New Schoo / Givers -- Noche Nada (A Lot From Me)

Also check out: Atlantic, Meantime, Ceiling of Plankton

New Schoo / The Antlers -- French Exit

Also check out: Two, Bear, I Don't Want Love, Sylvia, Epilogue, and Every Night My Teeth Are Falling Out

Saturday, September 28, 2013

Old Schoo / The Hollies -- The Air That I Breathe

Also check out "Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress)" and "I'm Alive"

Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Old Schoo / Kenny Rogers + Dolly Parton -- Islands in the Stream

For a reworking of the chorus, check out "Ghetto Supastar" by Pras

Friday, September 20, 2013

Old Schoo / The Staple Singers -- Let's Do It Again

Sampled directly below by Star Slinger

They also have nice covers of The Weight and For What It's Worth

Sunday, September 15, 2013

Old Schoo / Paul Simon -- Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes

Check out the entire Graceland album; You Can Call Me Al is a personal favorite, but it's all good

Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Old Schoo / Jimi Hendrix -- Star Spangled Banner

                                                         

Old Schoo / Buffalo Springfield -- Kind Woman

Also check out: For What It's Worth, Rock & Roll Woman

New Schoo / Chaplin -- Thinking About You


Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Old Schoo / Nu Shooz -- I Can't Wait

                 Because everyone needs a guilty pleasure

Monday, September 2, 2013

Sunday, September 1, 2013

New Schoo / Cults -- Go Outside


Friday, August 30, 2013

Old Schoo / Cat Stevens -- Father and Son

                   Also check out: The Wind; Morning Has Broken; Peace Train; Can't Keep It In; Oh Very Young...really everything

Saturday, August 24, 2013

Old Schoo / The Who -- Eminence Front

                     Also check out: Baba O'Riley, Substitute, Won't Get Fooled Again

New Schoo / Third -- Kid Up

   Best lyric: "A kid up at sunrise, a grown up by afternoon"

Monday, August 19, 2013

Old Schoo / Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young -- Almost Cut My Hair

             Check out also: Helpless, Ohio, Our House, and Teach Your Children

Sunday, August 18, 2013

Old Schoo / Livingston Taylor -- Good Friends

                 Also check out: Get Out of Bed, Lost in the Love of You, and Let Me Go Down

New Schoo / James Vincent McMorrow -- If I Had A Boat

                  Also listen to "We Don't Eat"

Thursday, August 15, 2013

Old Schoo / The Drifters -- There Goes My Baby

                 Ben E. King's voice in the opening line crackles and makes this song

New Schoo / Delicate Steve -- Wally Wilder

                      Also check out: Butterfly, Afria Talks To You

Old Schoo / The Impressions -- People Get Ready

                       It doesn't get much better than this

Saturday, August 10, 2013

Cover Schoo / Bobby Womack -- Fire and Rain

                    Also check out "Across 110th Street"

Old Schoo / James Taylor -- Fire and Rain

           Check out also: Carolina In My Mind, Shower the People, Country Road

Thursday, August 8, 2013

Wednesday, August 7, 2013

Old Schoo / Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine (A capella)

  Makes you realize how incredible Marvin really was. This was the vocal track layered over the instrumental tracks. Multitracking baby!

Monday, August 5, 2013

Saturday, August 3, 2013

Friday, August 2, 2013

Old Schoo / The Boss -- Darkness on the Edge of Town

     Also check out: The River, Backstreets, Lost in the Flood, My City of Ruins, American Skin, Save My Love -- and really anything else by the Bossman

New Schoo / Branches -- Helicopter

           Also check out: Letters

Thursday, August 1, 2013

Old Schoo / Curtis Mayfield -- Move on Up

         Also listen to: Pusherman -- also, shout out to the reader in Argentina

Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Old Schoo / The Beach Boys -- Wild Honey

Brian Wilson could do it all. While the Beach Boys are normally known for a cleaner, more elegant sound, this song shows that he really could cut loose anytime he damn well pleased.

Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Cover Schoo / Solomon Burke -- Fast Train

Some new schoo by an old schoo man; covering Van the Man -- RIP Mr. Burke

Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Old Schoo / Frédéric Chopin -- Raindrop Prelude, Op. 28, No. 15

                                            Goin' way, way back on this one