Joel Selvin takes a pained look at
ALL-STAR CHARITY ALBUMS: FROM GOOD CAUSE TO THE BARGAIN BIN
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Disclaimer: All but one of mine have ended up at charity thrift stores, though it was a halfer to begin with, with 50% of the money going to the Humane Society.
The one: "A Tribute to John Lennon: Working Class Hero"
*Red Hot Chili Peppers: I Found Out
*Mad Season: I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier (with bumping scronching sax)
Candlebox: Steel and Glass
Blues Traveler: Imagine
Screaming Trees: Working Class Hero
The Minus 5: Power to the People
*The Magnificant Bastards: How Do You Sleep
*Flaming Lips: Nobody Told Me
*Super 8: Well, Well, Well
Cheap Trick: Cold Turkey
Sponge: Isolation
Collective Soul: Jealous Guy
Toad the Wet Sprocket: Instant Karma!
Mary Chapin Carpenter: Grow Old With Me
George Clinton: Mind Games
(None of these renditions moved too far afield from the originals. Those above have an asterisk for a reason, they're quite good I think).