I had this great idea to make a mixtape of covers and their original parents. I would put them back to back to hear the different interpretations. I think it will be dope. Here's the playlist I have so far (the order and length of which can and will likely change):
Fast Car - Tracy Chapman/Xiu Xiu
Let's Dance - David Bowie/M. Ward
Dead Leaves & The Dirty Ground - The White Stripes/Chris Thile
Bold As Love - Jimi Hendrix/John Mayer (Mayer=meh, but it's a great cover)
Great Balls Of Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis/Teitur
Downtown Train - Tom Waits/Rod Stewart (surprise: Rod's not the mastermind who wrote it)
Cry Me A River - Justin Timberlake/The Cliks
Down Down Down - The Presets/Bumblebeez
Beautiful - Christina Aguilera/Clem Snide
Hickory Wind - The Byrds/Gillian Welch
Thriller - Michael Jackson/Benjamin Gibbard
Mack The Knife - Bertolt Brecht/Nick Cave
Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana/The Bad Plus
Under Pressure - David Bowie/Vanilla Ice (via Ice Ice Baby)/Ben Kweller
Human Fly - The Cramps/Nouvelle Vogue
Out Of Time - The Rolling Stones/The Ramones
Sin City - The Flying Burrito Brothers/Beck & Emmylou Harris
Restless Farewell - Bob Dylan/Norman Blake & Peter Ostrroushko
Bring The Noise - Public Enemy/The Dirty Three
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I like this idea for a playlist. Berthold Brecht was the lyricist for "Mack the Knife," but the composer was Kurt Weill. It comes from The Threepenney Opera.
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