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    5. Help me build my “woke” Fourth of July playlist

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      As the holiday comes up, I’m building a tongue-in-cheek party playlist that speaks to the full color of this beautiful country we Americans call home. I’m kicking it off with these songs, but what...

      As the holiday comes up, I’m building a tongue-in-cheek party playlist that speaks to the full color of this beautiful country we Americans call home.

      I’m kicking it off with these songs, but what would you add to this playlist?

      What songs would you add to this playlist? I’ll add songs to my playlist as we go!

      63 votes

    6. Odie Leigh - Treehouse Tapes (2022)

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      I've been trying to work out which Odie Leigh song to post here and I can't decide, so here are five from a session that she's called the Treehouse Tapes. At the moment I'm a real sucker for this...

      I've been trying to work out which Odie Leigh song to post here and I can't decide, so here are five from a session that she's called the Treehouse Tapes. At the moment I'm a real sucker for this kind of thing - one person, minimal production, their own songs.

      Odie Leigh - A month or two
      Odie Leigh - Habits held
      Odie Leigh - Take back
      Odie Leigh - Nine lives
      Odie Leigh - [Crop circles]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_fWR3klRKo)

      (For some reason this really reminds me of the Michelle Shocked Texas Campfire Tapes which is a fantastic album but tricky to listen to because of the hateful things she's said.)

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    25. There are a lot of versions of "Hound Dog" before Elvis Presley did his

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      The original version of this thread was going to be a list of songs sung by Elvis, along with versions that were released by other people before him. For example: Burning Love Arthur Alexander...

      The original version of this thread was going to be a list of songs sung by Elvis, along with versions that were released by other people before him. For example:

      Burning Love

      Arthur Alexander 1971 YouTube

      Elvis Presley 1972
      YouTube

      Nice and simple. Not to say "this is great, this is terrible", or "look, he stole it", but just because it's interesting to compare versions.

      But then I looked at Hound Dog and wow there are a lot of covers. I got most of these from the Wikipedia article, which is pretty in-depth about this song: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hound_Dog_(song)

      So, here's a short list. I'd be interested to know what you think - I love Big Mama Thornton's version, I love Elvis's version, but I'm not that keen on any of the others here.

      Hound Dog

      Big Mama Thornton 1952 YouTube

      Freddie Bell and the Bellboys (date uncertain) []YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJQ-fDb4M4s)

      Elvis Presley 1956 YouTube

      And here's a bunch more before Elvis did his version:

      Little Esther 1953 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVUQ_lmoyJ4

      Jack Turner and his Granger County Gang 1953 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AbAotf6ac0

      Billy Star 195X https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuDuuPWVL0s

      Betsy Gay 1953 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNG-0L-mldc

      Eddie Hazlewood 1954 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QN23peWBe3g

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