Pop Shop (episode 3)

Ok, so here’s the score. My baby brother just got married a few days ago and this has made me somewhat mushy (it’s just the way I roll ha, ha, ha). So I decided I’d show a softer side of my music taste for this episode...

The first song up is one of the best cover versions of a Lionel Richie song (with the Commodores) a person will ever hear. Hell, it’s even better than the original! And it’s sung by one of yours and my favourite bands Faith No More. So boys and girls, without further ado... Here’s Easy (Like Sunday Mornings):



Like that did ya? Well, Faith No More is (was?) an alternative metal band that released some of the world’s best kickass music between the years 1984 and 1998. They were renowned for their infighting and creative differences, but yet still managed to blend heavy metal, rock, hip hop, punk, thrash and jazz into an eclectic symphonic mix. On February 24, 2009 they announced that they will reform for a European tour that will include the Download Festival at Donington Park in the UK (what no South Africa?).

Next up my fellow music lovers we’ve got an absolute treat for you from the gods of Metal. This song, Nothing Else Matters, was recorded by Metallica live with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra. It is still one of the best versions of what has always been a very amazing song.



Metallica are one of the world’s most successful bands (in any genre). They have released nine studio albums, two live albums, two EP’s, twenty-two music videos and forty-three singles and have won nine Grammy Awards with five consecutive albums debuting at number one on the Billboard 200. Impressive? Oh hell yes!

So who’s next up I hear you cry! Kurt Cobain loved them, they have had an acknowledged influence on almost all alternative music and they are called the Pixies. They are one of my “old school” favourites and a band who recently reformed. Here they are playing Here Comes Your man:



Mmmmm, that song rocks! Who would have thought that a band that has written songs about UFO’s, Surrealism and violent Biblical imagery could make such a loving song? He, he, he!

So... Not mushy enough for you? Then take a listen to the song we will be playing out with today, Iris by the Goo Goo Dolls. This one's for you Vaughn and Jo! Happy honeymoon and thanks for a great wedding!

Till next episode, cheers.