Thursday, December 27, 2007

This amazing Breakfast of Champions playlist of covers was intended to get us ready for the 12/29/07 presentation of Cheese Patrol. Originally aired on December 27, 2007 via WMBR 88.1FM Cambridge MA.

(8:00am - starting out with some easier to digest 70's covers)
The Black Watch - "If You Could Read My Mind"
Tarnation - "Leaving On A Jet Plane"
Lightspeed Champion - "Xanadu"

(8:15am - mostly David Bowie)
Last Town Chorus - "Modern Love"
Anna Ternheim - "China Girl"
Crooked Fingers - "Under Pressure"
The Great Kat - "Flight Of The Bumble-Bee" (background music)

(8:30am - a brief respite for Band of the Week)
Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band - "Dropout Boogie"
Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band - "She's Too Much For My Mirror"
Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band - "Owed T' Alex"

(8:45am - back to the covers madness)
Xentrix - "Ghostbusters"
Polysics - "My Sharona"
Rank Sinatra - "I'll Be There"
Babes In Toyland - "Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft"

(9:00am - an apertif before the concert report)
Sam Amidon - "Head Over Heels"
Bill Patton - "Let The Good Times Roll"
Christopher Walla - "Shattered Dreams"
The Cooltrane Quartet - "Should I Stay Or Should I Go" (concert report music)

(9:20am - let's take a turn towards the 80's)
Masha Qrella - "Don't Stop The Dance"
Lali Puna - "Together in Electric Dreams"
Sprites - "Pac Man Fever"
Ivy - "Digging Your Scene"

(9:40am - these are not the worst covers of 2007, but they came close)
Viva Voce - "Tonight You Belong To Me"
The Puppini Sisters - "Heart Of Glass"
Dandi Wind - "Safety Dance"
Dewey Cox - "Starman"

(9:55am - the worst cover of 2007!)
Katy Perry - "Use Your Love"

If you desire the aural version of this show are and the date you're perusing this is within two weeks of the original airdate cruise on over to WMBR's archive for a streaming version.

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