Covers: Secret Colours (Beatles), Sick Sad World (Weezer), New Speedway (Manfred Mann/Dylan), Golden Bloom (Wussy), The Chemistry Set (The Rolling Stones), First Base (Devo)

(Not actually at pp's place)

Do you like covers? Yeh, so do we, especially on what's being called the coldest day of the year, at least in these parts. Course, it's still a fairly new one. Which reminds us: Happy NY.

Free download here.

Free download here.

Around the Blogosphere: RMS Edition

Holy Mother of Malachi but Gary's on a torrid tear over at Retro Music Snob! I had to repeatedly lift my fingers from the keyboard and cool them in the font of ice water I keep beside the computer. This slowed operations considerably, but the fruits are worth it. Do I feel unease at posting so many from one site and having four days of Around the Blogosphere posts in a row? Nnnnnn-a bit, yes, but this is as nothing to the pleasure you will get from the songs. Credibility, I hardly knew ye anyway. "Thanks, Gary," sounds so paltry, but say it I gladly must. Thanks, too, to the bloggers towards whom Gary points us.

The Stone Roses - I Am the Resurrection - Retro Music Snob
Echo & The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon (12” Remix) - Retro Music Snob
Pete Townshend - Rough Boys - Retro Music Snob
The Donnas - You Don’t Wanna Call - Retro Music Snob
Devo – Watch Us Work It – Retro Music Snob
Urge Overkill - Sister Havana - Retro Music Snob
Ramones - Havana Affair - Retro Music Snob
The Replacements - Nobody - Retro Music Snob
America - Daisy Jane - Retro Music Snob
The Pretenders - Day After Day - Retro Music Snob
The Go Gos - Our Lips Are Sealed - Retro Music Snob
Martha & The Muffins - Echo Beach - Retro Music Snob
Dream Academy - Life in a Northern Town - Retro Music Snob

Around the Blogosphere: "Classics": XTC, R.E.M., Morrissey, Psychedelic Furs, Devo, Modern English, Cure, U2, Ramones

As promised, here are some of the "classics" I found at other blogs. These are the ones I like best at each post, most of them old friends. There are plenty of others you might like better. Thankee, hosts.

XTC - The Mayor of Simpleton - An Aquarium Drunkard - Follow the bass line if you like. Amazing.
XTC - Dear God - 5 Acts - This and the next two are found at the same post at 5 Acts. I don't really know what's the best way to do this, so I'm inconsistent, based on the way I feel on any given day.
R.E.M. - Electrolite - 5 Acts
Morrissey - We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful - 5 Acts

These next three are found at the same post at Can You See the Sunset from the Southside?
R.E.M. - Radio Free Europe - Can You See the Sunset from the Southside?
The Psychedelic Furs - Into You Like a Train - Can You See the Sunset from the Southside?
Devo - Jocko Homo - Can You See the Sunset from the Southside?

The next five are found at the same post at Can You See the Sunset from the Southside?
XTC - Senses Working Overtime - Can You See the Sunset from the Southside?
Modern English - Melt With You - Can You See the Sunset from the Southside?
The Cure - Boys Don’t Cry - Can You See the Sunset from the Southside?
U2 - I Will Follow - Can You See the Sunset from the Southside?
Ramones - Blitzkrieg Bop - Can You See the Sunset from the Southside?