Welcome to My Weekly Mixtape, a podcast that
takes the classic mixtape approach to building
a modern playlist. I'm your host, Brian Colburn.
Joining me once again as guest curator is fellow
Pantheon Podcast Network mate, Jason Whistle,
host of the It's Not That Bad and There Can Only
Be One podcast. Jason, welcome back again, my
friend. So happy to be back. You know I love
coming on the show. I have so much fun being
on these episodes. Bringing with me an arsenal
or in this case, a guitar arsenal of songs to
work with. Well, tonight's a topic that it's
been requested several times since I started
this show over a year and a half ago. So I'm
glad to finally bring it to fruition. And that
is the 90s acoustic slash unplugged scene, because
make no mistake. It was a scene. It was a movement.
For those of us in the U .S., the words MTV Unplugged
became a staple of the decade with countless
memorable and iconic performances, many of which
became hit albums for said artists and bands.
Now, Jason, you're hailing once again from the
great white north up in Canada. Did the unplugged
movement receive that same push on much music?
Oh, absolutely. Like there was a lot of crossover
and we got to see a lot of those unplugged concerts.
But the reason I'm happy to be on this show today
is because this allows me to scratch an itch
that I don't get to normally scratch over on
There Can Only Be One. So to anyone who has not
listened to that show, where we go through an
entire discography's worth from an artist. But
we eliminate the live albums. And I'm not going
to lie. Some of the MTV unplugged albums that
came out in the 90s are arguably my favorite
albums from those artists. So not being able
to talk about those albums at all, it cuts me
a little. It cuts real deep. Well, tonight you
get to scratch that itch. Like always, when you
and I do an episode, we kind of throw around
some ground rules before we get started to make
the show a little easier or slash harder on us,
depending on how you look at it. And for tonight,
those rules are one, the song or album had to
be commercially released and available on streaming.
So sadly, this does eliminate some extremely
popular performances such as. Aerosmith's full
acoustic set, LL Cool J's massive acoustic Mama
Said Knock You Out, Midnight Oil's Beds Are Burning,
which I absolutely loved, and Page and Plant's
No Quarter Unleaded, because that, as of now,
is unavailable on streaming. Now, I have to note,
Unleaded is absolutely incredible. It's an amazing
90s album. And you could still find it on CD.
However, if you can't find the CD, you can purchase
the album digitally. There's a site called Qobuz,
which is a site that I use a lot to buy music
that's not available on CD or streaming. It's
Q -O -B -U -Z if you want to look them up. They
also have a high resolution streaming option
as well if you're looking for something outside
of Apple Music or Spotify. So that's definitely
worth checking out. But unfortunately, Unleaded
is off the table for tonight. Luckily, luckily,
there are some compilation CDs out there that
have covered. some of the unplugged tracks that
I was looking for. So I kept to the rules. It
had to be available on Spotify to be played.
So there are some versions of songs out there
that I kind of wish I was able to talk about.
And I did try to keep the releases to released
or recorded in the 90s. So it handcuffed me a
little bit, but I'm here to join the party. And
then I'll add one other thing to that list. We
decided to go with songs. That were acoustic
versions of non -acoustic songs. So you have
these amazing unplugged moments like Neil Young's
Harvest Moon, the Eagles' Tequila Sunrise, and
Dennis Leary's Life's Gonna Suck. I bet you forgot
that episode of MTV Unplugged. Anyway, those
songs were originally acoustic to begin with.
So an acoustic version of an acoustic song kind
of felt like. missing the mark for this episode.
Yeah, no, the handcuffs are on, but I'm not going
to lie. Thankfully, there are some fantastic
live performances out there that allowed me to
be able to get some of these songs. And even
if the song originally was in the 80s for me,
so long as the recording or the performance was
in the 90s, I put it on my list. Same here. So
with that said, let's get down to business tonight.
As I mentioned at the top of the show, Jason
and I will be curating the ultimate 90s acoustic
slash unplugged mixtape, and we'll use the old
cassette deck approach. Jason, as my special
guest, will begin side A with his first song
choice, and then I'll add a song that I feel
best follows up that choice. We'll then flip
-flop choosing songs until we've mapped out 10
songs for side A. We'll then give our mixtape
a proverbial flip. And we'll map outside. Be
only this time, I'll kick things off with Jason
choosing second. Our overall goal for the episode
is to craft the best 90s acoustic unplugged mixtape
possible through only 20 songs. And at the end
of the show, you can take our conversation to
the next level by visiting the episode page at
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a listen via the embedded playlist. And if you
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There you can find ad -free episodes of the show,
chime in on future topics, become a future guest,
and so much more. And a few of the Patreon mixtapers
chimed in with songs they would use to kick off
our acoustic unplugged set tonight. And I want
to give a few quick shout outs. And tonight we're
going to start with brand new Patreon mixtaper,
Brandon from Virginia, who chimed in with the
first season of MTV Unplugged and his choice,
the Smithereens and Graham Parker doing Behind
the Wall of Sleep. Brandon, welcome to the My
Weekly Mixtape Patreon family. Glad to have you.
And look forward to talking with you in the Patreon
forums. Also coming in from the Patreon mixtapers,
Chad LaMassa chimed in saying it's probably a
bit obvious, but he doesn't care and neither
would I. He went with Nirvana's cover of David
Bowie's The Man Who Sold the World. Jason Donchus
chimed in saying that it's a great topic, I couldn't
agree more, and that he already has a playlist
on his phone dedicated to this, but he chose
to avoid the obvious picks and go with a personal
favorite of his, that being Blind Melon's Paper
Scratcher from the 2 Meter Sessions in 93. Philip
Bergman also went a little deep, chiming in with
Jewel's Cold Song, a B -side of her You Were
Meant For Me single. Christopher Pazica chimed
in saying he was always partial to Stone Temple
Pilots plush from MTV Unplugged. Tom Hutchinson
chimed in with Bush's Come Down. off the Australian
version of 16 Stone, saying a local DJ in the
Detroit area played it every Sunday morning,
and it's by far one of his favorites. He also
shared in the Patreon a YouTube link to that
version, but I'll be sure to include that over
on the episode page at myweeklymixtape .com,
just in case anybody wants to check it out. And
I do have to kind of add a little commentary.
Why did all the other countries get the bonus
tracks? Australia, Japan, Europe. They always
got the good stuff. And I always sought out those
extra bonus copies. I don't know about you, but
that's certainly something I was always looking
for imports. See, I got a bone to pick with the
imports from bands that probably shouldn't be
imports. You know, I'm a massive fan of Harem
Scaram. They're from Ontario, the Toronto area.
Do you think you could find a Harem Scaram CD
in the mid to late 2000s that wasn't an import?
Nope. Had to pay the extra, but it was Harem
Scaram, so it was totally worth it. 100%. And
finally, Mike Daly chimed in with what he defers
to as an oldie, but a goodie. Eric Clapton's
Before You Accuse Me from his unplugged release,
saying really any song on the album is a great
way to start off. and acoustic playlist. Once
again, if you want to chime in for future My
Weekly Mixtape episodes, you can join the fellow
mixtapers at patreon .com forward slash My Weekly
Mixtape. So Jason, let's unplug those pedals,
turn the amps off, and get this 90s acoustic
jam started. What song are you kicking things
off with tonight? Well, now that I've plugged
my microphone back in, I can actually get my
pick in here. Probably one of the hardest questions
you have to think for the 90s is and this is
probably going to spark some debate amongst all
of your listeners here. What is the actual best
MTV unplugged CD that was ever released? Some
people will say Nirvana. Some people will say
Stone Temple Pilots. Some people will say Kiss.
For my money. alison chains had the absolute
best unplugged cd of all time so what better
way to start this mixtape than with the song
that started that album nutshell arguably my
favorite alison chain song of all time and if
the day ever comes to do it there can only be
one on alison chains i would be so hurt because
i couldn't pick this version of it and it's not
even just the fact that the song is good by itself
there is something about mike inez's bass tone
on that acoustic bass guitar the one that said
friends don't let friends give friends haircuts
i freaking love that but there's just something
about the way that it's the the tone kind of
swelled at certain parts of the song i was like
that is such a good good tone it's the exact
reason why i love the fact that i have an acoustic
electric bass guitar of my own and i have done
a few acoustic shows that song is on the i need
to play it somewhere list what a great pick i
had down in a hole from that album on my song
bank you could pick anything from that unplugged
album it truly is a snapshot it's haunting and
harrowing to listen to now with hindsight being
2020 knowing where lane was headed but his voice
is so powerful and in the wave of his passing
it makes the album as a whole just feel a little
bit darker a little bit more somber you could
feel the pain coming out of the songs but oh
my god it's such an incredible performance one
that i think truly set the standard for what
people think about when they think about 90s
acoustic slash MTV unplugged moments. Oh, absolutely.
And just the falsetto in that song alone, like
a you're kicking off your acoustic performance,
your entire concert with a song that is arguably
much more dialed back than a lot of the other
songs in that set list. But I mean, that was
a statement. That was like, we're coming out
and we are giving you a mood and a vibe for the
show, not just putting on a regular concert.
Agreed, agreed. And what I'm going to do to follow
that up, I'm actually going to go with a curveball
for my first pick in the number two slot. Now,
MTV Unplugged was already a thing in 1989. And
there were episodes with Squeeze and The Smithereens
and The Alarm, and then that kind of moved into
1990. However, in 1990, this song became the
first, that I can recall at least, live acoustic
song to start getting played on the radio. And
it was played so much, it actually reached number
eight on the Billboard US Hot 100. Now, this
song is actually a cover song. The original reached
number three a couple decades earlier. But when
you name the album Five Man Acoustical Jam, being
a nod to the original band, Five Man Electrical
Band, you got to bring Tesla into this. And Tesla's
Signs was one of the first songs that I recall
being one of those live acoustic songs that really
got from the screen on MTV to the radio. And
while it might not be the song that jump -started
the acoustic movement, I feel like it's one of
the most important ones that really showed the
labels and the networks. We might be on to something
here. Now, back on episode 43, I had the honor
of having Frank Hannon from Tesla on my weekly
mixtape, and he told a great story about signs.
So I'd like to take a moment and just run that
short clip now. We really didn't have an idea
that it would blow up, but we did know that we
loved the song. And signs is an example of when
a lead vocalist. feels the lyrics of a song and
they deliver it. You know, Jeff Keith, our singer,
loved the lyrics of that song. And we would just
goof around on it and play it at radio stations.
And we were goofing around at a radio station
in Boston. And we played signs and goofing around
and they recorded it. From that particular recording,
their telephone started ringing. People were
calling them and saying, hey. We want to hear
that song Signs again. And so we did get a notion
that people loved the song and they could feel
that Jeff, our singer, was delivering it. And
so that's when we decided that, well, heck, let's
release it from that Philadelphia show. And then
the rest is history. Now, if you want to hear
more about Five Man Acoustical Jam. There's a
lot more discussion on episode 43, so I highly
suggest going back and giving that episode a
listen. But I kind of wanted to start with a
little bit of a curveball, and I feel like this
is one that a lot of people listening to this
episode might go, huh, I didn't even think about
that one. Oh, I thought about that album. I thought
about that album a lot. And, you know, our good
friend Sean Faust joined me on There Could Only
Be One to go through the entire Tesla discography.
And this was one of the few episodes where we're
like, you know, we say no live albums, but we're
going to make an exception in this case. And
rightfully so. Like, it really was kind of the
kickoff point that, you know, MTV and VH1 looked
and says, huh, that actually sounds pretty damn
good. And it works. Let's do more of that. And
let's start putting out those CDs. But the thing
about five man acoustical jam is that it didn't
feel somber. It didn't feel it felt like a fun
hangout kind of show. Like you could hear them
kind of joking with each other on stage. The
fact that they did the surprise song on that
album. Dear listeners, you have to now go and
listen to surprise. That's pretty much the entire
song, but it's fun. It's absolutely fun. And
their cover of Mother's Little Helper on that
album is also so, so good. And yeah, that's one
of those albums that I think and we kind of talked
about this before recording the show. There were
certain albums that needed to be brought up.
on this show or else we were going to have a
trios episode again where it's like, are you
going to take Rush? Are you going to take Rush?
Are you? And no one did. So thankfully, we've
got the five man acoustical jam album off the
docket early. Please, listeners, put the torches
down. We got you covered. And I will say that
is an awesome, awesome episode with Sean Faust
of There Can Only Be One. If you're a Tesla fan,
make sure to check that one out, too. I know
Tesla's a little bit. More on the bluesier, hard
rock side of things coming out of the grunge
of Alice in Chains. I could have really leaned
into the grunge, but I feel like the unplugged
movement covered a wide swath of genres. And
I kind of wanted to set you up to go anywhere
you wanted from here. So we've got Alice in Chains
nutshell. We've got Tesla's signs. Where do we
go from here? Well, now we've got an acoustic
version of a song from Firehouse off of their
1996 Good Acoustics album. I'm going to go with
their version of Don't Treat Me Bad. It's a fantastic
song to begin with, but listen to the acoustic
version and the fact that it sits kind of in
a lower register vocally, it actually adds a
bit more coziness. to the song and it becomes
more of a i don't want to say a coffee house
jam vibe but i'm going to say it's a bit more
of a coffee house jam vibe it feels like the
kind of song you would hear with an acoustic
group playing at a brewery something like that
and people just sitting down having a good beer
personally i think it made don't treat me bad
which was already a good song even better i I
love the fact that you went with this. You not
only scooped the album, you scooped the song.
It's my favorite Firehouse song. We're still
all getting over the sad and tragic passing of
CJ Snare this year. Such a monster vocalist.
And you're right. This was when I first heard
it, I'm like, oh, wow, they kind of tuned this
down a little bit. But as an album, Good Acoustics,
it's not live. It's an actual studio acoustic
album, which. I don't know how much of that's
going to get represented tonight because there
weren't as many of those as there were the live
ones, which created more quote unquote events
and moments. But oh, thank you. Thank you. Thank
you for picking that because that gives me a
little bit more room to play around here with
some other songs I wanted to dive into. Oh, yeah.
I mean, like, as soon as I saw the track listing
on Good Acoustics, I went to first take a listen
to Love of a Lifetime. And all she wrote is all
she wrote is my favorite Firehouse song of all
time. But no, no, no, no. Don't Treat Me Bad
actually elevated from the original version.
So had to put that one here. And we should also,
because we are talking about Firehouse, mention
that there is a. spin shuffle skip episode where
you and i dive into the self -titled firehouse
album which unfortunately we had recorded prior
to cj's passing but it's still a great celebration
of an incredible album oh absolutely and i still
spin that disc today it's that good oh man i
hmm all right We went with a couple of songs
that might fall under the kind of 80s side of
things. So I'm going to bring us back to the
90s and go all in on the 90s. And I think I'm
going to do one that is going to put a smile
on a lot of listeners' faces, definitely overseas
for sure, and as well as across the U .S. But
I'm going to go with a little bit of a deeper
pick here again. And this was originally released
as a B -side. for this band. And the single was
not included on their hit album. I don't want
to say the name yet because I kind of want to
lead into it. As well as a few years later, this
band put out a B -Sides compilation and again
didn't include this song. And it just so happens
to be one of my favorite songs from the band,
period. And that single, as any person who has
played in a cover band or owns an acoustic guitar,
is familiar with is Wonderwall. And we're going
to go with an infamous MTV Unplugged performance,
maybe the most infamous one, because Liam Gallagher,
depending on who you talk to, either showed up
with A, a sore throat, or B, completely schnockered.
Depending on who you ask, it's all out there
in the brothers. ongoing saga of the decades.
But hey, we are in a world where Oasis is coming
back in 2025. The song I'm going to go with is
Round Our Way, which, while the MTV Unplugged
concert was never officially released on the
deluxe edition of What's the Story Morning Glory,
they included this MTV Unplugged version. And
you know, We all know the story. Noel took lead
vocals for the entire night. I actually really
enjoyed the set. Hearing his take on the lead
vocals was actually a lot of fun, even with Liam
drinking and smoking and heckling him from the
audience. I'm actually shocked that, like I said,
this was a B -side. This has a great horn section
in it. It's so much fun. It's got this power
pop vibe. And I also want to take a moment to
give a shout out to Kuyazi over on the My Weekly
Mixtape Discord channel because we've been talking
about this Oasis reunion for a while over there.
And I hope he does get the chance to see them
next year. Hopefully, Oasis will take this tour
to the U .S. and give him that opportunity. I
don't think you could talk about the 90s unplugged
and not talk about this performance in the discussion.
And this was... kind of my only way around it.
This would have fallen under the off limits had
they not tacked this one amazing just so happens
to be my favorite Oasis song from that performance
on the deluxe edition. Look, you can like Oasis
or you can not like Oasis, but you cannot deny
that they had some good songs and those songs
have lasted the test of time. The fact that we're
still talking about those songs and we're still
kind of humming them along. I know people are
going to sit there and go, oh, great, Wonderwall
again. But no, no. The reason why it still gets
listened to today is because it is still a good
song. Anytime we've started the opening chords
to Wonderwall, which we refer to as Wonderwheel,
if anybody remembers the movie The Toy with Richard
Pryor, as soon as that opening note hits, people's
faces light up. Whatever stigma is wrapped around
that song, I've seen the opposite playing this
song live. People love that song. Oh, yeah. I
mean, there's a reason why people are still like,
play Wagon Wheel, play Freebird. Doesn't matter
if the song is overplayed. If the song is good,
people will still get up and sing and dance.
That is the power of a song. Now, 2025 still
feels a long ways away. So I'm sure the Gallaghers
still have a chance to screw this reunion up.
But I know where I'm going with this. And I'm
going with an album that was released in the
end of the decade. And it's a band that I guarantee
you will never get back together. Because the
lead singer has said, no, it's not going to happen.
Off of the Neon Ballroom album from Silverchair,
I'm going to go with the acoustic version of
Anna's song. i have talked about how good neon
ballroom is before and when we did the trios
episode i had to drop emotion sickness because
that is a fantastic song and his song is probably
the second best song on the album personal opinion
but the acoustic version again much like how
firehouse elevated don't treat me bad with the
good acoustics album and his song sounds better
acoustic like a lot of songs do But it is probably
their best ballad that they've ever released.
Yeah, I would completely agree with that. And
I'm so impressed that you've been kind of weaving
outside of the live performances angle with some
of these picks. That's one that as soon as you
said the band name, I went, how did I forget
that? Because sometimes in the U .S. they would
tack on an acoustic version at the end. Not always.
Usually went to the overseas albums, but every
now and then we got lucky. And this is one of
those instances. And God, Neon Ballroom might
be my second favorite silver chair album versus
Frog Stomp. Oh, it's better than Frog Stomp.
Personal opinion. It's better than Frog Stomp.
It's better than Freak Show. There isn't a better
silver chair album than Neon Ballroom. But again,
that's personal opinion. Well, I'm going to see
your silver chair and I'm going to keep with
the S's for a while here. And I'm going to go
with a song that is a kind of a rearrangement
of the original. Because the one thing I liked
about the unplugged movement is bands got a chance
to kind of flip a song on its side and see how
the reaction went. And sometimes it was a miss
and sometimes it blew people's minds. And this
is one where it blew my mind because the original
of this song is fast and furious with a killer
electric guitar riff. But on this MTV unplugged
version, it's pulled back with violins replacing
the lead guitar and slowed down to take a fast
and heavy song. Somebody to Shove and turn it
into an acoustic ballad. From their 1993 MTV
Unplugged performance, as well as on their now
complete Unplugged NYC 93 release, we're going
to go with Soul Asylum's Somebody to Shove. You
very easily could have went with Black Gold or
Runaway Train. That was a little bit more suited
to the acoustic sound. Of the Unplugged era.
But Somebody to Shove was the unexpected twist
in that performance. That as much as I loved
Grave Dancers Union. When I heard and saw this
performance on MTV. I became a bigger Soul Asylum
fan. Hands down. Because here was now a version
of the song that was just as good as the original.
But you can listen to on a chill mixtape. which
it just blew my mind at the time. Yes. Scooped
me on that one. That is a fantastic song. I love
that song. I love this version of that song.
And you're right. The violins just add so much
more to it. It's funny because I was listening
to a bunch of songs on my Spotify and as I was
trying to come up with my list and all of a sudden
Within Temptation came on because you know me.
I love my dramatic rock, especially from overseas.
And Dave Perner actually does a fantastic duet
with temptation on the song. The whole world
is watching. They reminded me. It's like, oh,
yeah, so this item's got some good acoustic stuff
as well. So I wouldn't had that on my list. And
it's like, yep, no, you scoop me. You bloody
well scoop me on that one. I know you're not
sorry, but I mean, look, hey, we agreed on the
song. So at least there's that. Oh, there was
no denying that that was going to be on my list
because it is arguably one of my favorite Soul
Asylum songs of all time. But it had to be on
the list. Agreed. So what are we going to follow
that up with? Well, I know exactly where I'm
going to go. I know exactly where I'm going to
go, but it might not be the song that you're
probably thinking. When we talk about those all
time MTV unplugged albums, Nirvana definitely
has to be in the mix. But I'm not going to go
with where did you sleep last night? And I'm
not going to go with all apologies. You know,
the song that gets played all the time. I'm going
with the absolute second most haunting version
of the song. Something in the way. This song
got darker with this performance. And really,
it took the Batman to make it even that much
darker. But with the solo cello performance on
this. It just adds so much. And I've had a chance
to play this song live. And after hearing the
MTV unplugged version, I'm like, if I ever play
this again, it needs to be on an upright bass
as opposed to an electric bass, because that
just adds so much to it. You definitely. I mean,
there was no way we were not talking about Nirvana's
MTV unplugged. I did have. Where did you sleep
last night on my list? I mean, the performance
as a whole. From start to finish, almost a funeral
-like setting. It's up there with Alice in Chains
as this iconic, haunting, powerful moment. But
they didn't just trot out the hits. They played
a couple of songs that were hit songs. They did
Come As You Are. They did About a Girl. They
did All Apologies. But then they go and do three
meat puppet songs in the middle of the set. They
do the cover of David Bowie's The Man Who Sold
the World that Chad LaMassa chimed in with. This
was an important moment in Nirvana's career.
A sad closing for the band, but a statement of
an album that showed that Nirvana was so much
more. Than just one of those grunge bands. And.
God. Something in the way. For where you placed
it on this side. Is so perfect. And I want to
keep with that. Because we kind of went from.
That upbeat. Don't treat me bad. Round our way.
Then we started bringing it down a little bit.
With Anna's song. And then more with somebody
to shove. And then something in the way. It's
hard to go much darker, but I think another iconic
performance that might be able to summon that
same spirit, if you will, was from 1992's MTV
Unplugged, and we're going to go with Pearl Jam's
Black. This wasn't released as a solo release
for the band until record store day of 2019,
and then it finally came out. on CD and streaming
a year later. But I think about that second verse
where Eddie Vedder changes the melody of the
lyrics. I take a walk outside, I'm surrounded
by some kids at play, and he just screams it.
This version, it's chilling, and it's the gold
standard. Because when Aaron Lewis of Stained
covered the song, he uses... That MTV unplugged
delivery in his cover. Eddie Vedder's vocals
on this rendition are so powerful and so visceral
that this version is just as heavy as the studio
version from 10 without the distortion. And to
me, that speaks volumes for where this band was
dialed into musically, as well as. the emotion
they brought out of this performance i was i
also had porch depending on where our playlist
was going because that version of porch kicks
all sorts of ass as well but coming out of something
in the way black just feels like a perfect spot
here i didn't have any other song but black on
my list from that performance because to me when
it comes to 10 And I know you love that album.
There is no other song but Black on that. Yes,
I recognize Even Flow is good. Yes, I know Jerry
Wayne. The whole album is good. I'm not saying
the album isn't good. But Black, to me, off that
one, cements that album as more than just Seattle
grunge. There was dynamics to this. There was
a depth to Black. And it just added so much.
And the acoustic version. This is the one song
that needed to be played dark and acoustic off
that album, out of their entire discography.
And yeah, you scooped me. You bloody well scooped
me. Well, I'm not going to lie. We're actually
scooping each other a lot on this side so far
down to the song, which doesn't usually happen
with you and I. We usually surprise each other
with scooping the band, but kind of going with
a different song. Well, it's time to pick it
back up, I think. Because we've brought down
the mood a little bit. You know, we've got the
crying towels out. It's time to pick it up a
little bit. And I'm going to go with a song that,
while there weren't many performances of their
performance on MTV Unplugged that's out there,
it's only about three songs that are available
acoustically. But Dangerous by Roxette. This
song all of a sudden had a fun jam style to it.
Like, it's just the two of them. When you listen
to it and you listen to them singing, you can
almost hear the smiles as they're singing. This
is the kind of song that works well in a stripped
down acoustic setting. And it feels it sounds
like it's in a small room performance. And it's
fantastic. What an incredible pick. And I'll
be perfectly honest. I did not know that there
was a version. available on streaming of that
i vividly remember recording and watching that
mtv unplugged performance by roxette and i loved
it i had no idea that any of those songs were
available on streaming so you just kind of blew
my mind right there it's on spotify you can add
it to your liked songs now you know along with
the other probably 10 or 20 000 songs you have
already liked okay Okay, so I got to close out
Side A, and we've kind of gone a little bit all
over the place here, and you scooped me with
Alice in Chains at the beginning. However, there
are always workarounds, and I've got a workaround.
And to close out the side, you talked about Roxette's
Dangerous being a little jammy. I'm going to
go with one that's a lot jammy. It's almost 10
minutes of jammy. And this was done in 1997 during
the Don't Call Us, We'll Call You radio broadcast
on KSJO. And it was immediately bootlegged and
pressed on those live import, I'm using quote
marks in the air, those CDs that you'd find in
the racks for $25 or $30 at your local CD stores
at the time. There was one out there called Acoustica.
But about a year later, on 1998's Garage Inc.,
Metallica put it out officially. And again, I'm
going with a cover song. You know me and my covers.
But this cover featured Metallica with Lynyrd
Skynyrd's Gary Rossington, Corrosion of Conformity's
Pepper Keenan, Blues Traveler's John Popper,
Primus' Les Claypool, And in a nod to the first
song on the playlist, Alice in Chains, Jerry
Cantrell. I'm going with Tuesday's Gone, their
cover of the Leonard Skinner classic. I was lucky
enough to see Metallica perform their Garage
Inc. show at the Roseland Ballroom as part of
their Garage Barrage Tour. It was by far... Probably
the largest band I've ever seen in a small venue,
except for Lincoln Park at the Birch Hill nightclub
before hybrid theory truly exploded. Sadly, they
didn't perform Tuesday's Gone at this show, but
the set list they did play that night, which
was nothing but covers, and it actually featured
a Metallica cover band, Battery, opening the
show. I don't know if Tuesday's Gone would have
jived with a set list that featured So What,
Die Die My Darling, Merciful Fate, Last Caress,
Green Hell. I think the slowest they went was
Turn the Page that night, and that was the single
at the time. But Tuesday's Gone was the moment
on Garage Inc. that really blew my mind because
this was Metallica kind of being a jam band.
And letting John Popper kind of run with a harmonica
solo in a Metallica song. This was different.
This was something that they never went back
to. And I feel like it was an important part
of Metallica. And I think a cool way to close
out the side, kind of circling back with that
little nod to Alice in Chains at the beginning
of the side here. See, you threw me for a loop
here. Because the minute you said Acoustica,
I'm like, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. The 2001
Scorpions Acoustica album isn't on Spotify. Plus,
it was also recorded in 2001. The minute you
said Acoustica, I'm like, oh, he's going there.
Because on that album by the Scorpions is a cover
of Drive by The Cars. And I'm like, had it not
been recorded in 2001, that should have been
on your list. But no, you're right. Especially
a band like Metallica. goes out and does covers
and you know i know you love your covers covers
are fun and covers is a nice way of letting the
fans kind of see your musical influences so to
see a band do a full covers show that would be
fantastic absolutely fantastic very very memorable
it aired on mtv and is available on YouTube to
watch it in its entirety. So I'll make sure to
post that concert on the episode page at myweeklymixtape
.com if you would like to check it out. But there
you have it, folks. Side A of our 90s acoustic
unplugged mixtape, which kicked off with Alice
in Chains' Nutshell, Tesla's Signs, Firehouse,
Don't Treat Me Bad, Oasis, Round Our Way, Silver
Chairs, Anna's Song, Soul Asylum's Somebody to
Shove, Nirvana's Something in the Way, Pearl
Jam's Black, Roxette's Dangerous, and Metallica's
Tuesday's Gone. Head over to myweeklymixtape
.com to hear all the songs we've discussed in
this mix through the playlist embedded on the
episode page. And now we are flipping the tape
over to Side B and I get to kick things off and
you kicked... Things off on Side A with an iconic
MTV Unplugged performance. But you went with
an album opener. And you know I love my album
openers just as much as I love my cover songs.
Now I'm going to cause some controversy with
this pick. I know it. Because I'm going to bring
up one of the most iconic MTV Unplugged performances
of all time. And I'm not going to go with the
song that everybody thinks. And I'm going to
go from 1995's MTV Unplugged and their 1996 Unplugged
album, the first non -Alive Kiss live album.
And I am going to go with a Kiss track, but I'm
not going to go with the reunion songs. I'm not
going to go with rock and roll all night. I'm
going with the album opener, Coming Home, which
was originally on Hotter Than Hell. And I will
tell you right now. I like the version on Unplugged
more than Hotter Than Hell. It is amazing. Paul
Stanley's vocals on it are incredible. I love
the performance. And I know there's Kiss fans
out there right now who are screaming at the
top of their lungs that I didn't bring up the
iconic pairing that would lead into the 1996.
reunion tour that i was so lucky to be able to
see on new year's eve in new jersey in 1996 at
the continental airlines arena where the band
played rock and roll all night that aired on
dick clark's new year's rock and eve i got to
see the kiss live on the reunion tour and yet
i picked a song that had no reunion members on
it this was the current members of kiss but coming
home was such a great Little precursor to what
was about to happen at the end of the show. And
such a great opener for the MTV Unplugged album
that I feel like, yeah, let's stir up some shit
tonight. Let's cause some controversy. Kiss coming
home from Unplugged. There's no question you
scooped me on the album, but you didn't scoop
me on the song. But I'm with you. I didn't go
with any of the reunion songs either. I had two
on my list. I had Going Blind, because I love
that song, and I Still Love You. Oh, my God.
Yes. The best Paul Stanley live performance ever.
That whole album. Yes. Alive, Alive 2, Alive
3. They're good. They're good. Unplugged? Unplugged
is their best live performance, period. bruce
kulik for my money if i'm putting together like
the dream kiss lineup bruce kulik is on guitar
and i'm cool with either eric carr eric singer
on drums because they're both fantastic that
was when kiss was firing on literally every cylinder
the revenge lineup was to me the best kiss lineup
bar none and that performance i know it led into
the reunion and that was cool we got psycho circus
out of that I wanted more of that revenge lineup.
And yes, we did get that with Carnival of Souls,
which was kind of like half released and half
finished. But to me, that was that was the best
kiss. I'll tell you right now, it is thundering
like a mofo outside right now. I'm not sure if
it's bleeding into my mic or not, but I don't
know if it's because of the actual weather or
if you and I are just pissing off the kiss gods
so much with our wild fan theories. But I will
100 % agree with you that I Still Love You is
an incredible live performance from that album.
I just felt like starting off a side with a power
ballad might have been a little aggressive, even
more so than going with the album opener. I think
it's a great way to start the side. Absolutely.
And I know exactly where I'm going to go from
here. And I'm going to go with another MTV unplugged
performance. And it's not a band that I normally
would have found myself listening to. But when
10 ,000 Maniacs put out their cover of Because
the Night, the Springsteen and Patti Smith covers
on what they did, like I wasn't as familiar with
10 ,000 Maniacs as maybe I should have been.
But their cover of Because the Night, this to
me solidified that it wasn't just. your standard
rock kit bands that could pull this off. 10 ,000
Maniacs brought it and then some of that performance
and it really kind of opened my eyes to their
full discography after that. Natalie Merchant
is a treasure. Her voice is incredible. This
performance, I think, introduced 10 ,000 Maniacs
to a lot of people. They had plenty of hits.
prior to MTV Unplugged or else they would have
never had an MTV Unplugged. But this cover introduced
them to so many people that went back and discovered
10 ,000 Maniacs. And I'll be perfectly honest,
I am one of those people. I was not a 10 ,000
Maniacs fan until Because of the Night. So I
love the pick. I think it's the perfect song.
To kind of be a snapshot of the MTV Unplugged
era, because it was one of those moments, just
like the Kiss album. And I think coming out of
that, I'm going to go with a song that musically
is going to continue that 10 ,000 Maniacs vibe,
but also pivot things, I'd say, in a unique way.
Now, we've talked about MTV Unplugged a ton so
far. But we haven't talked about VH1 Storytellers.
And that's another huge piece of 90s televised
concert nostalgia, if you will. So from their
acoustic VH1 Storytellers performance, but released
on 1998's Across a Wire live in New York City,
I'm going to go with The Counting Crows' Rain
King. Now, this version takes a song that is
originally upbeat, happy, you know, that jangly
90s pop, and it reinvents it as a slow, mellow
ballad. And let me tell you, if you listen to
the studio version of Rain King from August and
everything after, and then follow it up with
this version, you're getting two entirely different
experiences. This version brings out the, okay,
storytellers, story in the lyrics. And the vocal
harmonies are front and center and they're just,
I'll say it, they're beautiful. Something you
don't get listening to the original studio cut
because you're likely up dancing and getting
lost in that version's experience. Colburn and
Company covers Rain King all the time. But it
all depends on the setting. We have both versions
of this song locked and loaded and ready to go
in our set list because if it's a quiet set one
and people are just sitting at their tables at
a winery sipping wine, we break out the across
a wire version because it gets people kind of
looking up at the stage and kind of acknowledging
that this is a song they know, but it almost
makes them go, oh, that's a Counting Crows song.
But if they're already drunk and up and dancing
by the time we're playing, we go with the original
studio cut. So this is kind of similar to what
I was saying about Soul Asylum, somebody's shove
on side A. Only this time, we're not taking a
heavy song and flipping it on its side. It's
taking an upbeat, happy song and just kind of
mellowing it out, bringing it down to a musical
simmer, I guess you want to call it. Now, unfortunately,
every time I've seen the Counting Crows live,
I've seen them do the OG studio version. But
let me tell you, man, what I would give to hear
the Across a Wire slowed down version of Rain
King live. Oh, my God. To me, there are certain
albums that were almost created with MTV Unplugged
and VH1 Storytellers in mind. And August and
everything after. is kind of that very similar
to how when you listen to tori amos's little
earthquakes that seem to be almost tailor -made
for that acoustic experience and august everything
after definitely has that feel you can say the
same thing too a little bit too while it's a
little bit heavier seven mary three's rock crown
kind of fits into that tailor -made for an acoustic
experience now i will be honest that you did
scoop me on the album because i did have round
here On my list. Another good one. However, also
beside that note on my list is, but it's counting
crows and it's Brian. So you cannot scoop him
like you did on the trios episode to Sean with
the tea party. I'm sorry, but I'm not sorry.
But I wasn't going to take the counting crows
from you. Well, I appreciate that, sir. But I
want to take this moment then to mention. When
I guessed it on There Can Only Be One for your
Counting Crows episode, Across a Wire being a
live album wasn't in contention for the discussion.
But had we made an exception, because you made
the exception with Sean on Tesla, so I don't
know. Maybe I should have pushed a little harder
for this one, but Rain King would have been my
only one pick. Well, I think when you take a
look at Five Man Acoustical Jam, you kind of
have to make the exception for that album, given
the impact on Tesla's career that it had. So
Sean got the plus one for that one, but he got
the minus one for the tea party. So I guess we're
even on that. Yeah, it all balances out in the
end. OK, so now we've got Kiss, 10 ,000 Maniacs
and Counting Crows. It's quite the trio in and
of itself right there. Jason, where do you go
from here? You know what? For all the times that
I have been on your show, I have not had a chance
to pick one singer that has always been one of
my go -tos. And I've probably seen this artist
live more times than any other artist I've seen.
And that's Chris DeBerg. So I'm going to go with
his 1995 album, beautiful dream so what he did
with this album was he went into the studio and
brought a full orchestra in and did covers and
acoustic versions of some of his older songs
so for my pick i'm going to go with a song of
his that he redid called snows of new york it
is massive absolutely massive song the orchestra
sounds great on it but if you like your covers
There were some fantastic covers on here, including
this cover of John Waits Missing You and The
Beatles Girl, which was actually the second song
I had on there. But I'm going to put a little
Krista Berg on the tape with Snows of New York.
Going with some Krista Berg. I actually really
love that cover of Missing You. That is a fantastic
cover. Shocked you went with Snows of New York.
I'm not going to lie. That is a very. interesting
pick here a very interesting choice oh it was
a fantastic album it was a fantastic tour and
i think the thing with snows of new york is that
it wasn't one of those songs that i already knew
it was one that i was familiar enough with but
it didn't really leap off the album originally
when it first released on this one with the orchestra
and that tour was fantastic the fact that he
had a string section with him on tour which he
doesn't normally do More often than not, when
I've seen him, it's just been literally him and
an acoustic guitar or a piano, which are fantastic
performances. I've seen him with a full band
as well. He is fantastic live. Actually, it's
funny. I saw him only about like two years ago,
so not that long ago. And, you know, he's a little
long in the tooth, but he still puts on a great
show, especially when he gives the security the
what for to make sure that people are still allowed
to dance. So Krista Berg still rock and roll.
I think I'm going to lean into that rock and
roll and go with another iconic MTV unplugged
moment. Because something that we haven't talked
about yet is the fact that a lot of these unplugged
performances reintroduced classic rock artists
to a new generation. I don't want to say so much
the Kiss performance. I feel like people knew
who Kiss was. But there were artists that it
really introduced people and reintroduced a new
generation to an artist. And I think one of those
would be back in 1992 when this single went to
number 12 on the U .S. Billboard Hot 100. And
this was the kind of rendition that MTV Unplugged
was made for. An artist takes a song that everybody
knows, in this case, Derek and the Dominoes.
And the original artist, Eric Clapton, goes and
flips it on its ear. Hell, even on the album,
he says, see if you could spot this one before
he starts the opening riff to Layla. And this
version of Layla is so unique to the original.
it became a hit in and of itself. And the band
he had on stage with him for that performance
was Top Notch. Being a Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
fanatic, Steve Ferron was on drums. And then
you have Chuck Lavelle playing a ridiculously
underrated piano line throughout this entire
song that both fills and flourishes throughout
the song and complements what Eric Clapton's
doing on acoustic guitar. I would... Safely say
that this specific version introduced maybe a
lot of our generation to Eric Clapton's music,
because I vividly remember having conversations
in high school with friends and they were saying,
I just got this CD and my parents knew half the
songs on it. So I feel like this was one of those
moments, at least for me, where I could bond
with my parents musically and also feel like
I was. in touch with modern music because here
it was a hit again how do you take a song that's
arguably one hell of a rocker because the original
derrick and the dominoes version that's got some
swagger to that with the guitar and especially
the piano end that you have to think kind of
inspired the ending of zizek's road by stone
sour but then you take it And you flip it on
its head into almost like a jazz swing style.
And that's fun. I love when bands take a song
and then they're like, yeah, you know it. But
now you got to know it this way. At first, I'll
be honest. I wasn't as familiar with Derek and
the Dominoes as I was after Eric Clapton's unplugged
performance. And I'm like, oh, yeah, no, this
is a good song. It's got a cool swing to it.
It's all good. And then you hear the original.
It's like, oh, oh, oh, they went there. And personally,
I think I prefer the unplugged version. But I
think I know where I'm going to go with this
one. And I need to go to one of those CDs that's
a little bit of a saving grace right now. So
there was a series of CDs that were released
and they are available on Spotify called Released
the Human Rights Concerts. And they are a collection
of live acoustic performances. And on one of
them. is an acoustic live performance of In Your
Eyes from Peter Gabriel and Yusu Nador. A, it's
probably the best Peter Gabriel song out there,
period. B, the CDs have live performances from
the likes of Alanis Morissette, Shania Twain.
radio head there are some fantastic live acoustic
performances on those i think there's at least
three cds that are available on spotify so definitely
go and check them out but i mean if you like
i mean who doesn't like in your eyes that not
only is it a staple of 80s movies but live that
song is fantastic what a great pick when you
think about songs that were meant For the acoustic
rendition in your eyes, because the original
has that kind of 80s sheen on it. And when you
strip all that back, you realize what an incredible
I mean, I don't think it's a big shock to people
out there. I might be blowing some minds, but
Peter Gabriel knows how to write some good songs
like you could go all the way back to Genesis
and realize that. But when you strip out the
80s sheen on the version of so and you take it.
To what it is. This is a brilliant. Brilliant
song. And to strip it down like this. And it
feels so personal. And so vulnerable. Even more
so. Than the version that everybody knows. In
Say Anything. When John Cusack is holding up.
The boom box over his head. Imagine this version
being played. At that moment in the movie. Oh
absolutely. Now admittedly. I was a sucker for
the secret world live version of the song because
of course he had Paula Cole on tour with him
as, as the backup vocalist and that version of
don't give up with her singing. Like Kate Bush
is good. Don't get me wrong. Paula Cole live
with Peter Gabriel will take your breath away.
Incredible vocalist. She is just unbelievable.
Hmm. All right. I want to bring us back into
the 90s a little bit. I feel like this side's
been touching a little bit classic Rocky. And
I want to remember this is a 90s episode. So
we got to go with one that is distinctly 90s.
And I feel like I haven't given as much love
to the Patreon mixtapers this episode as I should.
And I feel like. Christopher Pazica nailed it
with his song choice. So let's just go off their
1994 MTV unplugged performance released on the
deluxe edition of core. Finally, that would be
stone temple pilots and plush. The DeLeo brothers
shine in this version. In the original, the guitars
are grungier and sludgier and they almost mask
each other. And the vocals kind of become the
forefront. Now, don't get me wrong. Scott Weiland's
vocals on the acoustic version are incredible.
But when you listen to Dean's nuanced guitars,
when he's playing the chords to plush acoustically,
and you hear the separation between that and
Robert's, I'll just say it, incredible bass line
shining through on this performance. People kind
of discount Stone Temple Pilots a lot. And I
don't think they realize just how ridiculously
talented the DeLeo brothers are. And in this
version, I think it truly shows just the insane
amount of talent that this band had. This almost
brings out a Beatles -esque. to a song that when
you listen to the original, you might not think
that. There's other songs in the STP catalog
that you'll go, oh, I hear a little bit of the
Beatles influence. I hear a lot of it. But on
Plush, people automatically go to that grunge
sound. But this acoustic version, it's hidden
in there, and it's beautiful. Oh, yeah, no, I
had Creep from that performance on my list for
sure. And really, Stone Temple Pilots are just...
Freaking fantastic live and having a chance to
see them in a couple of different incarnations.
I never got to see the Scott Weiland version,
but I did see the Jeff Gutt version. And I did
get a chance to see them with Chester Bennington
at the Shindig Festival in Baltimore. And that
was in hindsight. It's one of those things where
I'm like, thank God I got to see that performance
because Chester Bennington was fantastic with
them. That was the one iteration of the band
I did not see. I did see. Scott Weiland with
the band, unfortunately, was during one of the
more tumultuous tours where he wasn't at his
best. He had moments and then there were moments
where you could see the brilliance and then there
were moments where you could see the sad side
of it. I have seen them with Jeff Gutt and Jeff
Gutt is an incredible performer and he's really
carrying the torch for the band now. And I feel
like. Again, the DeLeo brothers are ridiculously
talented. Stone Temple Pilots have put out fantastic
original material. The self -titled album with
Jeff Gutt, to me, is right up there with some
of the band's best. And I know I'm probably,
again, pissing some people off, some purists,
but the band is ridiculously talented. And that
version of Creep was also on my list, especially
because there was that moment in the second verse
where scott goes up with the think you're kind
of neat then she tells me i'm a creep friends
don't mean a thing and he goes high the way that
eddie vetter does in black oh i love those moments
i feel like i'm doing my country a disjustice
if i don't make a a slight not a hard left turn
just a slight left turn and i have to bring up
alanis morissette's unplugged performance and
i'm going to go yes with head over feet probably
one of my favorite songs from her right up there
with forgiven a the acoustic performance is fantastic
but and i'm just going to put this out there
if you are an alanis morissette fan you need
to go see the stage performance of jagged little
pill it is amazing got a chance to see it in
toronto and I was blown away because I'm not,
I'll admit, I'm not exactly the biggest. I don't
go out and immediately put in a last more set
album into the CD player. The stage play changed
that because what they did with the songs, especially
Head Over Feet and Forgiven, it brought new life
to them. And you don't often get that, that almost
second or third life. You hear the album. OK,
it's cool. You see some of the videos. Sometimes
that changes your opinion and brings them to
life. You hear it live like an unplugged. It's
fantastic. But then the stage play an entirely
different life. And if you like Alanis, you will
love the show. Even if you don't like Alanis,
but you just happen to like live theater, you're
going to have a fantastic time. I have not sadly
seen the show. It's on my bucket list to see.
But thank you for scooping me on. Alanis Morissette
unplugged because that makes my last choice very
easy. Talk about squeezing the 90s down to the
last drop. This album actually was released November
9th, 1999. So, I mean, talk about getting it
in right in the nick of time. I actually had
her version of The Police's King of Pain, big
shocker, a cover version on the list. But I could
have also went with that haunting version of
Uninvited. And the fact that you went with something
from Jagged Little Pill, I think Head Over Feet
might be the best Jagged Little Pill rendition
on the Unplugged album. Oh, absolutely. And by
the way, if you want a fantastic cover of Uninvited,
Red Sun Rising put one out, and it is fantastic.
Oh, man, what a great band. I know they only
had two albums, and they're now reformed as The
Violent, but what a great group they were. Yeah,
no, I got a chance to see them in Philadelphia.
It was like one of those festival shows and they
were like one of the first bands. Don't ever
skip on the opening bands. They're the ones that
are going to blow your mind with the fact that
you've never heard them. And then you're going
to want to hear them all the time. Well, speaking
about a song that I want to hear all the time
for my last song of the evening. Now you've made
it very easy for me. So thank you. And this performance
might go down as one of the most powerful. acoustic
performances to me of all time and some guy named
john paul jones produced this cd and he also
plays bass on this live performance the album
came out the year i graduated high school 1995
the album is called the road home the band is
heart and the song is once again a cover song
It was featured on episode 33. Wait, that's a
cover song with Jay Sweet? Yes, it's a cover.
I'm not going to get into that now, though. I'm
just going to talk about the song. And we're
going to go with Hart's version of Alone from
The Road Home. Between the string section and
in Nancy's vocal harmonies and this stripped
down, slowed down arrangement of the song. Where
Anne's high notes are held out for lengths of
time, just showing the world why she is one of
the greatest female rock vocalists of all time.
And I say that with authority. I mean, when you
talk about the greatest rock singers of all time
for a female perspective, if you don't include
Anne Wilson on the list. I think you're doing
something wrong. I don't make a lot of hot takes
here, but Ann Wilson is one of the greatest female
rock singers of all time. And this version gives
me chills every single time I hear it. And then
obviously that guy, John Paul Jones from some
band called Led Zeppelin playing bass and producing
this, he brought such a unique feel to this performance.
It just feels so like they're in your living
room just playing for you. And her vocals cut
through you like a knife. Oh, my God. I got goosebumps
just talking about it. So to close out my portion
of the 90s acoustic unplugged from 1995's The
Road Home, Hearts Alone. No, you're right. Hearts
needed to be on the list. They are a band I've
never had a chance to see live. They're on the
bucket of regret list of live concert I haven't
had a chance to see. But I know where I'm going
to go. Because getting to this last song and
looking at my list, I was dreading. Because there
were two acts on my list that we hadn't touched
on yet. And both slot into my favorite artists
of all time list. And I'm just like, how the
hell am I supposed to pick between these two?
And I was sitting there going, please, please
make this easy. Please make this easy. You made
it easy. So thank you for that, because now I
don't have to pick the acoustic version of Sister
by the Nixons from their scrapbook EP. Instead,
I'm going to go off of the Live at Montreux 9192
album from Tori Amos. Up there with Krista Berg
as one of the artists I've seen probably the
most of all time. And again, this is the guy
who came on Playlist Wars to do an Anthrax episode.
I've seen Tori Amos more than Anthrax. I've seen
Tori Amos more than Queensrack. And by the way,
I didn't pick a Queensrack song either. So it
was really getting hard at this last one. But
I'm going to go with Precious Things. It's a
fantastic performance. I will admit that off
the To Venus and Back album is another fantastic
version of that. But here it's just Tori and
a piano. And if you've ever had the chance to
see that kind of performance from her, you are
in for a treat. Now, unfortunately, she has a
list of like a long list of bootleg live CDs
that she has on Spotify. And there were a number
of covers on there that I could have gone with,
but they were all released. in the 2000s at least
here it's live at montreal 9192 so it kind of
definitely puts a pin on things but precious
things off of that little earthquakes album it's
really hard to find a bad song at all there are
some really really good covers on disc two her
cover of smells like teen spirit and since we
talked about led zeppelin there's their cover
of Whole lot of love and thank you. So if you
love your covers, Tori Amos does some fantastic
ones and they're on here. But for my money and
for my last song, I finally get to pick a Tori
Amos one. I'm going with Precious Things. What
a trio of powerhouse female vocalists to close
this out. Alanis Morissette, Head Over Feet,
Hearts Alone, and Tori Amos' Precious Things.
I love it. I absolutely love it. And there you
have it, folks. Side B of our ultimate 90s acoustic
unplugged playlist, which kicked off with Kisses
Coming Home, 10 ,000 Maniacs Because the Night,
Counting Crows Rain King, Krista Berg's Snows
of New York, Eric Clapton's Layla, Peter Gabriel
and Yusu Nador's In Your Eyes, Stone Temple Pilots
Plush, Alanis Morissette's Head Over Feet, Hearts
Alone, and Tori Amos' Precious Things. Head over
to myweeklymixtape .com to hear all the songs
we've discussed in this mix through the playlist
embedded on the episode page. Now, Jason, why
don't you remind listeners where they can connect
with you and check out It's Not That Bad and
There Can Only Be One. We've talked about a bunch
of the episodes throughout our discussion tonight.
If they want to hear more, how can they do so?
Well, if you want to hear more of There Can Only
Be One myself and a guest suffer through someone's
discography and try to pick only one song because
that's a tough one at times that is really tough
or on the opposite weeks where we do spin shuffle
skip and we go through an album and pick three
songs to spin a shuffle and a skip you could
find us on social media at only one cast and
if you like your movies where we talk about films
that are unfairly maligned and have low critic
scores and we try to find the good things to
say about them you can find that show it's not
that bad on social media at not that bad cast
or one stop shopping. You can go to not that
bad cast dot com where you can see all of our
shows. Jason, as always, I look forward to the
next time having you on. It's always a blast,
my friend. Oh, you know that all you have to
do is drop me a message and a topic and I will
be there within 24 hours ready to go. I will
say, though, this one was tough because not only
did I not pick the Nixons. which I'm surprised
at myself. And not only did I not pick Queensryche
and I'm surprised at myself, but in preparation
for this episode, we had talked about how the
album had to be on Spotify just to make the playlist
a little bit easier for putting it on the website.
So I need to point out one album that is not
available on Spotify. And I was so looking forward
to dropping this song because it would have been
fantastic. But that album is not available, so
I can't talk about it. But it was Tree's Lounge
live by Hayden, live at Convocation Hall. Now,
if you've seen the movie Tree's Lounge written,
starring and directed by Steve Buscemi, it's
a fantastic film. Hayden is one of those fantastic
Canadian solo artists, and he has some great
stuff. And Tree's Lounge is the most electric
tune that he had done at that time. The string
quartet. It was actually orchestrated by another
Canadian artist, Sarah Sleen. And I was at that
show. And when you hear Tree's Lounge being played,
you hear like one person in the crowd screaming.
That's my wife, Carrie. She loves that song.
Oh, man. Now I feel bad. I should have let you
pull the asterisk for that one. No, no, no, no,
no. We stuck to the rules. We live by the it's
kind of like there can only be one. If we didn't
talk about the Counting Crows live album, then
I couldn't talk about Hayden live at Convocation
Hall on this episode. Fair enough, my friend.
Thank you again and look forward to the next
one. Oh, absolutely. Well, there you have it,
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