THE NEW & IMPROVED 
2006/2007 GIFT OF MUSIC

This year's GOM is the first of its kind!         NEW- Collaboration Challenge (quasi-optional)
NEW- $100 Prize to the winning artist who receives the most votes from their peers!
AND THE WINNER IS :       CALFBORG        Congratulations on a job well done!

Original Artist Song Title Covered By Quote Requested By
Motorhead Bomber Jim of Seattle "Hell, I'm 45 now. Trying to rock is hard." Sven Mullet
The Tornadoes Telstar Those Meddling Kids - Wreckdom
Bobby Vinton Blue Velvet Luke Henley "When I saw your list I was like, 'aw I don't know any of these', but then I saw 'Blue Velvet' and was like, 'aw BOO YA!' I hope you're like, 'aw SWEET' when you hear it, and then I can be like 'aw cool he liked it.' " Marcus Kellis
Thomas Dolby Budapest By Blimp Tex Beaumont & the Stinky Hearts
feat Paco del Stinko
"Thank you for sending me this song Roymond. I enjoyed putting it out of its misery. All traces of the original version must be destroyed and never allowed to offend humankind again." Roymond
Kylie Minogue Love At First Sight Sausage Boy and the Unwilling Participants
feat Heuristics Inc.
"I. Am. So. Sorry." Bjam
Morphine Cure For Pain Caravan Rach
feat Caravan Ray
"Our version a little different stylistically from the original, but we hope you like it anyway, Ben!" Charcoal
Sunny Day Real Estate Pillars Glenn Case
feat Plat
Plat says: "I Like Pie",
Glenn says: "I hope our rendition of your favorite song of all time is one that you enjoy."
Niveous
Matt Costa Cold December Eddiebangs "I dig this song, and I had a lot of fun with it. Hope you like it" Wormsweater
Do Re Mi
Man Overboard Calfborg
feat Jack Shite
- Caravan Ray
Sheldon Allman Radioactive Mama Jim Tyrrell
feat Furrypedro
 (guitar solo)
- Adnoisium
Mouse & the Traps Sometimes You Just Can't Win The Hell Yeahs
Feat: Lead Guitar - Russ Springer - Ciento of Dos Cientos
"It was weird and fun to cover a song we've never heard, by a band we'd never hear of." RinkyDink
Donovan Codine Adnoisium
Feat Anti M
- The Voice Inside Your Head
Andrew Bird Opposite Day Charcoal "Wouldn't it be sad to be a cephalopod? I bet your friends would think you were all snooty because you did the Sunday crossword puzzle in ink." Feldspar
The Knack
My Sharona Albatross
feat Boltoph
"With help from Boltoph's lead guitar wizardry, I present my "Working Man"-inspired version of everyone's favorite ditty about obsessive crushes on underaged girls." Heuristics Inc.
Veruca Salt Seether Sven
Feat Luke Henley on vocals
"Nina Gordon is definitely not going to have sex with me now." Eddiebangs
Talking Heads This Must
Be the Place (Naive Melody)
Heuristics Inc.
Feat Sausage Boy on bass
"Hey Luke, Merry Christmas and all that; hope you like it!" Luke Henley
Les Têtes Raides Qu'Est-Ce Q'on S'Fait Chier! Niveous "Thanks Egg for all your help in obtaining and translating the lyrics. I hope you enjoy it." Egg
Pink Floyd Comfortably Numb Feldspar
"This has always been one of my favorite songs to play, and I was glad to have the opportunity to record my version of it. '
Calfborg
The Grates Start Again Rabid Garfunkel "Since CRay and sausage boy were so damned chuffed about this song, I just had to do it. Elmore, eat your freakin' heart out, heh." Sausage Boy
Nick Drake Time of No Reply The Rinkydinks
Feat: My new Line6 Variax 300
- Furrypedro
Elliott Smith Say Yes Marcus Kellis
Guitar and co-lead vocals by my friend Ann Wharton
"Hope you like it, sorry about the wait, etc." Rachael Layne
Peter Gabriel Digging
in the dirt
WreckdoM "Happy GoM! Very Sorry for the late entry. I've always been a fan of this song and we found it to be a fun and interesting challenge. Thanks for suggesting it and a many, many thanks for all that you do for Songfight. I hope you enjoy your song. "
JB












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