Time to ride
This is my favorite version of the song, but there's lots of covers and some of them are... interesting. Two funny things to note about this song, the original Allman Brothers version didn't chart, and this version falls into the other covers section of the Wikipedia page. Not sure which version I heard first, this or the Allman Bros, after all they're a staple of classic rock stations and often show up on rock stations, both of which I tend to listen to, but I think it really works as a country song especially when done by Hank Williams Jr.
Some traveling music today
So, I don't have much to say about this song, heard this version, then tripped over the original by Old Crow Medicine show, which is great, but boy is there a lot to say about it. Seriously, just hit the Wikipedia page, this song had a wild gestation. Oh, and I didn't realize it was the band Lady Antebellum providing the backing vocals.
Not surprised that this is a cover
I mean Dwight Yoakam does like his covers, but this Elvis tune doesn't seem to get many covers, certainly nothing as big as this.
Broke a mini goal
So, with yesterday's addition to covers month, I finally broke a mini-goal. Honestly I'm surprised it took this long, but I had been trying both to repeat no songs and repeat no artists. I suppose I could split hairs on yesterday, it was the second appearance of Willy Nelson, however this time he was with Merle Haggard, last time he was with Paul Simon, so technically the artists are different, but that's really splitting hairs.
There are artists whose covers I won't be sharing, like the Cleverlys, I mean their music is great, should hear their cover of Beck's Loser, it's great, but they do these covers only because it's funny, fundamentally they're a comedy band, and I prefer serious attempts when covering a song. I'm also skipping Puddles and Post Modern Jukebox, since as good as they are, they're kinda specialized I guess? Honestly not sure about those two, my opinion might change.
So, if'n you haven't been keeping up with the #music I've been sharing, there's two ways to do so, my #YouTube playlist, or by going directly to my cover songs posts.
Blame Willie's Roadhouse on SXM
I mean they keep finding me originals or covers I've never heard of, and when looking into it, sometimes I find surprising things, like the fact that this, what I would call the definitive version of the song, is a cover.
Apparently it was originally written by Townes Van Zandt and released on his 1972 album, and over by Emmylou Harris, the version I was introduced to today, and others, with this version obviously being the best known. And technically it's not about Pancho Villa, that's just a coincidence according to Townes, in fact the original spelling was Poncho and Lefty, with different printings of the Nelson & Haggard version having different spellings, sometimes with differences between the record, record sleeve and liner notes.
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Forgot to mention
That I decided to create a playlist with all the cover songs I'm sharing this month.
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So far, half way into the month, I've run entirely off of covers I remember, songs I've heard on the radio, and YouTube suggestions, with no repeating of artists or songs. Today I finally had to resort to looking at my collection to jog my memory or find songs.
So, for any that haven't been keeping up, have some #music
Band wasn't a hard choice
Nor really was the song. While they've done plenty of awesome covers and I could've chosen any one, this one is likely my favorite video, just a really cool sci-fi piece that really changes the song.
Took me a bit to decide which cover
I mean it's been covered a lot, in fact no one really knows where the song started, but it predates recorded music. Lots of good versions out there, but I was down to either Spiderbait or Caravan Palace, and decided on electro-swing in the end.
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We promised one every day
And no eighteen hour work day is going to stop us.
This song's been covered a lot of times, but this is the only one I know of to tweak the list of problems in the world, adding a few 80s items to the list.
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Y'all prolly starting to think I forgot about day 5
Assuming anyone is actually paying attention, perish the thought. Let's be lazy, one I've shared before, and really like both it and the video, it's amazing how much making this song heavy metal really changes it. And then the video from MacFarlane Studios...
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