Cover Me, I'm Goin' In Mix

So today is my 26th birthday.  I love birthdays and I've already been using it as an excuse for extra fun this week (and by "fun" I mean "drinks"), but I have to admit that for some reason 26 is feeling a little bit scarier than 25 was.  I think part of it has to do with the fact that 25 is the last exciting milestone of a birthday - as exciting as lower car insurance premiums and the ability to rent cars can be - but mostly I think it's because 26 seems way older than 25 to me.  Silly, I know.  And I'll totally stop whining about being old now because I've honestly been carded at an R-rated movie within the last year.

Anywho, in true music blogger fashion (or hobbit fashion, if you will), I'm celebrating my birthday by giving you the present.  And the present today?  Why it's the Cover Me, I'm Goin' In Mix.

I got the idea for this one over the summer when I did a two-hour covers show on WRVU, and my friend Michael and I talked about making a cover mix for his Summer Mix Series.  Since then I've been listening to some of my favorite covers and digging up a handful of new ones, and I sorted and trimmed and mixed and stirred and ended up with a perfect little mix of Out the Other favorites doing covers of some amazing, amazing tunes.  Mostly tunes this 26 year-old grew up with, so I think this is a pretty appropriate birthday mix.

So here you go, the Cover Me, I'm Goin' In Mix.  The whole thing clocks in at just under an hour and it's best served whole, but I tossed in a few loose mp3s to give you a taste of what to expect:

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1.  Delta Spirit - Duncan (Paul Simon) 
2.  Sound Team - Glad Tidings (Glad Tidings)
3.  Doves - Blackbird (Doves)
4.  Marshmallow Coast - Never My Love (The Association) 
5.  Miracle Fortress - Hanky Panky Nohow (John Cale)
6.  Catfish Haven - Let's Spend the Night Together (The Rolling Stones)
7.  The Shins - Harvest (Neil Young)
8.  Feist - Nothin' In the World Can Stop Me Worryin' 'Bout That Girl (The Kinks)
9.  Ben Kweller - God Only Knows (The Beach Boys)
10.  Snowden - Time of the Season (The Zombies)
11.  The Walkmen - There Goes My Baby (The Drifters)
12.  The Morning Benders - Why Don't They Let Us Fall In Love (Phil Spector/The Ronettes)
13.  Blitzen Trapper - Crazy On You (Heart)
14.  Hot Club De Paris - You Can Call Me Al (Paul Simon)
15.  The Concretes - Miss You (The Rolling Stones)
16.  Britt Daniel - Bring It On Home To Me (Sam Cooke)
17.  Josh Rouse - Straight To Hell (The Clash)

AND just because it's my birthday, I thought I'd hook you up with the originals too.   This is only going to be up for a day or two though, so hurry up and grab it. 

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(sorry this was only up for a bit - go listen to the covers mix!)

1.  Paul Simon - Duncan
2.  Van Morrison - Glad Tidings
3.  The Beatles - Blackbird
4.  The Association - Never My Love
5.  John Cale - Hanky Panky Nohow
6.  The Rolling Stones - Let's Spend the Night Together
7.  Neil Young - Harvest
8.  The Kinks - Nothin' In the World Can Stop Me Worryin' 'Bout That Girl
9.  The Beach Boys - God Only Knows
10.  The Zombies - Time of the Season
11.  The Drifters - There Goes My Baby
12.  The Ronettes - Why Don't They Let Us Fall In Love
13.  Heart - Crazy On You
14.  Paul Simon - You Can Call Me Al
15.  The Rolling Stones - Miss You
16.  Sam Cooke - Bring It On Home To Me
17.  The Clash - Straight To Hell

Comments

[Owen]

have a happy birthday!

[Michael]

Happy birthday indeed. Thanks for the present!

[Darrin]

Happy happy! So can we expect a hangover mix tomorrow?

[Chris]

Thanks, that Shins song is absolutely awesome, as are the others!