Other People's Songs, by Michael Bass

Other People's Songs

by Michael Bass

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1.	I Got You Babe 01:30	info	buy track
2.	Iko Iko 02:30	info	buy track
3.	English Again 03:15	info	buy track
4.	I Walk The Line 03:30	info	buy track
5.	Hello Young Lovers 03:52	info	buy track
6.	You Can't Hurry Love 02:52	info	buy track
7.	Billie Jean 03:22	info	buy track
8.	Johnny One Note 03:32	info	buy track
9.	The Lonely Goatherd 02:57	info	buy track
10.	Wichita Lineman 04:08	info	buy track
11.	Goodnight Irene 03:45	info	buy track
12.	Do You Know The Way To San Jose? 02:30	info	buy track
13.	Polkasaurus 03:08	info	buy track
14.	Que Sera Sera Variations (Irish Version) 04:05	info	buy track
15.	Red Roses For A Blue Lady 02:56	info	buy track
16.	Shall We Gather Together By The River 04:01	info	buy track
17.	Caravan with a drum solo 04:09	info	buy track
18.	Bernadette 02:50	info	buy track
19.	White Christmas 03:02	info	buy track

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In Other People's Songs I take someone else's song and use it as if it were my own. It might mean writing a variation of the original or it could mean totally disassembling the original and turning it into something new. It could mean taking pieces of the tune and reconfiguring them into something new. Or it could be providing a new context to examine the tune in a new light. That all sounds rather dry and academic, so I guess I should say what it did was fool around with these songs and tried to make them fun for me to listen to again. And, I hope, fun for you, too.

There are notes for each tune, if you’d like more information.

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released September 15, 2022

Cover by Neil Doherty

Mastered by Ian Beabout

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Michael Bass Maryland

Like Waldo, PD Pop has been hiding in plain sight for the last 45 years. With the help of Michael Bass, he comes out of the basement and on to Bandcamp, skipping several generations of recording technology in the process.

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