Greenwich Village Idiot for July 10, 2005

The Greenwich Village Idiot presents the Cover Version Edition (37:58, 26.5 MB)

Direct download: July_10_2005_Greenwich_Village_Idiot.mp3 (or subscribe to the podcast feed)

Songs covered include:

• "Enter Sandman" (originally performed by Metallica)
  
• "Hot In Herre" (originally performed by Nelly)
  
• "I Touch Myself" (originally performed by Divinyls)
  
• "I Will Survive" (originally performed by Gloria Gaynor)
  
• "Perfect Day" (originally performed by Lou Reed)
  
• "Sixteen Tons" (originally performed by Merle Travis; famous version by Tennessee Ernie Ford)
  
• "Stayin' Alive" (originally performed by the Bee Gees)
  
• "Straight Outta Compton" (originally performed by N.W.A.)
  
• "Your Cheatin' Heart" (originally performed by Hank Williams, Sr.)
  

Artists performing covers include:

• Cake
  
• James Brown
  
• Johnnie Taylor
  
• Nina Gordon
  
• Ozzy Osbourne
  
• Pat Boone
  
• Scala Youth Choir
  
• Wang Chung
  

Web sites referenced include:

• Metafilter, and especially this Ask Metafilter thread
  
• Coverville (podcast)
  
• Chromewaves (blog)
  
• Copy, Right? (blog)
  
• iTunes