it over the top)

Street Fighting Man - Rod Stewart (so close it might well be a tie)

Who Loves The Sun - Teenage Fanclub

She May Call You Up Tonight - Sid 'n' Susie (Matthew Sweet/Susannah Hoffs , original version by the Left Banke)

They didn't do Reelin' In The Years when I saw 'em in Toronto either.

No Elliot Randall on guitar ... then again, maybe they just can't hit the high harmonies anymore.

Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower

Well duh (Although the original is still great)

Mad World by Gary Jules (from the Donnie Darko soundtrack) is a haunting masterpiece and better than the dated upbeat 80's original by Tears For Fears.

Unfortunately for me, this version will always be associated in my mind with hearing somebody's painfully sincere and painfully 3/4 tone flat rendition of it at a Karaoke bar.