WEBVTT 00:00:10.759 --> 00:00:14.099 What is going on, everybody? Welcome to my weekly 00:00:14.099 --> 00:00:16.920 mixtape, the show that takes the classic mixtape 00:00:16.920 --> 00:00:20.359 approach to building a modern playlist. I'm your 00:00:20.359 --> 00:00:23.100 host, Brian Colburn, and we are back for episode 00:00:23.100 --> 00:00:27.420 two of this second season of the show, the rebirth, 00:00:27.559 --> 00:00:31.300 if you will. I am so excited to be back on the 00:00:31.300 --> 00:00:34.299 mic talking music with everybody, and I am so 00:00:34.299 --> 00:00:37.920 grateful for the awesome feedback we got on last 00:00:37.920 --> 00:00:41.840 week's. six degrees of Kevin Bacon, the music 00:00:41.840 --> 00:00:45.679 edition playlist. That one was a lot of fun. 00:00:45.799 --> 00:00:49.579 And like I said, there are well over a year's 00:00:49.579 --> 00:00:53.920 worth of different playlist ideas that you, the 00:00:53.920 --> 00:00:57.179 fellow mixtapers have sent in to me sitting on 00:00:57.179 --> 00:01:00.439 this online randomizer for me. And I am once 00:01:00.439 --> 00:01:03.810 again. Going to spin the wheel and see what tonight's 00:01:03.810 --> 00:01:07.329 topic is. But before I do that, if you want to 00:01:07.329 --> 00:01:10.950 submit an idea for a future My Weekly Mixtape 00:01:10.950 --> 00:01:14.500 episode, be sure to hit me up. myweeklymixtape 00:01:14.500 --> 00:01:18.560 at gmail .com or on almost all the social media 00:01:18.560 --> 00:01:22.879 haunts at myweeklymixtape. Send in your suggestions 00:01:22.879 --> 00:01:25.719 and I will add them to this list. They can be 00:01:25.719 --> 00:01:28.700 serious. They can be fun. They could be absurd. 00:01:28.859 --> 00:01:32.040 Whatever you've got, I am going to take your 00:01:32.040 --> 00:01:36.159 suggestions and try to turn them into a serviceable 00:01:36.159 --> 00:01:40.620 playlist. So without wasting any time, let's 00:01:40.620 --> 00:01:43.480 spin the wheel and see what this week's topic 00:01:43.480 --> 00:01:52.299 is going to be. All right, something I know a 00:01:52.299 --> 00:01:55.760 little something about. Patreon mixtaper Cactus 00:01:55.760 --> 00:02:00.840 Pete chimed in with best hit songs redone acoustically. 00:02:01.310 --> 00:02:03.349 Now, anyone that knows Colburn & Company, I've 00:02:03.349 --> 00:02:06.049 been doing that for over 10 years now, obviously 00:02:06.049 --> 00:02:08.810 doing my solo stuff acoustically since around 00:02:08.810 --> 00:02:12.530 2007, almost, Jesus, almost on 20 years now. 00:02:12.889 --> 00:02:17.909 I love acoustic remakes and acoustic reimaginings 00:02:17.909 --> 00:02:20.770 of songs. So this is going to be an extremely 00:02:20.770 --> 00:02:24.050 fun topic for me. Now, instinctively, I know 00:02:24.050 --> 00:02:27.009 my mind is going to immediately go to all of 00:02:27.009 --> 00:02:29.289 the Colburn & Company staples, all the songs 00:02:29.289 --> 00:02:31.800 we play show after show. But I'm going to try 00:02:31.800 --> 00:02:34.479 to stay away from some of those because a lot 00:02:34.479 --> 00:02:37.759 of those songs, while we remade them acoustically, 00:02:37.840 --> 00:02:40.300 some of the bands haven't. And in some instances, 00:02:40.360 --> 00:02:42.419 they have. And I'm definitely going to work a 00:02:42.419 --> 00:02:45.139 couple in there because they're just too good 00:02:45.139 --> 00:02:49.460 to not. But that being said, Cactus Pete's example. 00:02:50.189 --> 00:02:53.310 was Bon Jovi's acoustic take of Something for 00:02:53.310 --> 00:02:54.849 the Pain. If you haven't seen that, look it up 00:02:54.849 --> 00:02:57.610 on YouTube. It is an incredible version with 00:02:57.610 --> 00:03:00.349 some amazing live harmonies. I mean, this is 00:03:00.349 --> 00:03:02.710 Bon Jovi. I don't know if it was quite at the 00:03:02.710 --> 00:03:05.770 80s peak, but they were still at the top of their 00:03:05.770 --> 00:03:08.509 game at this point. Definitely worth taking the 00:03:08.509 --> 00:03:10.349 time to check out. Something for the Pain is 00:03:10.349 --> 00:03:14.229 easily a top 10 Bon Jovi song for me. So I love 00:03:14.229 --> 00:03:16.240 that he went with that one. And I should also 00:03:16.240 --> 00:03:18.740 take this opportunity to thank Pete for being 00:03:18.740 --> 00:03:21.900 such an awesome part of the Patreon mixtaper 00:03:21.900 --> 00:03:24.819 community, which you can find over at patreon 00:03:24.819 --> 00:03:28.520 .com forward slash my weekly mixtape. You can 00:03:28.520 --> 00:03:31.219 sign up for free. There are different tiers there 00:03:31.219 --> 00:03:33.699 that help support the show. But none of that 00:03:33.699 --> 00:03:36.939 is required. I just appreciate the support and 00:03:36.939 --> 00:03:39.400 staying in touch with the other fellow mixtapers. 00:03:39.639 --> 00:03:41.919 Once again, if you want to do that, it's patreon 00:03:41.919 --> 00:03:46.840 .com forward slash my weekly mixtape. So now 00:03:46.840 --> 00:03:50.479 I am going to take a long, hard dive into acoustic 00:03:50.479 --> 00:03:53.740 remakes and reimaginings. And what I'm going 00:03:53.740 --> 00:03:57.159 to do is actually pull up my Apple Music playlist 00:03:57.159 --> 00:04:02.479 because not to cheat, I have a ton. of acoustic 00:04:02.479 --> 00:04:05.400 versions from my ears and radio, some of which 00:04:05.400 --> 00:04:08.919 are not officially released. And some of them 00:04:08.919 --> 00:04:11.659 immediately come to my mind. So I want to make 00:04:11.659 --> 00:04:14.000 sure I'm looking at the cloud status. And if 00:04:14.000 --> 00:04:16.699 I see uploaded, that means there's a good chance 00:04:16.699 --> 00:04:19.120 it's not on streaming. And there are a few that 00:04:19.120 --> 00:04:21.639 I might put a little pin in to talk about later 00:04:21.639 --> 00:04:24.100 on, because some of these you definitely need 00:04:24.100 --> 00:04:26.779 to look up, even if it's just on YouTube. I'm 00:04:26.779 --> 00:04:28.560 going to do my absolute best, though, to keep 00:04:28.560 --> 00:04:30.819 this playlist of songs that you can find on all 00:04:30.819 --> 00:04:32.800 your favorite streaming sites. So that way you 00:04:32.800 --> 00:04:35.959 can kind of play along at home as you're listening 00:04:35.959 --> 00:04:39.600 to the podcast. So as I'm scrolling through my 00:04:39.600 --> 00:04:41.860 acoustic playlist here, some things that are 00:04:41.860 --> 00:04:44.540 immediately coming to mind. I want to try to 00:04:44.540 --> 00:04:47.639 find versions of songs that really lean heavily 00:04:47.639 --> 00:04:52.120 into the quote unquote remake or reimagining. 00:04:52.509 --> 00:04:55.490 aspect of the playlist, because you think about 00:04:55.490 --> 00:04:59.829 any MTV unplugged show from the nineties, especially, 00:05:00.050 --> 00:05:03.269 but even into the two thousands, certain songs 00:05:03.269 --> 00:05:07.769 are just the originals done on acoustic guitar. 00:05:07.870 --> 00:05:10.670 I immediately think of about a girl by Nirvana. 00:05:10.670 --> 00:05:13.310 You listen to the version on bleach, and then 00:05:13.310 --> 00:05:16.870 you listen to the version that is on MTV unplugged. 00:05:16.930 --> 00:05:21.079 Basically it is. a heavier song played acoustically 00:05:21.079 --> 00:05:25.100 with not much reimagining done to it. So as much 00:05:25.100 --> 00:05:27.699 as those are incredible, I want to try to come 00:05:27.699 --> 00:05:30.420 up with a list of songs that you could pair up 00:05:30.420 --> 00:05:33.839 against the original track, play them back to 00:05:33.839 --> 00:05:37.459 back, and get two completely different vibes, 00:05:37.759 --> 00:05:40.579 two completely different feelings, almost as 00:05:40.579 --> 00:05:43.300 if you're listening to two completely different 00:05:43.300 --> 00:05:47.250 songs. albeit by the same artist. And I think 00:05:47.250 --> 00:05:49.990 the first one that immediately jumps out to me, 00:05:50.110 --> 00:05:53.930 during the MTV Unplugged craze in the 90s, a 00:05:53.930 --> 00:05:58.189 lot of artists from my parents' era, the quote 00:05:58.189 --> 00:06:01.769 -unquote classic rock era, reinvented themselves 00:06:01.769 --> 00:06:07.490 in the 90s by having a hit moment via MTV Unplugged. 00:06:07.490 --> 00:06:11.300 Rod Stewart immediately comes to mind. Neil Young, 00:06:11.620 --> 00:06:15.439 Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, The Eagles, all 00:06:15.439 --> 00:06:19.300 of those happened. However, when you think about 00:06:19.300 --> 00:06:23.680 completely flipping a song on its side, the fact 00:06:23.680 --> 00:06:27.240 that this track on streaming starts with the 00:06:27.240 --> 00:06:31.420 words, see if you could spot this one. I have 00:06:31.420 --> 00:06:34.759 to start this playlist with Eric Clapton's Layla 00:06:34.759 --> 00:06:38.420 from his Unplugged album and his MTV Unplugged 00:06:38.420 --> 00:06:42.480 special. That version is so far removed from 00:06:42.480 --> 00:06:45.220 the original Derek and the Dominoes version that 00:06:45.220 --> 00:06:47.879 it almost takes you a moment to realize what's 00:06:47.879 --> 00:06:51.319 happening. The crowd is behind. As the riff starts, 00:06:51.519 --> 00:06:54.540 you can hear the applause kind of roll into the 00:06:54.540 --> 00:06:57.100 song because it took that extra split second 00:06:57.100 --> 00:06:59.319 for them to figure out what song he was playing. 00:06:59.600 --> 00:07:03.180 And as somebody who... had Derek and the Dominoes, 00:07:03.180 --> 00:07:06.399 Layla and other assorted love songs playing in 00:07:06.399 --> 00:07:09.620 a heavy rotation growing up via my parents. One 00:07:09.620 --> 00:07:12.639 of my first CDs was Eric Clapton's Timepieces, 00:07:12.660 --> 00:07:16.680 which had Layla on it. Hearing it this way completely 00:07:16.680 --> 00:07:19.680 blew my mind because I knew the song, but I never 00:07:19.680 --> 00:07:22.339 heard it like this before. And this one really 00:07:22.339 --> 00:07:26.139 jumped out to me. And I really feel like it reintroduced 00:07:26.139 --> 00:07:30.430 Eric Clapton to the 90s generation. Because here 00:07:30.430 --> 00:07:33.129 he was, one of these quote -unquote classic rock 00:07:33.129 --> 00:07:37.029 acts, using the popularity of MTV at the time. 00:07:37.110 --> 00:07:39.649 Which MTV is going away in a lot of countries 00:07:39.649 --> 00:07:43.329 right now. But during the 90s, MTV was the pulse 00:07:43.329 --> 00:07:46.870 of what was popular. And these classic rock acts 00:07:46.870 --> 00:07:51.550 used MTV Unplugged as a way to introduce themselves 00:07:51.550 --> 00:07:55.029 to a new generation who may not have been exposed 00:07:55.029 --> 00:07:58.399 to their music otherwise. The 90s were a really 00:07:58.399 --> 00:08:00.399 interesting time when you think about it, because 00:08:00.399 --> 00:08:02.819 there were people that would listen to just as 00:08:02.819 --> 00:08:05.220 much Neil Young as they would Pearl Jam. And 00:08:05.220 --> 00:08:07.600 then guess what happens? Pearl Jam and Neil Young 00:08:07.600 --> 00:08:09.920 come together to do an album together. There 00:08:09.920 --> 00:08:12.779 was a lot of cross -pollination of music, and 00:08:12.779 --> 00:08:16.199 MTV Unplugged played a huge part in it. But when 00:08:16.199 --> 00:08:18.480 you listen to the original version of Layla, 00:08:18.560 --> 00:08:21.540 and then you listen to what he did on the acoustic 00:08:21.540 --> 00:08:25.920 version. It is a complete remake of that song. 00:08:25.980 --> 00:08:28.220 You can play them back to back and they feel 00:08:28.220 --> 00:08:30.699 like two separate pieces of music. So that's 00:08:30.699 --> 00:08:34.039 kind of what I'm going for here. Coming out of 00:08:34.039 --> 00:08:36.960 Eric Clapton, I do want to throw in one that 00:08:36.960 --> 00:08:39.419 Colburn and Company has been playing actually 00:08:39.419 --> 00:08:43.120 both versions of for well over a decade. There's 00:08:43.120 --> 00:08:45.580 the original hit from one of my favorite albums 00:08:45.580 --> 00:08:48.710 of the 90s, August and Everything After. And 00:08:48.710 --> 00:08:51.110 then there's the slowed down reimagining that 00:08:51.110 --> 00:08:53.629 you can find on Across the Wire live in New York 00:08:53.629 --> 00:08:56.850 City. But actually, I'm going to go with a different 00:08:56.850 --> 00:08:59.169 album, which is my personal favorite version 00:08:59.169 --> 00:09:02.789 of this song. It's from New Amsterdam, live at 00:09:02.789 --> 00:09:06.049 Heineken Music Hall. This one was released after 00:09:06.049 --> 00:09:08.690 I was married, so I want to say it was 2005 or 00:09:08.690 --> 00:09:12.330 2006. Don't quote me on that. But it's Counting 00:09:12.330 --> 00:09:16.590 Crows and Rain King. a staple of their live set 00:09:16.590 --> 00:09:19.789 for many, many years. Season one, there is an 00:09:19.789 --> 00:09:22.450 album dive on August and Everything After where 00:09:22.450 --> 00:09:24.769 I had the original Counting Crows drummer, Steve 00:09:24.769 --> 00:09:27.370 Bowman, on the show. And we actually talked about 00:09:27.370 --> 00:09:30.269 the fact that they played these two versions. 00:09:30.350 --> 00:09:32.629 And I don't want to spoil it now. Go back and 00:09:32.629 --> 00:09:36.230 check that episode out. But Rain King is this 00:09:36.230 --> 00:09:40.429 really upbeat, poppy Counting Crows song. But 00:09:40.429 --> 00:09:42.769 then you listen to the slowed down version that 00:09:42.769 --> 00:09:45.549 you get on either Across a Wire or New Amsterdam, 00:09:45.710 --> 00:09:50.570 and it's stripped down to a slower, drawn out 00:09:50.570 --> 00:09:54.389 ballad. And you really get drawn into the lyrics 00:09:54.389 --> 00:09:57.110 of this version. And that's something that really 00:09:57.110 --> 00:09:59.809 resonates with me, especially when it comes to 00:09:59.809 --> 00:10:02.929 The Counting Crows. Adam's lyrics are such a 00:10:02.929 --> 00:10:05.950 huge part of what makes me love this band. And 00:10:05.950 --> 00:10:08.070 on the original, sure, I know all the words and 00:10:08.070 --> 00:10:10.710 I sing along with all of them. But when you listen 00:10:10.710 --> 00:10:14.470 to it slowed down, the lyrics really sink in. 00:10:15.149 --> 00:10:18.110 And the song just becomes a different animal. 00:10:18.350 --> 00:10:21.269 And to me, that's where the quote unquote remake 00:10:21.269 --> 00:10:24.169 and reimagining comes into play. And I'll tell 00:10:24.169 --> 00:10:26.990 you, Eric Clapton into Counting Crows in the 00:10:26.990 --> 00:10:31.210 90s. That's MTV right there. That's not even 00:10:31.210 --> 00:10:34.159 a jump musically. Because in the 90s, like I 00:10:34.159 --> 00:10:36.960 said, classic rock artists were just as welcome 00:10:36.960 --> 00:10:40.179 on MTV as the up -and -coming artists. There 00:10:40.179 --> 00:10:43.519 was such a cross -pollination of it that I feel 00:10:43.519 --> 00:10:46.000 like that's something that gets lost now because 00:10:46.000 --> 00:10:48.980 the only way cross -pollination in music happens 00:10:48.980 --> 00:10:52.220 now is if young people are getting exposed to 00:10:52.220 --> 00:10:55.399 these songs on TikTok. Because TikTok is now, 00:10:55.480 --> 00:10:59.100 I hate to say it, your new MTV. But Rain King 00:10:59.100 --> 00:11:03.019 is such a classic Counting Crows song. And, you 00:11:03.019 --> 00:11:04.799 know, look, at the end of the slow versions, 00:11:04.879 --> 00:11:08.320 he doesn't do the yeah. So thank God for that, 00:11:08.399 --> 00:11:10.120 because I think that would kill it. Although 00:11:10.120 --> 00:11:12.100 we've done that a few times doing it live just 00:11:12.100 --> 00:11:14.299 to see if anybody was paying attention. And that 00:11:14.299 --> 00:11:18.240 always goes over well. But Rain King out of Layla 00:11:18.240 --> 00:11:20.879 to start this acoustic reimaginings playlist 00:11:20.879 --> 00:11:25.059 off. And now I'm in a real 90s mood here. And 00:11:25.059 --> 00:11:28.039 I could very easily just stay. in the nineties 00:11:28.039 --> 00:11:31.759 MTV unplugged and crank out a 10 song playlist 00:11:31.759 --> 00:11:34.600 that will make perfect sense here. But we'll 00:11:34.600 --> 00:11:36.740 see where that goes. Cause I have way too many 00:11:36.740 --> 00:11:38.820 songs in this playlist that I want to kind of 00:11:38.820 --> 00:11:40.740 branch out of the nineties a little bit, but 00:11:40.740 --> 00:11:42.980 for now I'm going to stay here because I like 00:11:42.980 --> 00:11:45.080 where we're going right now. And I'm going to 00:11:45.080 --> 00:11:47.399 do something similar to rain King, where I take 00:11:47.399 --> 00:11:51.639 an upbeat, faster song and slow it down. Only 00:11:51.639 --> 00:11:54.860 this time it's going to be a heavier quote unquote 00:11:54.860 --> 00:11:58.980 song. that is stripped down to its core and made 00:11:58.980 --> 00:12:03.759 slow, where, once again, you really have to pay 00:12:03.759 --> 00:12:05.799 attention to the lyrics. And the lyrics in this 00:12:05.799 --> 00:12:08.539 song stand out no matter what version you're 00:12:08.539 --> 00:12:12.139 listening to. Sorry, Dave Coulier, but we are 00:12:12.139 --> 00:12:14.240 going to go with Alanis Morissette's You Oughta 00:12:14.240 --> 00:12:17.759 Know, originally from Jagged Little Pill. The 00:12:17.759 --> 00:12:20.419 live unplugged version is the version that you 00:12:20.419 --> 00:12:23.419 will find on streaming. Here is where I have 00:12:23.419 --> 00:12:26.960 to say... Streaming gets a thumbs down for me 00:12:26.960 --> 00:12:32.580 and my physical media collection is the jackpot 00:12:32.580 --> 00:12:37.559 because only available on the ironic import CD 00:12:37.559 --> 00:12:40.159 single. Do those words make sense to anybody 00:12:40.159 --> 00:12:44.539 out there? Import CD single. Kids in the 90s, 00:12:44.539 --> 00:12:48.480 for some reason, overseas got CD singles that 00:12:48.480 --> 00:12:51.519 featured songs that you could not get on CD here 00:12:51.519 --> 00:12:54.870 in the US. And a lot of stores like Tower Records, 00:12:55.029 --> 00:12:57.610 Sam Goody Record Town had a small section of 00:12:57.610 --> 00:13:01.669 import CDs. And one of the ones that I immediately 00:13:01.669 --> 00:13:06.409 grabbed was the import CD single of Ironic because 00:13:06.409 --> 00:13:10.070 one of the bonus tracks was Alanis' performance 00:13:10.070 --> 00:13:15.330 from the 38th Annual Grammy Awards. Now, it is 00:13:15.330 --> 00:13:17.970 very similar to the version on the Unplugged 00:13:17.970 --> 00:13:21.120 album, but there was something about... the Grammy 00:13:21.120 --> 00:13:24.299 Awards performance that hit me the first time 00:13:24.299 --> 00:13:27.720 I heard it, and I never looked back from that 00:13:27.720 --> 00:13:32.639 version. It is so vulnerable. The lyrics on the 00:13:32.639 --> 00:13:36.299 original are vulnerable as it is, but when you 00:13:36.299 --> 00:13:40.220 hear her singing it in such a soft, mellow tone, 00:13:40.419 --> 00:13:44.179 the anger behind the lyrics and what she's saying 00:13:44.179 --> 00:13:48.320 just takes on a whole new meaning. The graphic 00:13:48.320 --> 00:13:52.519 nature of the lyrics stick out even more than 00:13:52.519 --> 00:13:55.720 they do on the original heavy version, because 00:13:55.720 --> 00:13:58.460 as much as I love the heavy version, you got 00:13:58.460 --> 00:14:01.840 Flea laying down that incredible bass line, but 00:14:01.840 --> 00:14:04.720 you're rocking out to the song. That is why it's 00:14:04.720 --> 00:14:07.039 one of her biggest hits. Yeah, you're paying 00:14:07.039 --> 00:14:10.100 attention to the lyrics, but when she's really 00:14:10.100 --> 00:14:12.519 taking it down to just a piano and her voice, 00:14:12.740 --> 00:14:15.200 you're forced to listen to the words and hear 00:14:15.200 --> 00:14:17.850 what she has to say. And you can play these two 00:14:17.850 --> 00:14:21.330 back to back and get two completely different 00:14:21.330 --> 00:14:24.590 versions, similar to Rain King, maybe even a 00:14:24.590 --> 00:14:26.669 step more because of the graphic nature of the 00:14:26.669 --> 00:14:30.529 song. But now that I've got the female contingent 00:14:30.529 --> 00:14:33.289 started on this playlist, I want to stay with 00:14:33.289 --> 00:14:36.330 that. And when I think about female acoustic 00:14:36.330 --> 00:14:41.049 performances in the 90s, you have to do a record 00:14:41.049 --> 00:14:45.929 scratch right at Heart's The Road Home. This 00:14:45.929 --> 00:14:50.370 is Anne and Nancy Wilson at their best. John 00:14:50.370 --> 00:14:54.769 Paul Jones produced this acoustic show for MTV. 00:14:54.870 --> 00:14:59.090 He plays bass on it. This is such an incredible 00:14:59.090 --> 00:15:04.309 moment in time. It sounds like a studio album 00:15:04.309 --> 00:15:08.259 done live. It is so... Perfect. The performance 00:15:08.259 --> 00:15:12.779 backed by the symphony orchestra behind the acoustic 00:15:12.779 --> 00:15:17.059 setting of the band. You had the dimly lit candles 00:15:17.059 --> 00:15:20.700 hanging around the stage, setting the scene, 00:15:20.840 --> 00:15:23.480 the carpeting on the ground. It felt like you 00:15:23.480 --> 00:15:26.820 were in this living room performance, sitting 00:15:26.820 --> 00:15:30.519 with them in front of you, giving you this moment 00:15:30.519 --> 00:15:35.710 in time that is. just on a completely different 00:15:35.710 --> 00:15:38.570 level than anything you'd heard from them in 00:15:38.570 --> 00:15:42.389 the past. Now, mind you, this is a classic rock 00:15:42.389 --> 00:15:46.610 act that somehow reinvented themselves in the 00:15:46.610 --> 00:15:49.610 80s with the teased -up hair. They had enough 00:15:49.610 --> 00:15:53.690 Aquanet in their hair during the self -titled 00:15:53.690 --> 00:15:56.850 album and Bad Animals that could probably kill 00:15:56.850 --> 00:15:59.690 the ozone layer, but then they stripped it back 00:15:59.690 --> 00:16:03.220 down. and The Road Home took one of their biggest 00:16:03.220 --> 00:16:07.059 hits from the 80s, their take on I -10's Alone. 00:16:07.539 --> 00:16:10.899 Yes, Alone is a cover song. I've said this every 00:16:10.899 --> 00:16:12.720 time I've talked about this song on the podcast, 00:16:12.980 --> 00:16:15.559 but in case you haven't heard my spiel yet, the 00:16:15.559 --> 00:16:18.580 Cliff Notes version, it was originally recorded 00:16:18.580 --> 00:16:23.399 in the early 80s by I -10, and then Valerie Stevenson 00:16:23.399 --> 00:16:27.259 and John Stamos, yes, Uncle Jesse, recorded a 00:16:27.259 --> 00:16:30.500 version for a CBS show called Dreams. But then 00:16:30.500 --> 00:16:35.980 in 1987, On Bad Animals Heart made the song Theirs. 00:16:36.000 --> 00:16:39.820 However, that was the 80s power ballad version. 00:16:40.059 --> 00:16:44.740 And by 1995, power ballads were no longer the 00:16:44.740 --> 00:16:48.220 in sound. Not only were they not the in sound, 00:16:48.460 --> 00:16:51.480 they were almost mocked because of the whole 00:16:51.480 --> 00:16:55.600 Nirvana killed that hair band sound of the 80s. 00:16:55.600 --> 00:16:59.659 We're now in the 90s grunge movement era. And 00:16:59.659 --> 00:17:03.320 somehow Heart was able to take their sound, pulling 00:17:03.320 --> 00:17:06.720 songs from their 70s catalog and 80s catalog, 00:17:06.920 --> 00:17:10.460 and making them sound like they fit in with everything 00:17:10.460 --> 00:17:13.740 that was out in the 90s. Unplugged was still 00:17:13.740 --> 00:17:17.900 all the rage and their version of Alone. Again, 00:17:18.000 --> 00:17:21.059 this is probably the closest thing that I would 00:17:21.059 --> 00:17:25.440 say, yes, it's remade, not so much reimagined. 00:17:25.440 --> 00:17:28.859 It is slower. Then the power ballad version. 00:17:29.480 --> 00:17:34.440 But again, it's a focus on the vocals and vocals 00:17:34.440 --> 00:17:38.619 in this song. Make the hair on my arms stand 00:17:38.619 --> 00:17:41.779 up. It puts a lump in my throat. I mean, this 00:17:41.779 --> 00:17:46.299 is a powerful live performance. Her voice. This 00:17:46.299 --> 00:17:49.779 might be one of her all time best live performances. 00:17:49.859 --> 00:17:52.420 And I'm putting that up against her version of 00:17:52.420 --> 00:17:55.440 Stairway to Heaven from the Kennedy Center Honors 00:17:55.440 --> 00:17:59.380 performance. This version of Alone is just on 00:17:59.380 --> 00:18:02.319 another level. Then you add the fact that John 00:18:02.319 --> 00:18:04.779 Paul Jones is walking his bass through the song, 00:18:04.839 --> 00:18:07.859 being a bass player, and Ramble On by Led Zeppelin 00:18:07.859 --> 00:18:10.299 being one of my favorite bass lines of all time. 00:18:10.500 --> 00:18:14.420 Hearing him work his magic in this song. Just, 00:18:14.420 --> 00:18:17.099 oh my God, these two versions, I can listen to 00:18:17.099 --> 00:18:19.859 the Bad Animals version and the Road Home version 00:18:19.859 --> 00:18:22.799 back to back. Yes, they're similar, but they 00:18:22.799 --> 00:18:24.940 hit me in a different way. So I feel like this 00:18:24.940 --> 00:18:29.579 one deserves to be on this playlist. But because 00:18:29.579 --> 00:18:32.900 Alone is a cover song, I feel like I can dive 00:18:32.900 --> 00:18:35.099 into that well just one more time and add in 00:18:35.099 --> 00:18:37.500 a second cover song, but bring us into the modern 00:18:37.500 --> 00:18:40.519 era now. Because I have touched on a ton of 90s 00:18:40.519 --> 00:18:42.380 stuff and I want to bring in some newer bands. 00:18:43.049 --> 00:18:45.049 Well, I mean, this band's been around for 20 00:18:45.049 --> 00:18:47.690 plus years, but as far as I'm concerned, they're 00:18:47.690 --> 00:18:50.349 so frigging underrated. This is one of those 00:18:50.349 --> 00:18:52.910 bands that I feel like should be on every Southern 00:18:52.910 --> 00:18:56.710 rock fans radar. And if they aren't, it's a crime. 00:18:56.950 --> 00:18:59.910 I was blessed enough to have Paul Jackson on 00:18:59.910 --> 00:19:02.890 for an episode during season one. And yes, I 00:19:02.890 --> 00:19:06.049 am talking about Blackberry Smoke and I am going 00:19:06.049 --> 00:19:08.789 to go with their cover of, well, you know, it's 00:19:08.789 --> 00:19:11.250 my favorite artist of all time. And when a new 00:19:11.250 --> 00:19:14.299 band that I am fond of, covers my favorite artist 00:19:14.299 --> 00:19:17.619 of all time, reimagines my favorite artist all 00:19:17.619 --> 00:19:21.599 time, and gives me goosebumps, it has to be included 00:19:21.599 --> 00:19:25.680 on this list. So following up Hearts Alone, I 00:19:25.680 --> 00:19:28.880 am going with Blackberry Smoke featuring Amanda 00:19:28.880 --> 00:19:32.920 Shires on violin and their cover of You Got Lucky 00:19:32.920 --> 00:19:37.279 from Tom Petty's Long After Dark album. You Got 00:19:37.279 --> 00:19:40.839 Lucky is a quintessential 80s Tom Petty song. 00:19:41.369 --> 00:19:43.950 Yet when I listen to Blackberry Smoke's version, 00:19:44.049 --> 00:19:46.410 if someone said to me, hey, this band just wrote 00:19:46.410 --> 00:19:49.049 and recorded this song in 2018, that was the 00:19:49.049 --> 00:19:51.910 year the Southern Ground Sessions came out, I 00:19:51.910 --> 00:19:55.789 would 100 % believe you. They do such an incredible 00:19:55.789 --> 00:19:59.170 job on this song. And once again, it's a slowed 00:19:59.170 --> 00:20:02.410 down version. And it really makes you listen 00:20:02.410 --> 00:20:05.170 to the lyrics. And it really makes you listen 00:20:05.170 --> 00:20:10.049 to the melody. Amanda Shire's violin is so soothing. 00:20:10.569 --> 00:20:14.109 It just glides you through the song. And I don't 00:20:14.109 --> 00:20:16.049 want to give too much away because I want you 00:20:16.049 --> 00:20:18.630 to go back and listen to the ultimate Blackberry 00:20:18.630 --> 00:20:22.569 Smoke playlist episode. But one spoiler out of 00:20:22.569 --> 00:20:25.569 20 songs, we do talk about this song in that 00:20:25.569 --> 00:20:28.450 episode. And I would much rather you hear the 00:20:28.450 --> 00:20:30.869 story come out of Paul's mouth than mine because 00:20:30.869 --> 00:20:34.369 he lived it. I'm just enjoying every moment of 00:20:34.369 --> 00:20:38.349 it. That said, this is just one of those covers 00:20:38.349 --> 00:20:41.490 that... I put it neck and neck with the original. 00:20:41.569 --> 00:20:43.950 Now, Tom Petty's my favorite artist of all time. 00:20:44.150 --> 00:20:47.269 So for me to say that, that's how absolutely 00:20:47.269 --> 00:20:49.730 incredible I think this version is. And if you 00:20:49.730 --> 00:20:52.470 haven't heard it, you owe it to yourself to press 00:20:52.470 --> 00:20:55.710 pause, not stop, press pause, and head over to 00:20:55.710 --> 00:20:58.529 myweeklymixtape .com to listen to this song right 00:20:58.529 --> 00:21:00.950 now because I have the playlist embedded on the 00:21:00.950 --> 00:21:03.910 episode page. And just for a recap, we started 00:21:03.910 --> 00:21:07.269 things off with Eric Clapton's Layla, Counting 00:21:07.269 --> 00:21:10.670 Crows' Rain King, Alanis Morissette's You Oughta 00:21:10.670 --> 00:21:14.309 Know, Hearts Alone, and Blackberry Smoke's cover 00:21:14.309 --> 00:21:17.049 of Tom Petty's You Got Lucky. Once again, that 00:21:17.049 --> 00:21:20.369 playlist is embedded on the episode page over 00:21:20.369 --> 00:21:25.650 at myweeklymixtape .com. And with that, now I 00:21:25.650 --> 00:21:27.849 am going to start with the second half of this 00:21:27.849 --> 00:21:30.509 playlist. And I feel like, yes, I'm going to 00:21:30.509 --> 00:21:33.069 go back to the 90s, but we have to talk at least 00:21:33.069 --> 00:21:35.789 one of the big four of grunge. Because when you 00:21:35.789 --> 00:21:39.990 think about Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Alice in Chains, 00:21:40.230 --> 00:21:43.630 Stone Temple Pilots, and I'll stop myself in 00:21:43.630 --> 00:21:46.650 my tracks right there to say I understand that 00:21:46.650 --> 00:21:48.910 Soundgarden is part of the Big Four when you 00:21:48.910 --> 00:21:52.650 talk about Seattle grunge. However, Soundgarden 00:21:52.650 --> 00:21:57.029 never did an MTV Unplugged, so I am using Nirvana, 00:21:57.369 --> 00:22:01.130 Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, and Stone Temple 00:22:01.130 --> 00:22:04.930 Pilots in this Big Four scenario. However, those 00:22:04.930 --> 00:22:08.470 four bands, again, with no disrespect to Soundgarden, 00:22:08.759 --> 00:22:12.299 were all huge parts of the grunge scene as well 00:22:12.299 --> 00:22:16.160 as the unplugged acoustic scene. I can choose 00:22:16.160 --> 00:22:19.819 one from any of those bands and it easily will 00:22:19.819 --> 00:22:22.480 slide right in. I think the one I'm going to 00:22:22.480 --> 00:22:25.579 go with, though, was a bit of a reimagining again. 00:22:25.799 --> 00:22:27.680 Because I'm trying to think, when I think about 00:22:27.680 --> 00:22:30.400 Alice in Chains Unplugged, as much as I love 00:22:30.400 --> 00:22:33.880 the performance on that album and Nirvana and 00:22:33.880 --> 00:22:36.700 Pearl Jam's Unplugged, they were faithful to 00:22:36.700 --> 00:22:40.190 the originals. played acoustically. However, 00:22:40.450 --> 00:22:44.109 when Stone Temple Pilots did plush acoustically 00:22:44.109 --> 00:22:47.990 and slowed it down, and Scott Weiland's vocals 00:22:47.990 --> 00:22:51.789 layered over to DeLeo Brothers' guitar work, 00:22:52.029 --> 00:22:57.109 it's just so sonic. There's so many layers in 00:22:57.109 --> 00:23:02.089 this simplistic version. It has more depth than 00:23:02.089 --> 00:23:04.430 the original because the distortion kind of brings 00:23:04.430 --> 00:23:07.269 everything to the center on the studio track. 00:23:07.789 --> 00:23:10.250 This one opens up and it feels like the band 00:23:10.250 --> 00:23:13.430 is sitting around you and surrounding you with 00:23:13.430 --> 00:23:17.789 the song. And the lyrics really just cut you 00:23:17.789 --> 00:23:21.170 when you listen to this. And it feels so vulnerable. 00:23:21.509 --> 00:23:26.029 And once again, I had to seek it out on an import 00:23:26.029 --> 00:23:29.630 CD single back in the 90s, long prior to the 00:23:29.630 --> 00:23:32.089 Thank You Greatest Hits compilation. You had 00:23:32.089 --> 00:23:35.250 to find it on the Sex Type Thing CD single. And 00:23:35.250 --> 00:23:37.619 I think that CD single at the time was... Well 00:23:37.619 --> 00:23:40.920 over $10, and it was only a couple tracks. But 00:23:40.920 --> 00:23:45.019 to me, worth every, now, apologize for the pun 00:23:45.019 --> 00:23:48.799 here, pretty penny I spent on it, because this 00:23:48.799 --> 00:23:53.259 version is truly one for the ages. So much so 00:23:53.259 --> 00:23:56.240 that I feel like I was validated when they included 00:23:56.240 --> 00:24:00.579 it on the Thank You compilation. Now, a lot of 00:24:00.579 --> 00:24:02.319 the songs I've been talking about tonight so 00:24:02.319 --> 00:24:06.400 far have been hits. And this next song I feel 00:24:06.400 --> 00:24:10.180 is a hit, but I feel like people that are outside 00:24:10.180 --> 00:24:13.880 of the heavier music community might not see 00:24:13.880 --> 00:24:17.279 this one as much of a hit. This might be to the 00:24:17.279 --> 00:24:20.420 mainstream audience, the deep cut of my 10 song 00:24:20.420 --> 00:24:23.119 playlist. And I'm perfectly okay with that. I 00:24:23.119 --> 00:24:24.980 know there's a lot of people that listen to heavier 00:24:24.980 --> 00:24:28.339 music on here and heavier music sometimes doesn't 00:24:28.339 --> 00:24:31.279 translate well acoustically. However, there is 00:24:31.279 --> 00:24:34.710 a band that I feel could easily be. the most 00:24:34.710 --> 00:24:38.789 underrated. I'll include them in new metal. Although 00:24:38.789 --> 00:24:42.150 I considered him to be much more than that from 00:24:42.150 --> 00:24:45.890 that genre as a whole. And that's going to be 00:24:45.890 --> 00:24:51.490 seven dust. Lejean's vocals are something that 00:24:51.490 --> 00:24:55.730 should be studied. He can do the heaviest of 00:24:55.730 --> 00:25:01.210 heavy and take it down to something that pulls 00:25:01.210 --> 00:25:05.400 at your heartstrings. The guy's got a range unlike 00:25:05.400 --> 00:25:09.099 anything I've ever heard. And there's a reason 00:25:09.099 --> 00:25:14.299 why so many heavy bands look up to Seven Dust. 00:25:14.460 --> 00:25:17.960 It's why when they're the opening band on the 00:25:17.960 --> 00:25:21.579 bill, people are packed in the house to see them. 00:25:21.779 --> 00:25:26.319 I have never seen Seven Dust disappoint any audience 00:25:26.319 --> 00:25:30.579 in all the times I've seen them. Now, in 2004, 00:25:30.819 --> 00:25:33.400 they released an album, Southside Double Wide 00:25:33.400 --> 00:25:36.680 Acoustic Live. However, I'm going to jump a decade 00:25:36.680 --> 00:25:39.960 further and go with their Time Travelers and 00:25:39.960 --> 00:25:42.640 Bonfires album that they recorded in studio. 00:25:42.839 --> 00:25:46.980 It was a split album, all acoustic. It was six 00:25:46.980 --> 00:25:51.609 re -recorded songs and six brand new songs. The 00:25:51.609 --> 00:25:54.109 album was recorded at Architect Studios, which 00:25:54.109 --> 00:25:56.529 is up in New Jersey. That has nothing to do with 00:25:56.529 --> 00:25:58.529 this, but considering it's from my area, I'd 00:25:58.529 --> 00:26:01.769 like to point that out. And they closed the album 00:26:01.769 --> 00:26:06.529 with an incredible reimagining of the opening 00:26:06.529 --> 00:26:11.009 song from their self -titled album, Black. And 00:26:11.009 --> 00:26:14.750 when you listen to this version, yes, it's acoustic, 00:26:14.970 --> 00:26:20.009 but it is just as heavy as the original electric 00:26:20.009 --> 00:26:24.180 version. but it's heavy in a completely different 00:26:24.180 --> 00:26:29.059 way. The original makes you want to run through 00:26:29.059 --> 00:26:33.180 a wall. The version on Time Travelers and Bonfires 00:26:33.180 --> 00:26:39.539 cuts into your soul, and it is so powerful. You 00:26:39.539 --> 00:26:42.319 listen to them back to back. Obviously, the chorus, 00:26:42.420 --> 00:26:47.099 it sang similarly, but it is two different vibes, 00:26:47.200 --> 00:26:49.119 and the fact that they were able to take this 00:26:49.119 --> 00:26:53.410 incredible... song from their catalog and reimagine 00:26:53.410 --> 00:26:55.890 it the way that they did i don't think i could 00:26:55.890 --> 00:26:58.869 do this playlist without talking about this song 00:26:58.869 --> 00:27:02.670 so time travelers and bonfires if you're a fan 00:27:02.670 --> 00:27:04.609 of seven dust and you haven't heard this album 00:27:04.609 --> 00:27:08.230 you need you you owe it to yourself to give it 00:27:08.230 --> 00:27:11.250 a full listen yes it's not as heavy as what you 00:27:11.250 --> 00:27:13.869 expect from all their stuff But if you're familiar 00:27:13.869 --> 00:27:16.730 with Southside Double Wide Acoustic Live, you 00:27:16.730 --> 00:27:19.269 already know that Seven Dust can bring it acoustically 00:27:19.269 --> 00:27:24.130 just as heavy as they can do electric. Now, I've 00:27:24.130 --> 00:27:26.230 been staying kind of on this entire playlist 00:27:26.230 --> 00:27:28.650 from the 90s up. I want to dip back a little 00:27:28.650 --> 00:27:31.549 bit. I want to go back to the late 80s here. 00:27:32.630 --> 00:27:36.569 And we're going to stay heavy. Because when you 00:27:36.569 --> 00:27:38.730 have one of the biggest hard rock albums of the 00:27:38.730 --> 00:27:42.470 80s come out in 1987, that's Appetite for Destruction. 00:27:42.839 --> 00:27:46.279 and you follow it up with a split EP, half live 00:27:46.279 --> 00:27:50.700 and half acoustic, GNR Lies, you have my attention. 00:27:51.519 --> 00:27:54.660 And the attention you have is when you take one 00:27:54.660 --> 00:27:57.839 of the heaviest songs on Appetite, You're Crazy, 00:27:58.079 --> 00:28:02.400 and you strip it down to a bluesy acoustic jam. 00:28:03.720 --> 00:28:07.079 It sounds like the band is sitting around a campfire, 00:28:07.319 --> 00:28:11.809 having a couple drinks, and just... Getting into 00:28:11.809 --> 00:28:15.049 a groove on a song that normally wouldn't groove 00:28:15.049 --> 00:28:20.509 the way it does on Appetite. Once again, bringing 00:28:20.509 --> 00:28:23.910 your attention to the lyrics. However, don't 00:28:23.910 --> 00:28:26.390 be fooled by the fact that it's slow and bluesy 00:28:26.390 --> 00:28:28.829 because some of the high notes that Axl hits 00:28:28.829 --> 00:28:33.670 in that are just as electric as the version on 00:28:33.670 --> 00:28:35.710 Appetite for Destruction. And I'm going to go 00:28:35.710 --> 00:28:38.349 out on a limb here. I'll be curious if people 00:28:38.349 --> 00:28:42.269 agree with me or disagree with me. But I personally 00:28:42.269 --> 00:28:46.930 prefer the version on GNR Lies over the Appetite 00:28:46.930 --> 00:28:49.490 for Destruction version. Now, let me say this. 00:28:49.910 --> 00:28:53.990 The GNR Lies version does not belong on Appetite 00:28:53.990 --> 00:28:56.589 for Destruction. The version they have on that 00:28:56.589 --> 00:29:00.009 album is perfect for Appetite. But if you put 00:29:00.009 --> 00:29:03.589 the songs back to back, GNR Lies version for 00:29:03.589 --> 00:29:06.490 some reason just takes the cake for me. I'd be 00:29:06.490 --> 00:29:09.430 curious if you feel the same. So please keep 00:29:09.430 --> 00:29:12.829 this conversation going, myweeklymixtape at gmail 00:29:12.829 --> 00:29:16.109 .com or at myweeklymixtape on all the socials. 00:29:16.109 --> 00:29:18.230 Which version do you like better? And I'm sure 00:29:18.230 --> 00:29:20.289 a lot of people might lean towards Appetite. 00:29:20.329 --> 00:29:23.170 And honestly, I can't argue it. They're both 00:29:23.170 --> 00:29:25.609 incredible versions, but there's just something 00:29:25.609 --> 00:29:28.930 that's so raw. They're both raw. They really 00:29:28.930 --> 00:29:31.769 are. But there's something acoustically that 00:29:31.769 --> 00:29:35.420 makes it even more raw. It feels the lyrics in 00:29:35.420 --> 00:29:38.299 it feel more guttural coming out of Axl on the 00:29:38.299 --> 00:29:41.400 version on lies. Some of you might agree with 00:29:41.400 --> 00:29:43.420 me. Some of you might disagree with me. And this 00:29:43.420 --> 00:29:45.880 is one of those situations that I think no matter 00:29:45.880 --> 00:29:47.960 which side of the argument you stand on, we're 00:29:47.960 --> 00:29:50.440 all winners because both versions kick absolute 00:29:50.440 --> 00:29:52.960 ass. But you know what? I'm going to take it 00:29:52.960 --> 00:29:55.059 even a step further, and I'm going to throw a 00:29:55.059 --> 00:29:58.559 poll up on the episode page at myweeklymixtape 00:29:58.559 --> 00:30:01.259 .com. I want to know which version of You're 00:30:01.259 --> 00:30:04.240 Crazy the Mixtapers do prefer. Is it the version 00:30:04.240 --> 00:30:07.200 from Appetite for Destruction or GNR Lies? So 00:30:07.200 --> 00:30:09.720 head over to the episode page and throw a vote 00:30:09.720 --> 00:30:12.799 at the one you prefer more. Again, no right or 00:30:12.799 --> 00:30:14.579 wrong answers here because I love them both. 00:30:14.759 --> 00:30:17.099 But let's see what everyone else has to say. 00:30:18.359 --> 00:30:22.140 Now I'm scrolling through my playlist here. Because 00:30:22.140 --> 00:30:26.960 I'm trying to find... Here it is. Okay. Like 00:30:26.960 --> 00:30:30.440 I said, I enjoy the GNRLies version of You're 00:30:30.440 --> 00:30:35.799 Crazy more than the Appetite version. Not by 00:30:35.799 --> 00:30:39.920 much, but just edges it out. And here's another 00:30:39.920 --> 00:30:42.099 instance that that happens for me. And the reason 00:30:42.099 --> 00:30:44.019 I had to look it up is because I couldn't tell 00:30:44.019 --> 00:30:48.079 you this EP's name off the top of my head. It's 00:30:48.079 --> 00:30:51.339 known as B -Sides from 1x1, but I had to read 00:30:51.339 --> 00:30:57.660 it. It's called 00020225. And I'm going to go 00:30:57.660 --> 00:31:00.519 with the Foo Fighters acoustic version of Times 00:31:00.519 --> 00:31:04.799 Like These. I understand that people love Times 00:31:04.799 --> 00:31:07.720 Like These as the fast version with Taylor Hawkins' 00:31:07.839 --> 00:31:11.200 incredible drums and the energy that that song 00:31:11.200 --> 00:31:15.430 brings. The studio version on 1x1 rocks more. 00:31:15.529 --> 00:31:20.250 I'll never argue that. But times like these from 00:31:20.250 --> 00:31:26.650 this EP hits me harder in the feels. And this 00:31:26.650 --> 00:31:28.970 is one that I would love to know from Foo Fighter 00:31:28.970 --> 00:31:32.890 fans because times like these is one of the band's 00:31:32.890 --> 00:31:36.630 biggest hits. And this, along with Everlong, 00:31:36.930 --> 00:31:41.440 have been done fully acoustic and slow. And they've 00:31:41.440 --> 00:31:44.900 both been done in that half acoustic, half slow, 00:31:44.980 --> 00:31:48.000 half rock and half fast version where they're, 00:31:48.000 --> 00:31:51.059 the two are kind of merged together. So I'd be 00:31:51.059 --> 00:31:54.480 very curious where Foo Fighters fans stand on 00:31:54.480 --> 00:31:57.160 this. I tend to lean more towards the acoustic 00:31:57.160 --> 00:32:00.299 one because the lyrics really grab and resonate 00:32:00.299 --> 00:32:03.519 with me more, but in zero disrespect to the rock 00:32:03.519 --> 00:32:05.799 and version, because of course I always want 00:32:05.799 --> 00:32:09.119 to rock out too. But for this playlist. I feel 00:32:09.119 --> 00:32:12.839 like this version fits in really, really well 00:32:12.839 --> 00:32:16.059 coming out of the heavier side with Seven Dust 00:32:16.059 --> 00:32:19.420 and GNR. And now we're bringing it back down 00:32:19.420 --> 00:32:21.819 a little bit. And you know what? Hopefully I 00:32:21.819 --> 00:32:23.819 remember to do all this by the time the episode 00:32:23.819 --> 00:32:26.599 launches. I'm going to put another poll on the 00:32:26.599 --> 00:32:29.980 episode page. I'll be curious which version of 00:32:29.980 --> 00:32:33.180 times like these you like better, the one by 00:32:33.180 --> 00:32:36.460 one version or the acoustic EP version. So I'll 00:32:36.460 --> 00:32:39.480 throw that up on there as well. Once again, that's 00:32:39.480 --> 00:32:42.579 myweeklymixtape .com in case you forgot the last 00:32:42.579 --> 00:32:45.420 five times I mentioned him. And now we're at 00:32:45.420 --> 00:32:48.940 the point to the last song of this playlist. 00:32:49.559 --> 00:32:51.859 And we talked about this artist before because 00:32:51.859 --> 00:32:54.240 we ended the first side with Blackberry Smokes' 00:32:54.359 --> 00:32:56.839 You Got Lucky. Did you really think I was going 00:32:56.839 --> 00:32:59.480 to do an acoustic remakes and reimaginings playlist 00:32:59.480 --> 00:33:03.259 and not include Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' 00:33:03.319 --> 00:33:07.299 Learning to Fly from 2006's Bonnaroo performance? 00:33:08.089 --> 00:33:11.109 That's featured on the live anthology. I talked 00:33:11.109 --> 00:33:13.829 about this song on the spellbinding episode of 00:33:13.829 --> 00:33:17.609 season one. This version makes the hair on my 00:33:17.609 --> 00:33:21.150 arm stand up every single time I hear it. Stevie 00:33:21.150 --> 00:33:25.890 Nicks with her majestic background vocals, slowing 00:33:25.890 --> 00:33:30.569 this fun and upbeat song down to almost a gospel 00:33:30.569 --> 00:33:34.029 nature. To me, it's the perfect way to close 00:33:34.029 --> 00:33:37.559 out this 10 song reimagining playlist. It's the 00:33:37.559 --> 00:33:40.559 opening track on Into the Great Wide Open. And 00:33:40.559 --> 00:33:43.880 it's the closing track on this Acoustic Remakes 00:33:43.880 --> 00:33:46.880 and Reimaginings playlist. This version, the 00:33:46.880 --> 00:33:50.319 video, is up on YouTube. And at the end, Tom 00:33:50.319 --> 00:33:53.299 is singing the chorus over and over again with 00:33:53.299 --> 00:33:56.220 the audience singing it back. And once the audience 00:33:56.220 --> 00:33:59.680 takes the chorus over, Tom starts riffing over 00:33:59.680 --> 00:34:03.039 the audience. And it is so beautiful. It is literally 00:34:03.039 --> 00:34:07.720 like Tom is... preaching the gospel of music 00:34:07.720 --> 00:34:12.059 to this amazing audience. I had the chance on 00:34:12.059 --> 00:34:15.280 their Mojo tour to see this version performed 00:34:15.280 --> 00:34:18.699 live. My father and I went together, and I will 00:34:18.699 --> 00:34:21.659 never forget him and I being a part of that audience 00:34:21.659 --> 00:34:25.340 sing -along. It is one of the most beautiful 00:34:25.340 --> 00:34:29.500 live performances I have ever seen, up there 00:34:29.500 --> 00:34:32.960 with Grace Potter doing I Shall Be Released at 00:34:32.960 --> 00:34:35.840 the Love for Levon concert. This is something 00:34:35.840 --> 00:34:38.559 that if you haven't heard it, you need to, again, 00:34:38.699 --> 00:34:42.039 pause. Don't hit stop. Hit pause and go listen 00:34:42.039 --> 00:34:44.820 to it, along with the rest of the songs we talked 00:34:44.820 --> 00:34:47.940 about, because all of them are embedded on the 00:34:47.940 --> 00:34:51.719 episode page over at myweeklymixtape .com. But 00:34:51.719 --> 00:34:54.079 now I'm going to take you through all the songs 00:34:54.079 --> 00:34:56.440 we've talked about on this 10 -song playlist. 00:34:56.780 --> 00:35:00.460 We had Eric Clapton's Layla, Counting Crows' 00:35:00.539 --> 00:35:03.699 Rain King, Alanis Morissette's You Oughta Know. 00:35:04.380 --> 00:35:08.360 Hearts Alone, Blackberry Smokes, You Got Lucky, 00:35:08.719 --> 00:35:12.800 Stone Temple Pilots, Plush, Seven Dusts, Black, 00:35:13.199 --> 00:35:17.079 Guns N' Roses, You're Crazy, Foo Fighters, Times 00:35:17.079 --> 00:35:20.019 Like These, and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, 00:35:20.079 --> 00:35:23.000 Learning to Fly. Once again, you can hear all 00:35:23.000 --> 00:35:27.599 of these songs over on the episode page at myweeklymixtape 00:35:27.599 --> 00:35:31.139 .com. Now, like I said, I've been scrolling through 00:35:31.139 --> 00:35:34.320 this playlist. And I have a couple of songs that 00:35:34.320 --> 00:35:37.860 are listed as uploaded in my cloud status. And 00:35:37.860 --> 00:35:41.599 what that means on Apple Music is they're not 00:35:41.599 --> 00:35:44.800 available on streaming. So here are a few more 00:35:44.800 --> 00:35:49.320 that I like to consider. The CD Jackpot, Physical 00:35:49.320 --> 00:35:55.119 Media 1, Streaming 0. And those are Billy Squire's 00:35:55.119 --> 00:35:59.860 The Stroke. It's on a CD called 80s Hits Stripped. 00:35:59.980 --> 00:36:04.320 He takes the stroke. and strips it down to a 00:36:04.320 --> 00:36:08.719 bluesy acoustic version. It's just a guitar and 00:36:08.719 --> 00:36:11.900 Billy's voice. You've never heard the stroke 00:36:11.900 --> 00:36:15.840 like this before. And it is something that I 00:36:15.840 --> 00:36:18.000 wish I could have put on this playlist, but it's 00:36:18.000 --> 00:36:21.320 not on streaming. So honorable mention by far. 00:36:21.539 --> 00:36:25.179 I also want to give a shout out to Bon Jovi. 00:36:25.260 --> 00:36:27.760 I know Cactus Pete talked about something for 00:36:27.760 --> 00:36:30.980 the pain when he chimed in with this topic. I 00:36:30.980 --> 00:36:33.539 want to give a shout out to Living on a Prayer, 00:36:33.780 --> 00:36:37.320 the version that was done at the America A Tribute 00:36:37.320 --> 00:36:40.320 to Heroes concert that took place in the days 00:36:40.320 --> 00:36:43.659 following 9 -11. They took the version that was 00:36:43.659 --> 00:36:47.619 Prayer 94 on the Crossroad Greatest Hits album 00:36:47.619 --> 00:36:51.460 in the 90s and stripped it down even more. And 00:36:51.460 --> 00:36:57.269 it is so beautiful. It is so well done. The moment 00:36:57.269 --> 00:36:59.630 that they played this song in a few days after 00:36:59.630 --> 00:37:02.670 9 -11 just takes it to a completely different 00:37:02.670 --> 00:37:05.829 level. This is one that you definitely need to 00:37:05.829 --> 00:37:09.730 find the CD. The entire America Tribute to Heroes 00:37:09.730 --> 00:37:13.809 double CD set is worth the purchase. The fact 00:37:13.809 --> 00:37:16.269 that it's not on streaming, to me, as far as 00:37:16.269 --> 00:37:19.670 I'm concerned, is criminal. Bruce Springsteen's 00:37:19.670 --> 00:37:22.909 My City of Ruins. Oh, my God. You want to talk 00:37:22.909 --> 00:37:25.760 about a song that just... pulls your heart out 00:37:25.760 --> 00:37:28.159 and shows it to you. That's a version right there. 00:37:28.460 --> 00:37:31.159 And then one other one that's an honorable mention, 00:37:32.079 --> 00:37:36.000 Evanescence's cover of Bananarama's Cruel Summer. 00:37:36.199 --> 00:37:39.760 You can only find that on the Bitter Truth CD 00:37:39.760 --> 00:37:44.059 if you bought it at Target. It's the Target special 00:37:44.059 --> 00:37:47.420 edition. There is a video version up on YouTube, 00:37:47.519 --> 00:37:51.019 and these three I will embed the videos of on 00:37:51.019 --> 00:37:54.329 the episode page at myweeklymixtape .com. for 00:37:54.329 --> 00:37:56.230 you to check out because I feel like these three 00:37:56.230 --> 00:37:59.690 need to be highlighted in this discussion. They 00:37:59.690 --> 00:38:01.610 didn't make the playlist because they're not 00:38:01.610 --> 00:38:04.630 on streaming. Boo on you, streaming services. 00:38:04.949 --> 00:38:08.590 Get these songs on there. Let people hear them. 00:38:09.110 --> 00:38:13.349 Physical Media 1, Streaming 0, like I said. With 00:38:13.349 --> 00:38:15.630 that, I want to thank Cactus Pete for chiming 00:38:15.630 --> 00:38:18.070 in with this really fun topic. I had a great 00:38:18.070 --> 00:38:19.989 time scrolling through this playlist. I've got 00:38:19.989 --> 00:38:23.139 about... Oh, a few hundred more. So I could definitely 00:38:23.139 --> 00:38:26.260 do a volume two of this. I'm sure you guys can 00:38:26.260 --> 00:38:28.579 too. I want to know what songs you would add 00:38:28.579 --> 00:38:32.179 to this acoustic remakes and reimaginings playlist. 00:38:32.440 --> 00:38:37.880 My weekly mixtape at gmail .com or at my weekly 00:38:37.880 --> 00:38:41.019 mixtape on all the social media haunts. Let's 00:38:41.019 --> 00:38:44.500 keep this conversation going outside of the podcast 00:38:44.500 --> 00:39:06.130 because. 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