WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.379 This is Matt Kennedy from the X Radio X podcast, 00:00:02.459 --> 00:00:06.540 and you are listening to My Weekly Mixtape, the 00:00:06.540 --> 00:00:20.960 punk covers edition. Let's mix it up. Welcome 00:00:20.960 --> 00:00:23.559 to My Weekly Mixtape, a podcast that takes the 00:00:23.559 --> 00:00:26.579 classic mixtape approach to building a modern 00:00:26.579 --> 00:00:29.449 playlist. I'm your host, Brian Colburn. Joining 00:00:29.449 --> 00:00:31.969 me tonight as guest curator is Matthew Kennedy, 00:00:32.170 --> 00:00:35.789 co -host of the X Radio X podcast. Matt, thank 00:00:35.789 --> 00:00:37.990 you so much for joining me on my weekly mixtape. 00:00:38.289 --> 00:00:41.090 I am super excited. Thanks for having me on. 00:00:41.649 --> 00:00:44.250 Pleasure's mine. And I'm going to start by asking 00:00:44.250 --> 00:00:47.409 you the same question I ask every one of my guests. 00:00:47.509 --> 00:00:50.869 Matt, what does the word mixtape mean to you? 00:00:51.170 --> 00:00:54.340 You know, and I've listened to. the show so i 00:00:54.340 --> 00:00:57.880 should be prepared but it means so many things 00:00:57.880 --> 00:01:01.119 it's like wearing a band t -shirt it's like having 00:01:01.119 --> 00:01:04.420 a tattoo of something on you like it's a way 00:01:04.420 --> 00:01:07.340 of representing the things you care about the 00:01:07.340 --> 00:01:09.939 things you think about the things that mean something 00:01:09.939 --> 00:01:13.120 to you it's a way of kind of putting that into 00:01:13.120 --> 00:01:16.219 a medium and saying here i'm going to give this 00:01:16.219 --> 00:01:20.280 to you i want to see what you think of it i want 00:01:20.280 --> 00:01:23.500 to share my feelings about this with you, or 00:01:23.500 --> 00:01:25.459 I want to share my feelings about something else. 00:01:25.599 --> 00:01:28.739 And I'm using this as a way to do it. It's such 00:01:28.739 --> 00:01:30.560 a, especially when I was younger, like it was 00:01:30.560 --> 00:01:33.819 a tool that I used for almost every situation. 00:01:34.700 --> 00:01:38.219 And it was something that I could do to either 00:01:38.219 --> 00:01:40.400 work out my own feelings about something, or 00:01:40.400 --> 00:01:42.579 it was something that I could do to express to 00:01:42.579 --> 00:01:44.799 somebody else, this is where I'm coming from. 00:01:44.879 --> 00:01:48.040 And it wasn't always about romance or anything 00:01:48.040 --> 00:01:51.079 like that. It was about, this is a... what I 00:01:51.079 --> 00:01:53.359 do to get pumped up. This is what I do to just 00:01:53.359 --> 00:01:56.120 kind of chill. This is what I, you know, there's 00:01:56.120 --> 00:01:59.120 a way to do a mixtape about virtually everything. 00:01:59.739 --> 00:02:03.680 And nowadays I have to admit, I don't have a 00:02:03.680 --> 00:02:06.400 cassette player. I have one in my workshop downstairs, 00:02:06.420 --> 00:02:09.219 but I don't make mixtapes. I make, I still make 00:02:09.219 --> 00:02:11.699 some mix CDs from time to time, but less and 00:02:11.699 --> 00:02:15.060 less people even have CD players. Have you noticed 00:02:15.060 --> 00:02:18.319 that? Uh -huh. Unfortunately. Yeah. So like I 00:02:18.319 --> 00:02:21.099 still buy CDs. I know you buy CDs, but when you 00:02:21.099 --> 00:02:23.599 make a mix CD, you have to find someone who actually 00:02:23.599 --> 00:02:27.280 has a CD player. So now we go down to playlists 00:02:27.280 --> 00:02:30.259 and making Spotify playlists and my Spotify, 00:02:30.319 --> 00:02:35.460 I have like easily 30. playlists running just 00:02:35.460 --> 00:02:38.659 for my own personal benefit but it's a nice way 00:02:38.659 --> 00:02:40.879 to sort of it's the future of the mixtape if 00:02:40.879 --> 00:02:43.539 you will you can send somebody here's my spotify 00:02:43.539 --> 00:02:46.919 playlist about this situation and it's not the 00:02:46.919 --> 00:02:50.180 same but at least it you can continue that process 00:02:50.180 --> 00:02:52.819 if it's something that worked for you right and 00:02:52.819 --> 00:02:56.300 what i like about your thought process here is 00:02:56.300 --> 00:02:59.439 you're putting the songs into these playlists 00:02:59.439 --> 00:03:03.050 in a specific order the thing that i want to 00:03:03.050 --> 00:03:07.050 try to drive listeners away from is just grabbing 00:03:07.050 --> 00:03:10.870 a bunch of songs throwing them into that playlist 00:03:10.870 --> 00:03:13.169 and hitting shuffle putting the thought behind 00:03:13.169 --> 00:03:16.889 how the songs tie together and you and i are 00:03:16.889 --> 00:03:20.569 taking that challenge tonight to punk rock cover 00:03:20.569 --> 00:03:25.050 songs something that i know You at X Radio X, 00:03:25.150 --> 00:03:27.150 you and Jace are big fans of because you have 00:03:27.150 --> 00:03:30.169 done some fantastic cover song episodes. And 00:03:30.169 --> 00:03:33.090 I'm really excited to dive into some punk rock 00:03:33.090 --> 00:03:35.530 covers with you tonight. How tough was it for 00:03:35.530 --> 00:03:39.090 you to put together a list of songs to choose 00:03:39.090 --> 00:03:42.729 from? It was very difficult. I luckily have, 00:03:42.990 --> 00:03:46.110 again, a Spotify playlist that I have been building 00:03:46.110 --> 00:03:50.210 for over a year now of punk and ska covers. And 00:03:50.210 --> 00:03:54.099 I have a lot of them on there. There's so many 00:03:54.099 --> 00:03:56.240 to choose from. And honestly, some of them I'm 00:03:56.240 --> 00:03:58.719 not even like a huge fan of, but I keep it because 00:03:58.719 --> 00:04:00.900 I want to know that it's there. And I want to 00:04:00.900 --> 00:04:02.840 be able to reference it because I'm sort of a, 00:04:02.860 --> 00:04:05.900 as you are a collector of music. And so, you 00:04:05.900 --> 00:04:07.719 know, going through the songs that really hit 00:04:07.719 --> 00:04:10.240 me and really make me excited about the cover. 00:04:10.300 --> 00:04:12.719 And there's a reason for it. And there's a reason 00:04:12.719 --> 00:04:16.019 why I enjoy it. getting through those was tricky 00:04:16.019 --> 00:04:18.120 because there's a lot of them. And there are 00:04:18.120 --> 00:04:20.300 some bands that almost every song they have, 00:04:20.360 --> 00:04:23.339 I could include on this. And so it was tricky, 00:04:23.439 --> 00:04:26.000 but the nice thing that makes it even more tricky 00:04:26.000 --> 00:04:29.500 is that it's interactive now. So it's a way to 00:04:29.500 --> 00:04:32.379 engage with you and we can work on it together, 00:04:32.560 --> 00:04:35.500 which is really fun, but also kind of, I don't 00:04:35.500 --> 00:04:37.339 want to say nerve wracking, but it's different. 00:04:37.660 --> 00:04:40.649 It's a different challenge. Yeah, we have to 00:04:40.649 --> 00:04:42.490 have a conversation through these songs because 00:04:42.490 --> 00:04:45.589 we're not just throwing random songs together 00:04:45.589 --> 00:04:49.370 like a draft style, if you will. This is the 00:04:49.370 --> 00:04:51.550 order you're going to listen to this playlist. 00:04:51.589 --> 00:04:54.370 And when we post it at myweeklymixtape .com, 00:04:54.589 --> 00:04:56.829 you're going to hear what Matt and I come up 00:04:56.829 --> 00:05:00.250 with. And we could either get it really right 00:05:00.250 --> 00:05:02.949 or really wrong, depending on how the fellow 00:05:02.949 --> 00:05:05.670 mixtapers go. And that's where the fun lies. 00:05:06.069 --> 00:05:08.350 I know it's going to be full of good music. I 00:05:08.350 --> 00:05:11.569 know that. But how it flows will be up to the 00:05:11.569 --> 00:05:14.930 future. Well, then let's get down to that future 00:05:14.930 --> 00:05:17.509 right now. Tonight, as I mentioned at the top 00:05:17.509 --> 00:05:19.850 of the show, Matt and I will be curating a punk 00:05:19.850 --> 00:05:22.209 rock cover songs mixtape. And we're going to 00:05:22.209 --> 00:05:24.689 use that old cassette deck approach, meaning 00:05:24.689 --> 00:05:26.930 our mixtape will be broken up into two sides, 00:05:27.110 --> 00:05:30.670 side A and side B. Matt, as my special guest, 00:05:30.769 --> 00:05:33.170 will begin Side A with his first song choice, 00:05:33.310 --> 00:05:36.209 and then I'll add a song that I feel best follows 00:05:36.209 --> 00:05:39.129 up that choice. We'll then flip -flop choosing 00:05:39.129 --> 00:05:42.350 songs until we've mapped out 10 songs for Side 00:05:42.350 --> 00:05:45.490 A. We then give our mixtape that proverbial flip, 00:05:45.610 --> 00:05:48.149 and we map out Side B, only this time I kick 00:05:48.149 --> 00:05:51.670 things off with Matt choosing second. Our overall 00:05:51.670 --> 00:05:54.629 goal for this episode is to craft the best punk 00:05:54.629 --> 00:05:58.000 rock cover song mixtape possible. through only 00:05:58.000 --> 00:06:00.779 20 songs. At the end of the show, you can take 00:06:00.779 --> 00:06:03.480 our conversation to the next level by visiting 00:06:03.480 --> 00:06:06.720 the Punk Rock Cover Songs page at myweeklymixtape 00:06:06.720 --> 00:06:09.720 .com and you can give our final mixtape a listen 00:06:09.720 --> 00:06:13.000 via the embedded playlist. And if you like what 00:06:13.000 --> 00:06:15.339 you're hearing on My Weekly Mixtape, please consider 00:06:15.339 --> 00:06:18.339 becoming a Patreon mixtape or at patreon .com 00:06:18.339 --> 00:06:22.000 forward slash myweeklymixtape. And a few of our 00:06:22.000 --> 00:06:24.779 Patreon mixtapers chimed in with what they feel 00:06:24.779 --> 00:06:27.910 would best kick off. a punk rock cover songs 00:06:27.910 --> 00:06:30.029 mixtape, and I'd like to shout a few of those 00:06:30.029 --> 00:06:33.430 out right now. Kevin Seeker chimed in with Me 00:06:33.430 --> 00:06:36.029 First and the Gimme Gimme's cover of Blondie's 00:06:36.029 --> 00:06:39.170 Heart of Glass, as well as the Atari's cover 00:06:39.170 --> 00:06:42.569 of Don Henley's The Boys of Summer. Cactus Pete 00:06:42.569 --> 00:06:45.769 chimed in with Wake Me's cover of Everybody Wants 00:06:45.769 --> 00:06:49.250 to Rule the World by Tears for Fears. Ben from 00:06:49.250 --> 00:06:51.790 the Too Vague podcast chimed in with Screeching 00:06:51.790 --> 00:06:56.189 Weasel's cover of Tiffany's cover of Tommy James 00:06:56.189 --> 00:06:58.490 and the Shondells, I think we're alone now. I 00:06:58.490 --> 00:07:00.209 wanted to make sure I put that in there because 00:07:00.209 --> 00:07:02.889 obviously Screeching Weasel was probably going 00:07:02.889 --> 00:07:05.670 after Tiffany's version, but I didn't want to 00:07:05.670 --> 00:07:08.449 not point out that Tiffany's was a cover in and 00:07:08.449 --> 00:07:12.209 of itself. And Mally Hart chimed in with Pinhead 00:07:12.209 --> 00:07:15.790 Gunpowder's cover of Thelma Houston's Mahogany. 00:07:16.160 --> 00:07:18.500 Now, before I turn it over to Matt to reveal 00:07:18.500 --> 00:07:21.459 his track one, some of the fellow mixtapers who 00:07:21.459 --> 00:07:25.060 follow me at My Weekly Mixtape on Facebook, Twitter, 00:07:25.259 --> 00:07:28.500 Instagram, TikTok, and Spoutable have chimed 00:07:28.500 --> 00:07:31.779 in with their ideal opening tracks. So I want 00:07:31.779 --> 00:07:34.279 to give a few of those a shout out. John Porable 00:07:34.279 --> 00:07:36.920 chimed in with Dead Kennedy's version of Johnny 00:07:36.920 --> 00:07:40.120 Paycheck's Take This Job and Shove It. Amanda 00:07:40.120 --> 00:07:42.740 Myers also chimed in with the Dead Kennedys in 00:07:42.740 --> 00:07:46.850 their cover of Elvis' Viva Las Vegas. Billy Goodheart 00:07:46.850 --> 00:07:50.050 chimed in with the Dickies version of the Moody 00:07:50.050 --> 00:07:53.610 Blues Nights in White Satin. Steve Moore chimed 00:07:53.610 --> 00:07:56.290 in with Down by Law's version of the Proclaimers' 00:07:56.329 --> 00:08:00.269 500 Miles. Jim Santora chimed in with the Circle 00:08:00.269 --> 00:08:03.050 Jerks cover of Creedence Clearwater Revival's 00:08:03.050 --> 00:08:06.829 Fortunate Son. Gavin Colopy chimed in with the 00:08:06.829 --> 00:08:09.829 Clash's cover of Vince Taylor's Brand New Cadillac. 00:08:10.250 --> 00:08:13.170 Nevin F. Dobre chimed in with the Dropkick Murphys 00:08:13.170 --> 00:08:16.870 cover of the FU's Warlords. Corporate Gorilla 00:08:16.870 --> 00:08:19.110 chimed in with the Descendants cover of Buddy 00:08:19.110 --> 00:08:22.629 Holly's Everyday. Bill Tucker from a Gamer Looks 00:08:22.629 --> 00:08:25.649 at 40 podcast chimed in with Me First and the 00:08:25.649 --> 00:08:27.709 Gimme Gimme's cover of John Denver's Country 00:08:27.709 --> 00:08:31.069 Roads. The Prisoners of Rock and Roll podcast 00:08:31.069 --> 00:08:34.210 chimed in with Social D's cover of Johnny Cash's 00:08:34.210 --> 00:08:37.710 Ring of Fire. Seven Rocklists from Australia 00:08:37.710 --> 00:08:41.710 is going Aussie with Body Jars version of Simon 00:08:41.710 --> 00:08:44.990 and Garfunkel's Hazy Shade of Winter. Jay Hall 00:08:44.990 --> 00:08:48.029 of the Okie Bookcast and Jen Cohen both chimed 00:08:48.029 --> 00:08:51.009 in with the Atari's cover of Don Henley's The 00:08:51.009 --> 00:08:53.850 Boys of Summer. Jason Whistle from the It's Not 00:08:53.850 --> 00:08:57.210 That Bad and There Can Only Be One podcasts chimed 00:08:57.210 --> 00:08:59.870 in with High Standards cover of the Mamas and 00:08:59.870 --> 00:09:03.629 the Papas' California Dreamin'. Simon Evans chimed 00:09:03.629 --> 00:09:06.289 in with Real Big Fish's cover of A -Ha's Take 00:09:06.289 --> 00:09:10.120 on Me. Molly Tai chimed in with the Ramones cover 00:09:10.120 --> 00:09:13.740 of the Ronettes' Baby I Love You. Lazy Supper 00:09:13.740 --> 00:09:16.159 chimed in with Seven Seconds cover of Nina's 00:09:16.159 --> 00:09:20.620 99 Red Balloons. Sergio Alonso chimed in with 00:09:20.620 --> 00:09:23.200 Limp Bizkit's cover of George Michael's Faith. 00:09:23.940 --> 00:09:26.799 Dooser chimed in with Pennywise's version of 00:09:26.799 --> 00:09:30.759 Benny King's Stand By Me. Big Dave chimed in 00:09:30.759 --> 00:09:33.000 with Big Wig's cover of the theme from Cheers. 00:09:33.789 --> 00:09:36.370 Bobby chimed in with Motorhead's cover of The 00:09:36.370 --> 00:09:39.889 Sex Pistols' God Save the Queen. Hutch chimed 00:09:39.889 --> 00:09:42.309 in with The Living End's cover of Soft Cell's 00:09:42.309 --> 00:09:45.909 Tainted Love. Alvin and the Angry Barrels chimed 00:09:45.909 --> 00:09:48.309 in with Lars Fredersen and the Bastards' cover 00:09:48.309 --> 00:09:52.710 of Billy Bragg's To Have to Have Not. Amy Borchin 00:09:52.710 --> 00:09:55.450 chimed in with Thrice's cover of Real Life's 00:09:55.450 --> 00:09:59.070 Send Me an Angel. Buffalo Retro Gaming chimed 00:09:59.070 --> 00:10:01.970 in with NoFX's cover of Fleetwood Mac's Go Your 00:10:01.970 --> 00:10:05.350 Own Way. Doug Miller chimed in with the Lemonheads 00:10:05.350 --> 00:10:07.929 cover of Simon and Garfunkel's Mrs. Robinson. 00:10:08.690 --> 00:10:11.470 Benny Burrito chimed in with the Sex Pistols 00:10:11.470 --> 00:10:15.169 cover of Frank Sinatra's My Way. And both Philip 00:10:15.169 --> 00:10:18.429 Bergman and Greg Vorab both chimed in with Joey 00:10:18.429 --> 00:10:21.549 Ramone's version of Louis Armstrong's What a 00:10:21.549 --> 00:10:24.429 Wonderful World. Matt, I could tell you right 00:10:24.429 --> 00:10:28.370 now the mixtapers have brought the A -game to 00:10:28.370 --> 00:10:31.090 tonight's episode. Wow, that would make a good 00:10:31.090 --> 00:10:33.889 tape right there. All of those choices. Amen. 00:10:33.990 --> 00:10:36.350 I couldn't agree more. And those are just scratching 00:10:36.350 --> 00:10:39.909 the surface of punk rock cover tunes. So with 00:10:39.909 --> 00:10:42.289 that, Matt, I'm officially pressing record on 00:10:42.289 --> 00:10:45.970 our mixtape and the floor is yours. What song 00:10:45.970 --> 00:10:51.029 would you like to kick off side A with? So this 00:10:51.029 --> 00:10:52.730 is going to have a little bit of history to it. 00:10:52.769 --> 00:10:57.320 When I was a college radio DJ, I was. nearing 00:10:57.320 --> 00:11:01.419 the end of my tenure there at Radio X in Northern 00:11:01.419 --> 00:11:04.460 Michigan University. And we had our last all 00:11:04.460 --> 00:11:06.379 request Saturday night show that we were going 00:11:06.379 --> 00:11:09.500 to do before I was done being a college radio. 00:11:09.559 --> 00:11:12.120 I was moving on. I was working in commercial 00:11:12.120 --> 00:11:16.559 radio and all the fun of college radio was kind 00:11:16.559 --> 00:11:20.000 of waving goodbye to me. And one of the songs 00:11:20.000 --> 00:11:22.240 that I wanted to make sure I played during the 00:11:22.240 --> 00:11:26.580 last show was. queens don't stop me now because 00:11:26.580 --> 00:11:30.700 the theme of that song was just tonight i'm gonna 00:11:30.700 --> 00:11:33.519 have a good time i mean it was just like this 00:11:33.519 --> 00:11:36.740 is it let's just have a blast and so track one 00:11:36.740 --> 00:11:39.919 for me is going to be the vandals cover of queens 00:11:39.919 --> 00:11:43.340 don't stop me now from the hollywood potato chip 00:11:43.340 --> 00:11:47.279 album of 2004 what an awesome story and what 00:11:47.279 --> 00:11:50.120 a great way to kick things off because the vandals 00:11:50.120 --> 00:11:54.710 are real old school nineties, eighties punk. 00:11:55.029 --> 00:11:58.789 I love it. It's not that pop punk, which I'm 00:11:58.789 --> 00:12:00.750 sure we're going to get into at some point tonight, 00:12:00.789 --> 00:12:03.850 but we're staying with a little bit of the classic 00:12:03.850 --> 00:12:07.409 punk sound. And I think I'm, I know exactly what 00:12:07.409 --> 00:12:10.529 I'm going to follow that up with because for 00:12:10.529 --> 00:12:13.389 my first song of the night and the second song 00:12:13.389 --> 00:12:16.710 of this playlist, I want to show the mixtapers 00:12:16.710 --> 00:12:20.669 that you and I mean business. All right. And 00:12:20.669 --> 00:12:23.830 when I think of the Vandals, which covering Queen 00:12:23.830 --> 00:12:27.870 is a hefty, hefty task, and they do it in true 00:12:27.870 --> 00:12:30.830 Vandal style. One of the covers that the band 00:12:30.830 --> 00:12:34.330 did for their Oi to the World album was a cover 00:12:34.330 --> 00:12:37.250 of a song that I went to a Catholic high school 00:12:37.250 --> 00:12:40.909 and was used a lot during mass. Here I am, Lord. 00:12:41.029 --> 00:12:44.490 And they did it in true Vandal style. Oh, wow. 00:12:44.850 --> 00:12:47.450 I had that on my list, but I didn't know if we 00:12:47.450 --> 00:12:49.950 were going to go Christmas. So we're not going 00:12:49.950 --> 00:12:52.250 there, but the Vandals are off the board. And 00:12:52.250 --> 00:12:54.870 following that up, I want to go big, and I want 00:12:54.870 --> 00:12:58.230 to take an iconic song like you did with Queen's 00:12:58.230 --> 00:13:01.370 Don't Stop Me Now and go with an iconic punk 00:13:01.370 --> 00:13:03.889 version. So with that, I'm going to take us back 00:13:03.889 --> 00:13:08.210 to 1990 off of Social Distortion's self -titled 00:13:08.210 --> 00:13:11.570 album. I am going with their cover of Johnny 00:13:11.570 --> 00:13:14.549 Cash's Ring of Fire because let's just be honest 00:13:14.549 --> 00:13:18.370 here. Johnny Cash's Ring of Fire is one of the 00:13:18.370 --> 00:13:24.710 most iconic country songs ever recorded. Period. 00:13:25.450 --> 00:13:29.409 And if you're going to do a cover of that, you 00:13:29.409 --> 00:13:34.110 need to really bring your A -game or else you 00:13:34.110 --> 00:13:37.950 are destroying a classic. You can't take a goofy 00:13:37.950 --> 00:13:41.710 stance on Ring of Fire. No. And Social Distortion 00:13:41.710 --> 00:13:45.789 brought... their unique punk sound to it, but 00:13:45.789 --> 00:13:49.450 still maintained the essence of the original. 00:13:49.669 --> 00:13:53.470 And to me, that is what makes this cover so amazing. 00:13:53.690 --> 00:13:56.710 They were able to make it a true social distortion 00:13:56.710 --> 00:14:01.549 song, but honor an absolute classic in ring of 00:14:01.549 --> 00:14:03.690 fire. So that is what I'm going to follow up. 00:14:03.850 --> 00:14:06.549 The vandals don't stop me now with. That's a 00:14:06.549 --> 00:14:09.309 great choice because I think if you were to ask. 00:14:09.769 --> 00:14:14.370 real music fans to name some great punk covers. 00:14:14.490 --> 00:14:16.850 I think that that would be on the top of a lot 00:14:16.850 --> 00:14:18.509 of people's lists. It's certainly probably in 00:14:18.509 --> 00:14:22.470 my top 20 best punk covers. It's iconic. Social 00:14:22.470 --> 00:14:25.190 D is awesome. And like you said, they just own 00:14:25.190 --> 00:14:26.909 it. They make it their own. So that's an awesome 00:14:26.909 --> 00:14:29.870 choice. I'm looking at my songs and I'm trying 00:14:29.870 --> 00:14:32.250 to think of what would be a good follow -up to 00:14:32.250 --> 00:14:37.779 a Johnny Cash. This might be a reach. But Johnny 00:14:37.779 --> 00:14:41.299 Cash is sort of a singer -songwriter troubadour, 00:14:41.340 --> 00:14:43.679 if you will. I think that what I would like to 00:14:43.679 --> 00:14:47.000 do is take it in that troubadour direction and 00:14:47.000 --> 00:14:51.659 go with a Don McLean cover. I'm going to go with 00:14:51.659 --> 00:14:56.159 Noah Fex's cover of Vincent. Ooh, interesting. 00:14:56.159 --> 00:14:59.289 It's an amazing cover. beautiful i mean it's 00:14:59.289 --> 00:15:02.009 fun you know it's still got heart to it it's 00:15:02.009 --> 00:15:03.990 a punk song but it's still got heart and and 00:15:03.990 --> 00:15:07.309 it kind of freshens that song up for a generation 00:15:07.309 --> 00:15:10.269 of people who probably never really gave other 00:15:10.269 --> 00:15:12.370 than american pie probably didn't give donna 00:15:12.370 --> 00:15:14.929 clean too much attention but no effects just 00:15:14.929 --> 00:15:18.669 rocked vincent and so i would uh have to say 00:15:18.669 --> 00:15:21.779 that's that's a good follow -up Well, I love 00:15:21.779 --> 00:15:24.259 it. You scooped me on no effects. Obviously, 00:15:24.259 --> 00:15:27.259 no effects is probably going to be in this conversation 00:15:27.259 --> 00:15:31.460 at some point. And I had go your own way from 00:15:31.460 --> 00:15:35.139 1989 S &M Airlines, which was originally recorded 00:15:35.139 --> 00:15:38.279 by Fleetwood Mac, just because Fleetwood Mac 00:15:38.279 --> 00:15:41.659 has such an iconic vocal sound and no effects 00:15:41.659 --> 00:15:45.019 is so far from that, that it really gives it 00:15:45.019 --> 00:15:48.379 that kind of true no effects sound like that 00:15:48.379 --> 00:15:50.990 real punk. You know what I'm saying with that, 00:15:51.029 --> 00:15:53.029 right? I do. I think at one point, I think Fat 00:15:53.029 --> 00:15:55.509 Mike says, if I could, I would give you my socks. 00:15:55.909 --> 00:16:01.330 Yeah. I'm pretty sure. I love that song. That's 00:16:01.330 --> 00:16:03.509 a great cover, too, for sure. Yeah. I'm sorry 00:16:03.509 --> 00:16:07.490 that's not going to be on this side. Yeah. It's 00:16:07.490 --> 00:16:11.149 a good one. And now following up a singer -songwriter 00:16:11.149 --> 00:16:15.990 cover like that, I don't have a singer -songwriter 00:16:15.990 --> 00:16:23.350 song. Actually, I do. And we've been I feel like 00:16:23.350 --> 00:16:26.669 we're already four songs into this and we haven't 00:16:26.669 --> 00:16:30.389 mentioned this band. It's crazy. I know who you're 00:16:30.389 --> 00:16:32.830 talking about. Yeah. So the fact that we've gotten 00:16:32.830 --> 00:16:35.210 this far and me first, the gimme gimme hasn't 00:16:35.210 --> 00:16:37.649 come up. People were probably yelling at their 00:16:37.649 --> 00:16:40.090 speakers. So let's let's give the listeners what 00:16:40.090 --> 00:16:42.330 they want. Just get it over with, guys. Just 00:16:42.330 --> 00:16:44.870 get it over. Yeah. Yeah. Let's let the elephant 00:16:44.870 --> 00:16:48.450 in the room be. And that elephant in the room 00:16:48.450 --> 00:16:52.769 is off of 1997's Have a Ball, originally recorded 00:16:52.769 --> 00:16:55.769 by Loggins and Messina. I am going with Danny's 00:16:55.769 --> 00:16:59.570 song. The first song on a Me First and the Gimme 00:16:59.570 --> 00:17:04.430 Gimme's album. And it is such a fun cover of, 00:17:04.609 --> 00:17:07.529 like, not a singer -songwriter, but it had that 00:17:07.529 --> 00:17:13.369 kind of 70s yacht rock, the original sound. And 00:17:13.369 --> 00:17:16.630 this is taking that and pummeling it. at 100 00:17:16.630 --> 00:17:18.710 miles an hour. And that's what I love about it. 00:17:18.750 --> 00:17:20.750 I love it too. It's my favorite Me First in the 00:17:20.750 --> 00:17:22.890 Gimme Gimme song. I was actually going to include 00:17:22.890 --> 00:17:26.009 End of the Road by Me First in the Gimme Gimmes 00:17:26.009 --> 00:17:29.930 for one of our closing out one of the sides because 00:17:29.930 --> 00:17:32.130 it's End of the Road. And it has one of those, 00:17:32.190 --> 00:17:33.990 what I like to call, hey girl moments where they 00:17:33.990 --> 00:17:36.750 just talk over the music. like they used to do 00:17:36.750 --> 00:17:39.990 in the 90s R &B songs. But that was going to 00:17:39.990 --> 00:17:41.849 be, I was going somewhere different with Me First, 00:17:41.990 --> 00:17:43.630 but I'm glad you hit it with Danny's song because 00:17:43.630 --> 00:17:46.329 that is my favorite of theirs. Well, dude, you 00:17:46.329 --> 00:17:49.029 and I are legitimately, now we don't share these 00:17:49.029 --> 00:17:52.009 lists. No. I had two Me First and the Gimme Gimme 00:17:52.009 --> 00:17:56.410 songs on my list, and it was Danny's song and 00:17:56.410 --> 00:17:59.089 End of the Road, and I had that exact same thought 00:17:59.089 --> 00:18:02.460 process to close out a side with. but we were 00:18:02.460 --> 00:18:04.519 playing chicken with the me first and the gimme 00:18:04.519 --> 00:18:07.799 gimme strain. And I gave in too early, I guess, 00:18:07.819 --> 00:18:11.019 but I still love Danny's song anyway. So I don't 00:18:11.019 --> 00:18:14.019 regret the decision. Perfect. All right. Excellent. 00:18:14.160 --> 00:18:17.980 All right. So this is tricky now. Okay. I'm going 00:18:17.980 --> 00:18:21.440 to go on a slight tangent. Here's the thing. 00:18:21.880 --> 00:18:24.700 I follow you on Twitter. We chat on Twitter quite 00:18:24.700 --> 00:18:29.220 a bit. And I know that you are a Tom Petty fan, 00:18:29.339 --> 00:18:34.059 right? So because of that, I made sure that one 00:18:34.059 --> 00:18:36.799 of the songs that had to make it on this mixtape, 00:18:36.880 --> 00:18:39.839 because it represents you and it represents me, 00:18:40.000 --> 00:18:43.119 I included Real Big Fish's cover of Won't Back 00:18:43.119 --> 00:18:48.740 Down. Yes. So that'll be our track five. Dude, 00:18:48.940 --> 00:18:52.960 I absolutely love it. Obviously, Real Big Fish 00:18:52.960 --> 00:18:55.980 I had in my list. I had other Real Big Fish songs. 00:18:56.039 --> 00:18:59.900 I had Take On Me from 1988's Basketball Soundtrack. 00:19:00.279 --> 00:19:03.579 And I had other Tom Petty covers in my list. 00:19:03.779 --> 00:19:06.920 I had Taking Back Sunday's You Wreck Me, which 00:19:06.920 --> 00:19:10.019 was on that cover to Revolution and Sound compilation. 00:19:10.079 --> 00:19:12.559 But Taking Back Sunday's got a little bit more 00:19:12.559 --> 00:19:14.279 of an emo vibe, and I didn't know if we were 00:19:14.279 --> 00:19:16.920 going to go there. Yeah, that's true. And then 00:19:16.920 --> 00:19:19.759 in the 90s, you also had Everclear's version 00:19:19.759 --> 00:19:22.059 of American Girl, which at the time had a very 00:19:22.059 --> 00:19:25.880 punk -esque quality to it, even though Everclear's 00:19:25.880 --> 00:19:29.700 not. necessarily a punk band so i had those two 00:19:29.700 --> 00:19:32.559 sitting in the wings but i love it thank you 00:19:32.559 --> 00:19:35.579 for checking off tom petty because that is one 00:19:35.579 --> 00:19:39.680 of my favorite artists of all time and real big 00:19:39.680 --> 00:19:42.259 fish is probably one of my favorite punk ska 00:19:42.259 --> 00:19:47.400 groups so now as i scroll through here what do 00:19:47.400 --> 00:19:54.859 i go with next iconic like tom petty oh tough 00:19:55.720 --> 00:20:00.319 It is. It really is. Meanwhile, I'm going through 00:20:00.319 --> 00:20:02.200 my list and checking off songs that aren't going 00:20:02.200 --> 00:20:06.460 to work anymore. I know that feeling, man. Okay. 00:20:07.059 --> 00:20:09.539 I think I know what I'm going to go with here 00:20:09.539 --> 00:20:12.359 because this is tough because Real Big Fish is 00:20:12.359 --> 00:20:16.180 a little bit more of their version is definitely 00:20:16.180 --> 00:20:19.640 more in the ska range. Very true. Then the punk. 00:20:20.140 --> 00:20:24.769 So I'm going to take us to a modern. singer songwriter 00:20:24.769 --> 00:20:30.269 that is as the kids say all the rage okay and 00:20:30.269 --> 00:20:33.930 this is a 2020 digital single by one of my favorite 00:20:33.930 --> 00:20:39.670 modern ska punk bands and that is the interrupters 00:20:39.670 --> 00:20:45.569 covering billy eilish's bad guy that was on my 00:20:45.569 --> 00:20:48.349 list too i love that awesome and the reason i'm 00:20:48.349 --> 00:20:50.269 putting it in here i'll just say this and i might 00:20:50.269 --> 00:20:53.759 catch some flack for this But in my universe, 00:20:54.059 --> 00:20:57.799 the Interrupters version is better than Billie 00:20:57.799 --> 00:21:01.059 Eilish's version. I love this version so, so 00:21:01.059 --> 00:21:04.380 much. And the Interrupters are blowing up big 00:21:04.380 --> 00:21:07.660 time right now. And I'm so glad they are. And 00:21:07.660 --> 00:21:11.019 I'm so glad I knew them back when. And this is 00:21:11.019 --> 00:21:13.700 one of those. They were already on the way up 00:21:13.700 --> 00:21:15.779 at this point because they played this when they 00:21:15.779 --> 00:21:18.619 were out on the Hella Mega Tour with Fall Out 00:21:18.619 --> 00:21:23.210 Boy, Weezer, and Green Day. much bigger audience, 00:21:23.349 --> 00:21:26.950 but this song, their version, unbelievable. It's 00:21:26.950 --> 00:21:29.069 fantastic. It's a great song. It was actually 00:21:29.069 --> 00:21:32.430 the first song I put on my playlist when I started 00:21:32.430 --> 00:21:34.950 building this list for this show. It was the 00:21:34.950 --> 00:21:37.569 very first song I said, this has to be on there. 00:21:37.690 --> 00:21:41.849 When Billie Eilish's version, the inferior version, 00:21:41.970 --> 00:21:46.630 came out, I immediately got, I don't know, kind 00:21:46.630 --> 00:21:51.519 of like a madness vibe. play on the radio, I 00:21:51.519 --> 00:21:54.720 would start yelling out one step beyond just 00:21:54.720 --> 00:21:58.000 because it kind of that tempo kind of fit. And 00:21:58.000 --> 00:22:00.140 so when the interrupters did it and they added 00:22:00.140 --> 00:22:02.240 in the horns and everything, I was like, Oh, 00:22:02.279 --> 00:22:04.500 perfect. They heard what I was hearing and they 00:22:04.500 --> 00:22:07.279 made it even better. So great song, great song 00:22:07.279 --> 00:22:10.279 choice. And now you have the challenge of following 00:22:10.279 --> 00:22:15.140 that up though. Oh man, that was my big zinger. 00:22:18.039 --> 00:22:26.339 Okay. Let's see. Got the interrupters. And okay, 00:22:26.480 --> 00:22:30.900 okay, I can do this. Okay, so again, a little 00:22:30.900 --> 00:22:35.140 bit of a reach. I'm going to go back to, let's 00:22:35.140 --> 00:22:41.819 say, 1995. And because the interrupters have 00:22:41.819 --> 00:22:46.410 a female vocalist, I'm going to go with... Joan 00:22:46.410 --> 00:22:49.109 Jett and the Blackhearts from the Tank Girl soundtrack 00:22:49.109 --> 00:22:53.869 doing Let's Do It, which is a, I can't even remember 00:22:53.869 --> 00:22:57.150 who did the original. It was back in the 60s, 00:22:57.150 --> 00:23:00.809 I believe. But she rocks it. She punks it up. 00:23:00.890 --> 00:23:03.150 She makes it fitting of a Tank Girl soundtrack. 00:23:03.269 --> 00:23:07.349 And it's full of lots of really colorful innuendos. 00:23:08.259 --> 00:23:10.480 that when you're in college, it's extra cool, 00:23:10.480 --> 00:23:12.960 but still cool when you're an adult. So I'm going 00:23:12.960 --> 00:23:14.740 to go with that to tie in with another female 00:23:14.740 --> 00:23:17.000 vocalist, Joan Jett and the Black Cards. Let's 00:23:17.000 --> 00:23:19.880 do it from the Tank Girl soundtrack. I love that 00:23:19.880 --> 00:23:22.339 you went with Joan Jett following the interrupters 00:23:22.339 --> 00:23:24.519 because when people ask me what I hear when I 00:23:24.519 --> 00:23:26.339 hear the interrupters and I'm supposed to describe 00:23:26.339 --> 00:23:30.839 them, I said as if you take certain, and I use 00:23:30.839 --> 00:23:34.069 the word certain because If you say the next 00:23:34.069 --> 00:23:36.089 band name, I'm about to say people automatically 00:23:36.089 --> 00:23:39.490 go directly to a sound and it's not that certain 00:23:39.490 --> 00:23:43.369 aspects of no doubt. Yeah. Joan Jett and the 00:23:43.369 --> 00:23:46.950 Blackhearts and then the English beat and put 00:23:46.950 --> 00:23:50.269 them together. That is what gives you the interrupters. 00:23:50.269 --> 00:23:53.250 That is my kind of like it's like second wave 00:23:53.250 --> 00:23:56.990 ska, third wave ska and Joan Jett punk had a 00:23:56.990 --> 00:23:59.509 child. Yeah, that's a really good recipe to get 00:23:59.509 --> 00:24:03.569 there for sure. So following that up, I'm trying 00:24:03.569 --> 00:24:05.829 to think of where to pivot from there because 00:24:05.829 --> 00:24:08.490 it's going to be a pivot. But what I'm going 00:24:08.490 --> 00:24:13.490 to do is bring it back to the male vocals. Okay. 00:24:13.910 --> 00:24:17.609 Only I'm going to stick with this female theme 00:24:17.609 --> 00:24:20.509 we've got going for a few songs here between 00:24:20.509 --> 00:24:25.670 Billie Eilish, The Interrupters, Joan Jett. And 00:24:25.670 --> 00:24:28.690 now I'm going to go with a Madonna cover. Ah. 00:24:30.210 --> 00:24:33.710 Now, back in my day, 22 years ago, when I got 00:24:33.710 --> 00:24:37.170 this on CD, I didn't know this cover was on the 00:24:37.170 --> 00:24:40.990 album. I was listening to it for the fact that 00:24:40.990 --> 00:24:44.950 I like H2O. But when the last song on the album, 00:24:45.049 --> 00:24:47.829 Underneath the Flames, finished, it was a little 00:24:47.829 --> 00:24:50.630 bit of a pause, like they did in the 90s and 00:24:50.630 --> 00:24:54.009 the early 2000s. And as you saw, the CD didn't 00:24:54.009 --> 00:24:57.069 go back to track one, excitement built. And if 00:24:57.069 --> 00:24:59.269 you patiently waited through that silence, the 00:24:59.269 --> 00:25:02.690 end result is what might be, for me, my favorite 00:25:02.690 --> 00:25:06.250 song on the album Go, and it's their cover of 00:25:06.250 --> 00:25:11.670 Madonna's Like a Prayer. Intense, heavy, starts 00:25:11.670 --> 00:25:14.869 off just like the original, only with a very 00:25:14.869 --> 00:25:18.089 punk delivery, very soft, and then it's a million 00:25:18.089 --> 00:25:21.789 miles an hour, and it is one of the highlights 00:25:21.789 --> 00:25:25.079 of a great... hardcore punk album so i'm going 00:25:25.079 --> 00:25:28.519 with h2o's cover of madonna's like a prayer you 00:25:28.519 --> 00:25:30.559 know what every time i listen to your podcast 00:25:30.559 --> 00:25:35.000 i i find at least one song that i either forgot 00:25:35.000 --> 00:25:37.200 about or i've never heard of and i don't think 00:25:37.200 --> 00:25:39.539 i've heard that one so i'm definitely gonna have 00:25:39.539 --> 00:25:42.559 to give it a listen because That sounds fantastic. 00:25:43.019 --> 00:25:46.500 It is. It truly is fantastic. They're not a household 00:25:46.500 --> 00:25:49.099 name, unfortunately, but around the New York 00:25:49.099 --> 00:25:52.359 City hardcore scene, they were definitely a band 00:25:52.359 --> 00:25:55.279 that I heard a lot in this area. And if more 00:25:55.279 --> 00:25:57.140 people aren't familiar with them, I hope they 00:25:57.140 --> 00:25:59.740 become because they're just a fantastic group. 00:26:00.599 --> 00:26:07.240 Nice. All right. H2O, Like a Prayer. All right. 00:26:07.279 --> 00:26:11.220 So Like a Prayer. Is that an 80s song or is that 00:26:11.220 --> 00:26:16.500 a 90s song? I think it was 89. All right. I'm 00:26:16.500 --> 00:26:20.859 going to once again make a little bit of a pivot 00:26:20.859 --> 00:26:24.380 because the connection is weak. I'm going to 00:26:24.380 --> 00:26:29.859 say we'll go with the same range of time that 00:26:29.859 --> 00:26:33.240 the cover came out. And I'm going to go with 00:26:33.240 --> 00:26:37.339 a Down By Law cover from their Punk Rock Academy 00:26:37.339 --> 00:26:41.220 fight song album. It's the Proclaimers 500 miles. 00:26:41.920 --> 00:26:46.180 Yes. Thank you. Super fun. I love what they do 00:26:46.180 --> 00:26:48.579 with it. I love that they don't even understand 00:26:48.579 --> 00:26:53.319 all the words and they sing it like that. It's 00:26:53.319 --> 00:26:55.579 just a really fun, you know, they're having fun 00:26:55.579 --> 00:26:57.359 playing it and you know, they're just like, I 00:26:57.359 --> 00:26:58.920 don't know. We're just going to rock this out. 00:26:59.500 --> 00:27:02.079 Whatever Heaver means, let's just keep going. 00:27:02.200 --> 00:27:06.829 And it's just a really fun way to take. a hugely 00:27:06.829 --> 00:27:10.450 popular song and make it their own and make it, 00:27:10.470 --> 00:27:13.769 I think, even more fun. So that's 500 Miles by 00:27:13.769 --> 00:27:18.009 Down By Law. Absolutely love it. Was 100 ,000 00:27:18.009 --> 00:27:22.170 % on my list. I love that version. Steve Moore, 00:27:22.289 --> 00:27:25.150 a guy I went to high school with, chimed in with 00:27:25.150 --> 00:27:28.089 this version as well. It is unbelievably good. 00:27:28.269 --> 00:27:32.359 And about a decade later. mxpx put out a covers 00:27:32.359 --> 00:27:34.859 album and they did a cover of 500 miles and a 00:27:34.859 --> 00:27:36.519 lot of people were talking about it because they 00:27:36.519 --> 00:27:39.319 incorporated surrender by cheap trick into the 00:27:39.319 --> 00:27:42.319 mix and they're like oh but but it's such a creative 00:27:42.319 --> 00:27:45.779 cover i said of down by law's cover and they're 00:27:45.779 --> 00:27:48.240 like what i'm like no really this has been done 00:27:48.240 --> 00:27:51.319 before yeah except down by law didn't put in 00:27:51.319 --> 00:27:54.640 the cheap trick song however when he screams 00:27:54.640 --> 00:27:57.640 out and if i have or whatever the That means 00:27:57.640 --> 00:28:01.019 I think that is almost better than adding in 00:28:01.019 --> 00:28:04.119 the whole extra cover song into the mix. Yeah, 00:28:04.180 --> 00:28:06.619 I agree. It's it's so fun. And I mean that the 00:28:06.619 --> 00:28:08.519 other one is a really good cover, too. But but 00:28:08.519 --> 00:28:11.319 this is just I had to include it because it's 00:28:11.319 --> 00:28:14.259 just there. You can tell that they are enjoying. 00:28:14.500 --> 00:28:16.559 And that's one of the like broader things that 00:28:16.559 --> 00:28:18.799 I like about cover songs is like when an artist 00:28:18.799 --> 00:28:22.039 likes the song. you can tell when they enjoy 00:28:22.039 --> 00:28:23.839 that they're doing it and not just doing it to 00:28:23.839 --> 00:28:27.200 mess with the original artists. When people do 00:28:27.200 --> 00:28:29.640 it for that, it kind of shines through. And when 00:28:29.640 --> 00:28:34.039 a band genuinely likes the song or at least respects 00:28:34.039 --> 00:28:38.779 what the song is, then it, in my opinion, makes 00:28:38.779 --> 00:28:41.380 it a much better cover. And it usually becomes 00:28:41.380 --> 00:28:44.559 one of my go -tos because you can tell that the 00:28:44.559 --> 00:28:46.359 band's having fun with it. And I think in this 00:28:46.359 --> 00:28:49.000 case, they were really having fun. I could not 00:28:49.000 --> 00:28:51.880 agree more. And I think I know exactly what I'm 00:28:51.880 --> 00:28:53.660 going to close out our side with. I had about 00:28:53.660 --> 00:28:56.579 three or four songs. And in my head, I'm thinking 00:28:56.579 --> 00:29:00.079 if Side B plays out the way I'm hoping, I could 00:29:00.079 --> 00:29:02.359 still get all those songs in and still include 00:29:02.359 --> 00:29:06.740 this one. And this is an iconic song that came 00:29:06.740 --> 00:29:10.759 out in the 80s. And it was not a punk song, but 00:29:10.759 --> 00:29:14.759 it was definitely inspired by and has a punk 00:29:14.759 --> 00:29:20.029 vibe to it. And the band is REM. And I'm going 00:29:20.029 --> 00:29:24.309 to go with a cover of an REM song by the Suicide 00:29:24.309 --> 00:29:28.690 Machines that came out on 2001's Steal This Record. 00:29:28.829 --> 00:29:32.170 I am going with their version of It's the End 00:29:32.170 --> 00:29:36.190 of the World as We Know It and I Feel Fine. Because 00:29:36.190 --> 00:29:39.650 the original has a punk vibe to it. But to be 00:29:39.650 --> 00:29:44.000 able to speed that vocal delivery up. and still 00:29:44.000 --> 00:29:47.119 get it out and maintain the integrity of the 00:29:47.119 --> 00:29:51.299 original's manic presence. To be able to take 00:29:51.299 --> 00:29:54.400 that up a notch is not an easy feat. And I feel 00:29:54.400 --> 00:29:56.160 like they knocked it out of the park with this 00:29:56.160 --> 00:30:00.059 version. And I know it's not the Suicide Machine's 00:30:00.059 --> 00:30:03.359 most popular, infamous album, but it's such a 00:30:03.359 --> 00:30:06.299 damn good cover. And I definitely wanted to close 00:30:06.299 --> 00:30:08.859 out the side with something big and something 00:30:08.859 --> 00:30:11.740 that really brought... kind of this side to a 00:30:11.740 --> 00:30:14.319 close. And I feel like it's the end of the world 00:30:14.319 --> 00:30:17.619 as we know it does just that. Perfect. Yep. It 00:30:17.619 --> 00:30:19.559 was on my list. I'm glad that you did it because 00:30:19.559 --> 00:30:21.980 if you didn't, I would have, that was also one 00:30:21.980 --> 00:30:25.400 of my closing ideas. So good on you for including 00:30:25.400 --> 00:30:27.519 it. I love that. REM is my favorite band. So 00:30:27.519 --> 00:30:30.880 I had to have a song that at least somehow linked 00:30:30.880 --> 00:30:34.079 to REM. So that was, that's a great one. Fantastic. 00:30:34.140 --> 00:30:37.420 And that mixtapers concludes side a of our punk 00:30:37.420 --> 00:30:40.710 rock cover songs, mixtape. which consists of 00:30:40.710 --> 00:30:43.690 the Vandals cover of Queen's Don't Stop Me Now, 00:30:43.990 --> 00:30:47.309 Social Distortion's cover of Johnny Cash's Ring 00:30:47.309 --> 00:30:52.089 of Fire, NoFX's cover of Don McLean's Vincent, 00:30:52.490 --> 00:30:56.430 Me First and the Gimme Gimme's cover of Loggins 00:30:56.430 --> 00:30:59.950 and Messina's Danny Song, Real Big Fish's cover 00:30:59.950 --> 00:31:03.690 of Tom Petty's I Won't Back Down, The Interrupter's 00:31:03.690 --> 00:31:07.450 cover of Billie Eilish's Bad Guy, Joan Jett's 00:31:07.450 --> 00:31:11.289 cover of Cole Porter's Let's Do It, H2O's cover 00:31:11.289 --> 00:31:14.650 of Madonna's Like a Prayer, Down By Law's cover 00:31:14.650 --> 00:31:18.269 of The Proclaimers' 500 Miles, and The Suicide 00:31:18.269 --> 00:31:21.369 Machine's cover of R .E .M.'s It's the end of 00:31:21.369 --> 00:31:24.910 the world as we know it, and I feel fine. Remember 00:31:24.910 --> 00:31:27.309 to head over to myweeklymixtape .com to hear 00:31:27.309 --> 00:31:29.789 all the songs we've talked about tonight. in 00:31:29.789 --> 00:31:33.490 the mix embedded on the episode page. Now, before 00:31:33.490 --> 00:31:36.089 we flip our proverbial mixtape over to Side B, 00:31:36.230 --> 00:31:38.710 Matt, why don't you tell the listeners a little 00:31:38.710 --> 00:31:42.170 bit more about X Radio X? All right. So X Radio 00:31:42.170 --> 00:31:45.470 X is a podcast that my best friend and I put 00:31:45.470 --> 00:31:48.529 together about basically college radio. We both 00:31:48.529 --> 00:31:52.390 met at a college radio station and we are huge, 00:31:52.450 --> 00:31:55.660 huge music fans and we're... cross genres in 00:31:55.660 --> 00:31:58.519 a lot of different ways. And so we often talk 00:31:58.519 --> 00:32:00.920 about music. And then after college, we went 00:32:00.920 --> 00:32:02.779 into, we both went into commercial radio for 00:32:02.779 --> 00:32:06.579 many years and were either in love with it or 00:32:06.579 --> 00:32:10.299 jaded by it or both. And so we decided after 00:32:10.299 --> 00:32:12.980 we got out of that field as well, we were craving 00:32:12.980 --> 00:32:16.799 the music discussion and the things that. made 00:32:16.799 --> 00:32:20.619 radio so interesting to us and the good and the 00:32:20.619 --> 00:32:22.700 bad. And so we decided, well, let's, this is 00:32:22.700 --> 00:32:24.779 an excuse for us to get together, to talk about 00:32:24.779 --> 00:32:27.740 radio, to talk about music, to kind of share 00:32:27.740 --> 00:32:32.140 our knowledge of radio, music, college radio, 00:32:32.259 --> 00:32:36.640 that whole different niche of subject matter 00:32:36.640 --> 00:32:39.160 and to share it with people and see, you know, 00:32:39.160 --> 00:32:40.980 if people might be interested in, and it's super 00:32:40.980 --> 00:32:43.940 fun. I mean, we have a blast every time we talk 00:32:43.940 --> 00:32:46.920 about, you know, we do cover song. topics. We 00:32:46.920 --> 00:32:49.200 talk about the different genres that you'd find 00:32:49.200 --> 00:32:53.119 on radio, the formatting and things like that. 00:32:53.220 --> 00:32:54.960 And so if you're interested in radio, if you're 00:32:54.960 --> 00:32:57.400 interested in music and pop culture and that 00:32:57.400 --> 00:33:00.240 sort of thing, then X Radio X is where you might 00:33:00.240 --> 00:33:03.470 find us. And it's a good time. It most certainly 00:33:03.470 --> 00:33:06.089 is. I love listening to the episodes. You guys 00:33:06.089 --> 00:33:09.650 have a fantastic product over there. And I am 00:33:09.650 --> 00:33:12.089 excited to be talking music with you tonight, 00:33:12.130 --> 00:33:14.710 especially cover songs, because your cover songs 00:33:14.710 --> 00:33:17.529 episodes are some of my favorite that you guys 00:33:17.529 --> 00:33:20.289 do, because I'm always finding myself screaming 00:33:20.289 --> 00:33:25.049 at my car radio saying, why haven't you mentioned 00:33:25.049 --> 00:33:27.529 this one yet? And I love those type of conversations. 00:33:27.750 --> 00:33:31.329 Yeah. For sure. And that's what I'm hoping we're 00:33:31.329 --> 00:33:33.309 getting a little bit from other people tonight. 00:33:33.410 --> 00:33:36.930 Maybe not yelling so much, but trying to nudge 00:33:36.930 --> 00:33:39.309 us in the right direction. And hopefully they've 00:33:39.309 --> 00:33:41.569 nudged me in the right directions because kicking 00:33:41.569 --> 00:33:45.329 off Side B, I'm going to go with a cover of a 00:33:45.329 --> 00:33:50.650 1980s song that I feel like the 1980s song is 00:33:50.650 --> 00:33:53.970 iconic. However, depending on what generation 00:33:53.970 --> 00:33:59.130 you ask, the Atari's 2003 cover. might be the 00:33:59.130 --> 00:34:01.970 one that's more iconic. And I'm going with the 00:34:01.970 --> 00:34:04.970 Boys of Summer, originally done by Don Henley. 00:34:05.509 --> 00:34:08.590 Instead of the deadhead sticker on the Cadillac, 00:34:08.630 --> 00:34:11.050 you have the black flag sticker on the Cadillac. 00:34:11.349 --> 00:34:14.349 I absolutely love their version because it's 00:34:14.349 --> 00:34:17.750 everything I love about punk versions. It honors 00:34:17.750 --> 00:34:21.869 the original and it kicks it up a notch. I know 00:34:21.869 --> 00:34:23.949 that's like an Emeril catchphrase or whatever, 00:34:24.070 --> 00:34:27.630 but it really, the Atari's version. brings the 00:34:27.630 --> 00:34:32.230 energy to an already energetic 80s song but it 00:34:32.230 --> 00:34:36.170 totally does not sound like an 80s song anymore 00:34:36.170 --> 00:34:38.949 the ataris bring it and make it their own so 00:34:38.949 --> 00:34:42.469 love that version love the energy when my band 00:34:42.469 --> 00:34:45.030 covers this song depending on who the audience 00:34:45.030 --> 00:34:48.710 member is i will actually say don henley's boys 00:34:48.710 --> 00:34:51.590 of summer or the ataris boys of summer because 00:34:51.590 --> 00:34:54.690 depending on the age of the audience they want 00:34:54.690 --> 00:34:57.840 to hear two different versions Right. That's 00:34:57.840 --> 00:35:00.059 a good point. Yeah, I love that song. I mean, 00:35:00.079 --> 00:35:02.960 that is one of my favorite cover songs for sure. 00:35:03.159 --> 00:35:05.679 I think that, like I was saying before on side 00:35:05.679 --> 00:35:09.320 one, the Ataris get it. They like the song. You 00:35:09.320 --> 00:35:12.380 can tell they get the mood. They get the subtext. 00:35:12.480 --> 00:35:15.519 They understand what Don Henley was singing about. 00:35:15.780 --> 00:35:17.860 It's not just words and music that they have 00:35:17.860 --> 00:35:20.960 to learn. They know what they're singing and 00:35:20.960 --> 00:35:23.780 they make it their own and they modernize it 00:35:23.780 --> 00:35:26.449 for their audience in a way that. really defines 00:35:26.449 --> 00:35:29.230 that they are clearly hearing where he is coming 00:35:29.230 --> 00:35:31.349 from and and they appreciate the song and they 00:35:31.349 --> 00:35:33.789 respect the music and so i i just think it that 00:35:33.789 --> 00:35:36.869 makes for a fantastic cover and now you get the 00:35:36.869 --> 00:35:39.829 fun opportunity of following it up because you 00:35:39.829 --> 00:35:42.050 could follow it up 80s style you could follow 00:35:42.050 --> 00:35:45.230 it up punk rock style depends which way you want 00:35:45.230 --> 00:35:53.429 to take it yes so i i'm gonna go with 80s style 00:35:54.599 --> 00:35:59.639 but it's going to be a screeching record of a 00:35:59.639 --> 00:36:04.519 theme change. So we're going to stick with the 00:36:04.519 --> 00:36:09.039 80s feel. But when you go from Boys of Summer 00:36:09.039 --> 00:36:11.760 to this song, it is going to be a little bit 00:36:11.760 --> 00:36:15.099 of a jolt, but it's an 80s cover. It's no use 00:36:15.099 --> 00:36:18.699 for a name covering the vapors turning Japanese. 00:36:19.400 --> 00:36:23.250 Nice. It's such a good song. And I mean, the 00:36:23.250 --> 00:36:26.010 original is so fun and noise for a name. Just 00:36:26.010 --> 00:36:28.530 they rock it. It's from, I believe they had a 00:36:28.530 --> 00:36:31.349 full covers album and it's one of the best ones 00:36:31.349 --> 00:36:33.369 in my opinion that they had. So no use for a 00:36:33.369 --> 00:36:36.389 name turning Japanese from the vapors. Great 00:36:36.389 --> 00:36:39.849 pick. There's something about those nineties 00:36:39.849 --> 00:36:43.650 punk style covers. They didn't have a home in 00:36:43.650 --> 00:36:47.389 the nineties because punk rock wasn't on main 00:36:47.389 --> 00:36:50.409 rock radio at that point. Sans your green days. 00:36:51.019 --> 00:36:53.380 So these were the songs that were kind of, for 00:36:53.380 --> 00:36:55.179 at least between my buddies and I, were getting 00:36:55.179 --> 00:36:58.480 traded through recording CDs onto cassettes that 00:36:58.480 --> 00:37:00.639 we would get because we were going to punk rock 00:37:00.639 --> 00:37:03.679 shows and trying to find out more about punk 00:37:03.679 --> 00:37:05.579 rock bands through people that were kind of in 00:37:05.579 --> 00:37:08.719 that scene. There was no internet to kind of 00:37:08.719 --> 00:37:13.139 find these songs back in the 90s. So No Use For 00:37:13.139 --> 00:37:15.159 A Name was a band I discovered through one of 00:37:15.159 --> 00:37:18.960 those tapes. Yeah, all of my... punk knowledge 00:37:18.960 --> 00:37:22.099 pretty much exclusively i can thank the college 00:37:22.099 --> 00:37:23.860 radio station i worked at because there were 00:37:23.860 --> 00:37:28.119 some punk djs that had actual full -on six three 00:37:28.119 --> 00:37:32.639 six hours of punk music all like top to bottom 00:37:32.639 --> 00:37:35.800 front to back it was they were immersed in punk 00:37:35.800 --> 00:37:38.340 culture and and so no use for a name was a big 00:37:38.340 --> 00:37:41.780 one for them And so I just threw osmosis because 00:37:41.780 --> 00:37:43.679 I was always at the radio station. I started 00:37:43.679 --> 00:37:45.960 listening. I started saying, hey, this is this 00:37:45.960 --> 00:37:47.780 is something more accessible than I thought. 00:37:47.880 --> 00:37:50.559 And so I got into a lot of the punk bands that 00:37:50.559 --> 00:37:53.659 I still listen to from college radio. Absolutely 00:37:53.659 --> 00:37:55.780 love it. And I think I know where I'm going to 00:37:55.780 --> 00:37:58.000 go with this, because along with those tapes 00:37:58.000 --> 00:38:00.780 that my buddies and I would record for each other, 00:38:00.820 --> 00:38:03.159 there was a band that I discovered along with 00:38:03.159 --> 00:38:07.079 No Use for a Name on one of those tapes. And 00:38:07.079 --> 00:38:12.860 the band is Face to Face. And in 1994, they put 00:38:12.860 --> 00:38:15.420 out an album called Big Choice. And they decided 00:38:15.420 --> 00:38:20.719 to cover a song by one of the most iconic punk 00:38:20.719 --> 00:38:24.980 bands ever, in my humble opinion, being The Descendants. 00:38:25.260 --> 00:38:28.019 And when you're going to tackle a Descendants 00:38:28.019 --> 00:38:32.599 song, which is already groundbreaking punk, you 00:38:32.599 --> 00:38:37.909 best bring it. to a new level and honor the original 00:38:37.909 --> 00:38:42.969 with class and respect. And they did that in 00:38:42.969 --> 00:38:45.849 their cover of bikage. I know this is going to 00:38:45.849 --> 00:38:48.550 be a deep cut, but I'm assuming that there's 00:38:48.550 --> 00:38:51.730 some people listening to this episode that are 00:38:51.730 --> 00:38:55.829 punk fans more than cover song fans. So this 00:38:55.829 --> 00:38:59.869 is my hat tip and shout out to all of those people, 00:38:59.949 --> 00:39:04.269 because this is a punk band paying homage. to 00:39:04.269 --> 00:39:06.929 another iconic punk band. And I feel like it 00:39:06.929 --> 00:39:09.309 deserves a place in this conversation tonight. 00:39:09.829 --> 00:39:12.630 Okay. Yeah, I could hear that for sure. And that's, 00:39:12.630 --> 00:39:15.150 that's something that doesn't happen too often. 00:39:15.210 --> 00:39:18.070 You hear every once in a while, a punk band will 00:39:18.070 --> 00:39:20.929 cover another punk band. I know like green day 00:39:20.929 --> 00:39:23.130 has done it once or twice, but like, yeah, it's, 00:39:23.130 --> 00:39:25.909 it's cool for them to say, you know, here's somebody 00:39:25.909 --> 00:39:29.110 that really either motivated us or inspired us 00:39:29.110 --> 00:39:31.730 or whatever it might be. So that's cool. It's 00:39:31.730 --> 00:39:34.519 a good choice. And now I throw it back to you. 00:39:35.099 --> 00:39:40.199 All right. So we're going to go. Hmm. What do 00:39:40.199 --> 00:39:44.760 we have that I haven't used yet? Well, you know 00:39:44.760 --> 00:39:46.940 what I have to go with because we haven't we 00:39:46.940 --> 00:39:49.659 haven't included them yet. It would be weird 00:39:49.659 --> 00:39:53.920 to not have any Ramones songs on the punk cover 00:39:53.920 --> 00:39:58.780 list. And so I have to include. the ramones cover 00:39:58.780 --> 00:40:01.840 i think from 19 i want to say it was even 1979 00:40:01.840 --> 00:40:07.579 california sun it's a great song they just are 00:40:07.579 --> 00:40:09.619 having a blast doing it and they've done a number 00:40:09.619 --> 00:40:14.019 of covers but that song is i think just one of 00:40:14.019 --> 00:40:16.739 their one of my favorite covers of theirs so 00:40:16.739 --> 00:40:20.480 i have to include it great pick originally recorded 00:40:20.480 --> 00:40:23.420 by rhythm and blue singer joe jones but most 00:40:23.420 --> 00:40:26.250 people Knew the original is the Riviera's version. 00:40:26.489 --> 00:40:28.949 Yeah. So I think we can go with that. Although 00:40:28.949 --> 00:40:31.650 even that version was it's one of those covers 00:40:31.650 --> 00:40:33.849 that a lot of people didn't know was a cover. 00:40:33.929 --> 00:40:36.510 Right. And I had the Ramones on my list because 00:40:36.510 --> 00:40:39.630 you have to go iconic when you're talking about 00:40:39.630 --> 00:40:42.269 a punk list. And there's certain bands that if 00:40:42.269 --> 00:40:45.190 we did a punk anything list and you don't mention 00:40:45.190 --> 00:40:47.340 them, I feel like we. we would lose some punk 00:40:47.340 --> 00:40:50.900 cred, so to speak. Right. I had their cover of 00:40:50.900 --> 00:40:53.260 Surf and Bird by the Trash Men from Rocket to 00:40:53.260 --> 00:40:56.119 Russia. Nice. Because if I was going to put it 00:40:56.119 --> 00:40:57.840 in, I wanted to do something fun, and it gave 00:40:57.840 --> 00:41:00.159 me an excuse to shout out the Family Guy episode, 00:41:00.300 --> 00:41:03.380 which is probably one of my favorite Family Guy 00:41:03.380 --> 00:41:07.119 moments of all time. That is funny. But I am 00:41:07.119 --> 00:41:10.679 going to follow up the Ramones with another iconic 00:41:10.679 --> 00:41:13.519 punk band that if we don't include on this episode, 00:41:14.280 --> 00:41:18.460 will lose some some punk cred here and i feel 00:41:18.460 --> 00:41:21.360 like following up the ramones is a tough challenge 00:41:21.360 --> 00:41:24.639 but the clash can stand up to that challenge 00:41:24.639 --> 00:41:28.659 and i'm going to go off of 1979's ep the cost 00:41:28.659 --> 00:41:31.940 of living or for us here in america the american 00:41:31.940 --> 00:41:34.579 edition of their self -titled album originally 00:41:34.579 --> 00:41:39.739 written by sonny kernis of the crickets and popularized 00:41:39.739 --> 00:41:44.050 by bobby fuller for The Clash made it iconic. 00:41:44.449 --> 00:41:48.329 I fought the law and the law won. Believe it 00:41:48.329 --> 00:41:51.530 or not, I also had Mike Ness's version of I fought 00:41:51.530 --> 00:41:55.309 the law on my list. But when we're talking punk 00:41:55.309 --> 00:41:58.809 covers, the Social D cover of Ring of Fire blows 00:41:58.809 --> 00:42:02.769 away Mike Ness's version of I fought the law. 00:42:02.849 --> 00:42:04.849 And Mike Ness's version of I fought the law is 00:42:04.849 --> 00:42:07.949 awesome. It is. We're talking about The Clash 00:42:07.949 --> 00:42:11.159 and The Clash wins out here. Following up the 00:42:11.159 --> 00:42:14.119 Ramones, I Fought the Law. All right. Excellent 00:42:14.119 --> 00:42:17.480 choice. So then I'm going to go for track six. 00:42:17.539 --> 00:42:22.579 I'm going to take another thematically. This 00:42:22.579 --> 00:42:28.139 is a band covering an oldie, I think, by most 00:42:28.139 --> 00:42:30.920 people's standards. Even nowadays, the 80s are 00:42:30.920 --> 00:42:36.099 considered oldies, but a true oldie from Ben 00:42:36.099 --> 00:42:39.510 E. King. It's going to be Pennywise's cover of 00:42:39.510 --> 00:42:43.590 Stand By Me from their Word to the Wise album. 00:42:44.289 --> 00:42:48.190 Such a good song. Pennywise, just. And in fact, 00:42:48.190 --> 00:42:51.210 it doesn't even start out as a punk song. It 00:42:51.210 --> 00:42:55.889 starts out pretty true to the original. And then 00:42:55.889 --> 00:42:59.369 about midway through or so, it starts kicking 00:42:59.369 --> 00:43:02.289 you in the teeth. But it is such a good. I think, 00:43:02.289 --> 00:43:04.250 I mean, in a way it kind of shows Pennywise's 00:43:04.250 --> 00:43:07.530 range, but it's just a really good song that 00:43:07.530 --> 00:43:11.190 they took and they obviously care about it. They 00:43:11.190 --> 00:43:13.570 did a good job with it. And then they also decided, 00:43:13.690 --> 00:43:15.710 well, you know what? Our fans want us to rock 00:43:15.710 --> 00:43:17.550 out. So we're now we're going to rock out. And 00:43:17.550 --> 00:43:19.949 so they did. And it's a great one. Stand by me 00:43:19.949 --> 00:43:23.190 by Pennywise. Absolutely love it. I had Pennywise 00:43:23.190 --> 00:43:26.960 on my list. And that was actually their cover 00:43:26.960 --> 00:43:29.920 of Down Under, which you can only find as I go 00:43:29.920 --> 00:43:33.219 nerd here on the Australia and New Zealand editions 00:43:33.219 --> 00:43:35.980 of their album Straight Ahead. So I give a shout 00:43:35.980 --> 00:43:39.559 out to Seven Rock Lists, Kevin Seeker, Hutch, 00:43:39.719 --> 00:43:41.519 and all the other folks down there in Australia, 00:43:41.679 --> 00:43:43.179 because you guys could probably get your hands 00:43:43.179 --> 00:43:46.599 on that CD for me. So, you know, men at work, 00:43:46.679 --> 00:43:49.219 get to work and hopefully find me a copy of that. 00:43:49.280 --> 00:43:51.900 I've been dying to get that on disc. I love. 00:43:52.320 --> 00:43:54.659 Pennywise. I love their cover of Stand By Me. 00:43:54.920 --> 00:43:58.300 It's fantastic. Coming out of that, though, is 00:43:58.300 --> 00:44:01.360 tough because that's like an old school kind 00:44:01.360 --> 00:44:05.420 of R &B tune. Yep. They made it not suitable 00:44:05.420 --> 00:44:08.800 for work, though. Yeah, exactly. But I want to 00:44:08.800 --> 00:44:11.739 come out of that and kind of stick with these 00:44:11.739 --> 00:44:14.960 iconic groups we're talking about. So I'm going 00:44:14.960 --> 00:44:17.659 to go with a real iconic punk band, in my opinion. 00:44:17.699 --> 00:44:21.280 It's a band that. Help set the stage for punk 00:44:21.280 --> 00:44:24.920 as we know it in all decades. And it's one of 00:44:24.920 --> 00:44:27.280 their newer songs, however, came out in the 90s 00:44:27.280 --> 00:44:30.400 for this band. And I had the amazing fortune 00:44:30.400 --> 00:44:33.920 with my punk band all at random to open up for 00:44:33.920 --> 00:44:38.820 the damned agnostic front, the misfits and the 00:44:38.820 --> 00:44:41.920 band that I'm choosing for this list, the Dickies 00:44:41.920 --> 00:44:46.219 and their cover of the human beings. Nobody but 00:44:46.219 --> 00:44:50.460 me. From 1998's Dogs from the Hair That Bit Us. 00:44:50.539 --> 00:44:54.420 Or, as a lot of people in America know it, 1998's 00:44:54.420 --> 00:44:58.780 Basketball Soundtrack. Ah. If you don't know 00:44:58.780 --> 00:45:01.619 the song, it's been in commercial jingles. It's 00:45:01.619 --> 00:45:06.219 been in movies, cartoons. It's no, no, no, no, 00:45:06.280 --> 00:45:08.760 no, no, no, no. And you take the Dickies punk 00:45:08.760 --> 00:45:12.079 flair and you add it to this. And it's a recipe 00:45:12.079 --> 00:45:15.139 for success. And the song kicks ass. And because 00:45:15.139 --> 00:45:17.260 I got the chance to share the stage with this 00:45:17.260 --> 00:45:19.360 band, I wanted to find a way to get them into 00:45:19.360 --> 00:45:22.380 this mix somehow. Nice. Very good. I love that 00:45:22.380 --> 00:45:25.599 song. That is a great. And that soundtrack is 00:45:25.599 --> 00:45:28.400 so fun. The basketball soundtrack. So that's 00:45:28.400 --> 00:45:31.340 one of the really good ones from that album. 00:45:31.460 --> 00:45:33.300 Yeah, Take On Me is another cover from that. 00:45:33.440 --> 00:45:36.039 I mean, you had Cherry Poppin' Daddies doing 00:45:36.039 --> 00:45:38.599 a cover of Jumping the Line, Shake Sonor. Right. 00:45:38.820 --> 00:45:41.570 That soundtrack was awesome. Yeah. For sure. 00:45:42.190 --> 00:45:49.949 All right. So for my next one, let's see. I'm 00:45:49.949 --> 00:45:52.070 going to go with another one that I would have 00:45:52.070 --> 00:45:55.849 never heard of this band if it weren't for Radio 00:45:55.849 --> 00:46:00.289 X. And this was a band that got quite a lot of 00:46:00.289 --> 00:46:02.650 airplay during the punk shows that would play 00:46:02.650 --> 00:46:05.309 when I was in college. And it's a band called 00:46:05.309 --> 00:46:12.179 Bucko Nine. and they are doing a cover of musical 00:46:12.179 --> 00:46:19.039 youth past the duchy it's a it's a great song 00:46:19.039 --> 00:46:23.139 and i mean the original is a great song too it's 00:46:23.139 --> 00:46:25.860 it's but bucko nine just you know they do it 00:46:25.860 --> 00:46:28.159 bucko nine style and and and it's such a fun 00:46:28.159 --> 00:46:32.900 cover and definitely got All of our feet tapping. 00:46:32.900 --> 00:46:36.400 I think it came out in 1998. I think it was actually 00:46:36.400 --> 00:46:39.139 on the past the Dutch EP and had a couple other 00:46:39.139 --> 00:46:41.860 good songs on it. But that was definitely a song 00:46:41.860 --> 00:46:43.840 that I would request when I called into the punk 00:46:43.840 --> 00:46:46.420 show. And they would be like, oh, yeah, another 00:46:46.420 --> 00:46:48.260 cover. Good one, Matt. And then, of course, you 00:46:48.260 --> 00:46:51.219 know, they would play it for me. So absolutely 00:46:51.219 --> 00:46:54.400 love it. And oh, my God, you are leaving me with 00:46:54.400 --> 00:46:58.800 such a tough decision here because I only have 00:46:58.800 --> 00:47:02.239 one song left. Yeah. And there are so many ways 00:47:02.239 --> 00:47:07.179 I can go. I could follow that 1980s vibe that 00:47:07.179 --> 00:47:10.420 we have going now with Past the Duchy because 00:47:10.420 --> 00:47:14.940 it was a bit of a turn. Yeah. Bucko Nine was 00:47:14.940 --> 00:47:17.659 more 90s punk, but I've been throwing in along 00:47:17.659 --> 00:47:20.699 with this mix. There's a lot of 90s and a lot 00:47:20.699 --> 00:47:23.119 of classic artists kind of sprinkled out through 00:47:23.119 --> 00:47:25.719 this. It's almost kind of like a scale and we're 00:47:25.719 --> 00:47:28.960 trying to balance it with 90s punk and classic 00:47:28.960 --> 00:47:31.480 punk. So I think what I'm going to do is try 00:47:31.480 --> 00:47:33.900 to balance it with another classic punk band 00:47:33.900 --> 00:47:36.739 that I feel like deserves to be on this playlist 00:47:36.739 --> 00:47:40.059 with a cover that might be more infamous than 00:47:40.059 --> 00:47:45.159 famous. But if there's only one way to do it 00:47:45.159 --> 00:47:48.159 and you're the Sex Pistols, you do it my way. 00:47:48.159 --> 00:47:53.219 Their cover of Frank Sinatra. I mean, come on. 00:47:53.260 --> 00:47:57.610 Yes. When you talk about punk attitude. Sid Vicious 00:47:57.610 --> 00:48:02.289 embodies punk rock. And this version starting 00:48:02.289 --> 00:48:05.210 off kind of serious and whatever you want to 00:48:05.210 --> 00:48:06.750 call it, if you want to call that serious in 00:48:06.750 --> 00:48:09.349 the beginning, starting off slow. Right. And 00:48:09.349 --> 00:48:12.389 just kind of singing it kind of bad and out of 00:48:12.389 --> 00:48:15.469 tune and then taking it into a true Sex Pistols 00:48:15.469 --> 00:48:17.690 punk song. I know there's a lot of controversy 00:48:17.690 --> 00:48:19.829 around the great rock and roll swindle and how 00:48:19.829 --> 00:48:22.010 the label put that album together and everything. 00:48:22.110 --> 00:48:25.219 But regardless, at the end of the day. This song 00:48:25.219 --> 00:48:27.960 always sticks out to me for punk covers. And 00:48:27.960 --> 00:48:30.440 if it's the last song I get to include on this 00:48:30.440 --> 00:48:34.639 mix, I thought what a perfect kind of pre exclamation 00:48:34.639 --> 00:48:37.059 point to the exclamation point. Matt will be 00:48:37.059 --> 00:48:41.039 putting on this entire tape. Very good. So my 00:48:41.039 --> 00:48:44.909 track nine sex pistols my way. Excellent choice. 00:48:44.989 --> 00:48:48.210 I love that song. It's such an iconic version 00:48:48.210 --> 00:48:51.070 of that song. If someone gave me the choice to 00:48:51.070 --> 00:48:53.530 listen to the Sex Pistols version or the Frank 00:48:53.530 --> 00:48:55.650 Sinatra, I would pick the Sex Pistols every single 00:48:55.650 --> 00:48:59.269 time. So a wonderful choice. And I'm so glad 00:48:59.269 --> 00:49:03.150 that you didn't pick the band that I... It was 00:49:03.150 --> 00:49:08.250 my last choice for a wrap -up song. And so you 00:49:08.250 --> 00:49:11.389 didn't, thank goodness. But the reason... So 00:49:11.389 --> 00:49:13.889 the reason I chose this song for a wrap up song 00:49:13.889 --> 00:49:16.809 is I don't know if you were this is going to 00:49:16.809 --> 00:49:18.510 be obscure. I don't know if you ever did you 00:49:18.510 --> 00:49:21.730 watch Conan O 'Brien when he was on TV before 00:49:21.730 --> 00:49:24.190 he was on like whatever channel he's on now, 00:49:24.250 --> 00:49:27.400 like when he had a network show? Yes. So when 00:49:27.400 --> 00:49:30.159 he was finishing up his show, there was all sorts 00:49:30.159 --> 00:49:33.699 of controversy about him getting canceled and 00:49:33.699 --> 00:49:36.179 being replaced by Leno and blah, blah, blah, 00:49:36.280 --> 00:49:38.679 blah, blah. And so he went out the way Conan 00:49:38.679 --> 00:49:42.699 O 'Brien wanted to go out by rocking. And I don't 00:49:42.699 --> 00:49:44.940 think he played this song, but it was playing 00:49:44.940 --> 00:49:47.960 as a montage at the end of his one of his last 00:49:47.960 --> 00:49:51.719 programs. It was Cheap Trick Surrender. And it 00:49:51.719 --> 00:49:54.400 just kind of encapsulated that sort of feeling 00:49:54.400 --> 00:49:56.639 of. It's going to be all right. You know, things 00:49:56.639 --> 00:49:59.519 are changing. Things are different. Things might 00:49:59.519 --> 00:50:03.599 feel nervous and scary, but, you know, it's OK. 00:50:03.780 --> 00:50:08.119 And so it was kind of a feel good way to end 00:50:08.119 --> 00:50:11.500 that sort of era of that show. And so it kind 00:50:11.500 --> 00:50:13.039 of stuck with me like that. And so when I was 00:50:13.039 --> 00:50:16.840 thinking of songs to finish up a playlist, I 00:50:16.840 --> 00:50:19.280 thought it would be really cool to use Surrender. 00:50:19.659 --> 00:50:23.079 So I chose less than Jake's cover. of surrender 00:50:23.079 --> 00:50:27.159 by cheap trick for track 10. Awesome. I was hoping 00:50:27.159 --> 00:50:28.760 you were going to, I know there's a bunch of, 00:50:28.780 --> 00:50:31.440 like I even mentioned earlier in the show, MXPX 00:50:31.440 --> 00:50:34.860 included it with their cover of 500 miles, but 00:50:34.860 --> 00:50:38.440 less than Jake's at the end of Anthem is a superior 00:50:38.440 --> 00:50:41.980 cover. I love, love, love it. It's so good. And 00:50:41.980 --> 00:50:45.460 just the, the drumming alone is amazing. The 00:50:45.460 --> 00:50:49.099 fact that they, the regular version is difficult 00:50:49.099 --> 00:50:52.480 to do, but then they, they, punkify it and it's 00:50:52.480 --> 00:50:57.219 like his arms must have flown right off it's 00:50:57.219 --> 00:51:00.139 so good it's a if you have not heard that cover 00:51:00.139 --> 00:51:03.039 you just have to check it out certainly and i 00:51:03.039 --> 00:51:05.800 had less than jake on my list although i went 00:51:05.800 --> 00:51:08.579 with something that i thought was really tongue 00:51:08.579 --> 00:51:10.980 -in -cheek because at the end of the song even 00:51:10.980 --> 00:51:14.599 they inject into the lyrics covers are lamey 00:51:15.099 --> 00:51:17.760 which is their cover of the Animaniacs theme 00:51:17.760 --> 00:51:22.500 from 2010's TV EP. I did not see a universe we'd 00:51:22.500 --> 00:51:24.380 be able to talk about this song on the episode. 00:51:24.619 --> 00:51:27.099 So just the fact that you scooped me on Lester 00:51:27.099 --> 00:51:30.139 Jake and I got to shoehorn that fun fact in, 00:51:30.239 --> 00:51:32.880 I love Lester Jake. They're such a great band. 00:51:33.039 --> 00:51:36.400 And I'm looking at this list and I think we did 00:51:36.400 --> 00:51:38.800 a kick -ass job, but there's a lot of bands that 00:51:38.800 --> 00:51:41.059 I know people are going to go, how did you do 00:51:41.059 --> 00:51:44.639 a punk playlist and not include? Question mark, 00:51:44.659 --> 00:51:47.059 question mark, question mark. So I could definitely 00:51:47.059 --> 00:51:49.219 see a volume two down the road for this one, 00:51:49.400 --> 00:51:51.159 for sure. I would love that. That would be fun. 00:51:51.420 --> 00:51:54.619 Well, there you have it, mixtapers. Side B of 00:51:54.619 --> 00:51:58.679 our punk rock cover songs mixtape includes the 00:51:58.679 --> 00:52:01.380 Atari's cover of Don Henley's The Boys of Summer, 00:52:01.579 --> 00:52:04.480 No Use for a Name's cover of The Vapors Turning 00:52:04.480 --> 00:52:08.300 Japanese, Face to Face's cover of The Descendants' 00:52:08.380 --> 00:52:12.039 Bikage, The Ramones' cover of The Riviera's California 00:52:12.039 --> 00:52:16.199 Sun, The Clash's cover of Bobby Fuller 4's I 00:52:16.199 --> 00:52:20.300 Fought the Law. Pennywise's cover of Ben E. King's 00:52:20.300 --> 00:52:23.619 Stand By Me. The Dickies' cover of The Human 00:52:23.619 --> 00:52:27.820 Being's Nobody But Me. Buck 09's cover of Musical 00:52:27.820 --> 00:52:31.360 Youth's Past the Duchy. Sex Pistols' cover of 00:52:31.360 --> 00:52:34.340 Frank Sinatra's My Way. And Less Than Jake's 00:52:34.340 --> 00:52:37.599 cover of Cheap Trick's Surrender. 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