I was first introduced to The Blakes and their Modern Man
from the movie Meet Bill during the fireworks buying scene. I tried finding a better version, but this is the best I could come up with. Oh, by the way, see Meet Bill, it’s quirky, it’s funny, it’s got hot chicks … plus Aaron Eckhart’s chin.
Pete, Bjorn & John’s original Young Folks
may just be the most infectious song this side of Tilly & the Wall. Dawn Landes’ bluegrass cover may not have me whistling along, but it’s certainly quirky and fun in entirely different ways. I love the contrast between the elder WST Band singing a song, well, about young folks…
Supposedly Ben Folds had forgotten he was to be on this program that day and cover a popular song, so he turned on his iPod and The Postal Service’s Such Great Heights
was his most recently listened to song.
I’ve always thought Kelly Clarkson’s Since U Been Gone
was a decently catchy song, if a bit overproduced. Here Ted Leo strips the song to its core, and at that core we find the Yeah Yeah Yeah’s Maps
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