Posts tagged “covers”

Romeo and Juliet

The Killers’ awesome cover of one of my favorite Dire Straits tracks — Romeo and Juliet — is more than enough of a reason to buy Sawdust. There are 17 b-sides and otherwise unreleased covers and studio versions on this excellent collection. I grabbed it from iTunes about a month ago and have been loving

Looking Through You

I’m Looking through You – The Wallflowersfrom the I Am Sam soundtrack

Eddie

I can’t wait to get my hands on a copy of the soundtrack to I Am Sam! This new movie (directed by Jessie Nelson; starring Sean Penn and Michelle Pfeiffer) will feature a bunch of Beatles covers by artists like Eddie Vedder and the Black Crowes. Eddie doing You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away?

Blue Monday

Blue Monday – Orgy Yeah, I know: This is a cover of an awesome, classic New Order song. I really like this version, too, though. I’m a sucker for covers. My favorite part of a live concert is getting to hear a band cover something.

This Is A Call

One of my favorite songs is All Along the Watchtower by Bob Dylan. I have three different versions of this song: the original, and covers by Jimi Hendrix and U2. If anyone has any other versions, by any other performers, please send them my way. Thanks.

What Is This?

davidgagne.net is the personal weblog of me, David Vincent Gagne. I've been publishing here since 1999, which makes this one of the oldest continuously-updated websites on the Internet.

bartender.live

A few years ago I was trying to determine what cocktails I could make with the alcohol I had at home. I searched the App Store but couldn't find an app that would let me do that, so I built one.

Hemingway

You can read dozens of essays and articles and find hundreds of links to other sites with stories and information about Ernest Hemingway in The Hemingway Collection.