Castles is an instrumental electronic remix of Bach’s Prelude in G, based on a performance by Pablo Casals.
Little Donut Party by uncleozzy
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on 2013-04-24
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Little Donut Party is a happy bouncy goofy catchy short synthpop song.
We Close Our Eyes by askmeaboutLOOM
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on 2013-04-23
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We Close Our Eyes is a pretty well-done one-man indie pop cover of an Oingo Boingo song.
Edit, 2013-10-05 – Whoops, attached the mp3, finally.
Kingsfold by nthdegx
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on 2013-04-22
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Kingsfold is an electronic cover of an old folk song, which contributed the tune to a few hymns. This is a noodly and sorta relentless version.
Locate the Pin by gergtreble
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on 2013-04-19
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Locate the Pin is some fun garage rock.
Thank You by sputgop
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on 2013-04-18
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Thank You is just a fun and cool hip-hop song.
Heroin by uncleozzy
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on 2013-04-17
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Heroin is uncleozzy’s straightforward rock take on the Velvet Underground song.
Booty Don’t by cloeburner
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on 2013-04-16
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Booty Don’t is a spacy dubby remix that really (unrecognizably) works over the original, Booty Dew by GS Boyz (not recommended).
Femme Fatale by cortex
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on 2013-04-15
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Femme Fatale is cortex’s piano rock / garage rock cover of the Velvet Underground song. It’s his second shot at it; his first take involved a Christopher Walken impression, which also makes a secret appearance in the background here.
I am looking for a used car. by mintcake!
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on 2013-04-12
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I am looking for a used car. is a dancy electronica song, with some unusual vocal samples drawn from a call-in line for the podcast around the tenth anniversary.
By way of limited explanation: Fred was looking for a used car, and that’s Faint of Butt reading Lewis Carroll’s “Jabberwocky.”
Case Study #3 by davejay
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on 2013-04-11
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Case Study #3 is a loopy trip-hop song based on samples from a 1960’s LSD PSA from Lockheed, which had lush instrumentation and trippy oil projection visuals and a really delightful story about LSD and hot dogs and a musical sting befitting a True Tale of Hot Dog Murder!
I fell into kind of a drug PSA hole researching this and the thread linked from the song.
the vase (demo) by edlundart
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on 2013-04-10
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the vase is a stripped-down acoustic demo of a song, just an acoustic guitar and a guy sometimes singing in falsetto.
The World’s Most Blown Mind by gergtreble
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on 2013-04-09
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The World’s Most Blown Mind is just a fun garage rock tune.
Enceladus by surrendering monkey
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on 2013-04-08
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Enceladus is a synthy bit of electronica. Think of Vangelis and Tangerine Dream.
Heroin by chococat
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on 2013-04-05
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Heroin is a garage rock cover of the Velvet Underground song, primarily singing and a guitar. (Though, there is a high-pitched drone.)
ruido jabb hat by konono
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on 2013-04-04
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ruido jabb hat is a “simple disco track,” with a glitchy, distorted, fuzzy, and overdriven groove. It’s danceable.
Sunday Morning by micayetoca
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on 2013-04-02
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Sunday Morning is a mellow Caribbean take on the Velvet Underground song. The string instrument here is the cuatro; the genre is danzon; the whistling and percussion feel organic.
Another Hour Away by clcapps
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on 2013-04-01
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Another Hour Away is a kinda relentlessly musically upbeat synthpop dance song.
(Saturday Night And) Sunday Morning by MajorDundee
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on 2013-03-29
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(Saturday Night And) Sunday Morning is an irreverent dancy Eurodisco remix of Sunday Morning, the Velvet Underground song.
European Son by criticalbill
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on 2013-03-28
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European Son is a slowly shifting and a bit noodly and loopy and fiddly bit of music, with more noise and droning than usual for this podcast. It’s part of the Music Challenge; here’s the original, by the Velvet Underground.
Juicebox Hustler by god particle
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on 2013-03-27
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Juicebox Hustler samples the vocals of Rick Ross’ Hustlin,’ and adds the backing of a happy poppy techno song.
I missed Hustlin’ the first time around, so I was more familiar with “Everyday I’m Shufflin’,” from the more popular LMFAO’s Party Rock Anthem, which came out in December 2010, over a year after Juicebox Hustler.
Venus in Furs by dagosto
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on 2013-03-26
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Venus in Furs is a mellow and jazzy cover of the droning Velvet Underground song. The instrument reminiscent of a steel drum or a xylophone is the mbira, which is new to me.
This is the first of the the Velvet Underground covers Music Challenge (playlist). You’ll be hearing a lot more from this challenge this week.
The Plan by Baby_Balrog
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on 2013-03-25
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The Plan is an upbeat bluegrass song, which sounds like it was an utter blast to record.
Island Party by CarrotAdventure
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on 2013-03-22
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Island Party is a happy and bouncy synthpop / chiptune track!
Mss Ffct by nthdegx
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on 2013-03-21
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Mss Ffct is sort of an unconscious cover of a Mass Effect theme song – I’m sure I missed it as I glanced around Youtube. Anyway. This has the atmospheric drawn-out synths, something like a theremin. There’s a nice groove to the beats, and multiple layers of noodly synths.
Snow Cone, Faux Cone, Bro Cone by CarrotAdventure
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on 2013-03-20
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Snow Cone, Faux Cone, Bro Cone is a bouncy little chiptune – a synthpop tune with cheesy synths. It makes me happy!
Excellent Unicorn by CarrotAdventure
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on 2013-03-19
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Excellent Unicorn is a dancy synthpop song, with noodly synths on an arpeggiator.
Oh Ma Gad Yall by tehloki
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on 2013-03-18
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Oh Ma Gad Yall is a techno song with sorta catchy lyrics, mostly contained in the title.
And that’s tehloki’s last song for now!
Looking at Things, Doing Stuff by dagosto
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on 2013-03-15
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Looking at Things, Doing Stuff is a quiet poppy rock song, with a chill desert atmosphere to the guitar.
Silver Machine by billieraymartin
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on 2013-03-14
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Silver Machine is an electro cover of a Hawkwind song, done by DJ Hell, featuring Billie Ray Martin.
Happy Pi Day!
sing for him by greenish
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on 2013-03-13
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sing for him has a lovely and warm atmosphere; it’s a hymn, with an organ and a guitar providing backing for her vocals.
Arms and Hands by Karlos the Jackal
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on 2013-03-12
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Arms and Hands is an indie pop song, with an accordion and lots of keyboards.
Unrecognisable-lullejah by Admira
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on 2013-03-11
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Unrecognisable-lullejah is just, you know, this classical guitar piece.
Okay, yeah, maybe it continues Hallelujah Week.
Hallelujah! (So Very NSFW Mix) by askmeaboutLOOM
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on 2013-03-08
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Hallelujah! (So Very NSFW Mix) has first-rate music – a choir! an organ! – and really, really sexual lyrics.
This concludes Hallelujah Week. Probably.
Edit: Whoops, I forgot to attach the MP3. Fixed!
plastic people by dunkadunc
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on 2013-03-07
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plastic people is an electropop song, a bit fuzzy and chiptune-ish.
Redwood City Blues by Danf
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on 2013-03-06
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Redwood City Blues is a chill song, with just an acoustic guitar.
Halle Hula by cortex
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on 2013-03-05
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Halle Hula is a hula-flavored cover of Hallelujah, just ukelele and singing and *so much* joy.
Chrome Shuriken Dragonfire by gmm
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on 2013-03-04
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Chrome Shuriken Dragonfire reminds me of Royksopp, uplifting synthpop with noodly arpeggio synths. The lyrics are about 8-bit sprites, from old-school video games.