#79 Cover Songs
Sound Opinions
Sound Opinions
4.4 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 1 June 2007
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery...or so they say. This week on Sound Opinions Jim and Greg will discuss rock music's form of imitation: the cover song. Tune in to hear the hosts' picks for best cover songs, as well as some of yours. Then, they'll review new cover albums from Patti Smith and Bryan Ferry.
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| 0:00.0 | What happened to music that meant something? |
| 0:04.0 | The Who at the Kingdom or Kiss at the Coliseum? |
| 0:07.0 | Where is the Misty Mountain Hop? Where is the smoke on the water? |
| 0:12.0 | Where is the Iron man of today. Hey, this is not a test. This is Rock and Roll. Welcome to Sound Opinions from Chicago Public Radio and American Public Media. |
| 0:38.0 | I'm Jim D. Regattis, the pop music critic at the Chicago Sun Times. |
| 0:41.0 | And I'm Greg Kott. I write about Rock and Roll for the Chicago sometimes. And I'm Greg Kot. |
| 0:43.0 | I write about Rock and Roll for the Chicago Tribune. |
| 0:45.0 | Today on the world's only rock and roll talk show, |
| 0:47.0 | how do you make a song you didn't write your own? |
| 0:49.0 | What are the best cover songs of all time? |
| 0:51.0 | We'll give our choices, we'll hear our |
| 0:53.0 | listeners picks, and we'll review three new cover albums, Brian Ferries, |
| 0:57.3 | Patty Smith's, and a tribute to Johnny Mitchell. You're listening to sound |
| 1:01.2 | opinions. Skyed be dark. She looked at him and he felt a spark tingled to his bones. |
| 1:18.0 | Just then he felt alone and wished that he'd gone stray. |
| 1:24.0 | Watch out for a simple twist of faith. |
| 1:29.0 | These other days a miracle and wonder. This is the long distance. The way the camera follows us in slow mode the way we look to us out. |
| 1:35.0 | The way the camera follows us in slow mode the way we look to us out. |
| 1:43.0 | Oh yeah, these are the days of miracle and wonder. |
| 1:48.0 | Don't cry, baby, don't cry, don't cry, |
| 1:52.0 | good time marrying a fortune hunter all dressed up to follow the drums |
| 1:57.5 | marrying a feather hula hoof. |
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