Image from yadogg. I shall be stealing liberally from this page in future due to its general wonderfulness.
Unlike previously, I’ve tried to put these in some kind of order, which requires some careful listener participation. As you work your way through this lot, you have to gently increase the volume track by track. This is because the tempo gradually increases until (almost) the end. Obviously, fast music is better loud. And loud music is better … than most other things. To prove I’m taking this seriously, I resisted the temptation to tack a version of ‘Heart of gold’ by Boney M on at the end (it exists, oh yes indeed, my ears are still recovering). No novelty cover versions here.
Anyway, if you don’t know all of the originals here you should be ashamed of yourself and beat yourself around the face with a handful of kippers. TWO Smiths covers! TWO Marychain covers, one with harmonies!
Xiu Xiu - ‘Fast car’ | Dar Williams - ‘Whispering pines’ | Billy Bragg - ‘Reason to believe’ | M Ward featuring Zooey Deschanel - ‘When I get to the border’ |Sandie Shaw - ‘Jeane’ | Dolly Parton - ‘Stairway to heaven‘ | Katie Stelmanis - ‘Natural woman’ | Yo La Tengo - ‘Dreams’ | Joe Cocker - ‘The letter‘ | P.J. Harvey - ‘Highway ‘61 Revisited’ | Tralala - ‘Never understand’ | Sons & Daughters - ‘Killer’ | Ramones - ‘Surfin’ bird’ | Me First and the Gimme Gimmes - ‘The boxer’ | Elf Power - ‘Upside down’ (wow! could have done with a few more guitar parts at the end though 
) | SchneiderTM - ‘There’s a light that never goes out’
As part of this new year efficiency drive, I even numbered them all and put ‘em in a Zip file [68MB, approx 60 mins] which you can download if you’re that way inclined. You could then even put the tracks on a CD, then stick this super-useful label on the CD to make sure you don’t use it as a coaster by mistake.
On a completely different note, if any of the roughly two people in NYC who may occasionally look in here happen to notice this before midday, there’s somewhere you should be this afternoon. Go and cause a scene.
