"Should I Stay Or Should I Go?" is one of the rare Clash songs sung by Mick Jones, but like "Train In Vain", it is one of their most famous. I love Joe Strummer's apparently Ecuadorian Spanish back-up vocals.
Next: Bjork's menacing "Army Of Me", an instrumental version of The Geto Boys' "Mind Playing Tricks On Me", an alternate take on Marvin Gaye's suggestive "You Sure Love To Ball", Jay-Z's snide "Say Hello", and Major Harris' heartfelt "Love Won't Let Me Wait".
The new MF Doom album just came out. From that, "Angelz" features a loop of the old Charlie's Angels television show theme, with guest vocals from Tony Starks, a.k.a. Ghostface Killah.
Beatles related: The Faces with Rod Stewart covering Paul McCartney's "Maybe I'm Amazed", Sinead O'Connor covering John Lennon's "Mind Games", and John's lead vocals on The Beatles' "Help!".
I have Beck's loping "Rowboat" on here as well as a cover by Johnny Cash. Frank Black sort of covers himself with a song called "Velvety", which redoes an old Pixies b-side called "Velvety Instrumental Version". The lyrics were worth the wait.
The rest: the world-weary "You've Got Your Troubles" by The Fortunes, John & Jackie's suggestive rockabilly "Little Girl", Van Halen's exuberant "Jump", Clipse's newly leaked "Kinda Like A Big Deal" featuring Kanye West, Cliff Carlisle's odd "Mouse's Ear Blues", the lovely "Isfahan" by Duke Ellington from his Far East Suite and the corny but evocative "Faithfully" by Journey.
