The Coverville Hall Of Fame
I love Coverville. It’s a podcast that shouldn’t work — a half hour or more of cover songs each show — but does, partially because host Brian Ibbott has excellent taste. (Like all radio/podcast hosts, he’s got a band he seems a little obsessed with, but in his case, it’s the Polyphonic Spree, which is actually a good band, so that’s OK.)
Every year, he has some of his best shows of the year, his Coverville 100 countdown shows. But since they aren’t necessarily made up of songs released that year, the best stuff tends to accumulate and repeat.
In the interests of not having every future countdown closely resemble all the others, Ibbott has created a “Hall of Fame” and pulled a bunch of songs out of contention. Songs like Jeff Buckley’s cover of “Hallelujah,” Johnny Cash’s “Hurt” and Jonathan Coulton’s cover of “Baby Got Back” were (deservedly) going to gobble up a bunch of the top slots this year otherwise.
The upshot of all of this is that, whether you’re an established Coverville listener or a complete newbie, the Coverville Hall of Fame 2009 show is easily one of his best ever, and well worth the download for everyone. (Note that one or two songs have racy language in them.)
(And if you like the William Shatner/Ben Folds cover of Pulp’s “Common People,” check out both the original version of the song and William Shatner’s “Has Been” album which is, no kidding, flat-out amazing.)
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cheers for this mate. particularly enjoyed his XTC covers podcast. any other music podcasts you recommend?
Comment by Tony McMahon — December 18, 2009 @ 8:27
Hey, Tony. If you haven’t yet, check out my Top 100 of 2009 post. AT the end, there are links to all the music podcasts I listen to regularly.
http://www.lby3.com/2010/01/01/ipod-top-100-2009/
Comment by Beau — January 5, 2010 @ 14:44