Trademark-Infringing Tune Tuesdays: Season 2 VOL II

Because this is the off season and there's nothing better to do, because there are approximately 2,357,861 days until football season (that's just a guesstimate, give or take a few), and because it's Tuesday and you need a pick-me-up, I'm presenting "Trademark-Infringing Tune Tuesdays". Trademark-Infringing Tune Tuesdays is an off-topic post that will feature a band playing a song by a different band each week. Some you may have heard and, hopefully, some will be completely new to you.

In keeping with the theme of what is apparently becoming Civil Wars Day in the blAUgosphere, today's Trademark-Infringing Tune comes from the up and coming duo. In November of 2009 (exactly a week before that colossal near-miss of an Iron Bowl that year, in fact) the Civil Wars played their second show ever at Eddie's Attic in Decatur, GA, proving that the Tigers weren't the only thing on the cusp of awesome that year.

The performance (the show, not the football game) was one of the world's first glimpses at the Civil Wars. The show was recorded and released as a free download. Not included on that download was a cover of Michael Jackson's Billie Jean. Fortunately for you, the Youtubes does include it! Enjoy.

Even with the lighthearted mood of that particular cover, you can hear the haunting vocals and chemistry of Joy Williams's and John Paul White's great sound. If you liked that, do yourself a favor and get their album, Barton Hollow which was released earlier this year.

Tune in next week when Trademark-Infringing Tune Tuesdays will feature........ another band playing a song by a different band!

Trademark-Infringing Tune Tuesdays: Season 2 VOL I

Because this is the off season and there's nothing better to do, because there are approximately 2,357,861 days until football season (that's just a guesstimate, give or take a few), and because it's Tuesday and you need a pick-me-up, I'm presenting "Trademark-Infringing Tune Tuesdays". Trademark-Infringing Tune Tuesdays is an off-topic post that will feature a band playing a song by a different band each week. Some you may have heard and, hopefully, some will be completely new to you.

Welcome to the first installment of this year's Trademark Infringing Tune Tuesdays! I had so much fun doing this last year I decided I had to do it again this year. Don't worry, I'll have some Auburn-related stuff out soon enough. But in the meantime, kill some time with TITT (that doesn't work very well as an acronym....)

Harvard graduate Miles Fisher enjoys the Talking Heads. He also looks a helluva lot like Christian Bale. So how should he choose to employ these two traits? By making the coolest music video I've seen in years, that's how. Fisher parlays his acting abilities (he's appeared alongside Robert Duvall in Gods and Generals, as well as in an episode of my new favorite TV show, Mad Men) into a fantastic Bale impression, and his musical abilities into a fantastically catchy version of a Talking Heads song. This video, his cover of the Talking Heads 1982 song "This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)" is an homage to the 2000 cult film American Psycho, one of Bale's best performances, which was set in the 80's. Fans both of the movie and the song will surely get a kick out of this. Enjoy!

Trivia: The Talking Heads added "Naive Melody" to the title because for the song, they all played instruments with which they were not familiar. This gives it the somewhat sloppy sound the original is known for.

Tune in next week when Trademark-Infringing Tune Tuesdays will feature........ another band playing a song by a different band!

Section 25 Returns!

Good news, everyone! After a short (long) break from the blAUgosphere, Section 25 will be returning this summer with new commentary, insight, and other items of general uselessness. You know what this calls for, right?

PRESIDENTIAL CHEST-BUMP!!

Yeah, it feels good to be back. War Eagle, everyone!