More Music-A History Through Covers and Parodies

Part of Grendel's presentation on the history of modern popular music will focus on looking at stylistic history through covers and parodies of songs (since imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, right?). Here's the playlist for that CD. We identified more, but we had to cut it down so it would fit on one CD:

1. Hound Dog-Big Mama Thorton (1952)
2. Hound Dog-Elvis Presley (1957)
3. I Fought the Law-Sonny Curtis (1959)
4. I Fought the Law-The Bobby Fuller Four (1966)
5. I Fought the Law-The Clash (1979)
6. I Fought the Law (and I won)-Dead Kennedys (1987)
7. I Fought the Law-Green Day (2004)
8. Crimson and Clover-Tommy James and the Shondells (1968)
9. Crimson and Clover-Joan Jett and the Blackhearts (1981)
10. Love Hurts-Roy Orbison (1961)
11. Love Hurts-Nazareth (1975)
12. Signs-Five Man Electrical Band (1970)
13. Signs-Tesla (1990)
14. American Woman-The Guess Who (1970)
15. American Woman-Lenny Kravitz (1999)
16. Walk This Way-Aerosmith (1975)
17. Walk This Way-Run-D.M.C. (1986)
18. Rock and Roll Music-Chuck Berry (1957)
19. Rock and Roll Music-The Beach Boys (1976)
20. Rock and Roll Music-The Punkles (2002)
21. Ridin'-Chamillionaire (2005)
22. White & Nerday-Weird Al (2006)
23. Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)-The Offspring (1998)
24. Pretty Fly for a Rabbi-Weird Al (1999)