| Original
Artist |
Song
Title
(PLAY) |
Covered By
(ARTIST
WEBSITE) |
Quote
|
Requested By |
David
Lindley
(El
Rayo-X) |
Quarter
of a Man |
Jack
Shite |
"Once
again I
drew Roymond, for whom I had previously covered an Emmylou Harris song
a couple
years ago for a Gift of Music. I picked this as I've always loved the
first El
Rayo-X album, and think David Lindley is one of the most talented and
unrecognized
guys working in music today." |
Roymond |
| Talking
Heads |
Wild
Wild Life |
FLVXXVM
FLORVM |
---------- |
Eddiebangs |
| Grateful
Dead |
Scarlet
Begonias |
Jim
Tyrrell
|
"The
short version. The 35-minute space>drums that follows is
available by
request. :)" |
Jack
Shite |
| The
Beastie Boys |
(You've
Got To) Fight For Your Right (to Party)! |
roymond |
"I'll
cry if I want to, but I hope you don't.
Happy Holidays!" |
Octothorpe |
| Dionne
Warwick |
I
Say A Little Prayer |
Cynthia
Size and the
@eclectic spOOns |
"Not
being the most
gifted of SongFighters, I hope my giftee enjoys my electro/organic
attempt at
this classic track." |
veGetar
Ianra Ge |
| The
Kinks |
Village
Green Preservation Society |
Caravan Ray |
“Thank
you
Glenny! Though the Kinks are one of my all-time favourite
bands, I had
never actually heard Village Green Preservation Society before (though
I had
heard of it). It really is a cracker. I enjoyed
doing this
immensely!” |
Glenny |
| Queen |
Fat
Bottom Girls |
Sausage
Boy and the Queens of Songfight |
"The
day the music died. Thank you my queens!" |
Rinky |
| Kings
of Leon |
King
of the Rodeo |
Wages
(myspace) |
"acoustically,
I did not feel I could do the song as originally written, so I opted to
do my
own arrangement. If it makes a
difference, I think I put a lot more into this particular arrangement
than what
I usually do with my own songs, wanting to make up for the fact that
all the
cool guitar stuff is absent. In fact,
this is the fourth arrangement I made before I got something I felt
good about. Hope you enjoy it!" |
Mark |
| Buzzcocks |
Why
Can't I Touch It? |
Johnny
Cashpoint's Space Pub |
---------- |
ADD |
| Tom
Waits |
Downtown
Train |
Those
Meddling Kids |
"Thankyou
for choosing
a song by my #3 artist of 2007! Happy GoM." |
Niveous |
| The
Soft Boys |
Underwater
Moonlight |
Paco del
Stinko |
"If
I had talent, this
is just the kind of song that I'd write.: |
Johnny
Cashpoint |
| Bob
Dylan |
Little
Sadie |
Enter It In The Art
Show |
"Merry
Giftmas! Hope
you like it." |
Rinkydink |
| Leonard
Cohen |
Sisters
of Mercy |
Frankie
Big Face |
"Quote?" |
Project-D |
| Boy
Meets Girl |
Waiting
for a Star to
Fall |
Charcoal |
---------- |
Mr.
Furrypedro |
| A-Ha |
Take
on Me |
Glenn
Case |
"I
was psychotic enough to sing this in a higher
key than the original, and that high note is hideous. I
apologize for
that much, but there was no way I was going to make you go empty handed
again
this year. I hope to tweak and improve this a bit after the
deadline, and
possibly cover another song from your choices." |
The
Hell Yeahs |
| Randy
Newman |
Political
Science |
Ross
Durand |
"Violence
is the
last refuge of the incompetent." - Salvor Hardin
in Foundation by
Isaac Asimov |
Spinlock |
| Maurice
Williams & The Zodiacs |
Stay |
The
White Hat |
"Drink
hearty." |
sp00n |
| Beat
Happening |
Black
Candy |
The
Floating Head Effect
(myspace) |
"We
probably need a studio or something." |
Egg |
| Pere
Ubu |
Heaven |
Billy's
Little Trip |
"Happy
GOM Emily *hug*" |
anti-m |
| Fall Out
Boy |
Sugar,
We're Going Down |
Anti-M |
"Happy
Gift of Music LoO! I hope this isn't too "guytar" for your tastes!
Cheers!" |
Lord
of Oats |
| The
Warumpi Band |
Blackfella
Whitefella |
Niveous |
"Happy
GOM, Caravan Ray. I tried to keep it raw
like a protest song. I hope you dig it." |
Caravan
Ray |
| Social
Distortion |
Ball
and Chain
BONUS TRACK:
Mommy's
Little
Monster |
The
Hell Yeahs |
"I
(Heather) have been
a fan of Social Distortion for a long time. I saw them at the
Palace and
got kicked in the head in the pit. I saw them in Ventura with
the Muffs
opening. I won a contest and got to meet Mike Ness at the Cat
and Fiddle
on Sunset Blvd. We hope you enjoy Ball and Chain as
interpreted by the
Hell Yeahs. - AND- Here's a bonus 'old
school' SD song for you to enjoy!" |
Billy's
Little Trip |
| Daniel
Lanois |
The
Maker |
Heuristics
Inc. |
"I
love the original song! Hope you like
it, Mr. Bwell." |
Bwell |
| Cake |
The
Distance |
Jose
Wherevo & Dolly Pardon |
I
worked for months on what was to be a
mind-blowing avant-garde cover of Fleetwood Mac's 'Tusk' only to scrap
it
entirely and create this track within the last 5 hours before
deadline.
Sorry, Phil - I know that you deserve better. You'll have to
believe me
when I say that this is the most entertaining result that could've come
out of
me this time around. |
Wages |
| Piebald |
Part
of Your Body is
Made Out of Rock |
Albatross |
"So
whatever happened
to Enter It in the Art Show? Wherever
you are, here's your GoM care package.
Enjoy!" |
Enter
It in the Art
Show |
| Nickel
Creek |
The
Lighthouse's Tale |
Lord
of Oats |
"This
seemed like a
great idea, until I realized that I would have to record the vocals." |
Tonamel |
|
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|
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| Ramones |
We're
a Happy Family |
Märk |
"I
recorded this naked!" |
Rabid
Garfunkel |
|
Neutral
Milk Hotel
|
In
the Aeroplane Over the Sea
|
The
BeWells
|
"This was
a new one to me, but I could not pass it up when
I heard the lyrics. Have a wonderful
belated GOMday!"
|
Senza
Valore
|
|
Holocaust
|
Death
or Glory |
Lunkhead
|
"I had a really tough time with these songs. I hope my
giftee likes what I wound up with."
|
Jeff Robertson
|
| John Fred and the Playboy Band |
Judy in Disguise
(with glasses) |
glenny |
"Sorry
I'm late Frankie. Happy Gifts! This was a blast to do! I wish the drum tracks
were better. I actually had a lot of fun recording vocals on this track, I
usually dread vocals. I really wanted to do Suite Judy Blue Eyes, but I
couldn't figure out how to make that a non-vocal-centric tune due to my vocal
abilities. I actually really like all 4 of those songs a lot." |
Frankie
Big Face |
| Mr. Bungle |
Retrovertigo |
Eddiebangs |
"I
stayed pretty true to the original. I love this song, and couldn't see
doing it any other way. I hope you dig it- I had a blast" |
Jim Tyrrell |
|
Kelly Joe Phelps
|
Sally
Ruby |
Dog
Thresher |
"I
took some liberties with the original." |
The
White Hat |
| Brandi Carlisle |
Turpentine |
Project-D |
"There's no way I could've made this song better,
but I liked it so much I had to do it. Dre was kind enough to say he
liked it." |
Dre |
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