The Monday Morning Mix-Up: The Carly Simon Edition

Well, it was a tie again this week, with one vote going to Carly Simon and one vote going to Neil Young. I have choosen that this weeks mix-up will be all about Carly Simon, but Neil Young will be left in the polls for next week. So if you want Neil, get your friends to visit the blog and vote for him! Anyways, here it is, the Carly Simon Mix-Up!!!

• Legend In Your Own Time (from the album Anticipation)
• Summer's Coming Around Again (from the album Anticipation)
• Devoted To You (from the album Boys In The Trees)
• De Bat (Fly In Me Face) (from the album Boys In The Trees)
• Oh! Susanna (from the album In White)
• All The Things You Are (from the album Moonlight Serenade)
• Hola Soleil (from the album This Kind of Love)
• Sangre Dolce (from the album This Kind of Love)
• The Right Thing To Do (with Megan Mullally) (from the soundtrack to Will & Grace)
• Mockingbird (with James Taylor) (from the album For The Children Too!)
  

The Monday Morning Mix-Up: The Cover Edition

Well since it was a tie, I decided that this weeks mix-up would be devoted to cover songs. And in the light that Carly Simon did tie, one of the cover songs will be a song originally sung by Carly! It will be the only song not to be "shuffled" into the mix...so lets get on with the show:

• Anticipation (sung by Mandy Moore, originally Carly Simon) This CD of Mandy Moore's is a great collection. All cover songs from the 70s and 80 and this Carly song is one of the many standouts!
  
• Begin The Beguine (sung by Sheryl Crow, originally Cole Porter)
• I Only Have Eyes For You (sung by Jamie Cullum, originally Peggy Lee)
• Over The Rainbow (sung by Catherine Britt, originally Judy Garland) I have come to the conclusion that there could possibly be no bad version of this song. It's all about dreaming and being able to dream!
  
• Mockingbird (sung by Toby Keith & Crystal Keith, originally James Taylor & Carly Simon) So we got two Carly Simon references in! This one was shuffled in!
  
• Heartbreak Hotel (sung by Willie Nelson & Leon Russell, originally Elvis Presley)
• The Way You Look Tonight (sung by Rod Stewart, originally Fred Astaire)
• Wanted Dead or Alive (sung by Chris Cagle, originally Bon Jovi) A great country rock version of the song. I remember when the album that it is on came out, they were interviewing Chris and he had sent the version to Jon Bon Jovi, who replied that it was possibly the best version of that song he had heard, and he included his own version!
  
• Stairway to Heaven (sung by Dolly Parton, originally Led Zeppelin) I absolutely love this version of this song! The original is fantastic, but this understated and simple take is just beautiful.
  
• Missing You (sung by Alison Krauss, originally John Waite)
  

Well that was a little more difficult than I had anticipated, since my iTunes doesn't have a "covers" category, but it was fun! Until next week!