September 1, 2011

The B List: 10 Oddball Musical Pairings

Hidden Track Staff September 1, 2011 5 Comments

Following yesterday’s stunning announcement that Jack White had collaborated with Insane Clown Posse our thoughts turned to other oddball musical pairings. For this week’s B List, we polled the Hidden Track staff and compiled a list of ten of the oddest musical collaborations.


Here’s what we came up with…

10. Phish and Jay-Z


It’s well documented that Phish loves to cross genres and play with guests, but when Trey Anastasio introduced Jay-Z to the stage in Coney Island in 2004 – jaws dropped. Can you imagine the Notorious B.I.G. stepping on stage with the Grateful Dead? As live collaborations go, 99 Problems / Big Pimpin’ was a big risk and a great success. And we think it’s safe to say Jay-Z never expected 8,000 Phish-heads belting his lyrics back at him – and neither did they. READ ON for nine more oddball musical pairings…

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Best of Cover Wars: Like a Hurricane Edition

DaveO September 1, 2011 3 Comments

While Cover Wars enjoys the end of its summer vacation, we thought it was fitting that we re-ran a Cover Wars post from September 28, 2010 where we looked at seven covers of Neil Young’s Like a Hurricane. Many Northeast residents are still without power or are dealing with other repercussions of Hurricane Irene. We also want to point you in the direction of Dave Matthews’ cover of Like A Hurricane, which he debuted last Friday night.

Like a Hurricane was released on the 1977 Neil Young album American Stars ‘N Bars. Denise Sullivan over at Crawdaddy Magazine does a good job of compiling a few facts and quotes about the origins of Like a Hurricane. The highlights: It’s written about a female that Neil didn’t get to sleep with and he wrote the tune while really high, in more ways than one.

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The Contestants:

Adam Sandler: Last year to celebrate their 50th year as a record label, Warner Bros. put out a tribute album with currently signed artists covering classics from the Warner Bros. catalog. In addition to Sandler, The Black Keys, Stardeath & White Dwarfs, and nine other artists contributed tracks. Source: Covered, A Revolution In Sound: Warner Bros. Records

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The studio cut is good and Sandler did a great job on Letterman as well:

READ ON for the scoop on the rest of this week’s contestants…

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Boot Camp: 33 Pearl Jam SBDs From 2005

Scott Bernstein September 1, 2011 3 Comments

It’s easy to forget that Pearl Jam was ahead of their time with the creation of the group’s Official Bootleg series. Within months of completing the Binaural Tour in 2000,

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The 3GM View on Jack White and ICP Tackling Mozart’s Ode to Tossing Salads

Three Grown Men September 1, 2011 5 Comments

Yesterday, the blogosphere was shocked when the news broke that Jack White had teamed with Insane Clown Posse to collaborate on a new single which puts a modern spin on a song composed by Mozart. We asked HT’s writing collective Three Grown Men to weigh in on the track…

Kevin Smallwood

This combo makes perfect sense. If there is anyone on this planet that gives less of a shit about what you think then Jack White, it’s the Insane Clown Posse. Once you get past the third grade level lyrics, you might find that this is groundbreaking work.


First of all, the song is about Mozart getting his asshole licked. Now, whether the great musical genius of the 18th Century was the happy recipient of a regular rump trumpet is beside the point. This is new material. Scholars will now investigate this conjecture the same way that they tried to figure out if William Shakespeare smoked pot.

Secondly, Jack White is dropping beats. And not only is he dropping beats, he’s doing it all over Mozart’s public domain. Does anyone else realize how dangerous that is? Jack White is going to be the DJ Danger Mouse of the Van’s, Brahms’ and Bach’s.

READ ON for more of 3GM’s take on this controversial track…

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Audio: Umphrey’s McGee – Deeper (Demo)

Scott Bernstein September 1, 2011 4 Comments

In less than two weeks, Umphrey’s McGee will release Death By Stereo – the group’s long-awaited sixth studio album which features a mix of road-tested material and never-before-heard tunes. The

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Bloggy Goodness: Poughkeepsie Princess

Jeffrey Greenblatt September 1, 2011 No Comments

Back in early May, HT faves the Felice Brothers released their latest studio album, Celebration Florida, the group’s first LP for Fat Possum Records. The ramshackle folk-rockers aren’t wasting any time

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