What is going on, everybody? Welcome to my weekly
mixtape, the show that takes the classic mixtape
approach to building a modern playlist. I'm your
host, Brian Colburn, and we are back for episode
two of this second season of the show, the rebirth,
if you will. I am so excited to be back on the
mic talking music with everybody, and I am so
grateful for the awesome feedback we got on last
week's. six degrees of Kevin Bacon, the music
edition playlist. That one was a lot of fun.
And like I said, there are well over a year's
worth of different playlist ideas that you, the
fellow mixtapers have sent in to me sitting on
this online randomizer for me. And I am once
again. Going to spin the wheel and see what tonight's
topic is. But before I do that, if you want to
submit an idea for a future My Weekly Mixtape
episode, be sure to hit me up. myweeklymixtape
at gmail .com or on almost all the social media
haunts at myweeklymixtape. Send in your suggestions
and I will add them to this list. They can be
serious. They can be fun. They could be absurd.
Whatever you've got, I am going to take your
suggestions and try to turn them into a serviceable
playlist. So without wasting any time, let's
spin the wheel and see what this week's topic
is going to be. All right, something I know a
little something about. Patreon mixtaper Cactus
Pete chimed in with best hit songs redone acoustically.
Now, anyone that knows Colburn & Company, I've
been doing that for over 10 years now, obviously
doing my solo stuff acoustically since around
2007, almost, Jesus, almost on 20 years now.
I love acoustic remakes and acoustic reimaginings
of songs. So this is going to be an extremely
fun topic for me. Now, instinctively, I know
my mind is going to immediately go to all of
the Colburn & Company staples, all the songs
we play show after show. But I'm going to try
to stay away from some of those because a lot
of those songs, while we remade them acoustically,
some of the bands haven't. And in some instances,
they have. And I'm definitely going to work a
couple in there because they're just too good
to not. But that being said, Cactus Pete's example.
was Bon Jovi's acoustic take of Something for
the Pain. If you haven't seen that, look it up
on YouTube. It is an incredible version with
some amazing live harmonies. I mean, this is
Bon Jovi. I don't know if it was quite at the
80s peak, but they were still at the top of their
game at this point. Definitely worth taking the
time to check out. Something for the Pain is
easily a top 10 Bon Jovi song for me. So I love
that he went with that one. And I should also
take this opportunity to thank Pete for being
such an awesome part of the Patreon mixtaper
community, which you can find over at patreon
.com forward slash my weekly mixtape. You can
sign up for free. There are different tiers there
that help support the show. But none of that
is required. I just appreciate the support and
staying in touch with the other fellow mixtapers.
Once again, if you want to do that, it's patreon
.com forward slash my weekly mixtape. So now
I am going to take a long, hard dive into acoustic
remakes and reimaginings. And what I'm going
to do is actually pull up my Apple Music playlist
because not to cheat, I have a ton. of acoustic
versions from my ears and radio, some of which
are not officially released. And some of them
immediately come to my mind. So I want to make
sure I'm looking at the cloud status. And if
I see uploaded, that means there's a good chance
it's not on streaming. And there are a few that
I might put a little pin in to talk about later
on, because some of these you definitely need
to look up, even if it's just on YouTube. I'm
going to do my absolute best, though, to keep
this playlist of songs that you can find on all
your favorite streaming sites. So that way you
can kind of play along at home as you're listening
to the podcast. So as I'm scrolling through my
acoustic playlist here, some things that are
immediately coming to mind. I want to try to
find versions of songs that really lean heavily
into the quote unquote remake or reimagining.
aspect of the playlist, because you think about
any MTV unplugged show from the nineties, especially,
but even into the two thousands, certain songs
are just the originals done on acoustic guitar.
I immediately think of about a girl by Nirvana.
You listen to the version on bleach, and then
you listen to the version that is on MTV unplugged.
Basically it is. a heavier song played acoustically
with not much reimagining done to it. So as much
as those are incredible, I want to try to come
up with a list of songs that you could pair up
against the original track, play them back to
back, and get two completely different vibes,
two completely different feelings, almost as
if you're listening to two completely different
songs. albeit by the same artist. And I think
the first one that immediately jumps out to me,
during the MTV Unplugged craze in the 90s, a
lot of artists from my parents' era, the quote
-unquote classic rock era, reinvented themselves
in the 90s by having a hit moment via MTV Unplugged.
Rod Stewart immediately comes to mind. Neil Young,
Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, The Eagles, all
of those happened. However, when you think about
completely flipping a song on its side, the fact
that this track on streaming starts with the
words, see if you could spot this one. I have
to start this playlist with Eric Clapton's Layla
from his Unplugged album and his MTV Unplugged
special. That version is so far removed from
the original Derek and the Dominoes version that
it almost takes you a moment to realize what's
happening. The crowd is behind. As the riff starts,
you can hear the applause kind of roll into the
song because it took that extra split second
for them to figure out what song he was playing.
And as somebody who... had Derek and the Dominoes,
Layla and other assorted love songs playing in
a heavy rotation growing up via my parents. One
of my first CDs was Eric Clapton's Timepieces,
which had Layla on it. Hearing it this way completely
blew my mind because I knew the song, but I never
heard it like this before. And this one really
jumped out to me. And I really feel like it reintroduced
Eric Clapton to the 90s generation. Because here
he was, one of these quote -unquote classic rock
acts, using the popularity of MTV at the time.
Which MTV is going away in a lot of countries
right now. But during the 90s, MTV was the pulse
of what was popular. And these classic rock acts
used MTV Unplugged as a way to introduce themselves
to a new generation who may not have been exposed
to their music otherwise. The 90s were a really
interesting time when you think about it, because
there were people that would listen to just as
much Neil Young as they would Pearl Jam. And
then guess what happens? Pearl Jam and Neil Young
come together to do an album together. There
was a lot of cross -pollination of music, and
MTV Unplugged played a huge part in it. But when
you listen to the original version of Layla,
and then you listen to what he did on the acoustic
version. It is a complete remake of that song.
You can play them back to back and they feel
like two separate pieces of music. So that's
kind of what I'm going for here. Coming out of
Eric Clapton, I do want to throw in one that
Colburn and Company has been playing actually
both versions of for well over a decade. There's
the original hit from one of my favorite albums
of the 90s, August and Everything After. And
then there's the slowed down reimagining that
you can find on Across the Wire live in New York
City. But actually, I'm going to go with a different
album, which is my personal favorite version
of this song. It's from New Amsterdam, live at
Heineken Music Hall. This one was released after
I was married, so I want to say it was 2005 or
2006. Don't quote me on that. But it's Counting
Crows and Rain King. a staple of their live set
for many, many years. Season one, there is an
album dive on August and Everything After where
I had the original Counting Crows drummer, Steve
Bowman, on the show. And we actually talked about
the fact that they played these two versions.
And I don't want to spoil it now. Go back and
check that episode out. But Rain King is this
really upbeat, poppy Counting Crows song. But
then you listen to the slowed down version that
you get on either Across a Wire or New Amsterdam,
and it's stripped down to a slower, drawn out
ballad. And you really get drawn into the lyrics
of this version. And that's something that really
resonates with me, especially when it comes to
The Counting Crows. Adam's lyrics are such a
huge part of what makes me love this band. And
on the original, sure, I know all the words and
I sing along with all of them. But when you listen
to it slowed down, the lyrics really sink in.
And the song just becomes a different animal.
And to me, that's where the quote unquote remake
and reimagining comes into play. And I'll tell
you, Eric Clapton into Counting Crows in the
90s. That's MTV right there. That's not even
a jump musically. Because in the 90s, like I
said, classic rock artists were just as welcome
on MTV as the up -and -coming artists. There
was such a cross -pollination of it that I feel
like that's something that gets lost now because
the only way cross -pollination in music happens
now is if young people are getting exposed to
these songs on TikTok. Because TikTok is now,
I hate to say it, your new MTV. But Rain King
is such a classic Counting Crows song. And, you
know, look, at the end of the slow versions,
he doesn't do the yeah. So thank God for that,
because I think that would kill it. Although
we've done that a few times doing it live just
to see if anybody was paying attention. And that
always goes over well. But Rain King out of Layla
to start this acoustic reimaginings playlist
off. And now I'm in a real 90s mood here. And
I could very easily just stay. in the nineties
MTV unplugged and crank out a 10 song playlist
that will make perfect sense here. But we'll
see where that goes. Cause I have way too many
songs in this playlist that I want to kind of
branch out of the nineties a little bit, but
for now I'm going to stay here because I like
where we're going right now. And I'm going to
do something similar to rain King, where I take
an upbeat, faster song and slow it down. Only
this time it's going to be a heavier quote unquote
song. that is stripped down to its core and made
slow, where, once again, you really have to pay
attention to the lyrics. And the lyrics in this
song stand out no matter what version you're
listening to. Sorry, Dave Coulier, but we are
going to go with Alanis Morissette's You Oughta
Know, originally from Jagged Little Pill. The
live unplugged version is the version that you
will find on streaming. Here is where I have
to say... Streaming gets a thumbs down for me
and my physical media collection is the jackpot
because only available on the ironic import CD
single. Do those words make sense to anybody
out there? Import CD single. Kids in the 90s,
for some reason, overseas got CD singles that
featured songs that you could not get on CD here
in the US. And a lot of stores like Tower Records,
Sam Goody Record Town had a small section of
import CDs. And one of the ones that I immediately
grabbed was the import CD single of Ironic because
one of the bonus tracks was Alanis' performance
from the 38th Annual Grammy Awards. Now, it is
very similar to the version on the Unplugged
album, but there was something about... the Grammy
Awards performance that hit me the first time
I heard it, and I never looked back from that
version. It is so vulnerable. The lyrics on the
original are vulnerable as it is, but when you
hear her singing it in such a soft, mellow tone,
the anger behind the lyrics and what she's saying
just takes on a whole new meaning. The graphic
nature of the lyrics stick out even more than
they do on the original heavy version, because
as much as I love the heavy version, you got
Flea laying down that incredible bass line, but
you're rocking out to the song. That is why it's
one of her biggest hits. Yeah, you're paying
attention to the lyrics, but when she's really
taking it down to just a piano and her voice,
you're forced to listen to the words and hear
what she has to say. And you can play these two
back to back and get two completely different
versions, similar to Rain King, maybe even a
step more because of the graphic nature of the
song. But now that I've got the female contingent
started on this playlist, I want to stay with
that. And when I think about female acoustic
performances in the 90s, you have to do a record
scratch right at Heart's The Road Home. This
is Anne and Nancy Wilson at their best. John
Paul Jones produced this acoustic show for MTV.
He plays bass on it. This is such an incredible
moment in time. It sounds like a studio album
done live. It is so... Perfect. The performance
backed by the symphony orchestra behind the acoustic
setting of the band. You had the dimly lit candles
hanging around the stage, setting the scene,
the carpeting on the ground. It felt like you
were in this living room performance, sitting
with them in front of you, giving you this moment
in time that is. just on a completely different
level than anything you'd heard from them in
the past. Now, mind you, this is a classic rock
act that somehow reinvented themselves in the
80s with the teased -up hair. They had enough
Aquanet in their hair during the self -titled
album and Bad Animals that could probably kill
the ozone layer, but then they stripped it back
down. and The Road Home took one of their biggest
hits from the 80s, their take on I -10's Alone.
Yes, Alone is a cover song. I've said this every
time I've talked about this song on the podcast,
but in case you haven't heard my spiel yet, the
Cliff Notes version, it was originally recorded
in the early 80s by I -10, and then Valerie Stevenson
and John Stamos, yes, Uncle Jesse, recorded a
version for a CBS show called Dreams. But then
in 1987, On Bad Animals Heart made the song Theirs.
However, that was the 80s power ballad version.
And by 1995, power ballads were no longer the
in sound. Not only were they not the in sound,
they were almost mocked because of the whole
Nirvana killed that hair band sound of the 80s.
We're now in the 90s grunge movement era. And
somehow Heart was able to take their sound, pulling
songs from their 70s catalog and 80s catalog,
and making them sound like they fit in with everything
that was out in the 90s. Unplugged was still
all the rage and their version of Alone. Again,
this is probably the closest thing that I would
say, yes, it's remade, not so much reimagined.
It is slower. Then the power ballad version.
But again, it's a focus on the vocals and vocals
in this song. Make the hair on my arms stand
up. It puts a lump in my throat. I mean, this
is a powerful live performance. Her voice. This
might be one of her all time best live performances.
And I'm putting that up against her version of
Stairway to Heaven from the Kennedy Center Honors
performance. This version of Alone is just on
another level. Then you add the fact that John
Paul Jones is walking his bass through the song,
being a bass player, and Ramble On by Led Zeppelin
being one of my favorite bass lines of all time.
Hearing him work his magic in this song. Just,
oh my God, these two versions, I can listen to
the Bad Animals version and the Road Home version
back to back. Yes, they're similar, but they
hit me in a different way. So I feel like this
one deserves to be on this playlist. But because
Alone is a cover song, I feel like I can dive
into that well just one more time and add in
a second cover song, but bring us into the modern
era now. Because I have touched on a ton of 90s
stuff and I want to bring in some newer bands.
Well, I mean, this band's been around for 20
plus years, but as far as I'm concerned, they're
so frigging underrated. This is one of those
bands that I feel like should be on every Southern
rock fans radar. And if they aren't, it's a crime.
I was blessed enough to have Paul Jackson on
for an episode during season one. And yes, I
am talking about Blackberry Smoke and I am going
to go with their cover of, well, you know, it's
my favorite artist of all time. And when a new
band that I am fond of, covers my favorite artist
of all time, reimagines my favorite artist all
time, and gives me goosebumps, it has to be included
on this list. So following up Hearts Alone, I
am going with Blackberry Smoke featuring Amanda
Shires on violin and their cover of You Got Lucky
from Tom Petty's Long After Dark album. You Got
Lucky is a quintessential 80s Tom Petty song.
Yet when I listen to Blackberry Smoke's version,
if someone said to me, hey, this band just wrote
and recorded this song in 2018, that was the
year the Southern Ground Sessions came out, I
would 100 % believe you. They do such an incredible
job on this song. And once again, it's a slowed
down version. And it really makes you listen
to the lyrics. And it really makes you listen
to the melody. Amanda Shire's violin is so soothing.
It just glides you through the song. And I don't
want to give too much away because I want you
to go back and listen to the ultimate Blackberry
Smoke playlist episode. But one spoiler out of
20 songs, we do talk about this song in that
episode. And I would much rather you hear the
story come out of Paul's mouth than mine because
he lived it. I'm just enjoying every moment of
it. That said, this is just one of those covers
that... I put it neck and neck with the original.
Now, Tom Petty's my favorite artist of all time.
So for me to say that, that's how absolutely
incredible I think this version is. And if you
haven't heard it, you owe it to yourself to press
pause, not stop, press pause, and head over to
myweeklymixtape .com to listen to this song right
now because I have the playlist embedded on the
episode page. And just for a recap, we started
things off with Eric Clapton's Layla, Counting
Crows' Rain King, Alanis Morissette's You Oughta
Know, Hearts Alone, and Blackberry Smoke's cover
of Tom Petty's You Got Lucky. Once again, that
playlist is embedded on the episode page over
at myweeklymixtape .com. And with that, now I
am going to start with the second half of this
playlist. And I feel like, yes, I'm going to
go back to the 90s, but we have to talk at least
one of the big four of grunge. Because when you
think about Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Alice in Chains,
Stone Temple Pilots, and I'll stop myself in
my tracks right there to say I understand that
Soundgarden is part of the Big Four when you
talk about Seattle grunge. However, Soundgarden
never did an MTV Unplugged, so I am using Nirvana,
Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, and Stone Temple
Pilots in this Big Four scenario. However, those
four bands, again, with no disrespect to Soundgarden,
were all huge parts of the grunge scene as well
as the unplugged acoustic scene. I can choose
one from any of those bands and it easily will
slide right in. I think the one I'm going to
go with, though, was a bit of a reimagining again.
Because I'm trying to think, when I think about
Alice in Chains Unplugged, as much as I love
the performance on that album and Nirvana and
Pearl Jam's Unplugged, they were faithful to
the originals. played acoustically. However,
when Stone Temple Pilots did plush acoustically
and slowed it down, and Scott Weiland's vocals
layered over to DeLeo Brothers' guitar work,
it's just so sonic. There's so many layers in
this simplistic version. It has more depth than
the original because the distortion kind of brings
everything to the center on the studio track.
This one opens up and it feels like the band
is sitting around you and surrounding you with
the song. And the lyrics really just cut you
when you listen to this. And it feels so vulnerable.
And once again, I had to seek it out on an import
CD single back in the 90s, long prior to the
Thank You Greatest Hits compilation. You had
to find it on the Sex Type Thing CD single. And
I think that CD single at the time was... Well
over $10, and it was only a couple tracks. But
to me, worth every, now, apologize for the pun
here, pretty penny I spent on it, because this
version is truly one for the ages. So much so
that I feel like I was validated when they included
it on the Thank You compilation. Now, a lot of
the songs I've been talking about tonight so
far have been hits. And this next song I feel
is a hit, but I feel like people that are outside
of the heavier music community might not see
this one as much of a hit. This might be to the
mainstream audience, the deep cut of my 10 song
playlist. And I'm perfectly okay with that. I
know there's a lot of people that listen to heavier
music on here and heavier music sometimes doesn't
translate well acoustically. However, there is
a band that I feel could easily be. the most
underrated. I'll include them in new metal. Although
I considered him to be much more than that from
that genre as a whole. And that's going to be
seven dust. Lejean's vocals are something that
should be studied. He can do the heaviest of
heavy and take it down to something that pulls
at your heartstrings. The guy's got a range unlike
anything I've ever heard. And there's a reason
why so many heavy bands look up to Seven Dust.
It's why when they're the opening band on the
bill, people are packed in the house to see them.
I have never seen Seven Dust disappoint any audience
in all the times I've seen them. Now, in 2004,
they released an album, Southside Double Wide
Acoustic Live. However, I'm going to jump a decade
further and go with their Time Travelers and
Bonfires album that they recorded in studio.
It was a split album, all acoustic. It was six
re -recorded songs and six brand new songs. The
album was recorded at Architect Studios, which
is up in New Jersey. That has nothing to do with
this, but considering it's from my area, I'd
like to point that out. And they closed the album
with an incredible reimagining of the opening
song from their self -titled album, Black. And
when you listen to this version, yes, it's acoustic,
but it is just as heavy as the original electric
version. but it's heavy in a completely different
way. The original makes you want to run through
a wall. The version on Time Travelers and Bonfires
cuts into your soul, and it is so powerful. You
listen to them back to back. Obviously, the chorus,
it sang similarly, but it is two different vibes,
and the fact that they were able to take this
incredible... song from their catalog and reimagine
it the way that they did i don't think i could
do this playlist without talking about this song
so time travelers and bonfires if you're a fan
of seven dust and you haven't heard this album
you need you you owe it to yourself to give it
a full listen yes it's not as heavy as what you
expect from all their stuff But if you're familiar
with Southside Double Wide Acoustic Live, you
already know that Seven Dust can bring it acoustically
just as heavy as they can do electric. Now, I've
been staying kind of on this entire playlist
from the 90s up. I want to dip back a little
bit. I want to go back to the late 80s here.
And we're going to stay heavy. Because when you
have one of the biggest hard rock albums of the
80s come out in 1987, that's Appetite for Destruction.
and you follow it up with a split EP, half live
and half acoustic, GNR Lies, you have my attention.
And the attention you have is when you take one
of the heaviest songs on Appetite, You're Crazy,
and you strip it down to a bluesy acoustic jam.
It sounds like the band is sitting around a campfire,
having a couple drinks, and just... Getting into
a groove on a song that normally wouldn't groove
the way it does on Appetite. Once again, bringing
your attention to the lyrics. However, don't
be fooled by the fact that it's slow and bluesy
because some of the high notes that Axl hits
in that are just as electric as the version on
Appetite for Destruction. And I'm going to go
out on a limb here. I'll be curious if people
agree with me or disagree with me. But I personally
prefer the version on GNR Lies over the Appetite
for Destruction version. Now, let me say this.
The GNR Lies version does not belong on Appetite
for Destruction. The version they have on that
album is perfect for Appetite. But if you put
the songs back to back, GNR Lies version for
some reason just takes the cake for me. I'd be
curious if you feel the same. So please keep
this conversation going, myweeklymixtape at gmail
.com or at myweeklymixtape on all the socials.
Which version do you like better? And I'm sure
a lot of people might lean towards Appetite.
And honestly, I can't argue it. They're both
incredible versions, but there's just something
that's so raw. They're both raw. They really
are. But there's something acoustically that
makes it even more raw. It feels the lyrics in
it feel more guttural coming out of Axl on the
version on lies. Some of you might agree with
me. Some of you might disagree with me. And this
is one of those situations that I think no matter
which side of the argument you stand on, we're
all winners because both versions kick absolute
ass. But you know what? I'm going to take it
even a step further, and I'm going to throw a
poll up on the episode page at myweeklymixtape
.com. I want to know which version of You're
Crazy the Mixtapers do prefer. Is it the version
from Appetite for Destruction or GNR Lies? So
head over to the episode page and throw a vote
at the one you prefer more. Again, no right or
wrong answers here because I love them both.
But let's see what everyone else has to say.
Now I'm scrolling through my playlist here. Because
I'm trying to find... Here it is. Okay. Like
I said, I enjoy the GNRLies version of You're
Crazy more than the Appetite version. Not by
much, but just edges it out. And here's another
instance that that happens for me. And the reason
I had to look it up is because I couldn't tell
you this EP's name off the top of my head. It's
known as B -Sides from 1x1, but I had to read
it. It's called 00020225. And I'm going to go
with the Foo Fighters acoustic version of Times
Like These. I understand that people love Times
Like These as the fast version with Taylor Hawkins'
incredible drums and the energy that that song
brings. The studio version on 1x1 rocks more.
I'll never argue that. But times like these from
this EP hits me harder in the feels. And this
is one that I would love to know from Foo Fighter
fans because times like these is one of the band's
biggest hits. And this, along with Everlong,
have been done fully acoustic and slow. And they've
both been done in that half acoustic, half slow,
half rock and half fast version where they're,
the two are kind of merged together. So I'd be
very curious where Foo Fighters fans stand on
this. I tend to lean more towards the acoustic
one because the lyrics really grab and resonate
with me more, but in zero disrespect to the rock
and version, because of course I always want
to rock out too. But for this playlist. I feel
like this version fits in really, really well
coming out of the heavier side with Seven Dust
and GNR. And now we're bringing it back down
a little bit. And you know what? Hopefully I
remember to do all this by the time the episode
launches. I'm going to put another poll on the
episode page. I'll be curious which version of
times like these you like better, the one by
one version or the acoustic EP version. So I'll
throw that up on there as well. Once again, that's
myweeklymixtape .com in case you forgot the last
five times I mentioned him. And now we're at
the point to the last song of this playlist.
And we talked about this artist before because
we ended the first side with Blackberry Smokes'
You Got Lucky. Did you really think I was going
to do an acoustic remakes and reimaginings playlist
and not include Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers'
Learning to Fly from 2006's Bonnaroo performance?
That's featured on the live anthology. I talked
about this song on the spellbinding episode of
season one. This version makes the hair on my
arm stand up every single time I hear it. Stevie
Nicks with her majestic background vocals, slowing
this fun and upbeat song down to almost a gospel
nature. To me, it's the perfect way to close
out this 10 song reimagining playlist. It's the
opening track on Into the Great Wide Open. And
it's the closing track on this Acoustic Remakes
and Reimaginings playlist. This version, the
video, is up on YouTube. And at the end, Tom
is singing the chorus over and over again with
the audience singing it back. And once the audience
takes the chorus over, Tom starts riffing over
the audience. And it is so beautiful. It is literally
like Tom is... preaching the gospel of music
to this amazing audience. I had the chance on
their Mojo tour to see this version performed
live. My father and I went together, and I will
never forget him and I being a part of that audience
sing -along. It is one of the most beautiful
live performances I have ever seen, up there
with Grace Potter doing I Shall Be Released at
the Love for Levon concert. This is something
that if you haven't heard it, you need to, again,
pause. Don't hit stop. Hit pause and go listen
to it, along with the rest of the songs we talked
about, because all of them are embedded on the
episode page over at myweeklymixtape .com. But
now I'm going to take you through all the songs
we've talked about on this 10 -song playlist.
We had Eric Clapton's Layla, Counting Crows'
Rain King, Alanis Morissette's You Oughta Know.
Hearts Alone, Blackberry Smokes, You Got Lucky,
Stone Temple Pilots, Plush, Seven Dusts, Black,
Guns N' Roses, You're Crazy, Foo Fighters, Times
Like These, and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers,
Learning to Fly. Once again, you can hear all
of these songs over on the episode page at myweeklymixtape
.com. Now, like I said, I've been scrolling through
this playlist. And I have a couple of songs that
are listed as uploaded in my cloud status. And
what that means on Apple Music is they're not
available on streaming. So here are a few more
that I like to consider. The CD Jackpot, Physical
Media 1, Streaming 0. And those are Billy Squire's
The Stroke. It's on a CD called 80s Hits Stripped.
He takes the stroke. and strips it down to a
bluesy acoustic version. It's just a guitar and
Billy's voice. You've never heard the stroke
like this before. And it is something that I
wish I could have put on this playlist, but it's
not on streaming. So honorable mention by far.
I also want to give a shout out to Bon Jovi.
I know Cactus Pete talked about something for
the pain when he chimed in with this topic. I
want to give a shout out to Living on a Prayer,
the version that was done at the America A Tribute
to Heroes concert that took place in the days
following 9 -11. They took the version that was
Prayer 94 on the Crossroad Greatest Hits album
in the 90s and stripped it down even more. And
it is so beautiful. It is so well done. The moment
that they played this song in a few days after
9 -11 just takes it to a completely different
level. This is one that you definitely need to
find the CD. The entire America Tribute to Heroes
double CD set is worth the purchase. The fact
that it's not on streaming, to me, as far as
I'm concerned, is criminal. Bruce Springsteen's
My City of Ruins. Oh, my God. You want to talk
about a song that just... pulls your heart out
and shows it to you. That's a version right there.
And then one other one that's an honorable mention,
Evanescence's cover of Bananarama's Cruel Summer.
You can only find that on the Bitter Truth CD
if you bought it at Target. It's the Target special
edition. There is a video version up on YouTube,
and these three I will embed the videos of on
the episode page at myweeklymixtape .com. for
you to check out because I feel like these three
need to be highlighted in this discussion. They
didn't make the playlist because they're not
on streaming. Boo on you, streaming services.
Get these songs on there. Let people hear them.
Physical Media 1, Streaming 0, like I said. With
that, I want to thank Cactus Pete for chiming
in with this really fun topic. I had a great
time scrolling through this playlist. I've got
about... Oh, a few hundred more. So I could definitely
do a volume two of this. I'm sure you guys can
too. I want to know what songs you would add
to this acoustic remakes and reimaginings playlist.
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