Cover Your Heads Part II

I should point out, only 12 of the 20 songs I talk about will actually be on "Hey Ma! I'm on Sonic" at 10 pm on Thursday, March 8th, but I'll write about all of them, like they were my little song children.

5. JOHNNY CASH - Hurt
Trent Reznor, founding and frequently only member of Nine Inch Nails rented the Charles Manson Murder House, and that's where the original "Hurt" and the whole "Downward Spiral" album was recorded. He claims he didn't know it at the time, but...
Other Cover versions performed by: Dead Rites, Christy Moore, Razor Skyline, Ark Sano, Tin Electric

6. GNARLS BARKLEY - Gone Daddy Gone
Legend has it the Violent Femmes, original artists of this track, were signed following a busking stint entertaining the line for a Pretenders concert... And that makes sense, considering the late James Honeyman-Scott of that band once laid claim to their discovery.
Other Cover versions performed by: Codebreaker, Reach Around Rodeo Clowns

7. WHITE STRIPES - Walking With a Ghost
Interestingly, the writers and first performers of this song, Tegan and Sara, had a different name when they started: "Sara and Tegan". I guess it just didn't sound natural enough, so they reversed it. If you're lucky, you have a copy of the album with that original name, because it didn't last long... It was reprinted quite quickly with the names the "right" way around.
Other Cover versions performed by: Nobody that I know of, so let me know if you've heard one.

8. SOCIAL DISTORTION - Ring of Fire
You've probably now heard every story possible about Johnny Cash, but I'm pretty sure the movie didn't say much about his 1982 album with Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins (the original artist of "Blue Suede Shoes"). It was called "The Survivors", and it was live. Not a shocker that it was mostly gospel songs- Johnny was still in his "fundamental Christian" stage... Glad he snapped out of that, for artistic reasons at least.
Other Cover versions performed by: Wall of Voodoo, Def Leppard, Blondie, Ray Charles, Bob Dylan, Tom Jones, Frank Zappa, and countless, countless others

Four more songs tomorrow...