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Drowned Out Sound: Coversongs Of Silence and the Struggle To Hear

Jan 7, 2009, 12:00am Cover Lay Down

An interesting challenge faces us this evening: my annual bout of virulent bronchitis has left me partially deaf, and the world is muffled, as if I was now living my life completely underwater. As if that wasn't bad enough, one of the side effects of the added sinus pressure has been a significant increase in volume in what was already a relatively permanent ringing in my right ear, which I can now identify as a piercingly high-pitched C#. Listening to music in this state is abhorrent. Midranges turn to [...]

• Emiliana Torrini: Sound of Silence » soundsilence.mp3
• Crooked Still - Can't You Hear Me Callin' (Bill Monroe cover)
• Elizabeth Mitchell - If You Listen (Francoise Hardy cover)
• John Denver - What's That I Hear? (Phil Ochs cover)
• Karen Savoca - No More Songs (Phil Ochs cover)
• Lisa Ekdahl - It's Oh So Quiet (Bjork cover)
• Odetta - Listening To Old Voices (orig. John Hiatt)
• Pat MacDonald - Enjoy the Silence (Depeche Mode cover)
• Pete Seeger - Beans In My Ears
• Shelby Lynne - I Don't Want To Hear It Anymore (Dusty Springfield cover)

Link Text:	Emiliana Torrini: Sound of Silence
File Name:	soundsilence.mp3

Artist:	Crooked Still
Title:	Can't You Hear Me Callin' (Bill Monroe cover)
Link Text:	Crooked Still: Cant You Hear Me Callin
File Name:	hearme.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	2006

Artist:	Elizabeth Mitchell
Title:	If You Listen (Francoise Hardy cover)
Link Text:	Elizabeth Mitchell: If You Listen
File Name:	ifyoulisten.mp3
Bitrate:	160 kbps
Year:	2006

Artist:	John Denver
Title:	What's That I Hear? (Phil Ochs cover)
Link Text:	John Denver: Whats That I Hear?
File Name:	whatsthat.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	1964

Artist:	Karen Savoca
Title:	No More Songs (Phil Ochs cover)
Link Text:	Karen Savoca: No More Songs
File Name:	nomoresongs.mp3
Bitrate:	160 kbps
Year:	1998

Artist:	Lisa Ekdahl
Title:	It's Oh So Quiet (Bjork cover)
Link Text:	Lisa Ekdahl: Its Oh So Quiet
File Name:	ohsoquiet.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps

Artist:	Odetta
Title:	Listening To Old Voices (orig. John Hiatt)
Link Text:	Odetta: Listening to Old Voices
File Name:	oldvoices.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	2000

Artist:	Pat MacDonald
Title:	Enjoy the Silence (Depeche Mode cover)
Link Text:	Pat MacDonald: Enjoy The Silence
File Name:	enjoysilence.mp3
Bitrate:	200 kbps
Year:	2003

Artist:	Pete Seeger
Title:	Beans In My Ears
Link Text:	Pete Seeger: Beans in my Ears
File Name:	beansears.mp3
Bitrate:	256 kbps
Year:	1966

Artist:	Shelby Lynne
Title:	I Don't Want To Hear It Anymore (Dusty Springfield cover)
Link Text:	Shelby Lynne: I Dont Want To Hear It Anymore
File Name:	hearanymore.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	2008

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