When Pigs Fly (Cevin Soling album)

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.

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

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. ""WHEN PIGS FLY" ALBUM RELEASED ONLINE AT www.pigsflycd.com". Hip Hop Press. July 14, 2010. Retrieved 2020-10-01.
  2. "Xemu Artists: The Love Kills Theory". Xemu Records. Retrieved 2010-07-03.
  3. "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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