Brainwaves – Oct. 3, 2023 – The future by way of the past
Written by Brian Blum on 01/10/2023
Brainwaves always dips back into the pop 70s for a couple of songs at the top of the second hour of the show. This week, the entire episode will take us back to the 70s – but in covers. Music you loved by bands you may not have heard of (and some you have). Cheap Trick covering Big Star, Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs covering Rod Stewart, AM and Shawn Lee covering the Ozark Mountain Daredevils, Def Leppard covering ELO, Kevin Gilbert covering Led Zeppelin, Jesse Malin covering Jim Croce, Pacifika covering Chicago, and more surprises. Tune in and let’s go back in time…by way of the future.
| Band | Song |
| Cheap Trick | In the Street (cover: Big Star) |
| Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs | Maggie May (cover: Rod Stewart) |
| AM and Shawn Lee | Jackie Blue (cover: Ozark Mountain Daredevils) |
| Everlast | Only Love Can Break Your Heart (cover: Neil Young) |
| Def Leppard | 10538 Overture (cover: Electric Light Orchestra) |
| James Morrison | It’s Too Late (cover: Carole King) |
| Jesse Malin | Operator (cover: Jim Croce) |
| Kevin Gilbert | Kashmir (cover: Led Zeppelin) |
| Ambulance Ltd. | Fearless (cover: Pink Floyd) |
| Kris McKay | Wish You Were Here (cover: Pink Floyd) |
| Pacifika | 25 or 6 to 4 (cover: Chicago) |
| Aimee Mann | One (cover: Three Dog Night) |
| The Dandy Warhols | Ohio (cover: Crosby Stills Nash & Young) |
| The Wallflowers | I Started a Joke (cover: the Bee Gees) |
| Greg Kihn | For You (cover: Bruce Springsteen) |
| Voice of the Beehive | I Think I Love You (cover: The Partridge Family) |
| Nada Surf | Question (cover: The Moody Blues) |
| The Whippersnappers | Stairway to Heaven (cover: Led Zeppelin) |
| The Ramones | Have You Ever Seen the Rain (cover: Credence Clearwater Revival) |
| Tangerine Dream | Space Oddity (cover: David Bowie) |
| Ugly Kid Joe | Cat’s in the Cradle (cover: Harry Chapin) |
| Ronan Keating | Father and Son (cover: Cat Stevens) |
| The Bellyachers | So You Are a Star (cover: The Hudson Brothers) |
| R.E.M. | Yellow River (cover: Christie) |
| Red House Painters | Follow You Follow Me (cover: Genesis) |
| Smashing Pumpkins | Landslide (cover: Fleetwood Mac) |
| The Rewiring Genesis Project | The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (cover: Genesis) |
| Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs | Everything I Own (cover: Bread) |
| American Ambulance | After the Goldrush (cover: Neil Young) |
| Jesse Malin | Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard (cover: Paul Simon) |
| Dar Williams | Comfortably Numb (cover: Pink Floyd) |
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