Once again, it's time for What's The Matter With the Record Industry, Part Frankly Too Many To Count. In today's episode, Rod Stewart informs his record label that he'd like to make an album of country and folk standards, only to have the idea rejected because it didn't 'test' well. The morons in J Records' all-powerful focus group probably didn't know Stewart made records before Lost in You. And surely they never heard the singer's early solo albums, where Rod the Mod's considerable interpretive skills are best demonstrated on country-folk material such as Ewan MacColl's Dirty Old Town, traditional Man [...]

L'histoire est connue et avérée, Rod Stewart a plagié le Taj Mahal de Jorge Ben pour son tube planétaire Do Ya Think I'm Sexy . L'accord trouvé en cour fût que les recettes soient reversées à l'UNICEF. On se demande d'ailleurs bien pourquoi elles ne sont pas allées à Ben. Ca se passait il y a plus de vingt ans. Jorge Ben - Taj Mahal (Africa Brasil Version) (Direct Download) [...]
Mandolin Wind - Rod Stewart She May Call You Up Tonight - The Left Banke Tonight I'm Gonna Go Downtown - The Flatlanders Omaha - The Golden Palominos w/ Michael Stipe (Moby Grape cover) Sitting By The Window - Moby Grape Boogie Stop Shuffle - Charles Mingus [...]

All American Rejects - Move Along Le Tigre - Decepticon (DFA remix) Rod Stewart - Do You Think I'm Sexy? [ DL ] ShareThis

Darkblack - Vote For It My mom used to be an occasional dancer on the old American Bandstand teevee show. She and a group of her friends would squeeze into a car and make the trek from Flatbush to Philadelphia, all ready to show off the latest moves. Eventually, dancing was pushed aside for motherhood, but she still carried the beat in her head. For as long as I can remember, she'd have the radio on, tuned to the local pop station. Whenever this Mary Wells song would come [...]
UNDER MY THUMB The Rolling Stones Aftermath Abkco : 1966 [Buy It] IT'S THE SAME OLD SONG The Four Tops 1965 Available on : Anthology Motown : 1974 <a href=" http://www.amazon.com/Antholog y-Four-Tops/dp/B000001ABE" target="new">[Buy It] REVOLUTION The Beatles Love Capitol : 2006 [Buy It] DO UNTO OTHERS Pee Wee Crayton 1954 Available on : Complete Aladdin and Imperial [...]

The When They Were Good feature exists for one man, and one man only. He's a cheeky English chap who boasts hair like Ellen DeGeneres and a preternatural ability to wreck nubile young women. And he was, believe or not, really good. At some point. Truly. Try this lovely cut, a Stewart original that would've gotten Berry Gordy firing up the vinyl press in excitement: MP3: Rod Stewart - "I'd Rather Go Blind" (from Never A Dull Moment , 1972). In fact, [...]

The other night I was lucky/unlucky enough to see the Dylan tribute concert at the Beacon theater, a benefit/tribute thing that was as formless as Todd Haynes' much ballyhooed and forthcoming film I'm Not There promises to be. Don't get me wrong, I can't wait to see the film, I'm just not expecting much. The concert was kinda a big mess, but sprinkled with some outstanding performances by John Doe, Jim Jones, Dan Hicks, Al Kooper, Calexico, and others. After a while, I was overcome by the feeling that I'd rather hear Dylan do these songs than [...]

In what just may be the collaboration of 2007, legendary musician, songwriter and producer Booker T. Jones has joined forces with Texas-born singer/performer and Shortlist nominee Jolie Holland for a gorgeous rendering of the Louis Armstrong classic, "What A Wonderful World." Set for release as a digital single via Anti- on November 6th, the uplifting and charming Jones/Holland collaboration celebrates the song's 40th anniversary by paying tribute to the Bob Thiele and George David Weiss-penned classic in its own distinctive and beautiful way. First released in the fall of 1967 as an antidote to the increasingly racially and [...]

Its time to thrown down cardboard boxes and click the play button on your boombox, and walk around the streets of (Insert your locality here). Its the sophomore version of The Wednesday Rewind. First on our BASF mixed tape we go "rickrolling" with Rick Astley. When I pop on a Rick Astley song I always ask myself, why does this guy sound like a black man (tell me if I am wrong). I must say though the song is so catchy. Next up, I bring you another Brit by the name of Roderick Stewart, better know at Rod the Bod. This is probably my [...]
We recently discussed Rod Stewart's work with the Faces, and his career trajectory, on the Drunkard; you can read about that here. If you are still reading, than you must be into the Faces, and if this is the case, than you are most definitely a fan of the first four Rod Stewart albums, [...]

"Amazing grace how sweet the sound/That saved a wretch like me/ I once was lost but now I'm found/Was blind but now I see" Second Hand Songs lists The Beatles as the most covered artist in existence, but I have to argue that Traditional is the rightful bearer of the title. Not much is known about the man, but it seems like pretty much every artist out there has been drawn to his music at some point or another. In this post alone we feature [...]
Late last week I got a big headache. I never have headaches, so it was annoying. More annoying was the fact that it didn't go away after aspirin, after an hour, after the morning. I started worrying about worst-case scenarios: meningitis, aneurysm, tumor. Like I said, I never get headaches. And then there was the fact that the headache took away my ability to listen to music. Suddenly, everything -- drums, horns, Bobby Womack's vocals -- was too much. Rather than give up, I used my affliction as a filter, and went in search of the most soothing music in [...]

Stereogum has a post today pointing the way to the Cracked.com list of worst covers ever recorded butchered. They suggest the following abominations: 20. "You Shook Me All Night Long" — Celine Dion and Anastasia 19. "Downtown Train" — Rod Stewart 18. "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" — Guns N Roses 17. "Demolition Man" — Manfred Mann 16. "American Pie" — Madonna 15. "My Generation" — Hilary Duff 14. "It's My Life" — No Doubt 13. "Video Killed The Radio Star" — The Presidents of the United States of America 12. "Walk this [...]
Last week jefitoblog ran a Pocket Guide to the Hooters , and perusing it took me all the way back to like grade school. Before the jefitopost, I couldn't have named a song by the Hooters. So why the time-travel? It's mostly a trick of how music can get stapled to the extras in the movie of yr life. The grade school association: I could swear they were the favorite band of one of the most popular kids in my class, a dude with the unfortuate last name of Ducharme (you guessed it, "Douche" for [...]
My friend Sam asked me if I'd heard this Rod Stewart covers record he recorded in 1998. Of course I hadn't... but to my pleasant surprise when I did Rod turns out some pretty killer covers of Cigarettes and Alcohol...
Well, commander rather than knight: he's been given a CBE as part of the New Year Honours. Rod has affected to be thrilled, even although he must be sucking a thoughtful tooth as to why Cliff and Macca are knights and he's got some crappy medal that used to be given as a prize on early series of Bullseye: "Although I'm living in California, I'm very proud to be British," he said. "We will be celebrating the good news later today." Of course, Rod was so proud [...]