Episode 163: Modcast #163: Listen Listen Listen

Welcome to Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World.

Got a big, bold, beautiful show for you this week with new tracks
from Paul Weller, The Booze and The School as well as new bands
like Fitz and The Tantrums and Sunshine Highway. Along the way
I've thrown in some golden oldies too from So Cal mod-skasters
The Untouchables, and ska-pop new wavers Graduate. Kicking it all
off is one of the Lambretta's earliest --and most underrated--
songs, and then I wrap it up with one of the most covered songs
of all from soul diva P.P. Arnold. That last track has been
recorded so many times I doubt anyone can get an accurate count
of who's covered it over the years. It's been done by everyone
from Dusty Springfield to the Pretenders. In fact Chrissy Hynde
did a version on Friends. Nina Simone's recorded it, as has
Olivia Newton John, and the Dead Milkmen even used to
occasionally break into the chorus between songs during their
live shows. The most famous version is the one from 1980 by Juice
Newton. It was originally recorded in 1967, but didn't get
released until 1968 when two different artists had hits with it
simultaneously, one in the US, and Ms. Arnold's in the UK. So,
listen, listen, listen.

And over on the modcast homepage there's a twofer for you, two
Untouchables videos, and of course you can grab the complete
track list for this week's show.