Birthday Coverfolk: Talkin' 'Bout My Generation (Rufus Wainwright, Andrew Bird, and other musicians born in 1973)
Jan 14, 2009, 12:17am
Cover Lay Down
Cover Lay DownI was born January 14, 1973, on the cusp of the disco age, and amidst the last true gasps of the sixties. Though my father's music was primarily blues and folk - the authentic, soulful stuff which I would return to in my own adulthood - for me, growing up in the eighties meant a childhood exposure to late Bee Gees and the early Michael Jackson, followed by a middle school passion for Howard Jones synthpop and Depeche Mode electronica; later, in my adolescence, I would turn to the growing anti-grunge movement like a dork to water, [...]
- Andrew Bird - How You Gonna Keep 'Em Down On The Farm
- Andrew Bird - I Shall Not Be Moved
- Andrew Bird & Nora O'Connor - Oh, Sister
- Grey DeLisle - Bohemian Rhapsody
- Rufus Wainwright - Harvest (feat. Chris Stills)
- Rufus Wainwright - One Man Guy (w/ Martha)
- Teddy Thompson & Rufus Wainwright - King Of The Road
- The Corrs - Dreams (Tee's Radio)
- The Corrs - Little Wing (Hendrix cover)
- The Wailin' Jennys - Barefoot Floors
- The Wailin' Jennys - Long Time Traveller
Miike Snow – Paddling Out (Jacques Lu Cont Remix)
