30 Day Song Challenge - Days 15-21

Day 15- Cover song

Love Rollercoaster - Red Hot Chili Peppers 

The Joe Cocker All-Stars: Cover songs that are either vastly superior to the original or just completely original musical arrangements 

Joe Cocker "Get by with a little help from my friends”, “You are so beautiful”, “The Letter” and “Feelin’ Alright” 

He’s the king of the “Cover where the band makes it there own”. 

UB40 is a great example of this with “Red Red Wine” - which is a PERFECT COVER in my opinion

Rod Stewart was really good at this as well. 

Boyz in the Hood By Dynamite Hack - another great example 

Take on Me - Reel Big Fish - another great example 

In Bloom - Sturgill Simpson  

Ryan Adams “Wonderwall” and like 10 other songs by him 

Johnny Cash "Rusty Cage” 

I will Survive by “Cake” 

Gin and Juice - The Gourds 

You Really Got me - Van Halen (honorable mention to Diamond David Lee Roth for “Just a Gigolo” 

Faith - Limp Bizkit (hate it, but gotta give ‘em credit) 

Straight Away Covers

Ring of Fire by Social Distortion 

You might Think by Weezer 

Hurt by Johnny Cash 

Voodoo Child - Stevie Ray Vaughn 

Here’s a straight ahead cover the STINKS — Phil Collins - Can’t Hurry Love — THAT’S how you make a great song WORSE! KARAOKE Style 

Carless Whisper by Seether - that’s exotic dancing music right there 

Smoking in the Boys Room - Motley Crue 

Land of Confusion - Disturbed 

Covers in which you thought they were the Original 

Whitney Houston “I will always love you” All-Stars  — This song isn’t even great — SHE IS JUST SO TRANSCENDENT and her voice is impossible to explain with words 

Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin Cover by Kris Kristofferson 

Urge Overkill “Girl you’ll be a woman soon” 

Nirvana "Lake of Fire” - really any of the covers off of the unplugged   

Gary Jules and Michael Andrews "Mad World” 

Take me to the river - Talking Heads — THAT WAS AN AL GREEN JAM???? I’ve since really enjoyed learning of this Jam and now think the original is pretty fire in it’s own right.

Tainted Love - Soft Cell — i just thought the “where did our love go part” was a cover  during the outro 

"It’s my Life" No Doubt 

My top 5 

Signs by Tesla 

Scarlet Begonias by Sublime (Honorable Mention)

Gypsy Kings - Hotel California - in Spanish and from an iconic scene for the Big Lebowski (honorable mention) 

All Along the Watch Tower - Jimi Hendrix 

Knocking on Heaven’s door - GNR 

Sweet Dreams are made of This - Marilyn Manson (honorable mention) 

Blue Monday by Orgy 

Mony Mony - Billy Idol (this is my #6) 

It’s My Life - No Doubt 

Nothing Compares 2 U - Prince cover a song he wrote and gave to somebody else to make famous - In addition it’s been covered by Chris Cornell, The Dixie Chicks, Capital Cities, Me First and the Gimmie Gimmies and More 

No Woman, No Cry - The Fugees 

Red Red Wine - UB40 

Blinded by the Light - Manfred Mann (stole it from Bruce Springsteen and made it a bigger hit) that one’s for your Rosco. In addition - Manfred Mann took Bob Dylan’s Mighty Quinn to Number 1 in the 1960’s 

Fun Fact: Bob Dylan covers being better performed by somebody else are plentiful - Guns N’ Roses, Manfred Mann, Jimi Hendrix,  the Byrds with Mr. Tamborine Man 

Day 16 - A classic favorite 

Ben E. King - Stand By Me

Shout Pt 1 & 2 - the Isley Brothers 

The Weight by the Band 

It’s 9-7 in favor of Cindy 

Day 17 - Karaoke Song w/ friend 

Take me home tonight 

Lady Marmalade 

Hunger Strike 

Wanted Dead or Alive 

Friends in Low Places 

No Woman No Cry 

I remember you - Skid Row 

Podcast Idea — Ranking Playlist on spotify and beaking them down

Day 18 - A song from the year you were born - 1978 vs.1983 - Roxanne by the Police vs. Africa by Toto 

Day 19 - Rubbish 

Day 20 - Rubbish 

Day  21 - A song with someone’s name in it 

Crazy Mary - Pearl Jam

Call me Al - Paul Simon 

Come on  Eileen - Dexy’s Midnight Runners 

Cindy, I’ll marry you one day - Robert Plant 

My Michelle - Guns N’ Roses

Allison - Elivs Costello 

Gloria - Laura Branigan 

Help Me, Rhonda - Beach Boys 

Brandy - Looking Glass

Janie’s Got a Gun ( Jane Says)

Jenny 867-5309

Karen - the national (of course there’s a song named Karen)

Lay Down Sally & Layla (Clapton and D + Domino’s)

there’s a song called Lindsay quit Lollygagging - Chiodos (What a name?!)

Lola - the Kinks

Marcarena - Los Del Rio 

Maria Maria - Santana 

Mary Mary - The Monkees

Mustang Sally - Wilson Pickett 

Oh Sheila - Ready for the World 

Oh Sherrie - Steve Perry 

Ophelia - The Band 

Peg - Steely Dan 

Rosalita (Come out tonight) - Bruce Springsteen 

Rosanna - Toto 

Stacy’s Mom - Fountains of Wayne 

Suzie Q - CCR

Sussudio - Phil Collins 

Tessie - Dropkick’s 

Valerie - Steve Winwood 

Wake up Little Susie - Everly Brothers 

Whole Lotta Rosie AC/DC

Wyona’s Big Brown Beaver - Primus 

Along Comes Mary - The Association 

Jenny Was a Friend of Mine - The Killers 

Johnny B Good - Chuck Barry 

Captain Jack - Billy Joel

Dropkick me Jesus (Through the Goal posts of Life) - Bobby Bare

Duke of Earl (Gene Chandler)

Hey Joe - Hendrix 

Hey Jude - The Beatles 

Jeremy - Pearl Jam 

Jessie’s Girl - Rick Springfield 

Jumpin’ Jack Flash - Stones 

Levon - Elton John 

Mack the Knife - Bobby Darin

Mickey - Toni Basil 

Sam’s Town - The Killers 

Jenny Was a Friend of Mine - The Killers 

Stan - Eminen 

Tom Sawyer - Rush 

Uncle Johnny - The Killers 

What’s the Frequency, Kenneth? - REM

30 Day Song Challenge Podcast - Days 6, 7 & 8

Day 6- A song that makes you want to Dance 

I wanna dance with somebody - Whitney Houston  

Bust a move - Young MC

Call on Me - Eric Prydz 

Thought about “Call your girlfriend” to go head to head with "Dancing on my own today"

Rosco’s Pick - “Don’t Leave me this way” by Thelma Houston - Disco pick - nice. 

Day 7 - A song to drive to 

Running Down a Dream - Tom Petty

La Grange - ZZ Top (Sharp dressed man, She’s got Legs, Gimme All your Lovin’)

Knocked up - Kings of Leon (they’ve got a ton of these)

Wanted Dead or Alive - Bon Jovi

Hells Bells - AC/DC 

The Heat is On - Glenn Frey (Beverly Hills Cop ) - opening scene 

Born to be Wild -  Steppen Wolf 

Low Rider -which until today I didn’t realize was by the band War ( I also didn’t know until today that War sang "Why can’t we be Friends?"

Regulators - Nate Dogg and Warren G 

We Didn’t Start the Fire - Billy Joel 

Turn the Page - Seger 

Day 8 - Song about drugs or alcohol 

OT Genasis - Cut it, CoCo 

311 - who’s got the herb 

Sublime - smoke two joints, 40oz to Freedom, Let’s go get stoned   

Snoop Dogg - Gin & Juice 

Cheers (Drink to that) Rhianna) 

Bob Marley - Reggae 

One Bourbon One Scotch and One Beer - George Thorogood & the Destroyers 

Cypress Hill - Hits from the Bong 

Friends in Low places (Garth Brooks)

Country Music times a million 

Mr. Brownstone - GNR 

Night Train - GNR 

Dr. Feelgood 

Blame It - Jamie Foxx & T-Pain

Tequila Makes her Clothes Fall Off

It’s 5 O’Clock Somewhere 

Love is the Drug - Roxy Music

I took a Pill In Ibiza - Mike Posner 

Not and Addict - K’s Choice 

Lit Up - Buck Cherry 

Eric Caption - Cocaine 

Mary Jane - Rick James - might be about a lady named that, but I’m not sure if it’s not a metaphor 

Swimming Pools - Kendrick Lamar 

Cold Gin - Kiss 

Brass Monkey - Beastie Boys

Rosco’s Brainstorm - Sweat Leaf (Black Sabbath), Lucy in the Sky w Diamonds, Juice (Lizzo), Purple Haze, Puff the magic dragon, Under the Bridge, Trippin’ on a hole in a paper heart, Bad & Boujee 

Most Overrated Bands of all-time (prep show)

Most overrated bands/performers of all time

places listening: Philippines, Australia, Indonesia, Canada, UK, UAE, Russia (high vladimir), France, Ireland, Brazil, Switzerland, Mexico, Iran, New Zealand, Trinidad & Tobago.

top cities: Ashburn, VA, Seattle, WA, Charlotte, Alingaro Philippines, Dubai, Brisbane, Montreal, Karang Indonesia, Auckland NZ, Carmona Philippines, Monterrey MX and plenty more 

Red Zone Channel is marvelous — there’s no game I’d rather watch on it’s own, instead of watching 7 hours of the Red Zone channel passively. 

Tom Coughlin owns Bill Belicheck like Matt Damon owned Teddy KGB in Rounders.

Rap beef with Eminem and Machine Gun Kelly ( Mac Miller // unfortunate comments made about his demise and a rap beef from Curtis Fingers)

Post Malone, G Easy

people essentially have come in at different periods and ruined genres of music — jazz, the blues, disco (bee gees, are we finally at a point in hip-hop, in which the next generation of performers go to a different genre?

Inherently every overrated artist is classified as “pop” - because you really can’t be overrated if nobody collectively knows who you are. Is that fair? 

So, i’m not sure we need a pop category — but i think 4 quadrants of music are worth placing people in

The Foo fighters are properly rated — I had them as slightly overrated, then saw them live and realized they are so great live that i had underrated them — i think they’re properly rated.

Legends = Includes Classic Rock, Hip Hop, Country, Singer Song writer, Etc:  Pre 1991

The Doors, Bruce Springsteen, Kiss, The Ramones, Pink Floyd, Eagles

Can we quickly discuss the hot take cindy harrington had, related to your disdain for Bruce Springsteen

Steve Perry alledgedly has a new song — I’m shocked and amazed at this news 

Alt Rock and Newer Rock

Stone Temple Pilots are overrated but Scott Weiland is either properly rated or under rated 

What’s your thought on Sublime / Bradley Nowell ? Properly rated 

Limp Bizkit (3 dollar bills ya’ll was ok), Godsmack 

Linkin Park 

Green Day??????

Blink 182? 

Radiohead 

Dave Matthews Band 

U2

Bob Dylan

Hip Hop

Pitbull (as an entertainer maybe not, as a rapper… yup)

Warren G

Kanye? (Not as a producer)

Soulja Boy 

Akon - was replaced in like 20 mins 

Lil Wayne, Beastie Boys??? That’s a hot take! 

Country / Boy Bands / Teen Sensations / Etc 

Britney Spears, N’Sync (Here’s my hot take on this one, no Justin Timberlake, that band would have been less successful than 98 degrees and O-Town. Amy Winehouse, Carrie Underwood, Toby Keith  

Rosco’s list - Dr. Dre. / Mary J Blige 

1992-2015 — anything in 2016 -now is too in flux in my opinion. 

Stone Temple Pilots new song "Meadow" plus Philadelphia Eagles mania

Scott Weiland was great - he fronted two groups — had solo success

The DeLeo Bros - are also great song writers

Stone Temple Pilots were a super group — based on the success they’ve had collectively and then apart from eachother

Explain who Dave Coutts is — from the Band, “Talk Show”

Why go after a guy who sounds like Weiland? I’d go in a different direction… despite liking the new song “Meadow” by Stone Temple Pilots

Explain who "Army of Anyone” is - “Filter” lead singer and drummer from “Korn”.

Tiny Music… Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop — still a great album. Opening track “Press Play” excellent. 

“Lady Picture Show” is a good example as any of these guys just writing timeless rock songs with pop principles

“Big Bang Baby” catchy as eff

What’s amazing about these guys - the burst onto the scene with “Core” and had a great follow up with “Purple” yet still 3 bonafide radio singles on Tiny Music. 

“Art School Girl” might be the most interesting deep cut on Tiny Music

I really like “Non Stop” by Army of Anyone — sounds really STP -esque  — I liked “Leave it”, too — Singer actually sounds like himself, Filter singer Richard Patrick, as opposed to Weiland

Stone Temple Pilots with Chester Bennington — interestingly he also has a few songs that sound like Weiland — and a couple where he sounds like himself from Linkin Park. 

If you’ve got your own recognizable voice — why pretend to be Scott Weiland ??

“Meadow” — Really like it a lot

Jeff Gutt - been on “X Factor” twice - very corporate — he’s got a nice delivery though 

Picking the Greatest Front Man of all time - Bracket Style tournament

The Greatest Frontman of All-Time - Elimination Tournament

Here are the areas the judges will be grading on

1. Sizzling dance moves/ stage presence 
2. Singing ability
3. distinctness of voice (which is close to number 2, but also very important
4. X Factor/ It Factor/ and or legendary partying stories from the road/ antics 
5. Commercial success/ critical acclaim 

Brackets: 

Charisma Bracket: 

David Lee Roth Vs Paul Stanley - To me this one is very easy - my only concerns on DLR is the fact that as lead singer of Van Halen-  ultimately he was replaceable. 

Sammy wasn’t as good, but he made people forget about Dave. And Dave, didn’t hold up well as a solo artist or even in his rebooted VH appearances. 

One question - was Paul Stanley replaced in KISS for a bit as well??

But if I rank these guys in any of our five categories - David Lee Roth beats Paul Stanley in all 5 — “Jump” was nominated for a Grammy in 1985 (As well as several VMA’s and AMA’s, etc) - Kiss did win a People’s choice award in 1977 for “Beth” but this matchup is a cake walk for diamond dave.

Kurt Cobain vs Dave Grohl - Hot Take on Grohl vs Cobain - I like Foo Fighters better than Nirvana. I agree that Dave Grohl has become a better front man… but, what if none of it would’ve happened without Kurt Cobain. Kurt Cobain gave Grohl a platform and Grohl ran with it — but there’s an argument that Curt was good and made Nirvana so big, that he is the reason Dave is even in our consciousness. Curt is an ICON — part of what hurts his case is a brief career — but part of what helps his case is his brief career

Sizzling moves/ stage presence - I gotta go with Grohl

Singing Ability - I gotta of with Grohl again / but it’s a larger and more broad sample size

Distinctiveness of Voice - Cobain easy

X Factor — I think for as much as Grohl has done to become an ICON over 20 years — Kurt Cobain was the whole enchilada from Jump street

Commercial success Critical acclaim - Well you pretty much give Grohl at least some credit for Nirvana’s success and you can’t give Kurt ‘direct’ credit for Foo Fighters’ success 

Foot fighters have been nominated for 91 total awards, winning 26 of them - including 27 grammy nominations and 11 grammy wins

Nirvana has been nominated 25 times with 12 wins, including 7 grammy nominations and 1 win

I’m picking Cobain

Energizer Bunny Bracket:

Mick Jaggar Vs Eddie Vedder

This is a heavy weight battle - 

Sizzling moves/ Stage presence: Jaggar all day, Maroon 5 didn’t write “Moves like Vedder” they wrote “Moves like Jaggar”

Singing Ability - this is tough for Mick cuz now we’re seeing 70 year old Mick since - but overall I think maybe Eddie in a close one

Distinctiveness of voice — same deal this is really tough - two incredibly distinct voices — I’m voting for a “push” 

X Factor - In terms of true Front Man persona - I gotta go with Mick - In 7th grade Mick Jaggar was in my english class encyclopedia wearing a Philadelphia eagles jersey on stage the Encyclopedia company deemed him worthwhile enough to document as existing — that’s X factor people

Commercial success/ Critical Acclaim: Pearl Jam 37 nominations including 12 wins - 15 grammy noms with 2 wins - Rolling Stones won 2 Grammys in 1994 for Voodoo Lounge and Love is Strong

I’m going with Mick Jaggar

Bon Jovi vs Bono

Another heavyweight matchup - two polarizing figures

Sizzling Moves: This is very tough — I’d say in the 80’s it was JBJ thanks for the Glam Rock era of antics and showmanship. I’d say in the 90’s it would shift to Bono - I’m punting on this category for now

Singing ability: Again - super tough - both guys have range, versatility, etc — I’m going slight edge to Bono

Distinctiveness of voice — JBJ is usually distinctive, Bono is always distinctive

X Factor — Bono is tough to beat in this realm — but I gotta go slight edge to JBJ - he’s even charmed Bill Belicheck as a super fan

Commercial Success/ Critical Acclaim: Bon Jovi 68 nominations with 22 wins, including 9 grammy noms and 1 win - U2 has won 95 awards including winning 22 grammys - U2 wins this category hands down

I’m taking Bono is a marathon death match

Epic Voice Bracket:

Axl Rose vs Anthony Keidis - Anthony could be a huge match up problem for a lot of people on this list — and so could Axl Rose - it’s fitting that they are up against each other

Sizzling Moves: Nobody is going to question that Keidis’ career is based upon sizzling moves — but Axl in the 1980’s and frankly Axl last summer does such a great job still, that I’ll give Keidis the win in this category but not by a lot

Distinctiveness of voice - again two dudes who totally stand out in a crowd. I’m going with Axl though

Singing Ability: Axl... Nuff said… next question

X Factor: here’s a hot take - Both Axl and Keidis are beneficiaries of at least 1 other mega persona in their respective bands - Slash and Flea. 

My ultimate take away is that Red Hot Chili Peppers are an X-Factor band (with at least two virtuosos at their peak Flea and John F - plus Chad Smith is no slouch). GNR is not fully respected as GNR without Axl and Slash on stage together. Duff matters a lot to legitimizing that lineup too, but Axl ain’t Freddy Mercury and neither is Keidis. I’m going with a “push” on this one

Commercial Success/ Critical Acclaim: GNR 27 nominations w 10 wins, 3 grammy noms 0 wins — RHCP 68 nominations, 23 wins - 16 grammy nominations and 6 wins — Keidis wins this (with help from his band) 

Robert Plant vs Chris Cornell

Battle of the big time voices - might be the two best singers in this whole tournament

Sizzling moves — neither one of these dudes is big on the captivating moves - but Rosco talk about seeing Cornell’s one man show again…

Distinctiveness of voice: Cornell has distinctive voice — but Robert Plant is pretty singular — i’m going Robert Plant

Singing Ability: This is such a tough call — but i think Cornell’s versatility (Audio Slave, Sound Garden, Ave Maria) gives him the edge

X Factor: The partying antics of Zeppelin count a lot here - Almost Famous was based off of Zeppelin - Unless Rosco can sway me, I’m going Robert Plant

Commercial Success and Critical Acclaim: Led Zeppelin has been nominated for 896 awards, winning 638 of them. Including 7 Grammy Noms with 5 wins /// Soundgarden 10 noms total with 4 wins — 8 grammy noms with 2 wins - Cornell was nominated for 3 more grammys with Audio slave and 3 more as a solo artist with 2 more wins - Soooo Cornell is in the mix

Triple threat Braket:

Freddy Mercury vs Chuck D

Tough Matchup for Chuck D

Sizzling Moves - Nobody is beating Freddy

Distinctiveness of Voice: Chuck D is distinctive, Freddy is more distinctive

Singing ability — Well Chuck D’s rapping ability is fantastic — but Freddy can sing his face off

X Factor — very strong category for Chuck D - but I’m still going Freddy

Commercial Success / Critical Acclaim -  Queen very surprising only 3 noms and zero grammy wins  /// Public Enemy has 6 grammy nominations and zero wins

Steven Tyler vs Scott Weiland

Steven Tyler took a lot of heat getting into this thing /// Scott Weiland had a love fest getting in (despite being a 3 seed) 

Sizzling moves: Steven Tyler has great moves, especially pre-Year 2000

Distinctiveness of voice: Steven Tyler again, I’d say

Singing ability: Scotty Weiland  

X Factor: Steven Tyler has a lot of this, he truly does — but I gotta go with Scotty Dubs on this one

Commercial Success/ Critical Acclaim: STP 4 Grammy noms Zero Wins, Velvet Revolver 3 noms with 1 win for Slither in 2005 /// Aerosmith 79 total noms with 32 total wins. 17 Grammy noms with 4 grammy wins