The MJ Show #74 (Covers That Surpassed The Originals)

10 songs off the top of my head :)
I'm sure there are other covers that have surpassed the originals as well. If you know one, let me know about it in the comments and I'll put them in the next episode :)

1st Song - Cocaine
The Original - J.J. Cale - Cocaine


What most people know - Eric Clapton - Cocaine


2nd Song - Turn The Page
The original - Bob Seger - Turn The Page


What most people know - Metallica - Turn The Page


3rd Song - Knocking On Heaven's Door
The original - Bob Dylan - Knocking On Heaven's Door


What most people know - Guns n Roses - Knocking On Heaven's Door


4th Song - Wild World
The original - Cat Stevens - Wild World


What most people know - Mr.Big - Wild World


5th Song - Hard To Handle
The original - Otis Redding - Hard To Handle


What most people know - The Black Crowes - Hard To Handle


6th Song - Crossroads
The original - Robert Johnson - Crossroad


What most people know - Cream - Crossroads


Bonus Song - Eric Clapton & John Mayer - Crossroads


7th Song - Black Magic Woman
The original - Peter Green & Fleetwood Mac - Black Magic Woman


What most people know - Santana - Black Magic Woman


8th Song - All Along The Watch Tower
The original - Bob Dylan - All Along The Watch Tower


What most people know - Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watch Tower


9th Song - Baby I Love Your Way
The original - Peter Frampton - Baby I Love Your Way


What most people know - Big Mountain - Baby I Love Your Way


10th Song - The Man Who Sold The World
The original - David Bowie - The Man Who Sold The World


What most people know - Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World


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This is your Musicman Mihir...signing off!

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The MJ Show #32 (Awesome Beatles Covers from Two Movies)

Now without a doubt, one of the greatest bands in the history of rock n roll were - The Beatles.
Their songs are immortal, they will live on for all of time, I truly believe it. And that is possible not just because of how brilliant the songs are in themselves but also because of the hundreds and hundreds of covers of those songs that are out in the market.

Tonight, I'm giving you some of my favourite Beatles songs covered by other artists. Hope you enjoy them.

Here's the song that inspired tonight's show. I was watching the 25th Anniversary Concert of the Rock And Roll Hall of fame and this INCREDIBLE rendition of one of my all time favourite, Beatles songs was done by the incredible Paul Simon, David Crosby and Graham Nash!

This one's dedicated to @OldMonkMGM (Jyotishko) on twitter. He's the one who urged me to get this concert. And man! What a gig this was!
1st Song - Paul Simon, David Crosby & Graham Nash - Here Comes The Sun #TheMJshow


After hearing this brilliant cover, I remembered a couple of movies that had INCREDIBLE soundtracks. 
Why? Well, it's because they revolved completely around the songs of The Beatles. I'm going to give you quite a few songs from those two.
I'm talking about "I Am Sam" and "Across The Universe"

Here we go. First from "I Am Sam"

2nd Song - Eddie Vedder - You've Got To Hide Your Love Away #TheMJshow


3rd Song - Rufus Wainwright - Across The Universe #TheMJshow


4th Song - Sarah McLachlan - Blackbird #TheMJshow


5th Song - Stereophonics - Don't Let Me Down #TheMJshow


6th Song - The Wallflowers - I'm Looking Through You #TheMJshow


7th Song - Ben Folds - Golden Slumbers #TheMJshow


Now for the songs I loved from "Across The Universe"

8th Song - Teresa Victoria Carpio - I Want to Hold your Hand #TheMJshow


9th Song - Jim Sturgess - I've Just Seen A Face #TheMJshow


10th Song - Joe Anderson, Dana Fuchs, Jim Sturgess, Evan Rachel Wood & Teresa Victoria Carpio - Dear Prudence #TheMJshow


11th Song - Timothy T. Mitchum & Carol Woods - Let It Be #TheMJshow


12th Song - Joe Cocker - Come Together #TheMJshow


Possibly my favourite song from the movie is up next!
13th Song - Dana Fuchs & Martin Luther McCoy - Oh! Darling #TheMJshow


14th Song - Martin Luther McCoy & Jim Sturgess- While My Guitar Gently Weeps


15th Song - Bono & The Secret Machines - I Am the Walrus #TheMJshow


16th Song - Joe Anderson & Jim Sturgess - With A Little Help From My Friends #TheMJshow


17th Song - Jim Sturgess - Something #TheMJshow


18th Song - Jim Sturgess, Teresa Victoria Carpio, Dana Fuchs & Martin Luther McCoy - All You Need Is Love #TheMJshow


19th Song - Jim Sturgess - Strawberry Fields Forever #TheMJshow


20th Song - Across The Universe + Helter Skelter #TheMJshow


Man! That was incredible for me :) How about you?
I'll have another Beatles Covers special soon where I'll feature songs that are NOT from movies. Like the very first one that I had in tonight's show.

That's it for tonight.


Time to say...Good Night and Take Care :)
This is your Musicman Mihir...signing off!

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The MJ Show #9 (Best covers by John Mayer)

In my opinion, John Mayer is one of the most incredible artists of this generation. I don't know another guy who can write songs, sing em and play the guitar like this man can. I had the awesome pleasure of interviewing him a couple of years ago after Continuum came out.
(You can read that here if you like: http://www.emusicpost.com/II14.html)

Now with his new album "Battle Studies" out...Mayer fever hits me again.

His new album will be a complete discussion which we'll have very soon.
But right now, I wanted to show you why this man is so awesome. Check out some covers he's done. INCREDIBLE is the word :)

1st Song - John Mayer - Free Fallin' #TheMJshow
From his live album/dvd - Where The Light Is. Here's a Tom Petty classic done in John's inimitable style.


2nd Song - John Mayer - I'm On Fire #TheMJshow
Here's John's take on a Bruce Springsteen classic. I believe this is a bonus track on his new album "Battle Studies"


3rd Song - John Mayer - Message In A Bottle #TheMJshow
I know he loves Sting. Here's a version of "Message in a bottle" that I love. This was from a live album/dvd called "Any Given Thursday"


4th Song - John Mayer - Crossroads #TheMJshow
Another song from "Battle Studies". His nod to the great Robert Johnson, Clapton and Cream I think :)
Here's a kick ass live version of the song.


5th Song - John Mayer - Bold As Love #TheMJshow
What guitar player doesn't like Hendrix. Here's John doing a great song originally by Hendrix. This song featued on Continuum as well.


6th Song - John Mayer - Lenny #TheMJshow
Another guitar player who's always in top 5 list for most guitar players is probably Stevie Ray Vaughn. Here's John taking on a SRV track. This is again from the "Any Given Thursday" dvd and is one of my favourite performances on the album. The other song I really really love was a song called "Covered In Rain". You see this song and Covered In Rain and you know why he's considered one of the finest blues guitarists around.
Here, see Lenny/The Man On The Sire


7th Song - John Mayer - Inner City Blues #TheMJshow
Not a very well known song I'll admit. Its a Marvin Gaye song that he put out a live album called "As/Is". Brilliant as anything else he's done.


8th Song - John Mayer - I Don't Need No Doctor #TheMJshow
A Ray Charles song gets Mayerified! Here's a live performance from the "Where The Light Is" live album


9th Song - John Mayer - 83 #TheMJshow
Though this is his song, I love how he uses Cyndi Lauper's "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" in the start of this song. Brilliant! Again from the fabulous "Any Given Thursday" live album.


10th Song - John Mayer - Everyday I Have The Blues #TheMJshow
John takes on a blues standard. This is a song that has been done by pretty much every big name in the blues biz. 


11th Song - John Mayer - Old Love #TheMJshow
One of my favourite songs ever by Eric Clapton gets done by two great contemporary artists - John Mayer and Brad Paisley. DO see this!


12th Song - John Mayer - Start Me Up #TheMJshow
John does a Rolling Stones classic!


13th Song - John Mayer - Human Nature #TheMJshow
In my opinion the greatest cover he has done and honestly the only real tribute song at Michael Jackson's Memorial Ceremony. I'll admit it, I had a few tears in my eyes when I saw this. This song shows the true musical genius of both Michael Jackson and John Mayer. Notice...one is MJ...the other is JM :) I like coincidences like these :)
Incidentally, I've always loved the fact that I'm MJ too :) (Mihir Joshi just in case you were wondering. Musicman Mihir is not my real name...nor do I ask everyone to call me that all the time. Heh :)


The number 13 is kinda special to me. I love John Mayer...which is why I chose to keep 13 songs in this playlist, instead of 10 or 20 as I've done in the past :)
Just thought I'd let you know why there are just 13 songs...not more and not less :)

That's a wrap!
Good night and take care!

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