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July 4, 2020:
An All-American / Un-American "World Covers" Fourth of July
You may have heard Rob's "World Covers" segments Friday mornings on WFMU's Wake with Clay Pigeon, To celebrate the 4th Rob takes a World Covers deep dive - with a full show of songs from the U S of A performed by bands and artists from around the globe.
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Artist | Track | Album | Label | Comments | Approx. start time |
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Sinn Sisamouth | Neakna Kmean Snae (Who Doesn't Love Me / Sugar Sugar) | Chlangden Vol. 131 | 0:00:00 (Pop-up) | ||
Ken Arok | Sweet Child O' Mine | Various Artists: Mega Dangdut Metal Collection Volume 2 | 0:04:23 (Pop-up) | ||
Nabhada Sukharit | I Will Survive | Single | Thai singer and actress | 0:09:29 (Pop-up) | |
Jonas Anderson | Hak Gan Boh Dai (Diana) | Pom Chue Jonas | Wetee Thai | Born in Sweden, grew up in northern Thailand and became a star in the "country" genre Luk Thung. | |
Kayoko Moriyama | Johnny Angel | Various Artists: Rockin' Tokyo | Singer and actor from Hokkaido, died 2019 | 0:17:33 (Pop-up) | |
Chiemi Eri with the Tokyo Cuban Boys | Jambalaya | Singer and actor, died in 1982 | 0:18:58 (Pop-up) | ||
Fei Fei Yang | Take Me Home Country Roads | Live at Flushing Town Hall June 25 2019 (Web Only) | Featuring Gary Lucas, Tore Tao, Fred Liu; Fei Fei Yang and Gary Lucas, along with Jason Candler of Hungry March Band fame, also perform old Chinese popular songs in the Edge of Heaven project | 0:20:51 (Pop-up) | |
Madame XD | White Light White Heat | Live on WFMU Transpacific Sound Paradise, Saturday May 23, 2009 (Unreleased) | From Detroit - featuring XD Wei on erhu | 0:23:44 (Pop-up) | |
Super Cat | My Girl Josephine | The Struggle Continues | 0:27:52 (Pop-up) | ||
Peter Tosh and the Wailers | Don't Look Back | Peter Tosh – The Toughest (The Selection 1978-1987) | Capitol | 0:31:12 (Pop-up) | |
Toots and the Maytals | Louie Louie | Funky Kingston | Mango | 0:34:01 (Pop-up) | |
Los Socios del Ritmo | Vendedor De Melones (Watermelon Man) | SKA | CBS | This 1965 track by Mexico's Los Socios del Ritmo also appeared on Gaylord Fields' WFMU Marathon CD Premium "Skank Your Lucky Stars" not long ago! | 0:37:18 (Pop-up) |
Sakarin Boonpit | Kotmorn Yoo Yap (All Shook Up) | Various Artists: Thai Beat A Go-Go, Volume 2 | Subliminal Sounds | 0:41:52 (Pop-up) | |
Goran Bregovic | Ya Ya (Ringe Ringe Raja) | Best of Goran Bregovic | 0:42:03 (Pop-up) | ||
Banda Zeta | Hotel California | Jacarandosa | Fonovisa | 0:44:17 (Pop-up) | |
Prakash Band | Tequila | Various Artists: Disco Bhangra | Avant | 0:48:16 (Pop-up) | |
Eläkeläiset | Puliukko | Humppa United | 0:49:52 (Pop-up) | ||
Toàn Thắng | Ghost Riders in the Sky | Tieng Dan Bau Toàn Thắng | 0:57:37 (Pop-up) | ||
Stary Olsa | Ai Vis Lo Lop / Smells Like Teen Spirit | Medieval Classic Rock | 0:58:40 (Pop-up) | ||
Red Hot Chili Pipers | Low Rider | Music for the Kilted Generation | A bit of Papa Was a Rolling Stone is in the mix too | 0:59:51 (Pop-up) | |
The Wild Irish Roses | All Tomorrow's Parties | Full Bloom | 1:02:37 (Pop-up) | ||
Fairport Convention | Si Tu Dois Partir | Unhalfbricking | Bob Dylan's If You Gotta Go, Go Now | 1:07:53 (Pop-up) | |
The Deighton Family | Under the Boardwalk | Rolling Home | 1:12:14 (Pop-up) | ||
Al Escobar and His Orchestra | Tighten Up | Various Artists; Latin Beats: A Tribute to Tito Puente | 1:15:08 (Pop-up) | ||
Centro America | Nena (Don't Let Me Be Understood) | Baila y Goza con sus Tropicales | T.H. Rodven | We may associate this song with the Animals but it was originally written for Nina Simone (by Bennie Benjamin, Horace Ott and Sol Marcus) | 1:17:34 (Pop-up) |
Angélique Kidjo | Crosseyed and Painless | Remain In Light | 1:23:03 (Pop-up) | ||
Vincent Nguini & Maloko | Wonderful World | Various Artists: Rough Guide to African Disco | World Music Network | The album "Soul on Fire" by Maloko was reissued under this name as a bonus CD with the CD release of the comp, the Rough Guide to African Disco | 1:27:52 (Pop-up) |
Orchestra Super Mazembe | Maloba d'Amour | Kaivaska | Virgin | 1:32:57 (Pop-up) | |
Orchestre Baobab | Franklin's Tower | Various Artists: Day of the Dead | 4AD | 1:37:12 (Pop-up) | |
Tal National | Eyes of the World | Various Artists: Day of the Dead | 4AD | 1:39:35 (Pop-up) | |
Agora deu Samba | Suspicious Minds | Single | 1:44:38 (Pop-up) | ||
¡Cubanismo! | Mother-in-Law | Mardi Gras Mambo | Hannibal | New Orleans great John Boutté on the vocals (who did the Treme theme song by the way) - but you know it's a Cuban band giving it an Afro-Cuban treatment so this qualifies! | 1:48:05 (Pop-up) |
Spanglish Fly | Chain of Fools | Ay Que Boogaloo! | 1:53:40 (Pop-up) | ||
Lakou Mizik | Iko Kreyòl | HaitiaNola | Cumbancha | Featuring 79rs Gang, Régine Chassagne, Win Butler, and Preservation Hall Jazz Band | 1:57:22 (Pop-up) |
Belbao | Casablanca Shuffle | Various Artists: Habibi Funk: An Eclectic Selection of Music from the Arab World | Habibi Funk | Adaptation of Harlem Shuffle | 2:01:43 (Pop-up) |
Fadoul | Sid Redad | Al Zman Saib (Time Is Hard) | Habibi Funk | Adaptation of James Brown / Papa's Got a Brand New Bag | 2:03:58 (Pop-up) |
Musicians of the Nile | Tangled Up in Blue | Various Artists: From Another World: A Tribute to Bob Dylan | Buda Musique | 2:06:59 (Pop-up) | |
Burma Orchestra Saing Waing | I Want You | Various Artists: From Another World: A Tribute to Bob Dylan | Buda Musique | 2:11:12 (Pop-up) | |
Luna Lee | Pipeline | Video Single | Adapted for Gayageum, Korean traditional / classical instrument | 2:14:45 (Pop-up) | |
Tanya Tagaq | Caribou | Animism | Six Shooter Records | Pixies cover | 2:17:17 (Pop-up) |
Bugotak | Kozhung of the Rising Sun | Coverlar | House of the Rising Sun | 2:22:14 (Pop-up) | |
Yat-Kha | Inna Gadda Da Vida | Re-Covers | World Village | 2:26:26 (Pop-up) | |
Violons Barbares | Purple Haze | Violons Barbares | Collectif L'Assoce Pikante | 2:30:15 (Pop-up) | |
Bakra Bata | Loving You | Bakra Bata Steel Band | 2:40:17 (Pop-up) | ||
Rachid Taha feat. Jeanne Added | Now or Never | Zoom | 2:40:44 (Pop-up) | ||
Natacha Atlas | I Put a Spell on You | Ayeshteni | Beggar's Banquet | 2:44:08 (Pop-up) | |
Taxi Girl | Je Rêve Encore De Toi | Various Artists: Les Enfants du Velvet | Stephanie Says | 2:47:48 (Pop-up) | |
Adanowsky | J'aime Tes Genoux | Amador | Shame Shame Shame by Shirley and Company | 2:51:10 (Pop-up) | |
Gaida Hinnawi | Blowing in the Wind | Single | 2:57:57 (Pop-up) |
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every time the page refreshes the star disappears.
it wont show that anyone else has starred it also, which i don't believe.
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I didn’t know I needed this but it’s exactly what I needed.
Great show
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...and no tracks show that they've been starred. chresti's here -that's not possible!
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Here's Marty's current playlist! Not sure whats up with the homepage!
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