Al compás
del mundo
195, 8-28-25, original
songs and their covers
01 Richard Berry -
Louie Louie (USA)
02 The Kingsmen -
Louie Louie (USA)
03 Bo Diddley - Who Do
You Love (USA)
04 Elise LeGrow - Who
Do You Love (Canada)
05 Dolly Parton -
Jolene (USA)
06 The White Stripes -
Jolene (USA)
07 Bob Dylan - All
Along the Watchtower (USA)
08 The Jimi Hendrix
Experience - All Along the Watchtower (USA)
09 Alemayehu Eschete - Ayalqem tedengo (Ethiopia)
10 Mungo Jerry - In the
Summertime (England)
11 Little Willie John
- Fever (USA)
12 Elvis
Presley - Fever (USA)
13 Solomon
Linda - Mbube (South Africa)
14 The Tokens - The
Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh) (USA)
15 Billy Roberts - Hey
Joe (USA)
16 Wilson Pickett -
Hey Joe (USA)
17 Ray Charles - Hit
the Road Jack (USA)
18 Becca Krueger - Hit
the Road Jack (USA)
19 Beethoven Symphony
9 (Choral) - Ode an die Freude (Germany)
20 Rube Waddell - Ode
An die Freude (USA)
Throughout the entire
expanse of Al compás del mundo glory, I don’t think I’ve ever presented as
mixed a bag as this one. There have been many a potpourris that ventured far
afield from any organic logic, yet there was always a little something that
brought those tunes together in a harmonious manner. This week’s program? Not
so sure. It feels like I’m falling off the edge of this flat earth of ours. I
mean, how do Dolly Parton, The Kingsmen, Jimi Hendrix, Elvis Presley, The White
Stripes, Ray Charles, Mungo Jerry, and more, plus Ludwig Von Beethoven, fit
into a single hour’s worth of music? It’s through the magic of segues – ten of
them - as we shift from original hits to the covers that followed. I think
you’ll enjoy traipsing through the minefield. BTW, I’m ready to admit I’ve
always liked Dolly Parton’s “Jolene”. Musical taste is a many splendored thing.
And more: British band
Mungo Jerry’s “In the Summer Time” is practically a note-for-note replica of
Ethiopian Alemayehu Eschete’s “Ayalqem tedengo”. They were both issued in 1970,
so who copied who? The Shadow knows.
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