Original Artist: Martha and the VandellasCover Version by: The Dick Carpenter Trio (a.k.a. The Carpenters)Opens up with bright magnificent brass sounds, founded on exhilarating drumming by M… Read More
(Click on images to view in original size)(All pictures shown in the sideshow are acquired from Comic Art Fans and all credits for making them available should be addressed to the persons wh… Read More
Original Artist: Koes PlusCover Version: NetralThis is the first time I post an Indonesian song, with Bahasa Indonesia lyrics. I just hope the language won’t be a barrier for you and y… Read More
Original Artist: Koes PlusCover Version: NetralThis is the first time I post an Indonesian song, with Bahasa Indonesia lyrics. I just hope the language won’t be a barrier for you and y… Read More
In December 1958, Buddy Holly (born Charles Hardin Holley) bought a tape recorder and brought it to his apartment to make raw recording of his songs. Two months later, February 3, 1959 becam… Read More
On 20 May, 2012, another one of the three brothers that has been so influential in pop music history in the last sixty years passed away. Robin Gibb, the co-founder of Bee Gees, died at 62… Read More
Movies have soundtracks and TV series have theme songs, and some of them are so great and memorable that (in some cases) they might outlive the series. I mean it would be a lot easier to rec… Read More
To begin with, it’s impossible to talk about this marvelous “Spaghetti Western” trilogy without mentioning Clint Eastwood. In his memoir, The Film Club, Canadian writer and… Read More
A rather long sounds-like-day-to-day discussion goes between Pumpkin (Tim Roth) and Honey Bunny (Amanda Plummer) about robbing a bank, robbing liquor stores, how someone did a robbery just u… Read More
Probably not the best film ever from last year, I mean if you use artistic or other smart measures; but it surely gives me something I really need: ENTERTAINMENT. Yep, this movie is PURE FUN… Read More
I’ll start this no-it’s-not-about-candies Awesome Twosome with something closer from home. Douet Mauet's is an indie band from Bogor, a city in West Java, and as clearly implied… Read More
Original Artist: Lorraine EllisonCover Version by: DuffyGiving some grandeur in a poignant broken heart song is not an easy thing, but "Stay with Me (Baby)"—in this case both versions… Read More
R.I.P. Adam “MCA” YauchMy introduction to this rap/hip hop trio happened around 1996. It was during that alternative boom when I bought a compilation entitled “Pop is Dead… Read More
As I wrote earlier in this post, I’m a total music junkie. No genre standard whatsoever, everything sounds good to my ears will pretty much do. Ray of Light, Creeping Death, Chiquitita… Read More
FireOriginal Artist: The Jimi Hendrix ExperienceCover by Red Hot Chili Peppers“I have only one burning desire/ Let me stand next to your fire!”…and two occasions of the in… Read More
Okay, here’s the second part of the “Cute” Cover Versions MM. All of them are originally masterpieces of the respective original bands. And I’m sure some of them are… Read More
Rock ‘n’ roll + lullaby + baby. Hmmm… Those words doesn’t seem to match each other, right? Well parents, it turns out that they do. Because these are indeed lullabie… Read More
"Sea Lion Woman" (also "Sea-Line Woman", "See [the] Lyin' Woman", "She Lyin' Woman", "See-Line Woman", or "C-Line Woman") is a traditional American folk song originally used as a children's… Read More
Original Title: In the Pines (Black Girl)Original Artist: ?????Cover Versions by: Bill Monroe, Lead Belly, The Four Pennies, Nirvana“…I would shiveeeeeeeeeeeer….whooole n… Read More
*** First of all…it’s good to be back. After around four months of going AWOL, finally I can get my bum back here in the blogosphere to once again gibberish-out, and I hope I ca… Read More
Two of UsOriginal Version: The BeatlesSilly Version: The BeatlesBeansOriginal Version: Kurt Cobain (I think even the other Nirvana members would never want to participate in this song).Silly… Read More
Original Artist: Billy Roberts(?) (Or is it Dino Valente? Or is it a traditional folk song with unknown author?)Cover Versions by The Leaves, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Patti SmithI’ve a… Read More
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