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April 16, 2006

Cinnamon Girls By The Dozen

Sorry folks, if you're not Raphaela you didn't win Neil Young's CD catalog.

But as a consolation, we've got eleven (!) covers of "Cinnamon Girl" for ya, from slain (Type O) to Spain (Tarik), in addition to the original.

PLUS: another cool contest (very much the opposite of Neil Young) will be announced early this week.

  • Boyd Tinsley - "Cinnamon Girl" (MP3 Link Expired)
  • Dream Syndicate - "Cinnamon Girl" (MP3 Link Expired)
  • Hole - "Cinnamon Girl" (MP3 Link Expired)
  • Kashmir - "Cinnamon Girl" (MP3 Link Expired)
  • Radiohead - "Cinnamon Girl" (MP3 Link Expired)
  • Tarik Y La Fábrica De Colores - "Cinnamon Girl" (MP3 Link Expired)
  • The Constantines - "Cinnamon Girl" (MP3 Link Expired)
  • The Replicants - "Cinnamon Girl" (MP3 Link Expired)
  • The Smashing Pumpkins - "Cinnamon Girl" (MP3 Link Expired)
  • Type O Negative - "Cinnamon Girl" (MP3 Link Expired)
  • Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs - "Cinnamon Girl" (MP3 Link Expired)

    But nothing compares to the original, does it?

  • Neil Young - "Cinnamon Girl" (MP3 Link Expired)

    Thanks Eric for the Replicants. Sorry about the shitty sound on the Pumpkins. Got better? Send our way.

    I you haven't checked out Sweet & Hoffs' shockingly superb Under The Covers, My Old Kentucky Blog has an additional preview: Sid & Susie take on the Zombies.

    Meanwhile, according to neilyoung.com the songwriter is hard at work at a new album, Living With War, a "metal version of Phil Ochs and Bob Dylan." It's a combination he tentatively calls "metal folk protest."

    UPDATE: Hey, I think we started a trend.

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    Posted by: max at 04/16/06 10:48 PM | Reply
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    The Replicants (a sorta supergroup) did a fine cover. I don't know where you could find it; BUT it was in a skate video, 411 issue #20. world/blind/101/prime/plan b road trip section

    -K

    Posted by: patrick at 04/16/06 10:59 PM | Reply
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    Yeah..this has nothing to do with Neil Young, but I just got the new Tool single from here ->Vicarious
    and GOLLY it sure is good.

    Posted by: fred at 04/17/06 12:58 AM | Reply
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    okay... my link didn't work.. but you can copy and paste this to get it...

    http://confidoboyd.blogspot.com/2006/04/vicarious-i-live-while-whole-world.html

    Posted by: fred at 04/17/06 1:00 AM | Reply
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    .. nice hole version..

    Posted by: matija at 04/17/06 1:24 AM | Reply
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    Tarik y la Fábrica de Colores are not from Morocco, although their name points out the contrary. They are from Spain.

    Posted by: Milveinticinco at 04/17/06 3:11 AM | Reply
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    I'm pretty sure that's the best available quality for the Smashing Pumpkins cover. I think that's the only time they ever recorded that song in a studio. It's from the summer of 1989.

    Posted by: andrew at 04/17/06 8:40 AM | Reply
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    Clearlake also did a pretty good cover a few years back.

    Posted by: Graham at 04/17/06 8:47 AM | Reply
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    The Sweet & Hoffs CD is terrible, don't recommend that, its crap. Matthew is losing it...

    Posted by: Karl at 04/17/06 10:59 AM | Reply
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    Um, where's the Killdozer? It sounds like a car with no tires being dragged along concrete.

    Posted by: Randall Roberts at 04/17/06 1:20 PM | Reply
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    There's a pedestrian but pleasant "Cinnamon Girl" on the Clearlake EP "Wonder If the Snow Will Settle", which I can upload somewheres if you like.

    Posted by: Rah at 04/17/06 2:31 PM | Reply
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    I have a Radiohead bootleg from a concert at the Santa Barbara County Bowl, they played "Cinnamon Girl" and did a pretty nice job.

    Speaking of Santa Barbara, Toad the Wet Sproket used to play it live quite a bit.

    There's a good version by Loop on The Bridge: Tribute to Neil Young. A great comp from '89...before tribute albums were a dime a dozen. Pixies' "Winterlong" is on there. Flaming Lips' "After the Goldrush" is great.

    Posted by: Glenn at 04/17/06 3:01 PM | Reply
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    Where's Prince's "Cinnamon Girl"? Sure, it's not a Neil Young cover, but the video features Keisha Castle-Hughes. And she's gonna be hot. (When she's 18+).

    Posted by: Judge Jonathan at 04/17/06 4:20 PM | Reply
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    The best cover of Cinammon Girl is actually by The Long Winters who would do a good chunk of it in the middle of their own song Cinammon. It sounded incredible considering it was basically a 3 piece band with Sean from Harvey Danger doing the harmony.

    Also worth a listen is San Diego lounge legend Rick Lyon's version at http://myspace.com/ricklyonmusic . Come see him if you're ever in town. He can do all the standards, a mean Neil D AND Jethro Tull! We love him so much, we made a myspace page for him (that's me doing a faint harmony on our official bootleg, couldn't help it!)

    Posted by: Adam at 04/17/06 6:16 PM | Reply
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    There's also an occaional Bay Area Neil Young coverband with members of Pansy Division and King Missile where they dress in drag and call it the Cinammon Girls. I know Jon Auer from the Posies did a show with them once too.

    Posted by: Adam at 04/17/06 6:20 PM | Reply
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    ooh, i've been looking for the Hole version for a while.. thanks

    Posted by: jenny at 04/17/06 6:54 PM | Reply
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    there's a silos version floating around the web. not fantastic but worth a lil listen.

    Posted by: phlowtron at 04/17/06 7:28 PM | Reply
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    W O W a post with Kashmir on it... my favorite band! although with a cover song but still.

    anyway, i love that song, it made me wanted to hear more of neil's work.

    *downloading the smashing pumpkins, radiohead and tarik ones* thanks sg!

    Posted by: emmanuel at 04/18/06 12:49 AM | Reply
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    w00t! What better way to relax than coming home from the pub and listening to 11 versions of your favourite EVER song?!?
    (actually, I only listened to 5, but still - w00t!)

    Posted by: pdh1978 at 04/19/06 5:56 PM | Reply
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    I never knew it was a Neil Young song. But i still think the Type O Negative version is the best. That is the only version i ever heard before.

    I've listenned through them all now. God I hate Hole, she's such a looser biatch!

    Respect to Neil Young tho' for another classic.

    Posted by: DJ at 04/20/06 7:24 PM | Reply
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    Thunder Fingers (Aka John Entwisle) does a top drawer cover of Cinnamon Girl from his 1971 solo debut called Smash Your Head Agianst the Wall. If interested will send you way.

    John

    Posted by: John The Cover Guy at 04/20/06 8:38 PM | Reply
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    Thanks for the covers! Esp. the Radiohead version. I sort of wish someone would do something REALLY different with it, tho, rather than these rather straight covers. The Type O version is the most nutty of the bunch. And, fair 'nuff to the poster who mentioned the Killdozer version. I used to play that on my radio show.

    In other news, I received the following press release the other day for a charity record:
    American Laundromat Records (ALR) is currently
    seeking demo submissions by women artists and female-fronted bands for
    a Neil Young tribute CD titled CINNAMON GIRL ~ WOMEN ARTISTS COVER
    NEIL YOUNG. A Holiday 2006 release date is anticipated.

    Posted by: Cinnamon (yes, really) at 04/21/06 3:12 AM | Reply
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    Æåíþñü ÷òî íå ñäåëàåøü ....

    Posted by: BACLOFEN at 04/22/06 7:45 PM | Reply
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    Madonna says she may adopt another child from abroad following her proposed adoption of a Malawian boy...

    Posted by: Devin Copeland at 11/12/06 11:00 AM | Reply
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