Toronto Mike'd: The Official Toronto Mike Podcast - Songs You Love But Didn't Initially Know Was a Cover: Toronto Mike'd #1408

Episode Date: January 9, 2024

In this 1408th episode of Toronto Mike'd, FOTMs kick out songs they love but didn't initially know was a cover. Toronto Mike'd is proudly brought to you by Great Lakes Brewery, Palma Pasta, Ridley Funeral Home, The Advantaged Investor podcast from Raymond James Canada and Electronic Products Recycling Association. If you would like to support the show, we do have partner opportunities available. Please email Toronto Mike at [e-mail]

And right now, right now, right now it's time to... Take out the jams, motherfuckers! I'm in Toronto where you wanna get the city love I'm from Toronto where you wanna get the city love I'm a Toronto mic, you wanna get the city love So my city love me back, but my city love me back Welcome to episode 1408 of Toronto Mic'd Proudly brought to you by Great Lakes Brewery A fiercely independent craft brewery who believes in supporting communities, good times, and brewing amazing beer. Order online for free local home delivery in the GTA.

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Jam episode of Toronto Mic'd. I call these FOTM KOTJ episodes. This time the theme is covers you love but did not initially know was a cover. So you hear the song, you dig it, you love it, and at some point either the next day, the next year, or maybe it was 30 years later, but at some point you realize, oh my goodness, that song I love is a cover. At the end of the episode, I'll share my example of a cover I didn't know was a cover, but fell in love with. Let's kick things off with recent returning guest, Alan Zweig. Hi Mike, it's Alan. Nice to meet you. So before I choose my cover that I didn't know was a cover,

let me just say that if I'm going to, you know, I'll say this once and I'll never say it again, I hope. If I'm going to contribute to these Kick out the jam things, I just want to say that your appropriation of the MC5 tune always strikes me as a little kind of inappropriate, given how far some of the tunes you kick out, some of the jams you kick out, how far they are from what the MC5 kicked out. And that definitely goes for the sweet little song that I'm choosing today, which is a sentimental choice because I started my record collecting journey with four 45s I bought in 65 or maybe 66.

And one of them, I don't remember what they all were. One of them was Satisfaction. But the other one was a local Toronto hit by a Toronto band, the Big Town Boys, who were making records when not a lot of Toronto bands were. And I'm choosing it because just the other day, I'm re-watching Girls with my girlfriend. I watched it the first time around. We're watching it now. And on the tail credits of some episodes, I think I hear the opening chords of this song, It Was I by the Big Town Boys. And sure enough,

they get to the no, no, no, no, no part, and it's unmistakable. And it does sound like the Big Town Boys, but I think, how would they know about this obscure song from a Toronto band in 1965? Maybe it's a cover, maybe that, they're playing the original. So I look it up, and indeed, I find out for the first time, it was originally done by a U.S. duo called Skip and Flip in 1959. Except when I listen to their version, it's not the one they played on the show. I see that it was also covered by Lindsey Buckingham in 1981, but that's not the version I heard either. Then I looked to see if there's a list of songs online, and sure enough, there it is listed on the tail credits of season six, episode one, is listed on the tail credits of season six, episode one. And it was so nice to see those words written out. It was I by the Big Town Boys. So here it is from 1965, the year of my bar mitzvah. And maybe you can have one of them on your show. Na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na Telling everybody I'm the one To blame for all the wrong that you have done

The day that you walked out and left and didn't say goodbye Who was all alone to sit and cry? It was I, it was I I gave you all the love I ever had The only things I got from you were bad The times you didn't show up, the times you didn't call Who was left alone through it all? It was I, it was I My love was always yours To treasure and to hold

When you let her love you while It will soon grow cold Press your lips so close to mine Are you really satisfied? Baby, that's the way it is Let me tell you how it is Please come back and try to start anew I know that it's the proper thing to do

Darling, if we break up, I know we'll never make up Then I know it's only me and you, me and you Me and you Be a Jew, be a Jew VP of sales here. If you're like me growing up in the 80s and 90s, you probably liked the band REM. They're certainly one of my favorites. One of their big hits from 1986 from the album Life's Rich Pageant was Superman. They didn't write it. I just discovered this today, November 27th, 2023. It was instead recorded and released in 1969 by a Texas band called The Cleek.

And their version is very much of the time, kind of psychedelic sounding. R.E.M. put their own spin on it, made it sound very much like an R.E.M. song, so much so that I could have sworn it was one of theirs. But it wasn't. So please enjoy The clique and superman and let me know if your mind is as blown as mine is it's mike here i'm going to play the covers that you all love i'm actually not playing the originals so even though the vp of sales is calling for the original version of superman i'm giving you

R.E.M.'s cover. I am, I am, I am Superman and I can't do anything You don't really love that guy You make him with not do you I know you don't love that guy Cause I can see right through you

I am, I am, I am Superman And I know what's happening I am, I am, I am Superman And I can do anything If you go a billion miles away I'll track you down, no Kiss me when I say I'm no love, halfway to your heart If you go a million miles away I'll track you down, girl

Trust me when I say I know the path way to your heart I am, I am Superman And I know what's happening I am, I am, I am Superman And I can do anything I am, I am, I am Superman And I know what's happening I am, I am, I am Superman And I can do anything

Hello, Toronto Mike. This is Mike from K-Dub submitting a song for your Songs That Were Covers but which you didn't know were covers episode. The song that really blew me away when I found out it was a cover not too long ago is a song by the Sky Diggers, Slow Burning Fire. Always considered this one of their best, most typical quintessential songs. When they play it in concert, absolutely. Everybody knows every word. Everybody sings along

and it's just such a great song for Andy Mays' voice and for the Skydiggers harmonies. When I found out that it might be a cover, I figured I better look into this because I don't want to get fact-checked by one of the Cracked Toronto Mic staff. And sure enough, it's a song was written by Jan Buckingham and Vicki Smith before the Skydiggers released it in 92. It was recorded by such country artists as George Jones and Tammy Wynette. I gave them both a listen. Absolutely, the Skydiggers version is head and shoulders above anybody else's version.

And it is definitely the same song. So yeah, that one blew me away. I'm not sure how many people know about that or care, but Jan Buckingham and Vicki Smith wrote an awesome song and the Sky Diggers made it their own. So this should be the last we speak of this. Anyways, love the show. Toronto Mike, keep it up.

Thanks. Bye. My shoulder still burns where you touched me last night. You hugged me and walked out the door. We've been pretending that we're only friends But tonight we can feel something more Just being around you is making me warm one touch and I know that I'll

melt in your arms there's no way to stop this burning desire cause there's nothing as hot as a

slow burning fire Can you look in my eye just a little too long before I can look away Lately I've caught you staring at me With a new kind of look on your face Just being around you The On your face Just Around you

Is making Me warm One touch And I know that I'll melt in your Arms There's no way to stop This burning

Desire Cause there's nothing As hot There's no way to stop this burning desire Cause there's nothing as hot as a slow burning fire guitar solo Just being around you is making me warm One touch and I know that I'll melt in your arms There's no way to stop this burning desire Cause there's nothing as hot as a slow burning fire Cause there's nothing as hot as a slow burning fire Hey Mike, it's Derek Welsman.

The song that I discovered was a cover is I Love Rock and Roll. I thought Joan Jett wrote that. I thought, what brilliant writing, what a brilliant song. Then somebody told me that it was originally recorded by the Arrows. And then I listened to the Arrows song and like drum beat to drum beat, it is exactly the same. So, you know, I love Joan Jett, but she's gone down a couple of pegs.

There you go. I saw him dancing there by the record machine I knew he must have been about 17 He was so strong playing my favorite song And I could tell it wouldn't be long that he was with me

Yeah, me And I could tell it wouldn't be long that he was with me Yeah, me Singing I love rock and roll So put your time in the gym, my baby Until it would be long, he was with me, yeah, me, singing I love rock and roll, smoking up time in the chip box, baby I love rock and roll, smoking up time and dancing with me

He smiled so I got up and asked for his name That don't matter, he said, cause it's all the same So can I take you home, where we can be alone And next we were moving on, it was with me, yeah me Next we were moving on, It was with me, yeah, me, singing I love rock and roll So put another time in your two parts, baby I love rock and roll

So come on, take your time and dance with me Wow! We'll be moving on and singing that same old song yeah with me, singing I love rock and roll so put another dime in the jukebox baby, I love rock and roll, so come on take your time and dance with me

I love rock and roll so put another dime in the jukebox baby, I love rock and roll, so come on take your time and dance with me I love rock and roll Hello, it's Cam Gordon. I'm sharing that it wasn't until 2023 that I found out the song Into Your Arms by the Lemonheads was a cover. Somehow I missed this. I've been listening to the Lemonheads really since high school, and this song was a big jam back in the CFNY days. And somehow I never end up on the Wikipedia page,

maybe because I saw the Lemonheads in 2023. I was sort of tootling around the internet. I discovered it was written by a guy named Nick Dalton. This was an Australian gentleman who joined the Lemonheads for the album, I guess, after this song was on. That would be the album, Come On, Feel the Lemonheads. Probably their best known song, but yeah, a cover written by this australian guy nick dalton he was also in some bands called the plunderers god star sneeze as well as he played the rat cat and hummingbirds i have no idea who any of those people are uh but yeah into your arms lemonheads a cover i had no fucking idea I know a place where I can go when I'm alone. Into your arms, well, into your arms I can go.

I know a place that's a war from the crowd Into the world, the way to us I go And if I should fall I know I won't be alone Be alone anymore I know a place where I can go Where I belong Into your arms, oh whoa Into your arms I can go I know a place Yn y cyfnod o'r cyfnod, mae'n rhaid i mi ddweud y gwirionedd. So if I should fall

I know I won't be alone Be alone anymore I know a place where I can go Where I'll run into your arms Oh, into your arms I can go I can go because I was approximately eight years old. And when I heard this on the radio, I lost my mind. And it's still my favorite version. Well, the original is, of course, really good too

because it's the original. But in my heart, this is the version I think of. Picture yourself in a boat on a river Tangerine trees and marmalade skies Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly A girl with kaleidoscope eyes Shut up in flowers of yellow and green Towering over your head Look for the girl with the sun in her eyes and she's gone

Lucy in the sky with time Lucy in the sky with time Lucy in the sky with guys Follow her down to a bridge by a fountain Where rocking horse people eat marshmallow pie Everyone smiles as you drift past the flowers eat marshmallow pie Everyone smiles as you drift past the flowers the grass howling incredibly high Newspaper taxis appear on the shore

waiting to take you away Lying in the back With your head in the clouds And you're gone Lucy in the sky will die Lucy in the sky with darts Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, You spent your taxes up here on the shore Waiting to take you away Climbing back with your head in the clouds And you're gone Lucy in the clouds and your gone

Lucy in the sky with diamonds Lucy in the sky with diamonds Lucy in the sky with diamonds In the sky With diamonds Oh Picture yourself On a train In a station

With glasses and portals With looking glass Ties Suddenly Someone is there At the turnstile The girl with Suddenly someone is there on the terracedown The girl with kaleidoscope eyes Lucy in the sky with dyes

Lucy in the sky with time Lucy in the sky with time Oh Lucy in the sky with time Lucy in the sky Lucy, I'm in love with you, Lucy Lucy, I'm in love with you, Lucy Lucy, I'm in love with you, Lucy Oh Lucy Oh

Lucy Oh Lucy Lucy Lucy Lucy Lucy Oh Hi Mike, Alan Gould here. My choice for the jam that I like, that I did not know was a cover at the time, is Whitney Houston's

Cause I Will Always Love You from the movie The Bodyguard. When that song came out, we played it consistently in our house. We had the CD and it was always on the radio at the time. And my kids who were probably in around four to six or seven years old at the time, absolutely loved it, and Whitney could really belt it out without a doubt. And then many years later, I found out that it was a cover of Dolly Parton, of a Dolly Parton song, and I did hear that version, and it's okay, but I'm not a huge country music fan, and hers is very country-ish, Dolly's, that is. So that is my choice. It's a great song, and Whitney has a phenomenal voice that was really

showcased in that song, and it's unfortunately that she died so young. Thanks very much, Mike. much mike if i should stay i would only be in your way So I'll go, but I know I'll always love you Will always love you You Love you You, my darling you Bittersweet memories memories that is all I'm taking with me

so goodbye please don't cry we both know I'm not what you you need And I will always love you I will always love you I hope life treats you kind

And I hope you have all you dreamed of. And I wish you joy and happiness. But above all this, I wish you love. I wish you love And I will always love you I will always love you I will always love you I will always love you I will always love you

I will always love you You Darling, I love you You Darling I love you Oh I'll always I'll always Love You Ooh, ooh, ooh for songs I didn't know was a cover. So if I bring you back to 2003, I'm still in

high school and I'm totally into the pop-punk revival. And at this time I hear a little song on the radio called Boys of Summer, which I automatically assume is by one of the unofficial Toronto Mic Universe bands, the Ataris, a true original song, just like other songs coming out from Sum 41, Simple Plan, New Found Glory, Brand New, The Early November, and bands we will never hear on Toronto Mic. But anyways, I am requesting a song that Don Henley said he didn't like, and we haven't heard from the Atari since then, which is kind of rough. But that's my request, and I thought it was an original, with that black flag. Not Deadhead, shout out to Toronto Mike,

and shout out to Canada Kev, but that black flag sticker on the Cadillac, it's the Ataris. One of the greatest ever, and I'll stand by that for the summer. Nobody on the road, nobody on the beach I'm feeling in the air, the summer's out of reach Empty lake, empty streets, the sun goes down alone I'm driving by your house, though I know you're not home I can see you, your breath can't shine, oh son You got your hair cut back in sunglasses, oh baby Now I can tell you that love for you will still be strong

After the poison summer, I'm gone I never would forget those nights I wonder if it was a dream Remember how you made me crazy Remember how I made you scream But I don't understand what happened to our love Remember how you made me crazy? Remember how I made you scream? Now I don't understand what happened to our love But baby, when I get you back I'm gonna show you what I'm made of I can see you

Your breath keeps shining in the sun I see you walking real slow And you're smiling at everyone I can tell you my love for you will still be strong After the poison summer I've got I'm not afraid Out on the road today, I saw a black flag sticker on a Cadillac A little voice inside my head said, don't look back, you can never look back I thought I knew what love was, what did I know? If those days are gone forever, I should just let them go

But I can see you, your boots can't shine or so You got the top pulled down and the radio on, baby I can tell you that love for you will still be strong After the four days of summer have gone I can see you, your blues keep shining so You got the head slick, black windows, white fears all baby I can tell you my love for you will still be strong After the boys of summer have gone Strong after poison Summer I've gone

Hey Mike and fellow FOTMs. YYZ Gord here. I love a great cover, and surprise covers make it even more fun. Susan the Banshees have made some great cover songs throughout their existence, starting with their 1978 cover of the Beatles' Helter Skelter, and they even released a whole album of covers in 1987 with Through the Looking Glass, which included Bob Dylan's Wheels on Fire and Iggy Pop's The Passengers, both great songs that I heard first as covers. However, being on an album of covers, it certainly didn't make it a surprise. If you look back to 1983, they released one of my favorite

songs that they've ever recorded that I learned to love as theirs long before I understood that it was a cover of 1968's Beatles song. Here's Suzy and the Banshees and their take on Dear Prudence Greet the brand new day The sun is up The sky is blue It's beautiful And so are you Dear Prudence

Won't you come out to fly Dear Prudence Open up your eyes Dear Prudence Dear Prudence See the sun is gone Dear Truden Dear Truden See the sun is gone The wind is low The birds will sing

That you are part Of everything Dear Truden Won't you open up your eyes Everything's different Won't you open up your eyes Look around, look around, look around Look around, look around, look around Look around, look around, look around They were all there in the dark Deep to the end Let me see you smile

Deep to the end Like a little child Deep today Like little child The clouds will be A daisy chain So let me see You smile again Dear Won't you let me see you smile Smile again, dear prudence

Won't you let me see you smile Dear prudence Won't you come out to play Dear prudence Bring the brand new day The sun is up The sky is blue It's beautiful And so are you, dear

Won't you come out to fly? Look around, around, around, around, around Look around, around, around, around, around Look around, around, around, around, around Oh, look around, around Hi Mike, it's Leslie Billion. The song I would like to share that is a favorite song of mine that I did not know was a cover. I probably found out, I don't know, maybe 20 years after it was released that it was a cover. Anyway, I'm going to get right to the point because I've got a lot

to say about this song, this artist, the cover, all that stuff. The song is When You Walk in the Room by Paul Carrick. Paul Carrick, aka the man with the golden voice. Paul Carrick, who sang How Long for Ace, sang Tempted for Squeeze, sang Living Years for Mike and the Mechanics. This guy has, you know, been around and around and around the music industry for decades. I did not know that this song was a cover when I heard it back in 1987. I had his album, it was called One Good Reason. I had another hit on the album called Don't Shed a Tear, which went, I think, as high as number nine. But When You Walk in the Room just really spoke to me. I think it's just because it's a song about unrequited love, which is basically the story of my life. Anyway, it turns out this song was written and recorded originally by Jackie DeShannon, released the day after JFK was

shot in November of 1963, about two weeks before I was born. It was then re-released in 1964 by The Searchers, and it did a little bit better. Jackie Deshanon's version went to number 99 on the top 100. The Searchers went as high as number 35. But it has then gone on to be recorded, not three times, four times, five times. From what I could find on Spotify, 15, no, 16 different artists have recorded this song from when it was released in 1963. And the most recent one I could find was by a group called Psychotic Youth in 2020. So Paul Carrick was actually the sixth person to release this song in 1987. Some other notable people who've recorded this song in 1994, country star Pam Tillis recorded it. In 2004, Agnetha Falskog of ABBA recorded it, and even Bruce Springsteen recorded it on a live album

in 2018. Paul Carrick's version only went to number 90 in the US, number 48 in the UK, so didn't really do all that well on the charts. But I had the album. I love the album. I love that song. I love Paul Carrick. I love his voice. I love pretty much everything he's ever done. So that is my nomination for a song I love that I did not know was a cover. Walking right alongside of you Wish I could tell you how much I care But I only have the nerve to stare I can feel a new expression on my face I can feel a cloying sensation taking place

I can hear the guitar playing lovely tunes every time that you walk in the room I close my eyes for a second and pretend it's me you want Me while I try and act so nonchalant I see a summer night with a magic moon Every time that you Walk in the room

Baby, it's a dream come true Walking right alongside of you Wish I could tell you how much I care But I only have enough to say Yeah, yeah I can hear something pounding in my brain Every time that someone speaks your name Trumpets sounding, I hear thunder boom

Every time that you walk in the room Every time that you walk in the room Oh yeah Every time you walk Every time Every time you walk Every time Every time you walk

I feel a brand new pain I feel it too, faith I feel something I am Oh yes I do Every time you run Yeah Rick A, The Elevator Man here. So it's early 1984 and music videos are just starting to be popular and I remember seeing this video and I thought it was kind of neat.

It's in black and white and a bunch of guys in a bar singing a cappella, and I really started enjoying the song and always remembered it. And then let's fast forward, say, some 30, 35 years later, 2008, 2009, and I discovered this internet radio show or channel that I started listening to frequently. And every week, they would have a retro chart, and I always enjoyed it because they would play songs from the 60s, 70s, and 80s, the stuff I really like. And I would discover new stuff because it was from the UK. So in this particular week, they were reviewing 1982, and I'm enjoying the countdown, and it's getting closer and closer to the top.

And then all of a sudden, they play this one song, and I'm like, oh, my God, I never knew this was a remake. I'm flabbergasted. I'm just amazed. Coming up near the top of the chart was Only You by Yazoo. I was not aware of this band. I was not aware of this band. I was not aware of this song. And I'm still amazed to this day that Only You by the Flying Pickets was a cover, a cover that I very much enjoy.

So that's my surprise cover song that I never knew existed. Looking from the window above, it's like a story of love. Can you hear me? Came back only yesterday, moving further away. Won't you hear me? All I needed was the love you gave. All I needed was the love you gave, all I needed for another day, and all I ever knew, only you. When I think of your name And it's only a game And I need you Listening to the words that you sing It's getting harder to stay

When I see you All I needed was the love you gave All I needed was the love you gave All I needed for another day And all I ever knew Only you Ba-da-da-da-da, ba-da-da-da-da, ba-da-da-da-da Ba-da-da-da-da, ba-da-da-da-da, ba-da-da-da-da-da Ba-da-da-da-da-da, ba-da-da-da-da-da All I needed was a love you gave All I needed for another day, all I ever needed, only you.

This is gonna take a long time, and I wonder, can't take no more. Wonder if you'll understand, it's just the touch of your hand, behind a closed door. All I needed was the love you gave, all I needed for another thing And all I ever knew Only you I'm at the mic here. My choice for a song that I did not realize was a cover. Actually, I just discovered this past week it was a cover song and not an original. It's David Gilmour, There's No Way Outta Here, the first single released from his first solo album from 1978. I have loved the song for

over 30 years since I first heard it, at first thinking it was some lost Pink Floyd song, because it has that classic Gilmore musical style, and even lyrically that kind of semi-bleak story structure. Well, it turns out it's a cover song of a band that he had produced two years earlier, a little-known British folk band called Unicorn. He loved their song so much that they had written and recorded. He actually asked them if it would be okay if he recorded a version for himself on his own solo album, which they were perfectly fine with. So ever since I've heard the song for, what, 30 years or so, I never realized it was

actually a cover. I always assumed it was a David Gilmour original. So that's my pick, and it's a very recent one. When you come in, you're in for good There was no promise made The part you played, the chance you took There are no boundaries set The time, and yet you waste it still So it slips through your hands Like grains of sand You watch it go There's no time to be lost

You'll pay the cost So get it right There's no way out of here when you come in you're in focus and never was there a sun Dwi'n dweud wrthym, mae'r ffordd yn dda. Without listening Without seeing There are no answers here When you look out you don't see it

There was no promise made The part you played, the chance you took There's no way out of here When you come in you're in for good Ain't never once better than a show Better than a show Cynhyrchu'r ffordd y byddwn i'n ei wneud. Without seeing There's no way out of here When you come in

You're in for good There are no answers here When you look out, you don't see it There was no promise made The part you played, the chance you took You just There's no way out, I feel with you Something's good in your heart There's no way out, I feel with you Something's good in your heart

There's no way out, I feel with you Diolch yn fawr iawn am wylio'r fideo. Hi Toronto Mic, it's Jim Romanco. My favourite cover song that for many years I did not realise was a cover song is Sloop John B by the Beach Boys off their classic 1966 album Pet Sounds. In the album's liner notes it states ARR.Brian Wilson, which I now realise means arranged by brian wilson it turns out that this classic song is based on a traditional bohemian folk song from the early 1900s since the 1950s it's been covered at least 50 times including a weaver's version in 1950 called wreck of the sloop john b and a john Johnny Cash version in 1959 called I Want to Go Home.

A fun fact at least from my perspective was that my late great father Joseph, shout out to Redley Funeral Home, was a very big fan of Pete Seeger and the Weavers and Johnny Cash. This surprised me since he generally disliked music, especially artists such as the Beach Boys and the Beatles. He associated these artists with the drug culture of the 1960s. He was more of a fan of beer. Shout out to Great Lakes Brewery. If your listeners have not seen the original Beach Boys, Sloop John B. Black and White promotional swimming pool video on YouTube,

I highly recommend they check it out. I'm sure it will make many of them smile. Pun intended. Drinking all night, got into a fight Well, I feel so broken, I wanna go home So hoist up the John B. sail, see how the main sail sets See you next time. Well, I feel so broke up I want to go home First mate, he got drunk Broke in the captain's trunk The constable had to come And take him away

Sheriff John Stone Why don't you leave me alone? Well, I feel so broken, I want to go home. West of the Jumbies, West of the Jumbies See how they make sales, see how they make sales Call for the captain ashore Let me go home, let me go home I wanna go home, let me go home West of the Jumbies, West of the Jumbies Feel so broke, I wanna go home What's up the Jumbies? I ate up all of my corn Let me go home

Why don't they let me go home? This is the worst trip I've ever been on Hushed up the junkie, hushed up the junkie See how they make sales, see how they retail Hey Mike, it's Mimico Joe. When I was a kid, I used to love hearing novelty Christmas songs on the radio. Now we're talking the 1970s and 1980s here, and it was Vancouver. So that means I was hearing them on the AM station, CKNW 98. They would play Christmas songs here and there when they weren't talking,

and I seem to remember they used to play Christmas songs at the bottom of the hour so they could fade them out for news. One of my favorites was, and still is, Grandma Got Run Over by a Ranger by the Irish Rovers. The imagery in this song is hilarious, and it just always sounded like an Irish Rovers song to me, like their other great tune, Wasn't It a Party? Forty years later, I only recently learned it's a cover,

originally done by Elmo and Patsy, when I heard that song and thought, what a weird cover this is. Turns out it's the other way around, and I far prefer the Irish Rovers version, although I suspect over 40 years of listening to that version makes me biased. Grandma got run over by a reindeer Walking home from our house Christmas Eve

You can say there's no such thing as Santa But as for me and Grandpa, we believe She'd been drinking too much eggnog And we begged her not to go But she left her medication And she stumbled out the door into the snow When they found her Christmas morning At the scene of the attack

There were hoof prints on her forehead And incriminating clause marks on her back Grandma got run over by a reindeer Walking home from our house Christmas Eve You can say there's no such thing as Santa But as for me and Grandpa, we believe Now we're all so proud of Grandpa He's been taking this so

well See him in there watching football. Drinking beer and playing cards with Cousin Mel. It's not Christmas without Grandma. All the family's dressed in black. And we just can't help but wonder. Should we open up her gifts or send them back? Grandma got run over by a reindeer Walking home from our house, Christmas Eve

You can say there's no such thing as Santa But as for me and Grandpa We believe Now the goose is On the table And the pudding Made of figs And a blue And silver candle That would just match The hair in Grandma's wig

I've warned all my friends and neighbours better watch out for yourselves. They should never give a licence to a man who drives a snake or plays with elves. Grandma got run over by a reindeer

walking home from our house Christmas Eve. You can say there's no such thing as Santa, but as for me and Grandpa, we believe. Walking home from our house Christmas Eve You can say there's no such thing as Santa But as for me and Grandpa, we believe Mark, sometimes I comment as Mark Hazard. Growing up in the 90s, I was often surprised by album tracks turning out to be covers. Tracks by a third-bait or an Arginalos comic to bands like Joy Division, Gary Neumann, and Husker Du. I became a pretty usual music snob and got to know the histories of my favorite bands much better, but once I started streaming music on Spotify, and especially using Discover,

I found so many more tracks I grew up with that I had no idea were covers. So for this I'm choosing Love at First Sight by Lush, originally by The Gist. Thank you. I was waiting at the station when your train came in wasn't you I was

tiptoeing for but she gave me a grin felt my heart in the throat felt my soul going out to you could this be love at first sight I just didn't know. I was waiting at the station when your train came in

Was until I was drifting in thought but you gave me a grin. Felt my heart in my throat, felt my soul going out to you. Could this be love at first sight? I just didn't know I didn't know Don't you feel insecure All about your love for me There's nothing I Have to More than a day

To be There Thank you. The I used to watch the Ed Sullivan show back in the early and mid-60s after the Beatles landed to see who was going to be the British band making their American debut on the Sunday night show. And I remember when the animals were on. I just loved the band. And Eric Burden, this little gnomish guy with his booming voice, singing The House of the Rising Sun. No idea that it wasn't just not an animals original, or even a cover of a recent song. But in fact, its roots date back to the 16th century, an English traditional folk song, Authorship Unknown.

It started out as a song about a prostitute in a body house. And when it came to the States in the 20s and 30s, it was turned around. And it became the story of a boy going down the wrong path. Anyways, it completely stands up. And through 500 years, I would say that Eric Burden's treatment of The Rising Sun is definitive. There is a house in New Orleans. They call the rising sun And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy And God, I know I'm one My mother was a tailor

She sewed my new blue jeans My father was a gambling man Down in New Orleans Now the only thing a gal would need Is a suitcase and a truck And the only time he's satisfied Is when he's on a drum Thank you. Oh, mother, tell your children Not to do what I have done

Spend your life Sincerely Misery In the house Of the rising sun Well, I're one foot on the platform The other foot on the train I'm going back to New Orleans

To where that ball Entained Well there is a house In New Orleans The Colossus is a house in New Orleans because I should serve and it's been

the work of many a poor boy and God I know I'm one It's FOTM Rob Del Mundo here. What song do I love that I didn't know was a cover? Well, let's put a bit of a Toronto twist on this one. So I have to go back to 1985 and Heart's comeback album their self-titled one the big

power ballad song what about love which is actually a cover version of a toronto song written by the band yes that same band your daddy don't know girls night out hollywood's and the vocals uh songwriting credits go to brian allen sharon alton and jim valance according to wikipedia but yeah i did not know that hearts what about love song was a cover version of a song by the band uh toronto so there you go with your Toronto connection. Toronto Mike. You see what I did there? Thanks for having me. Cheers. I've been lonely I've been waiting for you

I'm pretending And that's all I can do The love I'm sending Ain't making it through to your heart. You've been hiding, never letting it show. Always trying to keep it under control. Keep it under control You got it down And you're well on your way to the top

But there's something that you forgot What about love? Don't you want someone to care about you? What about love? Don't let it slip away What about love? Don't let it slip away What about love? I only wanna share it with you You might need it someday I can't tell you What you're feeling inside

And I can't sell you What you don't want to buy Something's missing You gotta look back on your life You know something here just ain't right What about love? Don't you want someone to care about you? What about love?

Don't let it slip away What about love? I only wanna share it with you Don't let it slip away What am I worth? I only wanna share it with you What about love? Don't you want someone to care about you? What about love? Don't let it slip away The one I love The only one to share it with you

Love Oh, oh, what about love? Love Oh, oh, what about love? Love Oh, what about love? Love, love, love What about, what about Love Hey, Toronto Mike and fellow FOTM's Midtown Gord here.

Wow, what a concept. Cover songs that I love that I did not know were cover songs. There are a million of them, but the one that comes to mind the most is a song that Judas Priest did that was originally done by the original version of Fleetwood Mac pre-Buckingham Knicks. It's the Green Menelishi with the two-pronged crown. Fleetwood Mac pre-Buckingham Knicks. It's a green Menelishi with the two-prong crown. Then you come creepin' around Makin' me do things I don't wanna do Can't believe that you need my love so bad Come sneaking around trying to drive me mad

Busting in all my dreams, making me see things I don't want to see guitar solo Cause you're the green man A leash you with a two-pronged crown All my trying is up All your bringing is down Just taking my love and slip away Bringing us down Just taking my love, let's slip away Leaving me here trying to keep from following you I warned you I'd be back. In the summer of 1993, I was between high school and university. I was also listening to a lot of 102.1 The Edge.

And my favorite band at the time was Pearl Jam. My alarm was set to 102.1 The Edge, and I remember one morning waking up and hearing Crazy Mary by Pearl Jam. I was mesmerized by this song. I loved everything about it so much. And shortly thereafter, when I went to one of the record stores downtown to find out

how do I get myself a CD version of Crazy Mary by Pearl Jam, I learned it was on a tribute album called Sweet Relief, a benefit for Victoria Williams. Crazy Mary was a Victoria Williams song, and Victoria, sadly, was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. And this album was for the Sweet Relief Fund, a charity that aids professional musicians in need of healthcare. I bought Sweet Relief, and it had amazing artists on it. Sweet Relief. And it had amazing artists on it. I mean, it has Buffalo Tom, Michael Penn, Lou Reed is on this thing, Matthew Sweet, Evan Dando, shout out to Cam Gordon, the Water Boys. It was chock full of good stuff. And it had Crazy Mary by Pearl Jam. My second favorite track on that album, by the way, was Summer of Drugs by Soul Asylum. I still slip Summer of Drugs in the mix. Anyway, here's Crazy Mary, a song I loved before I learned it was a cover.

She lived on a curve in the road in an old tar paper shack on the south side of the town on the wrong side of the tracks. Sometimes on the way into town, we'd say, Mama, can we stop and give her a ride? Sometimes we did, but her hands flew from her side. Wild-eyed'd crazy Mary Down a long dirt road Past the Barson's place

The old blue car We used to race Little country store With a sign tagged to the side Said no L-O-I-T-E-r-i-n-g-a loud underneath that sign always congregated quite a crowd

take a bottle drink it down pass it around Take a bottle, drink it down Pass it around Take a bottle, drink it down Pass it, take it, pass it Pass it, pass it around One night, thunder cracked Mercy backed outside her windowsill I dreamed I was flying high above the trees, over the hills

Looked down into the house of Mary Parable of a newspaper covered walls And Mary rising up above it all Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, guitar solo Next morning on the way into town Saw some skid marks and followed them around Over the curb, through the fields Into the house of Mary That what you fear the most Could meet you halfway That what you fear the most

Could meet you halfway Take a bottle, drink it down Almost could meet you halfway Take a bottle, drink it down Pass it around Take a bottle, drink it down Pass it, pass it around Pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it on Follow, follow the dream Pass it, pass it on Yeah Pass it Passem por, passem por

Passem por, passem por Passem por, passem por Round and round and round and round Round and round and round and round Round and round and round and round Round and round and round and round Thank you. And that brings us to the end of our 1,408th show. You can follow me on Twitter and Blue Sky. I'm at Toronto Mike. Much love to all FOTMs who submitted a song for this and everyone who made it possible.

That's Great Lakes Brewery, Palma Pasta, Recycle My Electronics, Raymond James Canada, and Ridley Funeral Home. I'm back Thursday when my special guest in studio is Harun Siddiqui. Cause my UI check has just come in Ah, where you been? Because everything is kind of rosy and green Yeah, the wind is cold But the snow wants me to dance And your smile is fine

And it's just like mine And it won't go away Cause everything is rosy and green.