Back for more punishment.

2018-05-31: I have never put my hope in any other

Spem In Alium - Thomas Tallas (perf. The Tallis Scholars)


2018-05-28: It's hot here at night

Hot in the City - Billy Idol


2018-05-26/27: It's all too late

Change - Tears For Fears


2018-05-25: It's the damage that we do

Accidents Will Happen - Elvis Costello & The Attractions


2018-05-23: It's obvious

Oblivious - Aztec Camera


2018-05-21: I got over it

Your Imagination - Daryl Hall & John Oates


2018-05-19/20: Cocaine (Eric Clapton, live version, 1980)

More popular covers week:

Originally recorded by JJ Cale in 1976. Recorded by Eric Clapton in 1977 for Slowhand, but the live version from Just One Night is what charted.

2018-05-18: I Fought the Law (The Clash, 1979)

More popular covers week:

Originally recorded by The Crickets (post Buddy Holly) in 1960 but didn't chart, then charted by the Bobby Fuller Four in 1966.

2018-05-17: The Tide Is High (Blondie, 1980)

More popular covers week:

Originally recorded by The Paragons in 1966.

2018-05-16: (I've) Got My Mind Set on You (George Harrison, 1987)

More popular covers week:

Originally recorded by James Ray in 1962.


2018-05-15: (There's) Always Something There to Remind Me (Naked Eyes, 1983)

More popular covers week:

Written in the 1960s by songwriting team Burt Bacharach and Hal David, "(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me" was first recorded as a demo by Dionne Warwick in 1963, then charted for Lou Johnson in 1964.





British synthpop duo Naked Eyes then took the song to #8 in the US with their 1983 version, which also had the honor of introducing most pop music enthusiasts to the emerging monolith of digital sampling technology. Other less obvious uses of the tech had been used in previous charting songs, such as "She Blinded Me With Science" by Thomas Dolby, but none were quite so obvious or distinct.

2018-05-14: Tainted Love (Soft Cell, 1981)

A couple weeks ago, we had neo's unexpected covers week, so this week it's covers that were more popular than the originals.


Originally recorded by Gloria Jones in 1964. Extended version includes "Where Did Our Love Go," originally recorded by the Supremes, also in 1964.


2018-05-06: If I can mostly ignore Bono’s political stuff, I guess I can mostly ignore theirs, too.

Neo's Week of Unexpected Unplugged Covers.

Indigo Girls - Romeo And Juliet

 

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2018-05-05: She puts a little black stick in her mouth in some of her other videos. Please don’t watch them if your heart can’t take it.

Neo's Week of Unexpected Unplugged Covers.

The Corrs - Everybody Hurts

 

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2018-05-04: The crowd was so stunned 😳 that you could hear a mouse 🐭 fart in that auditorium!

Neo's Week of Unexpected Unplugged Covers.

Norah Jones – Black Hole Sun

 

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2018-05-03: Pop song from an artist I never really cared to listen to, slowed it down and completely changed the whole feeling of the song. Sheer brilliance.

Neo's Week of Unexpected Unplugged Covers.

Chris Cornell - Billie Jean

 

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2018-05-02: I always knew 2 scary, big, muscular motherfuckers could make me cry easily.... but not like this.

Neo's Week of Unexpected Unplugged Covers.

Disturbed - The Sound of Silence

 

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2018-05-01: Am I ever happy I typed in to find # 07 that I could not find listed with all the other parts of this amazing CONCERT.

Neo's Week of Unexpected Unplugged Covers.

Glenn Tilbrook - Voodoo Child

 

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