When Pigs Fly
Studio album by
Various artists
ReleasedMay 21, 2002
LabelXemu Records
ProducerCevin Soling

When Pigs Fly: Songs You Never Thought You'd Hear is a compilation album[1] devised and produced by musician Cevin Soling in 2002.[2][3] The album is a collection of popular songs recorded by artists considered unlikely to cover them.

Overview

After Soling's earlier success recruiting Kevin DuBrow to sing a mellow version of Quiet Riot's "Metal Health" with Soling's band The Neanderthal Spongecake, he came up with the idea for the project and began recruiting musicians to participate.[1][4]

The album includes a version of Nat King Cole's "Unforgettable", performed by Ani DiFranco and Jackie Chan, which Soling co-produced with DiFranco; Blondie's "Call Me", as performed by The Box Tops with Alex Chilton; and Peter Gabriel's "Shock the Monkey", sung by Don Ho, which Soling also produced and arranged.[1][3][5]

The choice of Devo to record "Ohio" is rather poignant. The protest song deals with the 1970 Kent State Shootings, and band member Gerald Casale was both a student at the university at the time, and an eyewitness to the shootings. [6]

Track listing

# Song Length Performer Original credit
01 "Unforgettable"
3:54
Ani DiFranco, Jackie Chan Irving Gordon
02 "Ohio"
3:54
Devo Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
03 "Call Me"
3:48
The Box Tops Blondie
04 "Insane in the Brain"
4:12
The Connells Cypress Hill
05 "Shock the Monkey"
4:08
Don Ho Peter Gabriel
06 "What a Wonderful World"
2:55
Roy Clark Louis Armstrong
07 "Girls on Film"
4:07
Billy Preston Duran Duran
08 "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'"
5:42
The Fixx Nancy Sinatra
09 "Carry on Wayward Son"
5:20
Oak Ridge Boys Kansas
10 "Bang a Gong (Get It On)"
4:34
The Neanderthal Spongecake T. Rex
11 "White Wedding"
4:31
Herman's Hermits Billy Idol
12 "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap"
4:02
Lesley Gore AC/DC

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 3 ""WHEN PIGS FLY" ALBUM RELEASED ONLINE AT www.pigsflycd.com". Hip Hop Press. July 14, 2010. Archived from the original on July 16, 2010. Retrieved 2020-10-01.
  2. "Xemu Artists: The Love Kills Theory". Xemu Records. Retrieved 2010-07-03.
  3. 1 2 "Cevin Soling of Love Kills Theory". Song Facts. September 2007. Retrieved 2010-07-03.
  4. "The Love Kills Theory - Happy Suicide Jim". Top 21, Issue #294. April 2007. Retrieved 2010-07-03.
  5. "CD Reviews". The Celebrity Cafe. April 13, 2007. Retrieved 2010-07-03.
  6. Kilpatrick, Mary (May 3, 2020). "'And everything was just frozen in this chaos in horror and screaming': Gerald Casale remembers May 4, 1970". Cleveland.com. Retrieved 2020-05-04.
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