The Most Wonderful Day of The Year (Misfit Toys)

From the "Island of Misfit Toys" scene in Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. What was wrong with the doll? [more inside]
posted by chococat on Dec 13, 2009 - 7 comments

Raven (Do As Infinity cover)

Does covering the ending theme of a Japanese horror movie count as a scary song for this month's challenge? Well, I'm posting it anyway. The only thing scary is thinking I can singing like Van Tomiko.
posted by NemesisVex on Oct 19, 2009 - 0 comments

All Tomorrow's Parties

Quite a few tomorrows later, my August challenge entry. [more inside]
posted by InfidelZombie on Oct 18, 2009 - 2 comments

I'll Be Your Mirror

Straight-ahead, sloppy guitar cover. [more inside]
posted by He Is Only The Imposter on Jul 30, 2009 - 1 comment

Heroin

I'm a Rock n Roll Animal. [more inside]
posted by uncleozzy on Jul 29, 2009 - 8 comments

Femme Fatale (VU+N cover)

Now with less German supermodel. Plus, I play drums! [more inside]
posted by cortex on Jul 28, 2009 - 10 comments

All Tomorrow's Parties (SKIST)

Skist (previously) is my band with singer/sound artist Haruna Ito. Hope you enjoy. I also made a video for the song, which can be seen at YouTube or Vimeo.
posted by flapjax at midnite on Jul 20, 2009 - 10 comments

All Tomorrow's Parties (A Study)

Dreamy pop music for the Velvet Underground Challenge [more inside]
posted by azarbayejani on Jul 18, 2009 - 2 comments

Heroin

In the style of Leonard Cohen. Just kidding. For the Velvet Underground challenge thing. [more inside]
posted by chococat on Jul 16, 2009 - 12 comments

There She Goes Again

My submission to the Music Challenge, July 2009 edition. Advice to the lovelorn john from Uncle Lou. [more inside]
posted by not_on_display on Jul 8, 2009 - 9 comments

Run Run Run

My Velvet Underground homework. There's some backing falsetto in here and some piano and stuff. [more inside]
posted by ORthey on Jul 7, 2009 - 10 comments

Femme Fatale

As realized by the Christopher Walken & The Lounge Fellas. [more inside]
posted by cortex on Jul 7, 2009 - 23 comments

(Saturday Night And) Sunday Morning

The Gorgonzola & Ham Stone Gas 12" remix [more inside]
posted by MajorDundee on Jul 7, 2009 - 24 comments

Sunday Morning

my assigned song or this month's challenge [more inside]
posted by mexican on Jul 6, 2009 - 12 comments

I'm Waiting for the Man

Aren't we all? [more inside]
posted by flapjax at midnite on Jul 3, 2009 - 48 comments

Acappellujah

It's still June for another hour and seventeen minutes, server time. [more inside]
posted by cortex on Jun 30, 2009 - 4 comments

Chill-elujah

I basically put the words to Hallelujah to an acoustic chill rock guitar thing. and this happened. [more inside]
posted by ichthuz on Jun 23, 2009 - 6 comments

Fingerpickujah

A largely pointless endeavor, a rendition of Hallelujah with quick fingerpicking and banjos (what's new?).
posted by ORthey on Jun 21, 2009 - 11 comments

Hellelujah

Godawful Danzig impression? Check. Complete lack of shame? Check. [more inside]
posted by DaDaDaDave on Jun 19, 2009 - 9 comments

Zimmerlujah

An attempt to anger both Leonard Cohen and Bob Dylan. [more inside]
posted by cortex on Jun 19, 2009 - 11 comments

Hillbillujah

This is the soundtrack to a movie about Leonard Cohen going on a rafting trip in rural Appalachia. [more inside]
posted by cortex on Jun 18, 2009 - 15 comments

Halle Hula

When Elvis Met Leonard. Nothing but uke, vox, and questionable taste. [more inside]
posted by cortex on Jun 17, 2009 - 42 comments

Hallelujah (drone version)

Here's my version of the esteemed Mr. Cohen's paean to the religion of love. I dropped the rhythm and chord changes, and made a new melody. The very minimal accompaniment consists of three tracks from my trusty old JUNO 60 analog synth. That's it! Video version (photos by yours truly) at Vimeo and YouTube.
posted by flapjax at midnite on Jun 16, 2009 - 12 comments

Tunelujah

You won't be able to escape this in the clubs this summer. Unless you just stay away, which is what I recommend. [more inside]
posted by uncleozzy on Jun 13, 2009 - 14 comments

Brubekujah

Stealing the 5/4 shuffle from Take Five and injecting it into Leonard Cohen: non-trivial. [more inside]
posted by cortex on Jun 11, 2009 - 23 comments

Hallelujah, Hoarse (cover)

I thought I'd take one for the team and kick off June's "Cover Hallelujah" Music challenge. This is a scratch recording I made about a year ago when I was home sick and had lost most of my voice. If you ever wanted to hear Excessively Husky-Voiced Cortex, this is your chance. [more inside]
posted by cortex on Jun 4, 2009 - 15 comments

Macapa

A submission to the unofficial "Seven Nation Army" challenge. [more inside]
posted by umbú on May 18, 2009 - 24 comments

Moonshake (two chord version)

Can cover, E7 and A7. Response to two challenges. [more inside]
posted by arcanecrowbar on Apr 21, 2009 - 4 comments

Everywhere With Helicopter (feat. jessamyn; Guided By Voices cover)

So, what was it, November when the MeFi Challenge was unofficially "requests for covers from other MeFites"? But this goes even further back... sometime last summer, Jessamyn said she wanted to do a cover--with me!--of Guided By Voices' "Everywhere With Helicopter." "OK," I said, "but you have to sing and make jangly noises with things around your apartment." [more inside]
posted by not_on_display on Apr 20, 2009 - 3 comments

I Stand In Line

A Chococat tune. [more inside]
posted by BrnP84 on Mar 3, 2009 - 3 comments

I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus

Ya. Kind of a Norman Bates take on it.
posted by chococat on Dec 19, 2008 - 17 comments

Personal Jesus

Cover. By request, so you can blame arcanecrowbar [more inside]
posted by mexican on Nov 28, 2008 - 9 comments

Sad, Sad Song

As requested by ORthey. [more inside]
posted by micayetoca on Nov 27, 2008 - 5 comments

Little Red Corvette

Cover. As requested by arcanecrowbar. [more inside]
posted by chococat on Nov 20, 2008 - 9 comments

Country Death Song

Cover. As requested by ORthey. [more inside]
posted by chococat on Nov 17, 2008 - 14 comments

Watching the Detectives

Cover. As requested by Mr. cortex.
posted by chococat on Nov 15, 2008 - 16 comments

Here comes your man

Because it hath been requested.
posted by ORthey on Nov 10, 2008 - 25 comments

September Gurls

Per arcanecrowbar's request, Big Star's September Gurls. [more inside]
posted by uncleozzy on Nov 8, 2008 - 9 comments

Deixa Isso Pra La

For the current MeFiMu Challenge, here's a song in a language I don't speak. This bit of Portuguese proto-rap is a longtime standard in Brazil. [more inside]
posted by flapjax at midnite on Oct 6, 2008 - 9 comments

Lazy Mary

The strangest thing happened to me the other day. I was flipping through the radio dial, and every station was playing a cover of Lou Monte's version of Lazy Mary in a style that I despise. It sounded something like this. [more inside]
posted by uncleozzy on Jul 21, 2008 - 9 comments

Black Rock Lizard dance remix

Wait for it... Here's a kicky little dance remix of a tune I previously posted. [more inside]
posted by lothar on Jul 10, 2008 - 3 comments

Colonel Roger (is a Soldier from the Future (is a Cover))

I know this song has been uploaded right at the very end (if not shortly beyond) of the MeFi Music Challenge, but I went through a number of songs in the long debate to find a MeFite's song to cover, eventually landing on the one that most frequently gets stuck in my head. That song is Colonel Roger (is a Soldier from the Future) by chiefbluefeather. [more inside]
posted by The Great Big Mulp on Jun 30, 2008 - 4 comments

Blue Train (the slow one)

I loved baby_balrog and his band's rollicking original of this tune. For this cover, I figured I'd take the train down another track: slowed way down (down on the ground), stripped way down (just vocal and strumstick), and with a little different shade of blue for the engineer's hat.
posted by flapjax at midnite on Jun 29, 2008 - 4 comments

'Till We're Dead

If a MeFite sticks earworm on me I am gonna put it on here for what of prying it out of my head. Seriously though, awesome song.
posted by By The Grace of God on Jun 22, 2008 - 4 comments

Rock n' roll song (about rock n' roll)

We know that rock about rock rarely rocks. And we know that rock about rock about rock rocks. But how about covers of rock about rock about rock? [more inside]
posted by uncleozzy on Jun 15, 2008 - 11 comments

The Book of Love

For this month's MeFi Music Challenge, just to make things confusing, I'm offering a cover of a cover. Specifically, it's a cover of Sleepy Pete and Melissa May's The Book of Love (which, of course, is also a cover--not to mention a hard act to follow). [more inside]
posted by saulgoodman on Jun 14, 2008 - 10 comments

Veronica (cover)

A cover of micayetoca's wonderful Veronica. [more inside]
posted by chococat on Jun 12, 2008 - 14 comments

2 Cigarettes (cover)

For this month's MeFiMu Challenge: Here's my fuzzy, fizzy, buzzy cover of chococat's original, one of my very favorite MeFi songs. [more inside]
posted by Karlos the Jackal on Jun 9, 2008 - 13 comments

four ewe [the cover]

Continuing the tribute to the living genius of The Great Big Mulp. [more inside]
posted by micayetoca on Jun 8, 2008 - 16 comments

Flyball's Lament (the cover one)

A version of my still-favorite all-time MeMu song by the inimitable Great Big Mulp, for the June challenge. [more inside]
posted by ORthey on Jun 6, 2008 - 21 comments